It’s a common refrain that as you get older, things just don’t work the same.  Many just take it as a fact of life. Inevitable even. But have you ever wondered what is really going on as you get older? Well let’s just look at your muscles for starters.  It has been studied that after the age of 30, you will lose between 3-8% of your muscle mass each decade after. That’s not even the worst part, it has also been observed that the decline will accelerate for a person after the

Let me tell you about the odd week I had in clinic a couple weeks ago.  I came across an article that stated that Chat GPT successfully passed all 3 parts of the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE). It did so with a 60% pass rate and with no prior prompting or training. This is the exam that all Medical school graduates must pass before they can become licensed to practice medicine.  Then that same day, I had a patient come to my clinic saying that he had checked his

The Shortest Day of the year is nearly upon us. A lot less sunlight and more darkness. Perfect recipe for better sleep right? Wrong. A lot of patients struggle with getting a restful sleep. Ideally, for most people we are talking from 7-9 hours a night. (Even better if that sleep is uninterrupted). But the sad reality is many people are challenged with sleep. Another often overlooked issue is many people are challenged with S.A.D (Seasonal Affective Disorder). Often SAD is c