Better Fuel Better You
By Alexander Germanis It has long been said: You are what you eat. But how often do we actually take that adage to heart? Before cramming another donut down the gullet or guzzling another beer, how much thought do you give to how the fuel you’re using to fill your tank is affecting the […]
Winter Wellness Reset
Small Habits That Make a Big Difference December often arrives with a sense of magic—twinkling lights, familiar songs, and gatherings that reconnect us with people we love. Yet for many, it also brings exhaustion, stress, and emotional strain. The colder, darker months can disrupt energy levels and motivation, while holiday obligations can make it […]
7 Tips for Managing Screen Use
Helping Families Find a Healthy Balance Help find balance by spending time with your child on digital devices, for example, with a video call to a relative. Feel like screens are eating into family time? We have some tips from experts for setting limits on screen use and cultivating healthy digital habits in your […]
Getting a Good Night’s Sleep
What Is Sleep? Sleep was long considered just a block of time when your brain and body shut down. Thanks to sleep research studies done over the past several decades, it is now known that sleep has distinct stages that cycle throughout the night in predictable patterns. How well rested you are and how well […]
Dejunking Your Diet The Drawbacks of Ultra-Processed Foods
Eating healthy isn’t always easy. Expert-recommended diets often emphasize fresh, whole foods and home-cooked meals. But that can be expensive and time-consuming. Highly processed foods are often cheap and convenient. But they also tend to be high in calories, added sugar, saturated fat, and salt, and low in fiber. Scientists are starting to learn that […]
Master of One
Specialties & Specialty Medicine By Alexander Germanis My wife pretty consistently chides me for having too many interests and stretching myself too thin when it comes to learning new skills. I will admit that while trying to learn a lot of things is an admirable pursuit, it does all but prevent me from […]
Radiating Wellness
Your Healthy Sunlight Goldilocks Zone By Alexander Germanis Averaging a distance of 93 million miles from the earth, the star known as Sol bathes our world in life-giving light and warmth. But our planet sits in what is known as a circumstellar habitable zone, a specific orbital distance from the sun in which […]
Reconnect National Great Outdoors Month
When I was a kid, the schoolyear mercifully came to an end in June. While it certainly meant an end to pencils, textbooks, and teachers’ dirty looks, what it truly meant to me was no more sitting inside at a desk for seven hours per day while the outside tantalizingly beckoned through the classroom window. […]
Your Health on Your Sleeve Wearable Technology
By Alexander Germanis In the 1950s, Dr. Marion Collins’ daughter nearly lost her life because no one was there to inform her doctors she was allergic to a simple tetanus shot. Determined something like that would never happen again, Dr. Collins worked with a jeweler in San Francisco to design and issue the very […]
Alcohol Awareness Month
the ripples of alcohol By Alexander Germanis From ancient Rome came the saying: In vino veritas, translated as “in wine there is truth.” It means when people are under the influence of alcohol, they are usually more likely to reveal what they truly think and feel. Similar phrases exist is nearly every culture […]