Year: 2010

The message here is to engage in your world … play, think, read, talk … engage!! Yes, physical exercise is brain exercise; yes, mental puzzles are brain calisthenics. But if you’re looking for a standard rule to apply, it’s to engage in your world. Sometimes we want to “put...

The brain is a funny place. This condition, called “Synesthesia”, involves the interposition of senses that are normally separate. There are reports of these people, called Synesthetes,  who literally feel colors, but also can taste them, and hear them, and smell them. If they get a paper cut, they might see...

It’s hard to imagine that artificial, synthetic food additives could actually be good for you. And, if someone said to you that “food additives can impact ADHD”, would you be surprised? Really?  Well, a recent study published in The Lancet found that a mixture of four artificial food colors...

It can be tough to get enough activity in a work environment. Especially if you’re in a cubicle or otherwise tied to a terminal or desk. I was working with employees at an AT&T call center, and they literally couldn’t move from their computers. That was a challenging environment,...

I was recently on KDKA-TV, talking about the recent data on Hormone Replacement Therapy. Is it as bad as people make it out to be? How did this pharmacology “golden boy” turn out so sour?? If you don’t WANT this drug therapy, what are some alternatives for you??  Share...

It’s very clear that medicine goes through trends, fads, and habitual behaviors, just like every other facet of our culture: from bell bottoms, big hair, and break dancing, to margarine, Egg Beaters, and ice pick lobotomies. They appear, play out for a while, and we finally trade them in...

According to this study, people who had heart bypass surgery and consumed about two drinks a day afterward had fewer subsequent cardiovascular procedures than those who abstained. They topped the tea-totalers in health!! In fact, light alcohol consumption was associated with a 25% reduction in additional heart procedures, heart attacks...

Great Gravy ideas for Thanksgiving. These look delicious, too.Read the Article at HuffingtonPost...

The Twinkie Diet is much like the Twinkie itself … great marketing, but there is not a great deal of substance inside. I interviewed Dr Haub regarding his “Twinkie Diet” on my radio program, and he is a very likable guy who is doing something novel to make a...

Here’s the flight plan … for what I’m talking about today (I’m on from 12:00 to 12:30).Call to chat: 412.333.1360 Listen live by clicking here. Starbucks defeats woman’s lawsuit over spilled HOT tea in her lap Mayor of San Fran BANS Happy Meal Toys. A good thing or not? ...

Get school foods cleaned up with a farm-to-school approach. I would love that … it makes perfect sense!! Unfortunately, intuitive correctness is not what we do best. Plus, policymakers allow political realities to justify inaction. I was talking to a director of school food service about this very thing....

Acne meds may contribute to suicidal thoughts. Man. You know what’s odd about our culture? We went crazy when some statisticians suggested that screenings for breast cancer weren’t really that effective before the age of 40. Can you imagine the audacity of those number crunchers? But we cling to...