Stress kills us. Luckily, it’s not a quick death, but rather a slow, agonizing death over the course of years. But what does it do to your brain in the meantime? It is clear that stress will fire off an epileptic seizure faster than just about anything else. But is stress so damaging to the […]
Vacations are of critical importance and are not merely a luxury. They are a requirement. So when was YOUR last vacation? I sit here writing this particular post from the airport in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, awaiting my flight home from a week long vacation. So why is this relevant? Besides the blog articles and eBooks, […]
Somewhere along the way someone decided that teenage depression treatment using antidepressants was ok. I understand that there are challenges and there may actually be a time and place for medicating our kids for psychological problems. But certainly not at the rate we are medicating them today. These drugs affect the way your brain functions. YOUR […]
In no way did I intend on this coinciding with the Angelina Jolie thing, but it is certainly relevant. Only a small percentage of risk of cancer comes from your genetics. Even the greatest risk factor we know of for breast cancer, the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, while 80% of these women will go on […]
Of the 700,000 or so cancer surgeries done in the US per year, it is estimated that 40% of these patients develop recurrences with poor outcomes. These are some scary statistics. The American Cancer Society (not my favorite organization) states that there are two reasons why the cancer came back: Smaller parts of a tumor […]
