Author: The Healthy Pharmacist
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Don’t let work ruin you. Embody the Vacation Mindset, align your life.
Bucking the trend of always adhering to healthy living practices, a few weeks ago I was in the Pacific Northwest for a guys’ getaway following the strict diet of bagels, bacon, and beer. I was hesitant to fully embrace the college-style cuisine, fearing to be a lethargic mess from the fiber-less foods. But knowing this was only…
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There is no ‘best’ diet: Gut bacteria may determine yours
Concerned about my skin in high school, I sought out multiple dermatologists to help control my socially-demoralizing blemishes. After a some doctor-shopping, one seemingly eager dermatologist provided an opportunity to clear away and prevent breakouts by using the antibiotic tetracycline. Excited about its potential, I happily took the prescription. Unfortunately, as a pubescent boy typically…
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What will add healthy years to life? Hint: It’s not supplements or antioxidants
As an accessible source of health-related information to my coworkers, friends, and family, I am constantly asked what is healthy and what isn’t, whether food or exercise can improve or diminish health. Unfortunately, the answers aren’t as clear as a commercial or nutritional label may lead you to believe. Instead, the health of a food…
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Top 5 must-read articles on health: January 2017
I read a lot of health-related news topics, both from respectable media sources and from top tier academic journals. Each month, I’d like to highlight my favorites and provide a my thoughts. Be on the lookout for next month’s recommendations!
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The missing key to health: Religion and spirituality?
In the 2008 New York Times bestselling book The Blue Zones, author Dan Buettner travels the globe to find the longest living groups of people in the world and report on the common practices lending to their superior longevity. The thought is that if we all can learn their rituals and apply them to our own…
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Transitioning to health and happiness in 2017: Do it for You
On a warm summer afternoon in 2011 I lay prone, face against the floor of my family’s living room carpet in pain with tears welling up in my eyes. A full day’s work on my feet as a Pharmacy Intern at CVS left me defeated and demoralized. A year previous, I herniated a disk in my lower…
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A new era in America: Your health and environment are in peril
Waking up panicked at 3 am on the morning of November 9th, I was shocked to find the results of the American presidential election: Donald Trump had won. Of all the issues a Trump presidency presents, one in particular hits home for the Healthy Pharmacist.
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Breaking the forceful wave of Alzheimer’s Disease
This past month, astonishing results of an experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) were published in one of the most prestigious scientific journals, Nature. The drug, called aducanumab, is the first therapy to show such positive data in reducing the progression of AD. While this news is very encouraging for a population of nearly 14 million that…
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Returning to Former Glory
It’s 92 degrees out on a sunny Boston afternoon, and I’m fighting the idea of passing out. I’m catching my breath at the Tufts University track in between sets during an interval sprint workout where the heat rising from the track is borderline dangerous. I shake off this feeling and the idea of dropping to the ground,…
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When meditation goes wrong
This past weekend, as I read an article describing the good that comes from meditation, I wondered why no one ever mentions anything negative about the practice.
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