I’m having a particularly stressful week. So I thought I’d take the opportunity to focus on one of the top three reasons people come to see a doctor: stress. If you’re reading this article, then you know stress is simply a part of reality.
Author Archives: David Baron
Ashe About Your Health: Bed bugs
Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite. Yuck. Not the most comforting thing to tell little children as we tuck them in at night.
Ashe about your health: Listening to music at high decibels using earbuds, headphones can lead to permanent hearing loss
Can you hear me now? No? How about now? Still no good? High frequency hearing loss, a direct result of literally being too close to whatever it is you’re listening to, is the single largest contributor to a growing problem among young people.
Ashe about your health: Dietary supplements not all they’re hyped up to be
You can find countless dietary supplements that will claim to help you lose weight, enhance performance, boost your immunity, improve sleep or give you energy ““ you name it, there’s a supplement marketed to fix it.
Ashe About Your Health: Smoking, regardless of the substance, is one negative health habit that should be avoided
Cancer is the number two killer in the U.S., after heart disease. You just can’t escape it.
Ashe about your health: Caffeine can be effective, but in modest doses
This week, we will consider the age-old question of how best to stay awake when you need to cram for an exam or get that paper written by morning, and which works best, coffee or soda.