Going Under the Knife for Back Pain? by Peter Kravitz The sudden onset of severe back pain stunned me a year ago. I’d never had back pain before and was uncertain what to do. The pain stabbed my lower back as I walked and stood, although, surprisingly, skating and swinging a golf club were pain-free. Read more
8 Medicare Mistakes to Avoid by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. Medicare open enrollment is quickly approaching. And we all notice that time seems to go faster the older you get so with October approaching faster than you think, let’s review some common mistakes that people make when getting set up for Medicare or changing their Read more
“Floss or Die” Really? By Angie Littlefield I was surprised by a recent smattering of headlines that stoked fears of heart disease for failure to floss. My brother, Dr. F. Michael Eggert, a successful periodontist, researcher and retired professor of dentistry, has long emphasized prevention and good oral hygiene as the best route to a Read more
Disrupted Sleep by Lucy E.M. Black “O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frightened thee. That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down, Read more
The New Me with Cosmetic Surgery by Cheryl L. Correia When a familiar song blasts on the car radio, my mind immediately fades into a past memory. In seconds, I’m removed from the mundane tasks of everyday life and transported to a time when I was a fun, freaky, frolicking younger self. My body gets Read more
Top Ten Ways to Manage Stress by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. Could things be more stressful right now? People are trying to not get sick, determine which vaccine to get or not get, how to keep working, pay the bills, etc. It’s been kind of a shit-show for everyone these past twenty-four months. Warning: these Read more
Five Healthy Foods Ruining your Diet by J’Nel Wright The joys of summer are over, and now it’s time to get healthy and lose those extra pounds. We request salad dressing to be on the side, we take the parking spot farthest from our building, and we say “no” to the fresh doughnuts and choose Read more
The Cost of Being Uninsured Today Can Cost Your Life Tomorrow by Marly Bobillier Grosso A few years ago, my then employer announced reductions in staff to every department within the company, including the visual design team where I worked. I became one more casualty of the crumbling retail world. Along with my job, our health Read more
The Bennies of CBD By Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. CBD has been around since the early 1900’s when chemist Roger Adams isolated cannabidiol compound while researching prophylactics to potential gas attacks during the trench warfare in Europe. Working at the National Research Council in Washington DC a few decades later, Adams presented a paper to Read more
Vaxxed Up & On the Road Again by Peter Kravitz For the first time in 403 days, I was able to travel. Fully vaccinated, I flew to Colorado in late March. I felt safe thanks to the miraculous Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, but I nonetheless took the usual precautions on the Southwest Airlines flight—I wore a mask Read more
