
What is andropause
Andropause, or “male menopause”, is still a rarely used word in our society. The reason andropause has never been in the public spotlight is because most men who experience it, have been reluctant and unwilling to acknowledge its existence. But men are also hormonal!...

COOL MINDS: SECRETS OF THE PEOPLE WHO NEVER GET STRESSED
We’ve all had days when you can’t hold it together, but how come some people seem to stay cool and collected no matter what is thrown their way? To help answer that question let’s take a sneak peak at the article, recently published in the New Scientist magazine,...

Improve your lifestyle one change at a time – #1change
How will your current lifestyle impact your future health? The World Health Organization (WHO) predict that, by the end of 2020, 66.7% of deaths worldwide will be due to chronic conditions, many of which can be prevented with lifestyle modification. As a member of the...

Why “I will be happy when…” doesn’t work. Happiness lies in our daily thoughts and actions.
Genuine happiness was not given much thought when I was training to become a Medical Doctor. Today, thanks to ongoing scientific research, we have expanded how we think about not just illness but also mental health and happiness. Our emotions can affect our health....

How to deal with rejection
I want to talk about a subject that is very close to my heart. It’s something that I face time after time, in my career and life. Today I’m going to write about rejection and I want to talk openly about this as I feel that very few people admit that they have been...

The science behind sleep
For centuries, scientists scrutinized minute aspects of human activity, but showed little interest in the time that people spent in sleep. Sleep seemed inaccessible to medical probing, a subject best suited to poets and dream interpreters who could conjure meaning out...

Rethink fatigue
Fatigue is the most frequent complaint I hear from my patients and a “pill” that would magically restore their energy level is their number one request. Many of them are healthy and have their hormone balanced, and assert to get enough sleep, eat well and exercise...

Droopy eyelids? The no-knife eye lift
I have been blessed with some great mentors. Of all the great minds in science that I have learned from, Professor Giorgio Fippi, the father and the inventor of the “Plexr” technology, is certainly among the ones that impressed me the most. With his passion for...