I have about 45 minutes each work day during which I choose to listen to podcasts relevant to the work I love to do with my patients. A recent fave podcast broke down a question common in any medical practice: how does a given individual LOSE or GAIN fat in their body? The approach is so logical and so comprehensive that I found it immensely appealing and just had to share it, so here goes.
“I want some of what she’s having, please!” David pleaded with me for help with his sleep troubles after watching his newly hormone-taking wife, wake refreshed after yet another night of good sleep. Obviously, the hormone replacement which can enable a woman to sleep blissfully all night would not be the solution needed by her husband!
I was in my third year of medical school, spending some time at the Women’s Health Clinic on lower University Avenue in Berkeley, California, across the Bay from my school, University of California at San Francisco. It was Spring of 1978 and the women’s movement was making some headroads in medical schools. My class was 40% women, an all-time high!
We have collectively shared one of the most shocking and surprising years any of us has ever lived through. The cute phrase for this on Twitter, should you visit there, is “I sure didn’t have THIS on my Bingo Card for 2020, did you?” After a certain point we have all developed a thicker skin for surprise, but I hope we have all kept a thin skin for awareness, caution and empathy.
How many times have you thought, “Sheesh 2020 has been a bitch of a year, hope 2021 is better!” ? How many times today?
What Is Known About InsomniaHealthy Steps: Insomnia—First StepsHealthy Steps: Insomnia—Full ProgramPreventing InsomniaFrom Dr. Deborah’s Desk Revised 22 August 2020 When was the last time you had trouble sleeping? Too much screen time, emotional stress, loud neighbors, or the anticipation of leaving on a trip can all interfere with a good night’s rest. But if you […]
“Oh no, they rushed Harvey to the hospital, they think he’s having a heart attack!” Something dramatic has happened in Harvey’s life, and a complex chain of events set in motion.
Have you been checking in with old friends? New friends? Even just your “regular friends” whom now you haven’t seen for the last month? I delight in knowing that—to the best of my knowledge—everyone is okay. But of course, there are many who aren’t “okay,” whether the suffering comes from sickness, loneliness, poverty… or just the uncertainty of not knowing where we are and where we’re going. I think we all feel a bit of the latter type of suffering.
“What can I do to protect myself against the coronavirus?”
Be calm, pay attention, and be pro-active.
Stay six feet away from anyone outside your immediate household.
Wear any kind of a mask when you’re out in public.
Wash your hands twice as often as you think you need to, wear gloves or hand-sanitize when you’re out in public.
If you were to ask me what my greatest health challenge was, I would have answered you with clarity and assurance, “I am just not a very good sleeper.” I might explain my different strategies and interventions and supplements that I experiment with, all to improve my sleep quality. I might even have offered you the diversion my patients frequently try on me: “I come by it naturally, my mother wasn’t a good sleeper.”