Principle one on my list is also the simplest to say and, for most of us, the hardest to actually live: eat real food, and not to excess

So, without further ado, here they are — the ten principles I keep coming back to, both in my own life and in the exam room.

Convincing patients to get a flu shot is, hands down, one of the hardest sells I make every fall, and yet it's such an easy way to stay healthy.

If you go digging, you might find an old blog post or two of mine buried somewhere on the internet — remnants of a habit I picked up more than once and never quite kept. So before I get into anything else, I figure I owe you a proper reintroduction.