It is very important for all of us to always recall that we live by choice, not by chance. We choose our thoughts, we choose our actions, we choose our personal habits such as exercising and choosing not to smoke. We also choose what we eat and drink, we choose our friends, and we must never ...
A reader writes: “I’ve had a bunion developing on my foot for a few years, but I don’t really have pain. I’ve heard different things about what can happen. Can mine cause problems even though it doesn’t particularly hurt?” Dr. McLean explains: A bunion is a bump that appears ...
What can we learn from one person’s story? In medicine, a story such as this is called a case report in which the patient is the main protagonist and the narrative is a detailed description of the experience of that single patient. When doctors are called upon to provide their opinion, ...
America is aging, with more people becoming “senior citizens” than ever before. The U.S population is older today than it has ever been. And with these years come certain inevitable concerns, illness and disease being chief among them. Thoughts will typically turn to osteoporosis and the ...
The last time Congress passed a law to protect children on the internet was in 1998 — before Facebook, before the iPhone and long before today’s oldest teenagers were born. Now, a bill aiming to protect kids from the harms of social media, gaming sites and other online platforms appears to ...
How do scientists and doctors know that smoking is a bad habit? In my previous two articles, I examined the question: Is beef good for you? My goal wasn’t only to tell you whether red meat is good or bad (it turned out that beef isn’t as bad as many people tend to believe) but also to ...
