by drspar | All, Heart Health
The general cholesterol profile, also known as the lipid panel, is what most people are used to having done during their general check-ups. Its purpose is to predict the chances of having heart problems down the road and guide decisions about what should be done to...
by drspar | All, Mental Performance
sto·i·cism /ˈstōəˌsizəm/An ancient Greek school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium. The philosophy asserts that virtue (meaning, chiefly, the four cardinal virtues of self-control, courage, justice and wisdom) is happiness, and it is our perceptions of...
by drspar | All, Mental Performance
There has always been a man code. It represents what most of society values in masculinity – attributes that men are socialized to believe they should strive for in order to be respected and welcomed into the tribe of men. Stoicism Is One of Those Attributes...
by drspar | All, Mental Performance
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike. – John Muir, The Yosemite (1912), page 256. Last summer, my son and I did a 60-mile backpacking trip along the John Muir...
by drspar | All, Mental Performance
Of all of the impacts of COVID, one that has started to receive more attention is the lasting effect of the social isolation the pandemic has caused. Loneliness was actually on the rise even before the pandemic. But the forced decrease in opportunities to engage with...
