Healthy Halloween: How to Turn Trick or Treat into Healthy Eats to Fight Obesity

Weight Control

It’s Halloween, and according to the US Census Bureau, 41 million trick-or-treaters between ages 5 and 14 will be flooding neighborhoods across America. Costumed children will joyously fill their coiffures with “Halloween gold.” Of course I’m...

Heart Attacks in Menopausal Women

General Health, Heart Disease, Menopause

When I ask my menopause patients if they know the symptoms of a heart attack, the answer is usually, “No,” or they think of crushing chest pain. But chest pain or pain going down one or both arms is much more common in men than in women. Heart disease is...

Mammogram Song and Video

Breast Cancer, Cancer, Menopause

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and every women should be sure she is up to date on her breast exam and her mammogram. A mammogram is a low-dose x-ray exam of the breasts that can find abnormal changes in breast tissue that cannot be felt during a breast...

1 in 6 Americans are Hungry

Weight Control

1 in 6 Americans don’t have enough to eat. Doctor Mache explains the health issues associated with too little food and the impact it has on healthcare and the finances of the United States. Filmed at a Feeding America and Connecticut Food Bank event in...

Diabetes Song

Diabetes

Blogging to relieve your stress

Stress

You may wonder how blogging can reduce your stress. I did too. But imagine thinking about something and getting it out of your thoughts and into the open where you can “get it off your chest” and at the same time see if it can help others and if others are...

North American Menopause Society Meeting

Menopause

I’ve just returned from the North American Menopause Society meeting in Chicago. Many friends there and lots of great content. I’ll be writing about some of the things I heard there in the next week. Stay tuned. One thing is certain, there is a real...

Breast Cancer Tips

Cancer

This is breast cancer month. It’s one of the most scary diagnosis a woman can have and for many it is not well understood. Here is a link to an article that makes understanding breast cancer very clear. It’s always a good thing to understand a disease....

Obesity and our Genes

Weight Control

Today a new study came out linking obesity to our genes http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/644136.html. It’s interesting findings and may contribute to the explosion of obesity we are seeing in the US and now world wide. But it’s hard...

Tips to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes

Diabetes is one of the major health issues facing the United States. By 2025 it is anticipated that 300 million people will have Diabetes type 2 world wide. Here is an easy to understand video of some simple things you can do to prevent Type 2...