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Are you a risk for skin cancer?

The sun loves to shine in Arizona. And for those of us who live here year round, we rack up a lot of UV exposure.   According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, we should stay in the shade during peak sun exposure from 10am-4pm and always use a sunscreen with an SPF...

Do You Have a Nervous Stomach?

  One of the top reasons people come to see me is for help with anxiety. In fact anxiolytics, the class of drugs used to treat anxiety, are some of the most prescribed drugs in America. Unfortunately these prescriptions tend to be very addictive and, since they...

Are You in Your Right Mind?

I consider myself to be left-brain dominant. I love logic, order and analysis. I love it when A + B always equals C and always follows in that order. I have a deep admiration for people who are creative: authors, composers, and artists. They have a level of...

Tips to Manage “Stressgiving”

Let’s get this out of the way: I love the candied yams with the toasted marshmallows on Thanksgiving. They’re delicious! If I could eat just those for Thanksgiving dinner, I would. I’m sure you have you favorites too. Thanksgiving is a time of family – and that also...

Tips for Surviving Sugar Season

Welcome to October, or as I like to call it, the start of “Sugar Season”. It starts with Halloween candy. Then come the holiday treats. We get chocolate fever around Valentine’s Day and that takes us right into Easter’s jellybeans, Peeps and...

Diet Soda vs Regular Soda – which is better for you?

Many of my patients declare their soda consumption as safe by explaining how they “only drink diet soda, without any of that sugar,” while others state “I only drink regular soda, none of that diet stuff.” Everyone seems to have the belief that one type of carbonated...