(This is a guest post written by Dr. Douglas Watt, Ph.D. His bio is included at the end of the piece.) Depression: It’s Not a Chemical Imbalance: In Part I on depression, I talked about the uncritical acceptance of a cultural meme propagated by big Pharma and by mainstream Psychiatry that depression can be meaningfully […]
By: Dr. Eeks I had the great pleasure of doing an interview with Holly Christensen, who is the founder of Alaska-based The Magic Yarn Project. Her story recently went viral, but in case you missed it, The Magic Yarn Project is about creating Disney-styled princess wigs for kids with cancer. As Holly mentioned, “It’s […]
Hi gang, Dr. Eeks here. I was really happy to interview expert Dr. Joseph Burgo on narcissism, sociopathy, dating and more. Here is a copy of his bio from his website: “Joseph Burgo, Ph.D. has practiced psychotherapy for more than 30 years, holding licenses as a marriage and family therapist and clinical psychologist. He […]
On the Problem with Depression, a guest post by Dr. Douglas Watt It frequently comes as quite a shock when people learn that depression is now the most expensive condition facing Western societies, when you put together the cost of treatment with the cost of lost productivity (including the devastating cost of total disability […]
Evolutionary Perspective on Health, a guest post by Dr. Douglas Watt We are dangerously close in the United States to spending 20% of our GNP on healthcare – this year it will top $3.2 trillion or ~$10,000 per person. Yet we lag behind virtually all other Western democracies in nearly every health biomarker, including longevity, […]
Moshe Katz is a world expert in Krav Maga. Hi guys. Today I have the distinct pleasure of posting just one question with just one answer from my friend and Krav Maga expert, Moshe Katz. Moshe is the founder and CEO of Israeli Krav International. He has practiced martial arts for 30 years and is […]
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 […]
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 […]