by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Nov 12, 2013 | Depression, Ergonomics, Exercise, Health, Heart Disease, Obesity, Prevention
Times have certainly changed. Smokers were “cool” in the early days of movies, and they were even hailed by doctors in media ads. Smoking became so popular that anyone who didn’t light up at work was considered “anti-social”. Today,...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | May 7, 2011 | Managing Stress, Stress, Stress Strategies, Travel
Stress makes constant demands on our bodies and minds. Most people assume their stresses come from the hectic work week, and the weekend is just a couple of blank days on the calendar. But stress abhors a vacuum, and we need to program a little stress-break into...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Dec 19, 2010 | Stress, Stress Strategies, Time Management
Famine is rare in the western world. If anything, our health is more threatened by too much food instead of too little. But now we have created a huge time famine. Our bodies were programmed to work from dawn til dusk, and the only time management was to hurry up...