does summer make you SAD?

does summer make you SAD?

Most people understand SAD as a depression response to the short, dark days of winter. And indeed, that is the most common form.

But summer SAD is also truly a thing: hot days, unrelenting brightness that makes you think you have to be cheery and energetic, wildfire smoke in certain parts of the country — all of these contribute to seasonal depression in the summer.

Here’s one simple way to beat it.

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the Vitamin D test-price scam

the Vitamin D test-price scam

One of my patients was almost charged ten times too much for a basic screening Vitamin D test. It shouldn’t be this way — and it doesn’t have to be.

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5 ways to improve your poop

5 ways to improve your poop

How you poop offers important clues to your state of health or disease. Here’s how to know you’re doing — and what you can do to poop better.

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