For a while now, Dr. Wiggy has written that getting adequate vitamin D is associated with good health.But generally, when he’s talked about vitamin D, he’s focused on bone health or immune system function. And while we can obviously get...
Can you name the traditional fall spices off the top of your head?Maybe, maybe not.For most people, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves are synonymous with fall. They show up in apple cider, pumpkin pie, oatmeal, coffee, and just about every...
Everyone thinks of hospitals as clean and “safe,” but many are crawling with something dangerous.That something dangerous is called Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff And new research suggests that Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, may be getting better at surviving...
It may seem counterintuitive, but when you’re in pain, the last thing you’d think you should do is move more. Pain makes movement seem like a bad idea. Right?But getting some exercise could reduce pain and create a positive feedback...
Inflammation gets talked about so much that the word has almost lost its meaning.Inflammation is often pegged as the “boogeyman,” but it’s not always an enemy. In fact, inflammation exists because it’s one of the body’s basic survival tools. What...
We all want to sleep well.And we do all kinds of things, some of them crazier than others, to get a good night’s sleep.But what you do to the air in your bedroom could be worse for your sleep than...
For the last couple of weeks, I’ve talked about breast cancer risk, breast density, supplemental imaging, and why we invested in QT Breast Acoustic Ultrasound. Now I want to make this much more practical. As I’m sure many of you...
The gut is the second brain.Or, it’s been called that.We know how important the gut is, and it’s encouraging to know a simple walk can positively affect it. Because constipation is so common, this is great news. It can mean...
One of the most amazing things about the 20th and 21st centuries is that technology lets us see inside the human body.For millennia, if you were ill, there was no way for a person’s insides to be exposed to find...
