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A Welcome Change: Mental Health Issues Lose Their Stigma at Every Age
From unmentionable to oft discussed, American attitudes toward mental health have made a seismic shift over the years. It’s heartening to see recent polls showing 87% of U.S. adults agree having a mental health disorder is nothing to be ashamed of, and 86% saying...
Mental Health in Children
Age of Innocence – Or Anxiety for Today’s Kids? From loud claps of thunder to dogs that can bite, a child’s world is filled with new, sometimes scary experiences. However, if fears can’t be managed with reassurance or distraction and persistently interfere with daily...
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in a World of Excess
It’s called the Plenty Paradox: an affluent environment with easy access to substances or behaviors perceived as pleasurable has actually been a key contributor to our national mental health crisis. So posits Dr. Anna Lembke, Medical Director of Addiction Medicine,...
Sustainable Eating: The Planetary Healthy Diet
The Lancet Planetary Health Diet Is there a way to eat that not only reduces the risk of disease and promotes well-being, but is also sustainable? Could a certain diet provide enough food for the 9.8 billion people estimated to be living on earth by 2050? This was the...
AI in Healthcare: An Early Look at the Power, Promise and Peril of Tech’s Latest Tool
Whether you are an enthusiastic adopter of virtual assistants like Alexa and Siri, and apps to monitor everything from glucose to sleep patterns— or consider them error-prone and intrusive—it’s impossible to ignore the growing influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
Every Walk is a Step in the Right Direction
“If you are in a bad mood, go for a walk. If you are still in a bad mood, go for another walk.” – Socrates No one has a negative word to say about the benefits of walking. Accessible to most, with no special equipment or training needed, stepping out regularly...
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Happy New Year! Dr. Del Valle was recently featured in the Univision program Despierta America. He accompanied his patient, international singer Jose Luis Rodriguez (El Puma), while he was vaccinated.