From the Doctor’s Chair
Every week Dr. Hopkin will be sharing his wealth of information about the medicine world with you.
I have been musing more about how vast the changes coming at humans really are. If my parents were still alive, my mother and father would be 96 and 94 respectively. They grew up in Star Valley without electricity, refrigeration, indoor toilets or water (hot or cold). Most transportation in their childhood...
In last week’s blog I addressed the desired balance between Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids and how such a balance will markedly diminish inflammation in joints and arteries. If you didn’t read it, go back and do so, because we humans are drowning in Omega 6 (oils,...
Would you like to know “the skinny” on fat?? Well, then, are you in luck today! There is a lot of information about fats in the popular press these days. It is mostly accurate in so far as it goes, but it usually lacks the big picture. And the...
Among the most common complaints I hear from patients is fatigue, including mental and emotional exhaustion. We have all heard much about the growing income gap between the top 1% of earners and the rest of us. That gap is now wider than it was during the “Robber Baron”...