Stewart Segal, MD
“Life sucks!” I can’t tell you how often I hear that expression. I hear it from both young and old. I hear it from the rich and the poor, the employed and the unemployed. “Life sucks!” How can life suck? Life, itself, is a gift. Life carries with it limitless potential. Every day you are …
What’s easier: caulking and painting your house’s exterior or letting it rot and eventually replacing it? The answer is simple, isn’t it? What’s easier: checking and replacing the brakes on your car when they are worn or dealing with the carnage when the brakes fail? Again, the answer is obvious! So, what makes sense: taking …
We are just a month away from the beginning of the Jewish New Year. This past year has been pretty rough for most of us. Covid has changed our lives in so many ways that it’s hard to imagine a happy future. Anxiety and depression are just two of the negative effects of Covid and is worsened …
As a family doc, I am acutely aware of the stages of life each of us eventually go through. I counselled young sleep deprived parents of a colicky baby. I reassured the parents of teens pointing out that their irresponsible child will go to college, go to work and become a success. I helped 50-year-olds survive their mid-life …
“Life sucks!” I can’t tell you how many times a week I hear that expression. I hear it from both young and old. I hear it from the rich and the poor, the employed and the unemployed. I hear it coming out of my mouth way too often. “Life sucks!” How can life suck? Life, …
One of my readers asked me to write an article on the problem of “excess” and its effect on our health and happiness. I have alluded to our excess in past articles (refer to November 15 and December 7, 2010, “Four Letter Word” and “Suicide by Food”). Excesses in food, stressors, nutraceuticals, medications, drugs, electronics, …
In 5 things that I want my patients to know, by Leana Wen, MDpublished today on KevinMD.com, Dr Wen states: 1. Antibiotics will not help the common cold. 2. A CT scan will not improve a headache. 3. Every test has potential side effects. 4. Lifestyle changes make a huge difference. 5. Aspirin is one of few medications that’s been definitively shown to help …
September 9, 2019 As a family doc, I am acutely aware of the stages of life each of us eventually go through. I counsel young sleep deprived parents of a colicky baby. I reassure the parents of teens pointing out that their irresponsible child will go to college, go to work and become a success. I help 50-year …
September 3, 2019 As many of you already know, I’ve been forced to give up my practice of medicine due to health matters. One of my favorite expressions is, “Man plans and G-d laughs.” I guess G-d is laughing. I fully expected to die while working in the office, not to spend the rest of …
