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I can’t take it anymore! Sleep breathing disorders including sleep apnea and heavy snoring can have devastating health consequences, including decreased life expectancy, increased risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, decreased cognitive function, etc, but what often goes unrecognized is the health effect it has on the partner in the …

How to Beat the Odds I don’t gamble much. Life is complicated enough considering real estate valuations, retirement investments, loan payments, etc., it seems like I already have all of the risks I can pretend to handle. When it comes to my health, I am certainly not interested in …

I love being right! I love being right. It happens on occasion. The problem is sometimes you have to get it wrong before you have the chance to get it right and in medicine the window of opportunity rarely gives one a second chance. I got the chance to right the wrong. The human …

I have been fortunate to have been able to spend a lot of time at Lake Powell, one of the most impressive and beautiful places I have seen, and I could tell stories about these trips for hours. One trip I remember in particular involved several families and over 20 …

I lost a patient last week. She didn’t die. She left the office; angry. I regret that she was upset with me. I did what I was supposed to do, but it wasn’t what she wanted. I’ll attempt to explain the view from in between the rock and the hard …

This dentist may save the day…and night. Snoring is NOT cool! We all have stories about someone we know who rattles the walls (maybe it’s you). What you may not know is that it can be deadly. That classic snoring sound, not to be confused with a Harley, is caused …

“What Hump?” Marty Feldman made me laugh. Many of you will recall his performance in the classic comedy “Young Frankenstein” playing the endearing Igor (which he pronounced with a long ‘I’ sound); a movie bristling with slapstick and quotable one-liners. When Dr. Frankenstein offers to surgically remove the hump from …