Healthgems Blog
Healthgems No. 6 | Trees
Trees Are Essential To Your Health Trees have provided artists and poets with inspiration for centuries. The powerful health benefits of trees and the natural environment have also been recognized...
Healthgems No. 5 | Gratitude
The Powerful Benefits of Gratitude At its best plastic surgery can help to bring a person's appearance into harmony with his or her self image. I see this...
HealthGems No.4 | Canyons
I recently spent five days at the rim of the Grand Canyon. On four of the five days I hiked into the canyon on different trails. The experience was significantly different from mountain hiking,...
HealthGems No. 3 | Diesel Exhaust Is A Slient Killer
The quality of air in Chicago has improved in many significant ways over the past several decades. Unleaded gasoline and catalytic converters have significantly reduced emissions from our autos and industrial emissions are under better control.
HealthGems No. 2 | Neuroplasticity
In my opinion, the realization that our nervous system is in a continuous process of self-renewal is one of the most important advances in medical knowledge of the last twenty five years. This renewal process is known as neuroplasticity.
HealthGems No.1 | Potassium
When patients come to me to discuss possible surgery they are sometimes surprised when I ask them about their nutritional and exercise history. One might ask, “What does this have to do with plastic surgery?” My simple answer, “Everything!”
Introducing HealthGems
HealthGems™ has a different focus than the general practice blog, which concerns itself with issues pertaining to plastic surgery procedures and medical aesthetics. Those who know me well realize...