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...

Exercise doesn’t have to kill you. This is part of a new awareness in our culture of health — and it’s terrific. If you love to be athletic and grunt and sweat and no-pain-no-gain your exercise routines, then bless you. But that is by no means the norm. You...

A new book entitled “Fragments” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $30) collects assorted letters, poems and back-of-the-envelope scribblings that span the time from Monroe’s first marriage in 1943 to her death in 1962.  Not known as a “foodie”, a recipe for either chicken or turkey stuffing was found scrawled — haphazardly —...

Great article about the upcoming T-Day and Turkey!! I would like to add to this, that brining the turkey the day before is a great idea to pump up the flavor and to help keep it moist. Osmosis rules!!Read the Article at HuffingtonPost...