My Health Adventure
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Politics and healthcare
How have your political views changed over time? One of my favorite SNL skits shows a stark reality of American Life recently: the political turmoil in every family. It’s Thanksgiving and arguments break out between different viewpoints and factions, and then a child starts playing an Adele song and the arguing suddenly stops. Click here…
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Cranberry juice!
A new systematic review found the evidence that cranberry juice or supplement can reduce recurrence of urinary tract infection. This is great news! This has been theorized for years, and I’ve heard many different opinions on the practice. In my own clinic over the years, I saw significant benefit over and over again, especially with…
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One of the Best Hikes ever…
Some hikes showcase amazing views that just cannot be captures on the camera – this is one of them.
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Seriously?
You need to go watch Jurassic Park again… My answer is NONE. Simple and straight to the point. My reason involves the following two main arguments: They may seem cute (the little tiny ones), and fascinating, but there is no way anything good could happen if T-Rex was in my neighborhood. Why post about dinosaurs…
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Surfing is hard…
Clearly, there are a lot of activities that are difficult to start in your 50s and one of them is surfing. For most of my life, I’ve struggled with balancing on everything from a skateboard to skis and now I can add a surfboard to that list. Ever since I was a child, I’ve had…
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Health maintenance stategies
I feel that the best way to maintain your health is to have a primary care provider. This gives you the opportunity to sit down with an expert to analyze your health and to discuss your well being in detail and to come up with a plan to make it better. Not all PCP’s are…
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Chinook Pass is about to bloom
I just returned from a trip up into the Cascades, east of Mt Rainier, and the meadows at Lake Tipsoo are about to erupt in wildflowers! I would guess that the best time to visit will be from 7-20 days from today for the full display of color and natural wonder. I wanderered a bit…
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Ultraprocessed foods
A fairly new concept in the scientific community is the categorization of foods into subtypes based on the amount of industrial processing that it takes to create the food. Every since 2010, Dr Carlos Monteiro, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, has proposed a tiered system based on his research. Basically, there are four classifications, called the…
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