This May marks my 20th year in practice here in England — and I honestly can't think of a better way to honor that milestone than by spending a day with the people who made it possible: you!
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A recent legal judgment against Meta and YouTube has brought something important into the spotlight. A jury determined that these platforms were not simply providing content—but were intentionally designing systems to keep users engaged, even addicted, to what they were watching.
Why?
Because the longer we stay engaged, the more valuable our attention becomes. In order to market products and services to us, one thing has to happen first: 👉 We have to keep watching.
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Over the past year, my shoulder surgery has been a tremendous success. My strength and mobility continue to improve, and I’m grateful for the skill of my surgeon and the technology that made it possible.
But recently, I began experiencing some unexpected symptoms that led me to take a deeper look at the “biodegradable” implants used in my repair—and what that term really means.
In this week’s blog, I share my personal experience,
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GLP-1 medications have become one of the most talked-about tools for weight loss in modern healthcare. For many individuals, these drugs have felt like a long-awaited breakthrough. Weight comes off. Appetite decreases. Blood sugar stabilizes. People feel hopeful.
But every therapeutic intervention has physiological consequences.
GLP-1 agonists work by stimulating GLP-1 receptors in both the brain and the gastrointestinal tract. This leads to:
Increased insulin secretion
Lately, I’ve been seeing ads for something called “clean nicotine,” promoted as a way to improve focus, memory, and cognitive performance. That was a first for me. After more than four decades in natural healthcare, I’ve heard a lot of creative marketing claims. But “clean nicotine” may be one of the most confusing—and concerning—phrases I’ve come across.
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In the late 1970s, a journalist named Norman Cousins found himself facing a serious, painful illness with a grim prognosis. He was not a physician. He was not a researcher. He did not believe that healing was something delivered to him from the outside, but something that unfolded through him — and that he had an active role to play in that process. Instead of surrendering entirely to fear or passivity, Cousins began to observe his own body with curiosity and intention. What he discovered — that laughter, joy, hope, and meaning could measurably reduce pain and support recovery.
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The heart is one of the most metabolically active organs in the body. It beats more than 100,000 times a day and depends on a steady supply of nutrients to maintain strength, rhythm, and efficiency. When nutrition is compromised, the heart does not fail overnight — it adapts, compensates, and eventually struggles.
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But here’s the uncomfortable truth that rarely gets discussed: The number of heart attacks occurring each year has not declined nearly as much as the death rate, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the #1 cause of death in the United States. In other words, we’ve become very good at saving lives during a cardiac event — but we are far less successful at preventing the event from happening in the first place or managing the chronic conditions that lead up to it.
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A castor oil pack is a piece of flannel (wool or cotton) saturated with castor oil, placed on the body—often the abdomen—then covered and warmed with a heating pad or hot water bottle for a relaxing session.
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It’s that time of year again—cold and flu season. No one actually wants to catch a cold, but sometimes it seems like people go out of their way to make it happen. So, with a little humor and a lot of truth, here’s a step-by-step guide to how to catch a cold—so you can recognize what not to do if you want to stay healthy.
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