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One we think of “prolific song writers”, names like Smokey Robinson, Elton John, Neil Diamond, Stevie Wonder, Burt Bacharach and several others pop up immediately.  One of the people that wrote a bunch of hit songs spanning the 1960’s-1990’s is Carole King. ...

On my “Top Ten” list of movies, Forrest Gump ranks very high.  This 1994 Tom Hanks film made us laugh, cry and “feel”.  For those of you that have never seen the movie, the story was about a mentally challenged person that found himself unwittingly smack in...

Before we jump into the details of this blog entry, I want to state once again that I try to make these blog entries non-political in nature.  My personal beliefs in politics, how/for whom I vote for and what my opinions are in non-medical situations should and...

Before you ask yourself the question posed in the title of this entry, let me explain what I mean by the words “Enabler”, “Derailer” and “Helper” (as these pertain to weight control). “Enabler”:  This is a person that will help facilitate another person’s poor...

Let’s cone this down to the basics:  To lose weight and keep that weight off we all need to prioritize delayed gratification behavior patterns over the immediate gratification ones.  Being more specific, the food and drink items that derail our weight...

“Monster”, “Red Bull” and “Rockstar”:  These names sound like they could be wrestlers from the WWE, but in fact, they are the brands of the three most successful “energy drinks”.   The “energy drink” market is around $4 BILLION dollars a year in the United...

Every one of us, at times in our lives, have experienced body symptoms such as headaches, abdominal pains, a skipped beat sensation of the heart, sadness, back/knee/ankle pains and many other sensations that we deem is not “the normal state of health”.  How do we...

Any old movie fans out there?  Any Billy Crystal fans out there as well?  (I think I just lost my audience of people under the age of 50).  One of my favorite Billy Crystal movies was a 1991 Western called “City Slickers”.  The story was about...

I have never experienced the “Escape Room” adventure but my children, a number of my patients and Serotonin-Plus Team members have.  People pony up $25 bucks or so to join their friends/colleagues/relatives in a scenario where they need to work together to piece...