Asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic otitis media and sinusitis are increasing at frightening rates among children in the United States. There are several measures that parents can take to effectively reverse this trend, according to Leo Galland, M.D...
If you're facing challenging times or if you're simply feeling down and out, here's a story that just might help you get back on your feet. In "Nail Soup: just add the spices" Barry Bittman, M.D. offers us this metaphor of encouragement, of belief...
Today, most people don't just want to live long lives. They want to live long healthy lives, or as the old adage puts it, "to die younger, as old as possible. Most of us want to add life to years, not just years to life. We all know people who have...
In this column Dr. Galland discusses detoxifying foods which protect against the effects of environmental pollution, free-radical induced cell damage and cancer through dietary anti-oxidants. Foods that are richest in these anti-oxidants are red...
While it's well accepted that exercise builds muscle mass, did you know that mental exercise builds brain mass as well? In "Brain Building: pumping iron mentally" Barry Bittman, M.D. not only outlines the related research, he includes a dozen...
By definition, "crisis" means that one's life is out of control. When faced with a health crisis, many people experience the information they receive about their condition -- and the way they receive it -- as making their feelings of being out of...
The rate of cancer among American children has been rising for decades according to a story in the New York Times, September 29, 1997. "Although the reasons remain unclear, many experts suspect the increase may be partly the result of growing...
While some people tend to live in the past, others seem to consume every waking moment worrying about the future. Rarely do we live fully in the present. In "The Carpenter's Lesson: building your future with pride" Barry Bittman, M.D. shares a story...
On the surface it seems that for a person facing a serious illness, time is not a luxury. This tends to separate those who become survivors from those who do not. While time might seem horribly constraining, it is the very fabric upon which healing...
Most medical care today is provided via the brief office visit - one person visits the doctor. Clearly appropriate in some circumstances, this one-to-one model often falls short of meeting patients' real needs - especially patients with multiple...
Leo Galland MD FACN
Barry Bittman MD
David S. Sobel MD