by Dr. Dana Flavin | May 14, 2018 | Health Matters
Many patients develop diabetes because of their diet and lack of exercise. (This may be in addition to a genetic predisposition.) In particular, a diet high in refined sugar may dramatically increase our risk of diabetes. This is because sugar overtaxes our pancreas...
by Dr. Dana Flavin | Feb 7, 2018 | Health Matters
The dangers of developing brain damage from football are well known at this point. Head injuries are not like normal inflammatory conditions, like a sore muscle or a broken leg. The inflammation from a brain injury continues on, long after the injury has passed. This...
by Dr. Dana Flavin | Jan 31, 2018 | Health Matters
You know the scenario: you finished work or school and haven’t eaten all afternoon. You walk by a vendor peddling junk food. A quick fix of pork rinds, a candy bar and soda and the hunger is gone. And it was cheap! No harm, no foul right? But the repercussions of what...
by Dr. Dana Flavin | Nov 14, 2017 | Health Matters
We turn on the tap and the water is clear, so we think we’re safe. We drink a glass and it tastes like water and again, we think we’re safe. But are we? No, alas! We are slowly being poisoned by contaminated water in our baths, food, drinking...
by Dr. Dana Flavin | Oct 20, 2017 | Health Matters
We’ve all heard the expression that someone may be a little “buggy.” Well guess what? They just might be. As a physician working primarily with cancer, I didn’t really have any reason to learn much about parasites, other than making sure my patients didn’t...
by Dr. Dana Flavin | Oct 13, 2017 | Health Matters
If you were anything like me, you probably hated broccoli as a child…especially if your mom cooked it like mine did: frozen, thrown into boiling water and cooked for an hour. It slid out on the plate like a dead animal. I hated it. Even the dog hated it! (I did,...
