New Year. New Resolutions. With the start of the New Year, many of us make commitments to improve our health. Some of us take on a new routine or hobby, give up or change old habits. As the holidays go, many of us take on the resolution to engage in more exercise and lose the … Read more
See what’s on Netflix or go for a run? We’re more than half-way through #HeartMonth and I’m still picking the next episode of Netflix nine times out of ten. That said, with the Heart Month hashtags flooding my twitter feed I have been inspired to start “prescribing” exercise to patients who are having trouble making … Read more
If life gave me a box of chocolates, I am pretty sure I would eat them all. As a basic science researcher, I am all too familiar with burn-outs and stress, and more recently to the effects of stress-induced anxiety. So, I started running. I ran when my worries got too overwhelming, I ran when … Read more
A new year presents a new opportunity for improvement. Each year, thousands of advertisements beckon us to join or buy the most recent fitness and wellness craze – wearable technologies, personal coaching, pea protein and oat milk. However, if trends are not your thing, you may find it reassuring that “traditional” fitness and wellness strategies (e.g., … Read more
Last year, the grand round speaker was a renowned physician in his field. He gave us an excellent presentation related to heart disease prevention and lipid management. However, the audience were surprised with the fact that the speaker was obese, at least 50 lb. overweight. I invoke this anecdote to buttress my argument that physicians … Read more