What’s got under your skin? Most of us never ask ourselves that question. Whenever we have skin issues, we worry more about what to put on our skin than what to put into it. Skin care products p
New Year’s Resolution: Breaking-up with sugar! A spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down, but like it or lump it, you eat more than you know. This revelation came to me when, after an ic
Adult Women & ADHD: Underdiagnosed and undertreated On the go and gabby is one way Zoe Kessler describes herself. Another is that the 54 year-old Canadian has spent her first 47 years suffering fr
What’s the Buzz on B12? My father, who lived until he was 89, always swore that the Vitamin B12 shots his doctor prescribed gave him a boost of energy and helped him think more clearly. So when
HPV: Are these the three most important letters in the medical alphabet? For years now, young women have heard about a vaccine that protects against HPV, a virus that causes cervical cancer. The uptak
Welcome to my blog. I have been writing about health for the past 15 years as a newspaper columnist, magazine writer and the author of several books. On this blog, you'll find everything from breaking news on breast cancer to a discussion on post-partum depression, from the latest on fibromyalgia to the difference between hypo and hyper-thyroid disorders.