To support brain health, we know many things that people should not do, such as smoke, drink...
Living well
Five ways to feel at your best
If you focus on birthdays, we are all getting older. But, many of us who may be “getting up...
How to avoid being assigned a legal guardian
In 2017, Rachel Aviv wrote a story for the New Yorker on how an older couple in Nevada ended up...
Caregiving for someone with serious mental Illness: Secure your...
As a psychiatrist, I know how challenging it can be to ensure that individuals with serious mental...
Hundreds of patient advocacy groups are Pharma shills
About a year ago, a piece in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that the overwhelming...
Reduce your risk of heart disease. Exercise!
To reduce your risk of coronary heart disease, just as with reducing your risk of stroke, the best...
What’s a psychiatric advance directive?
We all need advance directives—living wills and health care proxies that enable us to identify a...
To curb obesity, Chile makes it harder to buy junk...
To curb obesity, in 2016 Chile made it harder to buy junk food—psychologically, financially and...
Are you eating too much junk food?
Julia Belluz reports for Vox that it might be time for the government to step in, tax junk food...
Beware of medical advice from the mainstream media
Kevin Lomangino of Health News Review explains how you and the rest of America may end up duped...