I’ve always wanted to do this, and the opportunity never arose until now. If you don’t know what Rolfing is, it’s basically like undoing all the muscular adhesions in your body that start to build up over time. And they cause things that you probably think aren’t reversible, like your bum shoulder, or your stiff [...]

I don’t know why this still amazes me, but I’m always impressed? confounded? made a bit speechless? by the presumption of people. By that I mean, the certainty with which people have statements fall out of their mouths. You’ve heard these before — in fact, you may have even said versions of these yourself: “She’ll [...]

I finally succumbed and bought a pair of these. After I made fun of Will (who also has a pair) for about 3 weeks, of course, and also banned them from the office, since they make you look like a complete DORK. Actually, this photo makes me a little dizzy — I could have probably [...]

So, was YOUR mind blown last week with the new recommendations about mammograms? In case you didn’t hear it, last week came the new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Screening Task Force, for mammograms. And the annual mammogram which had been de rigeur for women annually over the age of 40, was recommended to be [...]

Here’s a mind-blower of a thought — I heard, from someone who takes his time off seriously (the owner of Ten Thousand Waves in Sante Fe), that the amount of time people should be on vacation, or off, or not working, or whatever is A WEEK A MONTH, A MONTH A YEAR. I reeled at [...]

I’m doing a cleanse at this moment. Day 4 of 21. Brought about by too much cake and schnapps in Berlin, and whatever else in the prior months since the LAST time I did one, back last fall. You know that “toxic” feeling – the one where you feel all sluggish and fat? That would [...]

A few days ago I had a patient who was trying to get her husband to eat more vegetables along with her, and even though he knew he needed to do it, he didn’t want to, and did I have any suggestions? And in my head, I said, “Tell him to be an adult, for [...]

One of my patients told me once that the biggest thing she appreciates about me is that I am always so calm, no matter what she says. It’s true – I don’t like to get too worked up about things, and this swine flu hysteria brings out the best of me. The annoyed, “Would you [...]

This morning in the New York Times, I saw this article: Advances Elusive In The Long Drive to Cure Cancer Apparently, the death rates for cancer have only improved 5% since 1950. FIVE PERCENT. For flu and pneumonia? 58%. And why is this? What seems to be the most obvious reason is that the research [...]

OK, maybe a slight exaggeration, since there’s such a thing as gluten-free beer (and it doesn’t suck, actually) but when Will found out he basically has celiac disease and can’t have wheat ever again without seriously messing up his gut, all I could think about was how I was, am I going to have to [...]