by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Nov 13, 2012 | Food, Health, Memory Retention, Stress, Surgery
If you are in hospital, don’t expect your memory to do all the work for you. If you have a question, write it down, then, when the doctor does come for a visit, you won’t forget to ask. Under the best of circumstances, going into hospital as a patient is...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Mar 20, 2012 | Exercise, Health, Memory Retention, Sports Injuries
Sometimes rehearsal is a lot safer than the real thing. Ski and snowboard acrobats rehearse over a trampoline with bungee cords tied above them to prevent injuries as they learn new flips. Even sword-fighters in the days of the French musketeers had to...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Feb 2, 2012 | Exercise, Health, Immune Resistance, Insomia, Memory Retention, Pain control, Prevention, Sleep, Sports Injuries, Stress, Stress Strategies
Our bodies were designed, built, and programmed for movement. Our joints need movement to self-lubricate through the bag of synovial membrane. This movement even feeds food and oxygen to the bloodless cartilage inside the joints, and carries away the...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Aug 1, 2010 | Memory Retention, Retirement, Stress
Stress has always been considered a bad element in our lives. In fact, the whole basis for financial planning is all about achieving a stress-free status. We have called them the “Golden Years”, and , for many, the goal is to be as idle as...