by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health, Philosophy
I was part of a recent online discussion about obesity and health when it became quite clear that by not first agreeing on the definition of obesity and the definition of health, the conversation was going to be a dead end. There are multiple definitions available for...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health, Mind, Philosophy
I don’t like thinking about death. Both personally and professionally I’ve seen enough of it to know how horrid it can be, but as a responsible adult, I do periodically think about the practical ramifications of my own death when updating my will or discussing medical...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health, Politics
The Spanish Flu of 1918-1919 killed between 20-50 million people and the attached image shows what it looked like for various cities. We have known for some time that pandemics can hit at any time. We have known for some time that with air travel (also known as...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Diet, Health
Nowadays the word diet has a bad wrap. There are diets for Cavemen, diets for people in Miami Beach, and diets for people that Watch their Weight. There are Ethical Diets, and Restriction Diets, and both High-Carb and Low-Carb Diets. Heck, sometimes I think there are...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health, Mind
It’s pretty clear from this quote who the first Western Mind-Body Neuroscientist is: “And men ought to know that from nothing else but thence [from the brain] come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations....
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health
Is health measurable? I’m not sure. Diseases are measurable, at least in a binary fashion. You either do or don’t have a disease. In addition, often diseases can be quantified in a non-binary fashion, with internal, fine-grained measurements. For example,...
