To Your Health

Research: “The systematic investigation to establish facts and enable us to accurately reach new conclusions.” On subjects other than health I’ve written that while the knowledge gained from research is often necessary to help us [Read More…]

When it comes to stress, most of us place responsibility on sources outside ourselves. We blame the long list of items on our to-do list, the expectations of people at work or home, the appointments [Read More…]

In my March “To Your Health” column I referred to self-discipline as equal parts self-motivation and self-denial but only had space to talk about the self-motivation part. So, as I said I would, here’s self-denial.  [Read More…]

Does going to the dentist make you anxious or nervous? You are not alone. Dental fear or dental anxiety affects between 9 and 20 percent of Americans. Some of these fears stem from prior traumatic [Read More…]

It’s March. Many New Year’s resolutions have disappeared. The desired changes didn’t happen. Yet. But they were positive and well meaning, so let’s re-explore.  A brief but connected detour first. One of our trainers, Joey [Read More…]

For most of us, 2021 was such a different year. Dealing with this pandemic sure changed our daily lives in many ways, but one thing is still the same — and every January I have a similar [Read More…]

About 10 years ago, a local orthopedic practice ran an ad stating that our skeletons, specifically our spines, have the responsibility of supporting our bodies. In response I wrote a column titled “No, They Don’t” [Read More…]

What is Otolaryngology, or even more complex, what is Otorhinolaryngology? It is the medical discipline covering the ears (oto-), the nose (rhino-) and the throat (laryngo-). Of course, one could also include the sinuses (sino-), [Read More…]

Because being physically healthy has been my life-long interest (I grew up with a father who was a physical therapist), that’s the area I naturally gravitate toward in these “To Your Health” columns. During a [Read More…]

With information on the Internet so abundant and readily accessible, many are subscribing to various health trends/fads that on the surface seem like a good idea but may have overlooked consequences. I will be discussing [Read More…]

Gracefully: “In an attractively elegant way. In a respectful and dignified way. Polite, kind, pleasant, mannerly, charming…” Those are some of the dictionary definitions and synonyms. While there’s a lot of good to say about [Read More…]