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Straight No Chaser: The United States of Obesity – The Crossroads Between The Pursuit of Health and Happiness
Obesity in the United States places many at a crossroad between self-esteem and health. Â Often, larger frames are celebrated as more desirable. Â Other times, they are celebrated
Straight, No Chaser: Here's How You Stop Smoking – Quick Tips to START Smoking Cessation
Don’t pick your birthday or NYE to stop. Do it now. Can’t do it now? Do it Monday. In fact, do it every Monday. It’s a fight. If you fall down, start it back up again. It’s
Straight, No Chaser: Smoking Cessation
You’ve all been asked what things you’d take with you on a desert island. I’ll pose and answer the opposite question, but not on an island but regarding your life. Gettin
Straight, No Chaser: High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is called the silent killer. It’s common for me to see someone who thought they were ‘fine’ drop dead from its effects, never knowing it was about to happ
Straight, No Chaser: Breaking News You Can Use – Sarin Nerve Gas Poisoning in Syria
Just when I thought I was done with toxins for a while… Â U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has announced that autopsies of victims in Syria are testing positive for the pre
Straight, No Chaser: The Week In Review
Based on the response to this week’s posts, I’d say it was an informative week for you. Â Remember to click the underlined topics to go to the mentioned post. Â LetR
Straight, No Chaser: How Many Calories Do You Need a Day?
Let’s put this post (at least the end of it) under the category of things you do but really don’t think about. How many calories should you take in per day to function
Straight, No Chaser: How I Know If Your Ankle is Broken Without X-Rays – The Ottawa Ankle Rules
There are medical secrets, and there are tips. Â Then there are initiatives that help the public better understand what’s going on, like the big initiatives on heart attacks
Straight, No Chaser: Your Rebuttals and Questions about Insomnia
You are certainly an entertaining group behind the scenes. Here are some of your questions on insomnia. Be reminded that should you want to leave me a private question, just go to
Straight, No Chaser: Insomnia – You are Not Getting Sleepy…
Talking about insomnia makes me well, tired. You know what the problem is. You either can’t fall asleep, or you can’t stay asleep. You’re tired when you wake and all thro
Straight No Chaser: Top Seven Facts You Should Know About the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)


In general, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) attempts a nifty set of tricks: it aims to add over 30 million currently uncovered Americans to insurance rolls whi
Straight, No Chaser: A Dream of Equal Access to Health Care
This weekend marked the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the famous March on Washington. During this weekend’s remembrances, I couldn’t help but reflect back on Dr. Mart
Straight, No Chaser – The Week In Review
I hope this was another week of good health for you. Let’s review how Straight, No Chaser tried to contribute to your health and wellness. Don’t forget to click on any of t
Straight, No Chaser: Quick Tips – Learn the ABCDEs of Hiccups
Three question sets on hiccups of all things Why do I get hiccups? You get hiccups because everyone gets them.  You get them because basically you’ve agitated your main breathin
Straight, No Chaser: Quick Tips – You Snore Too Much
You snore too much. What this means is your breathing is intermittently partially obstructed while you’re sleeping. Snoring is the sound of air moving past that obstruction.Â
Straight, No Chaser: Can You Hear Me Now? Checking Hearing Loss
We live in a loud world. Take a listen around. You’re likely in the midst of multiple simultaneous noises, many of which (if you actually think about it) sound harsh and annoying
Straight, No Chaser: Circumcision – To Do or Not to Do?
As a medical professional, circumcision has long been one of those things that’s made me go hmmm…. If your religious beliefs include this as a ritual or ceremony, fine. I get
Straight, No Chaser: Steps for End-of-Life Planning
Now that you’ve had a chance to wrap your mind around the concept of needing to make end of life decisions (click here to review), let’s discuss some specific mechanisms by whi
Straight, No Chaser: End of Life Decision Making
Do you have a living will? Do you know what advance directives are? Have you assigned a healthcare power of attorney? For the overwhelming majority of you who do not, I hope to tur
