With summer approaching, I’m starting to think of vacation plans.  As a clinician, part of what allows me to stay enthusiastic about my work year after year is making sure I take time off on a regular basis.  Since I have my own practice, I am in the unique position of deciding when and how much [...]

In honor of National Infertility Awareness Week, here is an informative publication with important facts about infertility from RESOLVE, the National Infertility Association (www.resolve.org).
Infertility 101: Get the facts
Myth: Infertility is a women’s problem.
Fact: This is untrue. It surprises most people to learn that infertility is a female problem in 35% of the cases, a male problem [...]

I’ve noticed more articles being published about oxytocin, a hormone often referred to as the “love hormone.”  Oxytocin fuels feelings of love, trust, and generosity.  It helps couples stay close and parents bond to their children.  This hormone also plays a vital role in restoring feelings of calm and well-being after periods of intense stress. 
Want to raise your oxytocin levels?  [...]

Most of us take our minds and bodies for granted.  So did Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor (http://drjilltaylor.com/about.html), a Harvard trained neuroanatomist…until she suddenly suffered a brain hemorrhage in 1996.  Listen to the fascinating story of how this brain scientist describes her experience of stroke.  You’ll never think of your brain in quite the same way again.

I just finished reading Michael Pollan’s book Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. Pollan discusses how the Western diet is linked to soaring rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.  Pollan makes the point that eating well has become complicated because of widespread marketing of “edible foodlike substances” created primarily from refined corn, soy, wheat, as well as added [...]