Diet is hugely important when it comes to overall health. Along with exercise, diet is one of the easiest things for us to control when it comes to trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle. There are numerous different diets, and different foods that people eat to enjoy specific health benefits. Read more…
In the medical field, sometimes drugs that were developed to treat one condition may be used treat other conditions as well. In some cases, the drugs don’t even work for their original intended purpose. Famously, erectile dysfunction drug Viagra (sildenafil citrate) was originally intended to help reduce blood pressure. Scientists Read more…
By this point, everyone knows that exercise is good for you. It’s good for the young, the old, the healthy, the sick, the disabled—everyone. Most people, if you ask them, will spout off a number of reasons why exercise is good for you, ranging from weight loss to reducing the Read more…
California, my home state, leads the nation in one very important statistic: it has the lowest maternal mortality rate of any state in the U.S. Between 2006 and 2013, the maternal mortality rate in California fell by 55%. That’s excellent news, and it is a credit to our medical system, Read more…
Now that the holiday season is upon us, I wanted to take a moment to discuss healthy ways to indulge in a time-honored tradition: holiday drinking. The holiday season means parties and celebrations, and parties and celebrations often mean wine or other forms of alcohol. There are simple steps you Read more…
Sometimes it seems like everywhere you look, there’s someone else sprouting advice about how to live a good life. Make money. Don’t focus on material things. Travel. Have friends. Go to church. Do what you love. Don’t do what you love, because then you’ll stop loving it. Apart from cat Read more…
Motor vehicle collisions consistently rank among the top causes of unintentional injury death in the U.S. In 2016, motor vehicle collisions came in second, behind unintentional poisonings. Following a decades-long decline in traffic fatalities, traffic injuries started rising again a few years ago. Experts attributed the increase to a myriad Read more…
Chest pain, often behind the breast bone Chest discomfort or pressure Pain that spreads down the left arm and side of the body Throat or jaw pain Abdominal pain, heartburn, indigestion, nausea Cold sweat Sudden dizziness or light-headedness Fatigue Shortness of breath These are the commonly known symptoms of a Read more…
Sometimes, it seems like everyone these days is into jogging. Every morning and every evening, scores of joggers go past my house. Jogging is good exercise. It can help combat stress and lower a person’s body fat. Similar to other forms of aerobic exercise, jogging can also help prevent hypertension, Read more…
By now, we’ve all heard it: exercise is important. Exercise helps keep you healthy and stave off a wide array of diseases ranging from diabetes to heart disease. As a doctor, I have seen first-hand the benefits of regular exercise for my patients. I myself, having practicing Martial Art for longer than Read more…