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The Guy Files: The Grind Is The Glam

“We have inherited an incredibly beautiful and complex garden, but the trouble is that we have been appallingly bad gardeners. We have not bothered to acquaint ourselves with the simplest principles of...

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Juicing–My Story

If, like me, you’ve seen the documentary Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead, you may have started juicing. I am one of the 37.5% of U.S. adults overweight or obese. I didn’t start juicing to lose weight,...

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Prolapse Part 1

The Diagnosis Does this perhaps sound a bit familiar? You’ve borne a few babies, middle age is firmly entrenched, and once every month or so you find yourself in the aisle of the grocery story that is...

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Prolapse Part 2

The Procedure A few weeks ago I wrote about this wildly attractive medical condition I have — stress incontinence caused by uterine prolapse. You can probably figure out what this means, but to explain...

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It Starts With Nutrition

How Modern Day Food Choices and Dopamine-Pleasure Cycles Lead to Overeating “The honest truth is just that…it starts with nutrition. We, like cars and other such machines, run on fuel. For us, that...

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Who is Sunil “Sunny” Tripathi?

Social Media: Getting It First Takes Over Getting It Right Sunil Tripathi is a missing kid who took leave of Brown University last year because he was struggling with depression. And then for a few...

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Up All Night – Teenage Insomnia

Insomnia afflicts everyone at some point in their lives. It’s treated with everything from mind-altering drugs to warm milk, but still it remains a terrible problem that keeps many scientific minds up...

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The Chronic Pain Chronicles: Part 1, In Misery

Teens Dealing With Pain Sixth grade was the worst year of my life for many reasons. It wasn’t just because I had to start at a new school where I didn’t know anybody, had swine flu, my grandpa died,...

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Got Milk? Breast Milk Donations Needed

If you’ve ever heard a “She had her baby, but…” story, then you already know how many mothers struggle with unexpected dilemmas post delivery. If you can’t anticipate a problem that you could never...

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The Chronic Pain Chronicles: Part 2, My Life in Ruins

When I was twelve, my sister was suffering from a mysterious illness that very nearly destroyed both her and my family. She had strange symptoms like shooting pain throughout her entire body,...

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Diet Review: The Starch Solution

You’ve probably heard about President Bill Clinton changing over to a plant-based diet after his two heart surgeries. And you may have even read the open letters one doctor repeatedly sent to Clinton...

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What To Do When You Burn

You’d think sunburns would have gone the way of CDs and landlines – extict. But with everything I know about sun damage aging my skin, and even after reapplying waterproof SPF 45 three times, I got a...

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Should I Get A Flu Shot?

Last year the flu season was reported as mild, but the year before–those who got the strain, including myself, know it was lingering and severe. Getting a Seasonal Flu Vaccine can help reduce the...

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Skinny is Geographically Relative

Where you live can definitely affect body image. Martin Tovée, Ph.D., a psychologist at Newcastle University in England calls it your “visual ‘diet.’” Tovée studies how different environments affect...

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Teaching Kids Gratitude

Gratitude has a huge impact on quality of life: happiness, satisfaction, optimism and even health benefits. Four our kids this can even lead to better grades, to have better relationships with friends,...

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Are Companies Changing Your Health Care?

Will companies large and small be shifting you to  private health insurance exchanges (different than the government-run insurance exchanges, or marketplaces, that are part of the Affordable Care Act?)...

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7 Tips for New Year, New You

With the holiday season coming to an end, many of us are gearing for the New Year. What are we looking forward to and what do we wish to leave behind us? What do we resolve to change and what are we...

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The Perfect Breakfast

I recently had the pleasure of a consultation with Gelson’s Staff Dietitian, Jessica Siegel, MPH, RD. For those of you who are shoppers at Gelson’s you might recognize her recipes in the Deli Counter...

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Heart Disease a Young Person’s Disease?

According to the American Heart Association, over 5 million people die from heart failure every year in the U.S. alone. Bad eating habits, drug addiction or old age may be among the top silencers of...

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Scanadu Scout – A Lifeline in Your Pocket

Any time you show up to a hospital, one of the first things you encounter is a nurse who’s armed and ready to check your vital signs? You know the drill: “Roll up your sleeve,” “How are you feeling?,”...

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