W. Gifford-Jones

Why would I want to eat beets? Because my mother happened to like beets and said they were ...

There’s an old saying: “If you don’t go when you gotta go, by the time you get to ...

We all hope for a breakthrough in the cure for cancer. Thankfully, scientists are making progress in the ...

Today, what’s the best message that parents can give their children about sports? I’d be particularly concerned if ...

How often have we been warned that we are what we eat?  Now, a book by Dr. Chris ...

I believe that if more women were equally in charge, this world would be a safer planet. But ...

If you don't know anything about Crohn's disease (CD), you're not be alone. Crohn's disease is not a household word, ...

In 1979, Dr. David Chipperfield reported a finding in the British medical journal The Lancet. He had discovered ...

How many people in midlife can fit into their wedding clothes? Not too many, because predictably, most have ...

In 2014, how much progress did we make in the search for a sound lifestyle? Many of us ...

Three million North Americans suffer from glaucoma, the second-leading cause of blindness in North America. Glaucoma has been ...

Today, surgery for appendicitis takes a back seat to bypass surgery or knee and hip replacement. But every ...

Humans are inconsistent when it comes to preventing cancer. For instance, I have often written that mammography, a ...

For years we've been told that the Mediterranean diet, full of vegetables, is the way to guard against ...

Do you suffer from a sore mouth, fatigue, anemia, constipation, loss of appetite, numbness or tingling in the ...

What brings millions of North Americans to their knees late in life? Today, with an aging population, many ...

How can we help to improve the health care system? Politicians and others continue to debate this issue. ...

Here's a possible Trivial Pursuit question: "What's the fastest growing unpaid profession in North America?" I admit I ...

"I've just seen two images of the same person on the TV screen," my aging mother complained years ...

A report from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland may make prospective brides who want to be mothers ...

Could smart phones be slowly killing us? Some experts feel we’re living in an Alice-in-Wonderland world if we ...

“I want to die with my boots on!” is an oft-heard expression. But it poses a problem today ...

How many of us are not taking calcium supplements today? Not many if my patients are a good ...

“How did this happen?” you wonder when you look in the mirror. Your stomach used to be flat. ...

Who doesn’t remember NHL star Sidney Crosby’s head concussion that kept him out of hockey for months? But ...

“How much do you think this weighs?” I occasionally ask patients after I’ve handed them a large yellow ...

Who doesn’t like the feast of the holiday season? For most it’s a time of laughter, revelry, and ...