November 19, 2009 – 3:52 pm
You have to eat right to think right. That’s why I have become so alarmed about the eating habits in the White House. Find out what I had to say about what America’s political leaders are consuming in my blog on the Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-amen-md/the-obama-health-initiati_b_362266.html
November 18, 2009 – 12:42 pm
More than 100,000 new cases of cancer each year are caused by obesity, according to a report from the American Institute for Cancer Research. In the large-scale study, researchers analyzed data on seven types of cancer and calculated the number of cases caused by excess body fat.
Number of cases of the following types of cancer [...]
November 6, 2009 – 11:30 am
Typically doctors have a harder time seeking help. According to a 2008 Newsweek article, “The unsettling  truth is that doctors have the highest rate of suicide of any profession. Every year, between 300 and 400 physicians take their own lives—roughly one a day. So why don’t depressed physicians seek treatment … Because they worry — [...]
November 6, 2009 – 3:36 am
I was sickened by the news yesterday that a fellow military trained psychiatrist decided to unleash his own private hell, killing and maiming his brothers and sisters at Fort Hood.
Ironically, today (11/6/09) at Fort Lewis, Washington one of my colleagues, Dr. Vern Cherewatenko, from the Amen Clinics Northwest in Tacoma is presenting a program he [...]
October 29, 2009 – 1:02 am
Along with Deepak Chopra and other experts, I appeared on the Larry King Live show on CNN tonight.
The topic: a brutal gang rape that took place following a homecoming dance at a high school in Richmond, California. This horrific crime involved 10 assailants who robbed, beat, and raped the 15-year-old victim.
What is even more disturbing [...]
