by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Jul 22, 2020 | Health
The Coronaviris Pandemic has been adding stress to all our lives. Within a few short months the world has been shocked into a new reality, with millions of cases leading to hundreds of thousands of deadly outcomes. But even those of us fortunate enough to have (so...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Dec 26, 2013 | Ergonomics, Exercise, Health
Work injuries used to be from highly mobile tasks of hunting and gathering, for which the body was actually well designed. So the injuries tended to be from pure accident, rather than from enforced ergonomics. This changed with the industrial age, when we started to...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Nov 13, 2012 | Food, Health, Memory Retention, Stress, Surgery
If you are in hospital, don’t expect your memory to do all the work for you. If you have a question, write it down, then, when the doctor does come for a visit, you won’t forget to ask. Under the best of circumstances, going into hospital as a patient is...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Jun 6, 2011 | Public Speaking, Stress Strategies
Speech! Speech! How to Rise to the Occasion! Public speaking is one of the top phobias for many people. It has been said that the human brain begins its function inside the womb, and continues to work for the rest of our lives, or until the moment we are asked to...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Feb 13, 2011 | Stress Strategies, Time Management
Acupuncture is now being used in modern medicine, but it is certainly not new. Starting with moxabustion, surface stimulation dated back thousands of years, at least 4,000. Sparks from the campfire that may have landed on specific points on the...
