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January 27, 2009 03:49 PM EST --
Join us for a live chat, tonight at 9pm ET to find out how you can enjoy overall better health this year.
Dr. Abe Morgentaler of Harvard Medical School will be joining us. He is the author . . .
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February 25, 2008 02:45 PM EST --
Last night, I had a big meal and then went to bed. I felt full and thought about the medical myth that patients often ask me about—does eating late at night lead to weight gain?
I love . . .
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January 21, 2008 11:06 AM EST --
Recently I had coffee with a friend who is worried about her 86-year-old mother, who lives in the Midwest. "Lately it seems like she's worried about everything," my friend told me. "She . . .
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February 04, 2008 01:32 PM EST --
Depression is so common that it is sometimes easy to overlook. This is especially true when it occurs in men, who seem to have a harder time than women recognizing it in themselves. And they also are . . .
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February 04, 2008 01:53 PM EST --
Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, is a dreaded complication of diabetes. If you have diabetes, you know just how lousy you feel when your blood sugar gets too low. This is a potential . . .
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March 03, 2008 11:15 AM EST --
I'm sure you've seen the commercials for Chia Pets, the ceramic planters made in different shapes that, when you spread seeds on their surface, grow "hair" or "fur". The latest . . .
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March 10, 2008 01:49 PM EDT --
Several patients I'm treating for depression also suffer from migraine headaches. One of them asked me recent if there is any connection between the two. Definitely—but it's a bit complicated. . . .
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April 13, 2009 10:33 AM EDT --
I generally enthusiastically adopt new technologies, but I exercise caution with new medicines. Unless you are emailing while driving, a Blackberry is unlikely to kill you. In contrast, medicines can . . .
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June 10, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
I just gave a talk to a group of doctors, nurses, and medical researchers on how to help cancer survivors physically recover. Fatigue is a major problem in people who have undergone cancer treatment, . . .
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September 04, 2008 10:04 PM EDT --
The New York Post and Wall Street Journal ran articles during the Olympics making the claim that Michael Phelps’ diet contains 12,000 calories each day. It could be true. Phelps is 6’4”, and weighs . . .
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March 24, 2008 10:16 AM EDT --
Believe it or not, the brief exposure to nutrition I received in medical school in the early 1980s focused almost entirely on vitamin deficiencies. We medical students learned about scurvy and rickets, . . .
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April 14, 2008 09:47 AM EDT --
If two patients come in to see me with the same condition, one might walk away with a prescription for a medication, the other for a prescription for diet and exercise. Why? Because I tailor treatment . . .
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May 19, 2008 02:05 PM EDT --
If I asked you, my blog readers, whether you are tired, I'm guessing that many of you would say yes. Sometimes the reason is obvious—maybe you stayed up too late watching the Red Sox game or . . .
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February 11, 2008 03:45 PM EST --
Can an herbal supplement help me sleep?" Many of my patients ask me this question, and many others never ask but just take a supplement along with their other prescription medications. . . .
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November 12, 2007 01:25 PM EST --
A confession: when I was about thirteen I ordered diet pills through the mail. I can’t recall, or even imagine, how I managed to get a check or money order to buy them. I do remember, though, the . . .
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October 28, 2008 11:01 AM EDT --
Join us on TONIGHT at 8pm ET in the Health Essential for a LIVE CHAT with Harvard Medical School’s Dr. Julie Silver . Julie is a well-known and trusted Gather member and also the author of What . . .
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November 19, 2007 10:23 AM EST --
I often find it useful in discussions with patients to compare weight management with personal finance. The analogy isn’t perfect—the drive to eat is more complicated and deeply rooted than . . .
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February 05, 2008 03:53 PM EST --
A week or so ago, I was sitting in a hospital room as a "civilian." That is, my role was not as a physician but as a friend. It was late at night, and my dear friend's husband was slowly . . .
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February 18, 2008 01:03 PM EST --
When a patient is first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, one of the first things to discuss is getting and keeping their blood sugar at a normal level. Tight control of blood sugar has been shown to help . . .
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February 18, 2008 01:14 PM EST --
I'm a mess if I don't get enough sleep! You probably recognize the ill effects of sleep deprivation after a night or two of not sleeping well: grogginess, grouchiness and a brain that . . .
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