Because Good Medicine Deserves Better Explanations
I didn’t plan to write about the Sunday Blues. But while recently referencing Viktor Frankl, the Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, and Holocaust survivor, I came across a line that stopped me: “Sunday neurosis… the kind of depression which afflicts people who become aware of the lack of content in their lives when the rush of the … Read more
Author’s Note: This article was initially published in 2014. Since then, a growing body of research has strengthened the case for using the triglyceride-to-HDL cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio as a simple, powerful marker of cardiometabolic risk. This 2025 update brings new clinical insight, clearer explanations, and a narrative approach to help readers understand why this ratio … Read more
Anti-aging science is no longer fringe. It’s a serious, fast-growing field — from metabolism and molecular repair to cellular resilience and epigenetics. But around that science, a new ethos is emerging — a code for how we age, what we optimize, and how we define a life well-lived. But around that science, a marketplace has … Read more
Note from the Author:This article is a revised and updated version of one I first published a few years ago. It reflects recent clinical insights, new diagnostic tools, and a deeper understanding of how patients experience palpitations. It often begins in the quiet.You’re lying in bed, winding down from the day. Maybe you’re reading, perhaps … Read more
The sun hung low over the Santa Ynez Mountains, casting long shadows across the California hills. Ronald Reagan sat tall in the saddle, reins loose in his weathered hands. He still rode most mornings—slowly, deliberately—but with the easy grace of a man who had spent a lifetime playing cowboys and governors and presidents, until the … Read more