My Top Posts of 2009

I’m still in a new year’s “top 10 list” mood, so I’ve made a list of my top posts from 2009. These are the ones

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Why Does Cold Weather Make Me Feel Bad?

Why Does Cold Weather Make Me Feel Bad?

(The following is a first article from a new contributor, Dr. David Zhang. David is an American Chiropractic and Chinese medicine doctor at my clinic, the

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Preventive Health Care Gets a Boost

Preventive Health Care Gets a Boost

I’m always pushing preventive medicine: people can take strong lifestyle measures to literally stave off many diseases, including the biggies of heart disease and cancers.

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Vitamin D: It's The New Black

Vitamin D: It's The New Black

Vitamin D has become very trendy and popular in both popular and medical literature over the last couple years. In fact, there’s growing evidence that

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Reconciling Confucianism and Socialism

Reconciling Confucianism and Socialism

I had a recent post about how challenging your mind can keep your brain healthy as you age. Well, I’ve taken it to heart, and

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Why Do We Need Integrative Holistic Medicine?

Why Do We Need Integrative Holistic Medicine?

(This is part 3 of new contributor Dr Alan Mease‘s series on Integrative Holistic Medicine. Part 1 and part 2 are here) Integrative holistic medicine is the

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How Long Do Viruses Survive on Surfaces?

How Long Do Viruses Survive on Surfaces?

Here’s a quick link to an interesting article from the New York Time’s fun Really? series; how long do viruses last on surfaces, and which is

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Circumcision For Males: Some Real Health Benefits

Circumcision For Males: Some Real Health Benefits

Circumcision has always had a lot of cultural and religious baggage around it, and the last few years saw more of a medical trend against

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Got The Winter Blues?

Got The Winter Blues?

Well, this hasn’t been the most fun winter here, has it? Most snow in 50 years; coldest temperatures in 60 years; Avatar sold out again.

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Exercise: Many More Benefits Than Just Weight Loss...

Exercise: Many More Benefits Than Just Weight Loss…

It’s the new year, and many of you have made your annual pledge “to exercise more”. Well, before you break the promise yet again, here’s

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Red Yeast Rice Can Lower Cholesterol

Red Yeast Rice Can Lower Cholesterol

Those of you with high cholesterol will be happy to learn that there are some legitimate options to your statin pills. Many people cannot tolerate

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How does Integrative Holistic Medicine Work?

How does Integrative Holistic Medicine Work?

(This is part 2 of new contributor Dr Alan Mease‘s 5-part series on Integrative Holistic Medicine. Part 1 is here.) What makes man unique is

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