Strategies to Keep Your Colon Healthy The colon is the least appreciated organ of the body – until it doesn’t work! People with colon problems can be miserable. The symptoms...
Being a doctor offers me unique opportunities to get the intimate details of people’s stories. I had a patient who died a few years ago who was the rarest gem...
The word addict is thrown around a lot these days. It seems everyone is addicted to something. People aren’t only addicted to substances like drugs, they are addicted to people,...
I did not set out to write an article saying that pain is a good thing. Anyone who has a kidney stone is not going to believe me. I also...
A few years ago, a friend, Greg, and I were talking at a park where we were having a picnic. He complained that his right shoulder had been painful for...
In January 2007, in Sacramento, California, a radio station held a water drinking contest, “Hold your wee for a Week.” The contest was to see who could drink the most...
“I can’t think! I can’t work! I am feeling anxious, nervous, and jittery 24/7 since stopping the anti-depressants! I can’t even sit still! It’s HORRIBLE!” James was very distraught. He...
In May 2022, a teacher at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Irma Garcia, was shot and killed. Two days later, her husband of 23 years, Joe Garcia, visited his...
Naltrexone is a patent medicine invented in the 1960s to block opiates and prevent people from abusing them. If someone takes Naltrexone, then heroin, opium, codeine, morphine, and so forth,...
Mary is a spry 78-year-old woman with her right arm significantly larger than her left. Several years ago, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The surgeon removed her breast, along...
As the world changes and there are disruptions in the supply chain, many have considered growing a garden. There is no right or wrong way. I have patients who have...
Heartburn, indigestion, acid stomach, reflux… There are many terms for the burning in the esophagus that is common to all, at least occasionally. From historical records, it appears that gastro-esophageal...
