According to the Director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, Brian Wansink, PhD, we make 200 different food decisions a day. No, that’s not a typo. I did mean “200.” Think of all the food choices we have: whether or not to eat that dessert, whether to have a snack before dinner, whether to […]
Healing Spaces: Can Our Hospitals Do More to Encourage Health?
Take a minute and look around (or at least visualize) your office. Come on . . . give it a try. When I look around mine, I see a space painted in calming colors, with comfy chairs and a few tasteful Zen-inspired decorations. My credentials, there to inspire trust in my abilities, are hanging on […]
A Public Health Initiative, Delivered via the Barber Shop
Public health officials are forever debating the best way to distribute health information to the public. Doctors and other medical health professionals are surely a good source, but not all people see a physician. This issue has plagued public health officials, especially those who are concerned about the gap in health services offered to Black […]
Reporting in From Donation Day
Last Sunday, I emailed to let you know that we were holding a Day of Donation. After the Treating Trauma series grew nearly two and a half times over last year, we were feeling very thankful for all the listeners throughout the world who made this success possible. And out of our gratitude we wanted […]
A Mind-Body Look at Chronic Disease
60% of annual deaths worldwide are caused by chronic disease. Let me repeat that – 60% of the people who die each year do so because of mostly preventable chronic disease. More people die every year because of chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and COPD (to name just a few) than any other cause. […]