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Straight, No Chaser: Your Stress Management Plan
What role does stress have in your life? Do you avoid it like the plague? Do you use it to motivate you? Do you have so much of it that it cripples you? As with so many things, if
Straight, No Chaser: Prostate Cancer Screening
Every so often, controversies regarding medical treatment recommendations get in the news and seemingly only serve to confuse the public. Every blog, article or research paper is a
Straight, No Chaser: Prostate Cancer
Men (and women who care for men – meaning everyone) should be knowledgeable about prostate cancer. I don’t mean physician-level knowledgeable, but there are just a f
Straight, No Chaser: Prostate Awareness
This is Prostate Cancer Awareness month, and as such, this Straight, No Chaser explores the prostate (no pun intended). Prostate cancer and screening will be addressed in an additi
Straight, No Chaser: The Evidence on the Effectiveness of Corporal Punishment (Spanking)
Although we make exceptions, Straight, No Chaser is not in the opinion business. The primary goal of this blog is to provide you with factual and easily understandable information
Straight, No Chaser: Learning the Risks and Signs of Abusive Head Trauma
This part of the conversation is not about spanking. It’s not even about abuse. It’s about learning who is most likely to cause harm to your child, intended or not, and what pl
Straight, No Chaser: Abusive Head Trauma aka Shaken Baby Syndrome
The discussion regarding the line between parental discipline and child abuse has proven to be a passionate one. Without wading into opinions, let me elaborate and give a concrete
Straight, No Chaser: The Emotional Signs of Child Abuse
In a previous Straight, No Chaser, we provided a pictorial demonstration of the physical signs of child abuse. Unfortunately for many, the emotional signs are even more dangerous.
Straight, No Chaser: The Physical Signs of Child Abuse
Given how often this topic is in the news, we must continue to drill certain points home. This Straight, No Chaser provides visual examples of the consequences of child abuse. A ch
Straight, No Chaser: Understanding and Controlling Stress
Have you ever noticed how some people seem to strive in stressful environments? The success of firemen, police officers, air traffic controllers and many other professionals
Straight No Chaser In The News: New Weight Loss Pill On The Market, aka The Problem With How We Approach Our Health
The headlines say that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new weight-loss pill. The marketing will attempt to convince you that your health can be secured b
Straight, No Chaser: Basic Diet and Nutrition Tips
There’s so much clutter in information you receive about healthy eating. This Straight, No Chaser is a refrigerator-quality post-up that gives you practical steps and ch
Straight, No Chaser: Seizure First Aid Do's and Don'ts
I enjoy empowering you to act. There are many examples of emergency situations in which your actions can be beneficial, including the presence of active seizures. We previously dis
Straight, No Chaser: Battered Woman Syndrome and Why Victims Stay In Abusive Relationships
Domestic violence has been in the news quite a bit lately, and among the many questions asked, perhaps the most frequent is beguiling to many: “Why do the victims stay in the abu
Straight, No Chaser: Seizures
There is so much mystery among the lay population about how the brain works, even under normal circumstances. It is very scary to patients and families when things occur that remov
Straight No Chaser: Can HIV Be Eliminated From the Body?
Looking at the above picture, you would think it shows Ervin “Magic” Johnson donating blood. This is a topic begging to be discussed. As most everyone knows, Magic famously ret
Straight, No Chaser: Male Reproductive Health and Workplace Hazards
Yes, you read that correctly. We’re discussing men’s reproductive health. Of course there is a preoccupation with women’s reproductive health (and we addressed that in anothe
Straight, No Chaser: Female Reproductive Health and Workplace Hazards
Considerations of female reproductive health are important in the work environment. Many different work settings pose risks to women’s reproductive systems. Generally effects can
Straight, No Chaser: Smoking Cessation – Find Your #OneGoodReason
In a rather amazing decision by a multinational corporation, yesterday CVS Health became tobacco-free. It ended the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products at its 7,700 ph
Straight, No Chaser: Prevention and Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
If you have carpel tunnel syndrome (CTS) or are at significant risk for developing it, you really should learn strategies to either prevent, limit progression or treat the conditio
