Think of yourself as an automobile. You have an engine and a chassis, also known as a body. Sportscasters often talk about players’ legs as “wheels.” We have gas tanks—our stomachs—where we put our fuel. If your car sits in […]
If you’ve ever suffered from a migraine, or know someone who has, you know how painful it can be. Migraines are no fun. Now imagine you’re seven years old and you have a migraine. Besides the pain, add a […]
You work hard year-round to eat right and exercise, sidestepping daily temptations to sleep in, relax, and indulge. And then the holiday season hits with its time demands and fattening foods. It’s easy to get overwhelmed with shopping and […]
It’s estimated that 70 million American adults suffer from some kind of sleep disorder. This is troubling because humans need sleep to survive. In fact, almost all animals do. In a 1989 University of Chicago study, rats that were fed […]
Physical fitness is like saving for retirement: we all know the basic outline of what we should do, but we want a shortcut. We know it’s a lifelong process that can’t be accomplished all at once or with some silver […]
Apnea is the Greek word for “breathless,” which describes people with sleep apnea when they are sleeping. In sleep apnea, a person’s — (in the whole animal kingdom, only English bulldogs, pugs, and humans can experience sleep apnea) – sleeping […]
I learned early in my career, from my mentor Dr. Steven Olmos, that “in a chronic pain situation, the site of the pain and the symptom is rarely, if ever, the origin of the problem.” Millions of Americans suffer from […]
We all get headaches. Some are just a pain in the, well, head. Others are debilitating. They may be accompanied by other symptoms, like nausea and neck pain, and hurt so deep it feels like someone is playing the bass […]
If you’ve ever suffered the soul-emptying pain of a migraine, we sympathize. The throbbing pain on one side of your head, the nausea, and the light and sound sensitivity – it makes you wish the world would just go away. […]