I’ve elevated sun to the top of my health routine. I would prioritize sun over exercise, except that my 5 am workouts eliminate any conflicts. I strive for at least 90 minutes of sun per day: morning sun as close to sunrise as my family schedule permits; lunchtime outside; and whatever breaks I can find between work meetings or other downtime.
After growing up in the suburbs, I am having a novel experience here in urban Miami. Dog owners take their dogs wherever they go — into the drug store, the supermarket, even restaurants. Nobody seems to notice or care. Either we live in a new culture where dogs are equivalent to children, or there is…
Apple’s new iPhone 17 has caused Twitter’s EMF watchdogs to erupt in protest. Engineers increased the iPhone’s maximum screen brightness to 3,000 nits, a 50% boost over prior phones. In theory, the risks to the new iPhone users from artificial blue light — from cataracts to endocrine disruption — have increased by half. Is Apple…
I was generally pleased with how my physical therapist treated my low back pain. However, my biggest issue was, and remains, moving from a seated position to standing. When I asked my PT for a precision solution, he said, “Have you considered not sitting down?” While ridiculous, my PT may have been on to something….
Many doctors who write freely about decentralized medicine do so only after prioritizing self-preservation. Dr. Robert Yoho outran discipline from medical licensing boards by retiring prior to publishing books about how to avoid ineffective and overused treatments. Dr. Jack Kruse gave up neurosurgery and moved his primary residence to El Salvador as he became the…
In the early 1950s, a UFO doomsday cult believed that the world would be destroyed by a great flood on December 21, 1954, and that aliens would come to rescue the faithful. A group of researchers infiltrated the group to observe what would happen when the prophecy failed. The researchers turned their experience into the…