Makeover Your Kitchen

Makeover Your Kitchen

Wanting to make over your body?  The best place to start is your kitchen.  Good nutrition is in part about knowing which foods are good to eat but it may be more about altering lifestyle habits.  Even if you know what’s good to eat, if those foods are not around, you...
The Best Way to Get Control of Your Stress

The Best Way to Get Control of Your Stress

Since stress is an activation of our “fight or flight” or sympathetic activity, it is important to balance that with our “rest and digest” or parasympathetic activity.  I’ve heard many people say they exercise for stress relief.  While consistent exercise is a...
One Great Question to Ask Your Doctor

One Great Question to Ask Your Doctor

Have you ever been concerned that your doctor makes a quick assumption about what you have without really thinking it through?  Or, concerned that he/she has been telling you the same diagnosis over and over but your symptoms persist despite treatments?  Well, as...
Interesting Numbers on the Swine Flu

Interesting Numbers on the Swine Flu

Here are some interesting numbers comparing the swine flu (H1N1 influenza) to past influenza outbreaks: Seasonal influenza has about 3-5 million severe cases each year with 250,000-500,000 fatalities annually.  In the 1918 pandemic influenza there were 1-1.5 million...
Tanning to Get More Vitamin D???

Tanning to Get More Vitamin D???

You may have heard in the news or from your doctor that there have been studies done that associate a low blood level of Vitamin D with some types of cancers, neurologic disease, autoimmune disease and cardiovascular disease.  Let me emphasize- the studies show an...
Shortage of Primary Care Physicians in AL

Shortage of Primary Care Physicians in AL

It’s no surprise we are at a loss for primary care physicians in our nation.  Primary care includes the specialties of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Family Medicine.  Did you know that 98% of residents completing an internal medicine residency subspecialize to...