Growth in Unexpected Places

Emotional, Mental and Brain Health

The benefits of exercise are well known, at least their benefits in reducing diabetes, cardiovascular andmany other diseases. We sometimes talk about exercise and its positive impact on mood and reductionof stress and anxiety but hardly ever its impact on the actual...

Other Affairs of the Heart

Emotional, Mental and Brain Health

During February, you should expect to see many articles on heart health in observance of AmericanHeart Month. I want to step out of the typical box and focus on the heart in a different way. I want toconsider the heart and mind, and, for want of a better term, their...

A Silent Health Crisis

Men’s Health

When a prominent public personality spoke about standing by her man a number of years ago, she wasthe target of significant public and private ridicule. However, considering the current health status of U.S.men it may well be the time for more of us to make a public...

Neglected Messages to Men

Men’s Health

I have an adult son who enjoys the challenge of participating in extreme races, works out almost everyday, and considers CrossFit way more fun than basketball—which he loves. He looks lean and healthy,and though I’ve never checked his body fat percentage, I am sure...

The Health of Our Men

Men’s Health

Both my father and my uncle (his brother) were diagnosed with prostate cancer and eventually diedbecause of this disease. As far as I know, they never discussed the problem with each other and I wouldgo so far as to say that they initially made efforts to hide the...