If you’ve ever spotted a gray hair amidst your lovely locks, you probably remember the first time it happened. For me, it was at the ripe age of eighteen when a friend styling my hair remarked,... Read more >>

People’s families affect them every day, whether they try to let them or not. Families help form identities. It is through families that people learn and develop a sense of who they are and... Read more >>

Leptin, PPAR-gamma, and curcumin. Do you know about these three terms? They are linked actually. We are working on understanding exactly how all of these terms are connected. And we may be... Read more >>

With the New Science of Brain Exercises As a role model for active eating disorders brain and genes change, Sherry is magnificent. Sherry an active bulimic with thoughts of tantrum rage like... Read more >>

I often read about secrets for losing and being thin. Sometimes there are magic pills, creams, and other fads that many of us are too happy to use, thinking that we will lose weight and get thin. Just... Read more >>

I am often asked as a reproductive endocrinologist (and therefore a supposed expert on heredity) how much of a child’s development and ultimate personality is a result of nature or genetics and... Read more >>

At one of my last endocrinologist visits, the doctor suggested I have my vitamin D levels tested, stating that vitamin D deficiency is nearly universal these days. What!? This is not Seattle and I... Read more >>

My best friend Nicky called me on one fine, lazy day and asked me if I was willing to hook up with some not so good looking man whose front teeth were missing. The man had a bulging stomach and to add... Read more >>

The group that was hell-bent on taking over the world is the living group. Anything living is an Organism. Organisms are very special and unique in every way. They are Special because since that... Read more >>