During a family visit to my office last week, a teenage girl was letting everyone know that she was taking a stand against animal cruelty. She was horrified at the way animals are treated before they become food on supermarket shelves, and was taking it upon herself to educate everyone within earshot about this injustice. [...] Read more »
Disease Is Not Real
Disease is not real… Oh really, Dr. Mark? Have you heard of heart disease, diabetes, asthma, Parkinson’s, and conditions like that? You’re actually going to say out loud that disease is not real? Yes, I am, but hear me out. What exactly do we mean when we say someone has a “disease?” Is it as [...] Read more »
The Health Chasm
I did an informal survey not long ago where I asked a hundred people to list the five most important things in life. God was the most prevalent first answer, family was always in the top three, and “good health” was understandably given in 98% of the replies. Even though staying healthy is important to so many of [...] Read more »
Live To Be 100
Can you really live to be 100? I am here to say that indeed you can, regardless of your family history. It seems that everyone with whom I speak thinks they are “old” regardless of their actual age. Twenty-year-olds dread the day they turn thirty. Thirty-year-olds think turning forty is the end of all the fun and adventure [...] Read more »
Healthcare Like a Caveman
In 2007, the American Institute for Cancer Research released an “Expert Report” which took 6 years to produce and was compiled from over 7000 scientific studies. The report concluded that up to 70% of cancers can be prevented through diet, physical activity, and weight management. They gave their top 10 recommendations for cancer prevention which [...] Read more »
3 Reasons Your Kids Keep Getting Sick
It’s a difficult situation when your kids keep getting sick. You feel helpless and scared, always wondering what more you can do to keep them healthy. Well, there some very simple things you can do to keep so-called “seasonal” illnesses out of the home. You don’t have to run around like a crazy person sanitizing everything in your [...] Read more »
Your 3rd Health Care Option
Ever since I was old enough to understand English, politicians have been arguing about health care options. During every election we hear the same promises wrapped in the same recycled ideas, just from different people. They talk about how they’re going to finally solve this issue and how we’ll all live in peace and harmony, [...] Read more »
Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway.
A couple of weeks ago, I was having a discussion about health on a Facebook thread. It’s not always easy to give health advice by means of social media, but when someone asks my opinion, I do my best to answer. In this particular case, I was advocating the benefits of a healthy diet and what “healthy” [...] Read more »
Caring For The Environment
Regardless of what side of the global warming debate you are on, we can all agree that we always need to be caring for the environment. But as important as the water, air, and earth is to our well-being, caring for our inner environment deserves the same respect and is too often disastrously neglected. What good is saving [...] Read more »
The Race for a Cure
Every year in thousands of cities across America, the search for a cure goes on… A cure for what, you ask? Well, just about every disease known to man, and there are plenty of them to keep us busy. We are walking, running, biking, racing, climbing, playing, and praying for either awareness (as if we [...] Read more »
