Column: Dr. Peg's perscription
“The only thing that is constant is change.” Heraclitus, Greek Philosopher (535BC - 475 BC)
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“The only thing that is constant is change.” Heraclitus, Greek Philosopher (535BC - 475 BC)
An open letter to women who have sex with men:
In Blackout Theater’s infamous and irreverent video “S** Burqueños Say,” Lynette leans repeatedly around a corner, offering bottles of soda of varying colors and kinds (none of them Coke), asking each time, “You want a coke? You want a coke? You want a coke?”
Question: Is it dirty if I don’t shave my private parts? Will I get sick if I don’t?
You know that feeling you get when you’re up on stage accepting your Oscar and you forget to thank your director? Neither do I. How about the feeling when you have a party and you forget to invite your best friend? You make all the arrangements and are careful to invite your other friends, but somehow you just assume that your best friend knows because, well, they’re your best friend.
Sexual assault has been in the news around here lately. UNM got a big visit and analysis by a law firm, which raised a number of questions. How much does this happen here? Who are the perpetrators? Do we have too many policies? Are the policies clear? Does the campus have enough lighting? Do people get attacked on campus or off?
January is named after the god Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings, who is also known as a guardian of doorways. Janus has two faces, one looking back and the other looking forward. Ancient Romans believed that when you passed through the doorway from one year to the next Janus would help you shed old baggage and bless you for a better year ahead.
Dear Dr Peg,
Welcome to college, new students! Welcome back, returning students! By now you are settled into your classes and starting to get homework, maybe even tests.
It is that time of year: finals looming, papers bearing down, projects hanging overhead. You are probably neglecting your health, forgoing sleep, exercise and healthy eating as you gear up for the end. Am I right?
It was the summer of Joseph Paz’s sixteenth year. As a high school junior in Las Cruces, his days were filled with basketball and track. He and his friends dreamed of becoming world-class athletes. Joseph was a good runner — good enough that a college scholarship was a distinct possibility. Life was good, the future bright.
A few weeks ago I had the great good fortune to go backpacking in the Grand Canyon. Ten of us did 35 miles and 10,000 vertical feet down and up in 4 days with 40 pound packs. Not bad for a bunch of mostly middle aged people! The Canyon –those who have hiked it realize there is really only one canyon in this country that deserves a capital C— is starkly beautiful and infinitely intimidating. If you have never been there, I strongly recommend it. There is nothing like walking on 70 million year old rocks to give you perspective.
Q: This semester I keep getting sick and can’t seem to stay well. I drink lots of water and try to eat a balanced diet, but keep getting sick. What can I do to bolster my immune system?
If you have pain in your jaw joint, painful popping or clicking, difficulty opening or closing your mouth, headaches or earaches, you might have TMJ. TMJ stands for tempero-mandibular joint, but is also used as a label for disorders of this same joint. The tempero-mandibular joint is at the corner of the jaw — it’s the one that opens and closes your mouth.
Dear Dr. Peg,
If you own a cell phone, like 91 percent of all American adults, I don’t have to convince you of the benefits. Especially if you own a smart phone, you know how much easier it can make your life. In fact, calling it a phone is like calling Handel’s Messiah a song. We use our pocket pals for calling, texting, emailing, getting directions, accessing the internet, listening to music, playing games, watching videos, app’ing apps. You name it, the newer gadgets can do it better.
It’s that time of the year again. Winter turns to spring, and back into winter again. The sun shines, the wind blows, the pollen flies and the rain falls. You might have heard the saying, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” In New Mexico, the lion sticks around well into April. The only thing you can predict about this season is that the pollen count will rise as surely as the sun.
Dear Dr. Peg,
As a medical student I had the great fortune to spend a winter in Beijing, China, at an urban children’s hospital that used traditional Chinese medicine as well as modern Western methods. Eager to learn all I could, I asked one of the doctors to give me an acupuncture treatment. Since my arrival in Beijing I had been severely congested with thick yellow mucous, attributed by me to getting used to the heavy coal-dusted atmosphere.
Recently I had lunch with an elderly friend. I’ll call her Elaine. As we chatted over our salads, Elaine told me about a trip she took over the holidays to visit her sister and brother-in-law in Minnesota. Unfortunately, they got into a huge fight, the visit was a disaster and she left angry.