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Everyone deserves the answers to five questions about their prescriptions, especially as they age. And if physicians and families can ask and honor the answers, care will be kinder, more respectful, more fulfilling, more transparent–and what people really want. Understanding the goals of [...]
This is Men’s Health Week, not just another Hallmark holiday, and it culminates in Father’s Day. Over the last several years as I tested and wrote REFUEL, I’ve discovered that there is a huge gender gap in health and health understanding, and that there is something to do about [...]
The debate about low T has dramatically accelerated in the 2 weeks since the NYTimes published “Don’t Ask Your Doctor About Low T.” The day after, the NY Times published an editorial of its own, calling on regulators “to strengthen warning labels and find ways to rein in [...]
It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon. But not here. I feel lucky: lucky that Don’t Ask Your Doctor About Low T (a dramatic title, meant to point out that men don’t have to medicalize aging and have the power to change their health and their T without [...]
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2 weeks after the New York Times broke this, it’s still here: covered on 20/20 Friday and Forbes still has it front and center (my comments are highlighted): 10 days of fat and protein or just protein, 800 calories, 24/7 insertion, $1500 (not including the “trade secret” formula) [...]
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Gary Taubes blew the top off the New York Times readership with his carefully researched “What if it’s all been a big fat lie?” about fat and heart disease in 2002 (translation: it’s the type of fat that matters, not total fat). He’s doing it again with “Is Sugar [...]
In Las Vegas last week, I gave a talk last week to 75 physicians on writing, publishing and marketing–specifically, how to write a New York Times Best-Seller (see previous post for strategies). I also love being with out-of-the-box people, who think beyond their training or degree, and are [...]
