The other day, I was reading through a magazine and came across a somewhat startling statistic- “95% of US healthcare funds go towards treating illness with only 5% going towards disease prevention”. Practicing in a hospital setting, this news is not exactly shocking to me because the majority of my patients have acute illnesses. On [...]
It’s January 7th, one week into 2010. How are you doing with your New Year’s goals? Maybe you are realizing your goals were a bit overambitious… going from not working out at all to working out an hour every single day is a HUGE change. Just remember, you can always make adjustments to your goals [...]
Despite having to work at the hospital this weekend, I found time to enjoy a date with my soon-to-be husband and catch up on my growing DVR TV show list. For date night, we went to our favorite pizza place… Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza. I started with a small mixed green salad with olive dressing [...]
Many people believe the cliché “some people will never change”. Dr. Kenneth Christian of Your Own Worst Enemy states you must believe that change is possible in order to change. “Whether you believe you can or believe you can’t either way you are right.” Henry Ford While Part I of Your Own Worst Enemy focuses [...]
One of my favorite things is going to the library… I know nerd alert! I was definitely the kid that got excited about the summer reading list. A lot of times I will just wander around a section that I’m interested in until I see a book title that jumps out to me. Ever since [...]
I often ask my patients at work, “What is motivating you to change your eating habits/lose weight?” Whether the goal is to maintain or improve health, the driving force to reach that goal is different for everyone. For some money was the motivation… cost of medication for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes… [...]
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