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Originally posted on The Saturday Evening Post Unless you have been living on another planet these past few weeks, you have been deluged with daily updates about the new coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, the seventh member of the family of coronaviruses that infect humans. The...

Originally posted on The Saturday Evening Post In my last column I wrote about the benefits of intermittent fasting that shifted the body’s metabolism to burn ketones instead of glucose. Repeated fasting resulted — in addition to weight loss — in lasting adaptive...

Originally posted on The Saturday Evening Post I usually have a banana or yogurt and coffee for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch, and eat dinner around 7 p.m., so the longest I go in between eating is six or eight hours. Many religions, including Buddhism,...

Originally posted on The Saturday Evening Post Getting a proper amount of sleep is important for maintaining good health. I sometimes have trouble sleeping, probably from that second glass of red wine at dinner and coffee afterwards. I usually fall asleep rapidly and...

Originally posted on The Saturday Evening Post Six months of the year I live in a small town called Carmel, just north of Indianapolis, Indiana, and spend the other six months in another small community called Bonita Springs, 25 miles north of Naples, Florida. Being...

Originally posted on The Saturday Evening Post I just returned from Churchill, Canada to photograph polar bears before they dispersed to hunt seals on the rapidly forming sea ice. Our group comprised 16 adults. We ate breakfast together, and I was struck by how many...

Originally posted on The Saturday Evening Post I check my blood pressure regularly because I know that keeping it under control reduces my risk for developing cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and heart failure, as well as strokes. In my last column, I...

Originally posted on The Saturday Evening Post Here are two simple things to do that might save your life or that of a loved one: get your measles vaccination and take your blood pressure pills in the evening rather than in the morning. Measles and Immune Amnesia I...

Sitting on the sidelines watching the games—Olympics, football, basketball, whatever—can trigger your own mini “flight or fight” response as you cheer for the person/team you want to win. This adrenalin packed excitement could be great fun or have dire consequences. Read why..

Frankie was our Doberman. Her real name was Francine, after the female protagonist in my first novel, The Black Widows. I called both of them Frankie. Sometimes I give female characters male names, like Jessie in Ripples in Opperman’s Pond and Dannie in Not Just a...

May is Race Month in Indianapolis as the city gets ready for 350,000 fans attending the Indianapolis 500 held on the last Sunday before Memorial Day. The hotels fill, the restaurants are jammed, streets near the track look like a parking lot and the whole downtown...

After I finished training at Duke and served my two years in the Navy, I was recruited by several universities to join their staff. Indiana came up with the best offer. Become an assistant professor of medicine at full salary, but study for a year any place I wanted....

Some forty years after my experiences with Dr. Kempner, Duke awarded me the Distinguished Alumnus Award. However, there was no way to predict such an outcome at the beginning of my training or what I would owe Duke for that training. In fact, my acceptance speech when...