When a person goes into the doctor’s office for a general checkup LOTS of body “stuff” will be checked including: Blood pressure Pulse Laboratory blood tests including glucose levels, liver enzymes, renal function Weight Most people that do incorporate routine doctor office-based checkups will do this once a year but some will go only every […]

Concerning weight control, aging changes LOTS.  If we turned the clock back 20 years or more, many of us (not all) could get away with the following and still be able to maintain a weight we were happy with: Eat higher quantities of foods Consume much more alcohol Not count portions of carbs and sugar-containing […]

Numerous times when we see patients that do not lose or even gain weight the preceding week we hear the following dissection/explanation of why weight loss did not occur: “I had a very stressful week”.  Taking a step back and analyzing the concept of stress causing weight gain:  Stress itself does not cause weight gain […]

I am writing this entry on the day before the Superbowl game between the Eagles and Chiefs.  Before we launch into the weight control message for today, I am going to give the “Posner Prediction”:  Eagles 31  Chiefs 20.  (This was very painful for me to predict as a Giants’ fan because the last team […]

Hearing loss is often associated with increasing age.  For those of you with family members or friends with hearing issues, this can be very frustrating for not just the person experiencing the hearing problem but also the people around him/her that needs to raise their voices to be understood.  Heating aids can certainly help the […]

We have all heard the expression “Creatures of Habit” as this refers to the tendency for people to engage in behavioral patterns that are repetitive in nature.  We like to see ourselves as free-willed, conscious beings, self-governing and set apart from other animals by our capacity for reasoning. Yet watch people closely and you find […]

For those of you that have a loved one that has developed/succumbed to Alzheimer’s Disease, you know the tremendous pain and suffering that occurs for not just the person but also close family members/friends.  Watching a loved one that was once vibrant, sharp, witty, caring and intelligent gradually decline mentally and physically is almost too […]

Groundhog Day (February 2) occurred several days ago and apparently Punxsutawney Phil (the Groundhog) did not see his shadow, stayed above ground and we are doomed to having 6 more weeks of winter.  As an aside, over the 137 years that Groundhog Day has been celebrated, only 40% of the time is P. Phil correct, […]

Many patients will use the term “I am ADDICTED TO ___” when describing food/snack sources such as chocolate, cookies, chips and similar types of foods.  In these cases, people are using this term in a joking sort of way and not implying a true “addition” as in people with alcohol, drug, gambling and/or sex addictions. […]

This entry is more geared to anyone out there that are parents.  When completing the line: “I Can Only Be As Happy As____”, the following ending may be shared by many people:  “ AS MY UNHAPPIEST CHILD”.  What this statement implies is that as parents, no matter what the age of our children, our own […]