Your Health Consult 2019

New Year’s Resolutions

Why don’t they usually work? It’s that time of year when making our New Year’s resolutions....

Medication Shortages

What is the cause? Recently, there have been several medication shortages of medicines that many...

Childhood Obesity

What can we do to fix the epidemic? For the past several years, there have been numerous reports...

Hidden Germs

Where are they lurking? You probably know that there are germs in and around your toilet. You also...

Loneliness & Health

What’s the correlation? Whether you’re a child, teen, adult or elderly, it’s not fun to be lonely....

Menu Calorie Counts

Do they make a difference? Recently, the new law went into effect that requires restaurants to put...

Exercising & Mood

Is there an impact? There’s no question that exercise can have a significant positive impact on...

Male Birth Control Pill

Does it work? Women have had many varieties of birth control to choose from for several years. All...

Millennials & Less Babies

What's the connection? For the past several years, the birth rate across the nation has been...

Dieting Teenagers

Why is it not a good thing? Given that a significant number of people are overweight and our...

Recycled Toilet Water

Is it safe? Water is an important part of our lives. We need it to survive, but in some areas,...

ASMR

Why is everyone whispering? If you’re on any of the social media platforms, you might notice...

Uninsured Eligible Americans

Why are there so many? In the United States, there are nearly 28 million people without health...

Cellphones & Cancer

Is there a correlation? Most people nowadays have a cellphone and use it almost constantly. There...

Weather, Season & Health

How are they connected? When you think about weather, you’re most likely concerned with whether or...

Vaping Sickness

What is it? If you’ve seen the news lately, you’re probably aware of a few hundred people across...

Probiotics

How do they work? You’ve probably heard the word, “probiotics” before and know that some foods...

Health Risks at College

What do you need to know? It’s that time of year when college starts. For the freshmen, this is...

CBD Products

What are they supposed to do? You’ve probably noticed that there are CBD shops everywhere. CBD has...

Healthcare Cost

Why is it so expensive? If you hear the word healthcare, one of your first thoughts is probably...

Evidence Based Practice

Why is it important? When you hear the words evidence-based practice, you assume that means that a...

Health Apps

Do they really work? If you’re like most people, you want to improve your health in some way. This...

Body Image

Why do we struggle with it? It has been in the news everywhere in recent months…fat shaming or...

Dieting

Why do we still do it? Most people have tried a diet at some point during their life. Truthfully,...

Pollution

It is worse for your health than you realize! Pollution and ways to prevent it have been in the...

EPA

Why is it necessary? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been in the news lately as...

Hep C & Baby Boomers

What do you need to know? When you turn the TV on, there are several commercials that are...

Cancer

Why won’t it ever be curable? When you consider that worldwide, cancer is one of the leading...

Marijuana

Should it be legal everywhere? Marijuana is a not a new substance, but the debate about whether or...

Personalized Medicine

Genetic testing could save your life! Personalized medicine, or genomic medicine, is a new...

Measles Outbreak

What’s going on? Every time you turn on the news, it seems that the measles outbreak is continuing...

Mental Health Disorders

Why is there such a stigma? For centuries, people with mental health disorders have been shunned...

Social Media & Relationships

Is there a disconnect? Most of us use social media not only every day but several times throughout...

Food Recalls

Why are there so many? You expect your food to be safe, but it seems whenever you read the news...

Super Drug Resistant STDs

What should you be concerned about? Sure, we all know STDs aren’t something you want and,...

Plastic

Why is it so bad? Everywhere you look there is plastic. It’s used for everything from our...

Alternative Treatments

Do they really work? Modern medicine has only been in existence since the early 19th century....

Honesty with Your Doctor

Why does it matter? We all know that the significance of being honest in any relationship, whether...

Work & Your Health

What's the impact? You spend a significant amount of your time at work, which means it greatly...

Veterans Healthcare

What needs to improve? For many years, the healthcare system for our veterans has been under fire...

Plastic Surgery Abroad

Is it a good idea? There is no question that plastic surgery is expensive and, in most cases, it...

Center for Disease Control

What's its role? The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seems to be constantly in the...

Genetic Edited Babies

Where do we draw the line? With the recent announcement of a scientist who genetically edited...

PrEP (HIV Medication)

How does it work? Did you know that there is a medication available to help prevent you from...

GMO Products

Are they bad for you? GMO products seem to be making the news more and more. Did you know that...

Soda Tax

Does it work? Who doesn’t love to have a nice, cold soda on warm day? Going to the movies and not...

Child Car Seats

Why does size and position matter? Everyone loves their child and wants what’s best for them. So,...

Stimulant Epidemic

Is this the next drug problem? We all know about the opioid epidemic. Hopefully, we’re starting to...

Celebrity Fads

Are they really good for your health? Celebrities always seem to be endorsing a product, diet or...

Pets

Are they good for your health? After a long and stressful day at work, all you want to do is go...