Depression. Thankfully this is something I have never had to deal with. But, depression is one of the most common health issues diagnosed today and many of my patients, friends and family members have suffered with this challenging disease. In fact, depression is the most common psychiatric disorder in the general population and the most…
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Could Your Perfume Give You Cancer? (Health Information, Skincare)
Could your perfume give you cancer? The answer is that it might. So could many of the skin care and makeup products that you use. Scary right? Unfortunately the answer is not totally black or white. There are many exposures that can contribute to cancer development, but most people never consider that the things they…
Weekly Workout Challenge: January 20, 2017
The first weekly workout challenge of 2017! Are you excited? You better be! There is almost nothing that makes me happier than a good hard sweaty workout. Anyone else? One simple way to make me go crazy is to deprive me of exercise for a few days. I wanted to digress from exercise for a…
Weekly Workout Challenge: December 30, 2016
It’s Friday which means it’s time for your Weekly Workout Challenge. The last workout challenge of 2016. Crazy hey? I can’t believe another year has already come and gone… 2016 was a big year for me. I finished residency (finally!), started my medical practice, bought a house, got 2 new puppies, travelled to Florida and…
15 Scary Skincare Facts
1. The last time a law was passed regulating the personal care industry in the United States was in 1938 (yes that is almost 100 years ago!). 2. The laws in the US do not provide the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with the power to ask cosmetic companies for safety data or to issue…
Weekly Workout Challenge: December 9, 2016
Workout 5 Rounds of: 100 mountain climbers 10 strict press with dumbbells 10 bicep curls with dumbbells 10 overhead tricep extensions with dumbbells (one in each hand) I used 15 lb dumbbells for all of the weights. This workout took me 9:04. Notes: The weights should be heavy. By the 2nd or 3rd round you…
Weekly Workout Challenge: November 25, 2016
It’s that day again. The weekly workout challenge day! In other words one of my favourite days of the week. I also realize that it is Black Friday. Or what is also known as the crazy American shopping day. Can you believe people get killed on this day in the states? Seriously, lives are lost…
Weekly Workout Challenge: November 18, 2016
It’s Friday! And you know what that means? Time for another Weekly Workout Challenge. This has become one of my favourite posts to make. I should have started this series so much sooner! I hope you like it as much as I do. And if not, well too bad… it’s here to stay friends. Because…
Weekly Workout Challenge November 11, 2016
Hey friends! I am back for week two of my new installment of the Weekly Workout Challenge. Did you try the first one? Did you even see it? If not, you can find that post here. Maybe you could even do both challenges this week if you missed last week? I promise they are both really…
Weekly Workout Challenge: November 4, 2016
Hey friends! So I have decided to start a new series here on the blog. A Weekly Workout Challenge. The idea is that once a week (I think I will try and stick to Fridays) I will post a workout that I did that week for you all to try as well. I will post…