Our minds use a lot of psychological defense mechanisms to protect from things like anxiety and depression. Denial and rationalization are two common [...]

One of the things that I used to see in my office was the high school athlete with poor grades. They often had [...]

Thanksgiving is a time to be together with family and friends. Over the last few years, it was also a time to be [...]

We have long known that cigarettes cause COPD and lung cancer. However, it took us many years to find that out. The reason [...]

Most of us have heard about the glass half full of water and how it is viewed. The pessimist sees the glass as [...]

The United States birth rate has been steadily decreasing since it peaked at 4,320,000 in 2007. In 2021 that number had dropped to [...]

October is the time of the year for flu vaccines. Each year the flu vaccine changes. Last year there were four types of [...]

People are interested in early detection of things like cancer. That is why we currently do screening tests for a number of them. [...]

We do not always give medications and supplements the respect they deserve. Penicillin is a very safe drug. It was discovered 95 years [...]

Many of my ADHD patients had issues sleeping and I often received questions about melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone produced by the human [...]