You have probably heard that weight gain at midlife is due to your metabolism slowing down. And research shows that this is partially true: your basal metabolic rate decreases about one to two percent...

How many times have you been asked the question, “how are you?” and your reply is “busy?”   In today’s world almost everyone is busy. Busy is the new status quo. It has become almost like a competitio...

Heart disease is the leading killer of women over the age of 50, and heart attacks are twice as deadly for women as they are for men. Statistics (which need not apply to you) show that 1 in 2 women wi...

For a long time, muscle fascia was considered to be just the white “saran wrap” around your muscles. In fact, when I was in medical school we were instructed to remove the fascia from cadavers so we c...

I often hear people say, “I’m too old for that.” While I believe that you are never too old to do the things you truly love, I do believe we outgrow certain things as we get older. Many of the things ...

There are basically two ways to live: in faith or in fear. Unfortunately, many people live in fear most of the time.  I am not talking about a constant fear of danger, although for some this is true. ...

Hot flashes are the most common menopausal symptom. Anywhere from 50 to 85 percent of women experience hot flashes and night sweats at some point during perimenopause. For some women hot flashes lead ...

Thanksgiving is one holiday that is all about the food. There is often a lot of anticipation about the day and lots of planning around the meal. These traditions can be wonderful and joyful. And it ca...

Are you in a relationship with an energy vampire?  Fully 20 percent of all people (male and female) have vampire characteristics or are full-blown Cluster Bs. That’s one in five people!  Each one of t...

Many people believe that health is an absence of symptoms. And the Western medical system supports this. In medical school, we were taught to think in terms of absolutes—curable or incurable.

Yet tod...

I am not a fan of screening your breasts to look for disease. But most women have been conditioned to look for what can go wrong with their health, and particularly their breasts after a certain age. ...

Many women approach menopause with the desire to take only “natural” hormones to help alleviate their symptoms. This causes quite a bit of confusion and miscommunication between doctors and their pati...