When was the last time that you checked your blood pressure? Last week? Last month? 3 months ago? A lot of us can’t even remember the last time we had our blood pressure checked. In fact, of the 1.3 billion adults worldwide who have high blood pressure, 46% don’t even have the slightest idea that …
The Hypertension Equation: Lifestyle, Genes, and Your Blood Pressure Read More »
How’s your mental health these days? Too often, people misunderstand ‘mental health’ as the absence of mental illness, when in fact, people can have mental issues; it’s a matter of how we’re coping. But there rises another concern as people confuse coping and good mental health as a one-size-fits-all healing. They think everyone has to …
This week will mark the end of the public health emergency declaration from the United States government. On May 11, 2023, COVID-19 is no longer going to be a public health emergency. With this coming to an end, there will be a lot of changes that will soon come into effect. From having free vaccines, …
In everything that you are trying to achieve – be it in your business, your spirituality, or most importantly, your health – everything is a lot easier to do when you have a system that’s there to support you when you’re up and when you’re down. And if you already know me, you’d know that …
The medical community has a rich history of false information, and it even got to a point when the community itself was the perpetrator of fake news. Mis- and disinformation have become so prevalent that even in the age of the internet, it remains to be the most difficult challenge healthcare workers have to win …
Bioethical Intervention in Addressing Medical Misinformation with Evan Thornberg Read More »
There is a lot of stigma that’s been surrounding autism for a very long time now. And even today, in 2023, many people still lack compassion and understanding towards autistic people. On top of that, things get even trickier if you come from the black community. Being a part of the minority in America is …
Autism in Black Conference Year 3 with Maria Davis-Pierre Read More »
For today’s episode of Medicine Mondays, I’ll be talking to you about how my first quarter went, how things are going, and how I plan to do things in the second quarter
Before the beginning of the year 2023, we did an episode wherein I told you my goals and plans for this year. In that same episode and in the ones that followed, I also told you the importance of taking responsibility for why things that you have planned go one way or another. Now, three …
Quite often, during these past three years, a question that I would get is “Dr. Berry, when is this pandemic over? When can we move on with COVID-19?” As I always say, what I would like to see before I can actually say that it’s over are these three: 1) death counts going down, 2) …
Many of us seem to downplay or even completely ignore our risks of getting colon cancer because of the popular belief that it is an “old man’s disease”. While it is partly true that the “older” populace are at a higher risk of getting, it does not mean that the “younger” generations are completely safe. …
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