Well it’s finally summer, and we can capitalize on the fact that outdoors is the safest place to be (even the CDC has published recommendations that all windows in homes, offices, and schools be kept open to increase venhilation) you can take advantage of the fact that sunlight is naturally germicidal and the… Read more »
Thank goodness summer is on the way. I am so happy to finally feel sunshine on my face again. Picnics, gardening, bare feet, after dinner strolls… they all become so much easier with a little sunshine! But that means more sun exposure… typically something we read a lot of negative things about. And… Read more »
I’m so excited. We are officially well into May and this month I am actually taking my first three day vacation in a long, long time! I have not taken a vacation — not even one single weekend off — in over two years straight. So to have a Friday, Saturday and a Sunday… Read more »
The weather is warming up here where I live… …and this always means my inbox is full of emails from patients and readers asking: How can you reduce your chance of tick bites (and other insect bites) while still connecting to the earth outside? Especially with the latest press about the Zika… Read more »
Last week I presented a recent study that revealed: If you avoid the sun, your mortality rate is actually higher than the mortality rate of a heavy smoker! So instead of avoiding the sun, I encouraged you to get out there this spring and summer and enjoy the weather! I also gave you some… Read more »
I’m dedicating the last three weeks in June to talking about skin care. After all… …we are going to be showing more of our skin in the summer months than we do at any other time… …so it might as well be as glowing, gorgeous and radiant as possible! So this week —… Read more »
This month SUMMER BEGINS! So today I want to share with you the sunscreen that I personally use to protect my children’s tender skin and my own skin as well. I’ll also walk you through my thoughts on the whole sunscreen dilemma… for us it is only our THIRD line of defense against skin cancer… Read more »
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