Before COVID-19 became a referendum on political ideologies, there were scientific answers about human genetics, lifestyle choices, and the expression of viruses in world populations. Before climate change was elevated from typically variable environmental behaviors to weather events that are mysteriously responsive to the shaming of humans and the expenditure of vast amounts of money,…
Our modern healthcare system is just that. A system. Driven by business concerns and a lot like a visit to Las Vegas. The operation of the system favors the system itself, not the participant. Okay. Probably not news to any of us. As users of healthcare, we can be content with what we get, try…
As we leave the rarefied atmosphere of the pandemic, Mental Health concerns take on importance in our everyday lives. Who has not already encountered behaviors from others recently that would not have been considered “normal” in the years prior to the social isolation of COVID-19 measures? From trolling for fights on social media to culture…
I know that polypharmacy is not a term we banter around everyday. Some readers may have never even heard of it before. A great many though have experienced the effects of polypharmacy. Doesn’t the term polypharmacy sound like a cute advertising campaign for a new chain of drug stores? The truth begins in your physician’s…
One of the joys of society opening again is talking face-to-face with real live people and the chance to be challenged by questions about why I write about Health and Fitness. I admit to being a little out of practice with some of the verbal judo of answering “why” questions, but I have missed this…