Health
How to Get in Ski-Ready Shape
Many use the wintertime as an excuse to retire from their workout regimen and enjoy the season's guilty pleasures—like sweatpants, hoodies and delicious holiday food. These guilty pleasures may be fabulous but they often leave many sluggish. This is especially true when it comes to...
Doctor Detective on the Case: Breathing Problems Aren’t Always Respiratory Issues
If there’s a basic truth about life, it’s that breathing is a good thing. Yet Victor Kunisada, now in his 70s, cannot remember a time when breathing was not a problem.
“I had asthma all my life,” he said. “Then, when I was in my 40s, I was diagnosed with COPD.”
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is an umbrella diagnosis that includes a boatload of respiratory and lung problems. “Of course, it didn’t help that I smoked for about 30 years,” Kunisada said.
Respiratory patient Victor Kunisada shows his winning Poker strategy while...
Holiday Foods that Can Cause Headaches
The holidays are right around the corner, which means family and friends will be cooking and baking traditional recipes all month long. These recipes are often the focal point of celebration, but they can also cause drowsiness, headaches and even cluster headaches. AZFoothills.com spoke with the senior medical director for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, Floyd Shewmake, M.D., to get a better understanding as to why the foods we love are causing us pain...
The Science Behind Giving
Psychiatrist Michael Yasinski M.D. discusses the physiological effects of giving.
The Dual Diagnosis
In a two-part series, Mitzi MacKenzie M.S.W. explores dual diagnoses, including how to recognize that a loved one has a co-occurring condition and effective treatment processes.
