I wanted to follow up a previous article of mine on how stress can impair the immune system (“Chill or be Chilled”, on this web site) with at least one method for reducing stress, namely humor. I apologize for the fact that I’m going to interrupt this article occasionally with some answers to past […]

This book contains excellent advice. In fact, I’m giving it to my daughter because I know that it will help her and my son-in-law keep my grandson healthy. However, a few things in this book are over-stated. For example, we don’t know as much about the effects of saturated fat, salt and […]

Once when I was young and foolish, my roommates and I suddenly decided we would all get in shape. We got up the next morning at 5:00 AM and ran about 3 miles. All of us spent the rest of the week in bed with a bad cold. Thus the golden rule […]