Blooming Wellness
Dr. Eek's Health & Wellness Blog
The Risk factors for Alzheimer’s Disease are all things we can work on. (That’s good news.) By: Dr. Eeks Even though there are things I would love to forget, I definitely want to do what I can to prevent Alzheimer’s disease when I’m older. I’m hoping, by that time, I’ll have more experiences that I …
Quick Bio on Andy: Andy is a radiation safety professional, a scientist and professor, a consultant, and an instructor. He’s also a writer, with over 200 encyclopedia articles and several books in print, and an 8-book series (Controversies in Science, Facts on File) in the works – not to mention his scientific and technical writing (6 …
I’m honored to post a guest blog written by Susan Hayes, the incredible mom of Jillian Hayes. Jillian was a beautiful girl and avid soccer player who was diagnosed with Stage IV Melanoma in 2010, when she was just a teenager. When I first started talking to Susan, I said to her, “Your daughter looks …
In this blog, I pretend I’m going to purchase a tanning package for my 15 year old very-pale niece. Here’s what happened: Wearing jogging pants, a sweat shirt and bundled up in a warm winter coat, I nonchalantly walked into a tanning salon in a small rural town in Pennsylvania. It was a Friday, late …
Hi everyone! I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Michael Gibson for Blooming Wellness. Dr. Michael Gibson is an interventional cardiologist, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, leader of his own academic research team, PERFUSE, and is considered the cardiologist who pioneered our understanding of the “Open Artery Hypothesis.” He is also …
What Causes Obesity? Most likely many, many, many things. By: Dr. Eeks In June of 2013, and after much debate, the American Medical Association labeled obesity a “disease.” As soon as I read about the AMA’s decision, I posted the news to the Blooming Wellness Facebook page and asked people what they thought. Some agreed …
