Dr Wade Grindle MD

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Although the BMI or Body Mass Index, correlates with obesity, not all people with high body mass are fat. Indeed, some of these muscular individuals are extremely healthy. For more of the New York Times article click here .

Researchers at The Salk Institute in La Jolla and elsewhere first demonstrated that physical exercise increases neurogenesis over ten years ago. The specific cellular mechanisms are now being teased out – see here.

In her Wellness column today in the New York Times, Tara Parker-Pope discusses the state of computerized psychological screening tests for ADD. She also mentions Newport Beach’s Dr Daniel Amen, widely considered a leading authority in the field. For the full article please click here.

Jamie Oliver on the urgency of our obesity crisis, and his solution for it in this TED video filmed Feb 2010

The final version of the bill is far from perfect. The penalties for not obtaining coverage are weak. The crucial young and healthy demographic may well be priced out of the market. Private insurance premium rises seem inevitable.
No one denies, however, that our current system has been in need of an overhaul. For the millions [...]