Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure: Telehealth and Home Monitoring Can Help
For most of my career, I’ve focused on cardiovascular disease and hypertension. Uncontrolled high blood pressure is the biggest factor for overall deaths in the United States. It is also is the most significant changeable risk factor for your health. According to researchers with Johns Hopkins, it can double your risk for a heart attack;... CONTINUE READING→
If the Covid-19 Virus Could Talk, What Would It Say and Will We Listen?
As I said in a recent article, “The Meaning of Covid-19: How to Survive and Thrive in the New Partnership Culture,” An old system is dying and a new one is coming into being. The old system has been around for a while 10,000 years or so and began when environmental change brought about serious drought... CONTINUE READING→
A Patient-Centered Look at Prostate Cancer
For the past few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the news cycle—especially coverage of health. But as big an issue as COVID is, it’s not the only disease we have to worry about. Heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are still significant causes of disability and death and will continue to be long after the... CONTINUE READING→
Deaths of Despair: The Other Covid-19 Crisis That is Killing Americans
By now everyone is aware that Covid-19 can cause death, primarily in people who are over fifty or have health problems such as asthma, lung disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic health problems. To protect ourselves we have been asked to practice physical distancing, wear face masks, avoid large gatherings, and wash our... CONTINUE READING→
Is COVID-19 Our Modern Plague?
It’s hard to believe that something so small can kill us in epidemic numbers, not to mention utterly and completely change life as we know it. The COVID-19 virus is about 50 times smaller than a red blood cell and contains a single strand of RNA with 26,000 base pairs. By way of comparison, the... CONTINUE READING→
May Was Mental Health Awareness Month—But Mental Health Remains A Major Theme During Men’s Health Month in June
Mental Health and Children For the 74 million children and adolescents in the United States (24% of the total population), mental health includes reaching develop-mental and emotional milestones, developing healthy social skills, and learning how to cope when problems arise. Although recent years have brought a more concentrated focus to the topic of mental health... CONTINUE READING→
Men’s Health Month: 26 Years of Progress—But Still a Long Way to Go
In 1994, when Men’s Health Month first launched, women outlived men by 6.6 years. By 2017, that gender gap had narrowed to five years. Why the dramatic change? Well, Men’s Health Month (MHM) itself has played an important role. Celebrated every June across the country and around the world, MHM features screenings, health fairs, media... CONTINUE READING→
Our Mental Health Pandemic and My Audacious Plan to Treat It
My recent article, “How to Avoid a Mental Health Pandemic and What We Can Do to Help,” focused on the importance of addressing mental health issues during the Covid-19 Pandemic. This article describes a potential solution that communities might consider in addressing current mental health issues and those we are likely to face in the... CONTINUE READING→
Weed and Testis Cancer: An Unholy Duo
I know that it is legal in most states. I also know that getting “high” on pot is not the same as getting “drunk” on alcohol. These issues aside, I still worry a lot about the relationship between pot use and the risk of testicular cancer. Some recent meta-analysis research adds fuel to the fire. A review of 25 studies conducted... CONTINUE READING→
Being a Guy Isn’t Easy in the Time of COVID
Dear Healthy Men: You’ve written about how men are more likely to get sick with the corona virus and I feel bad for them. But what about other problems that the virus is causing, like unemployment? I read that more women are losing their jobs than men are. Do you think that’s fair? A: There’s... CONTINUE READING→