This is getting a bit hard to believe, but a recent article in Psychology Today reports that more and more children are bullying their parents: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/when-kids-call-the-shots/201701/how-pushover-parents-raise-bullies. According to this author, more and more children are controlling their parents, making demands and even using bullying tactics. The author goes on to caution on the long-term implications which include the children bullying othe

Mental Health and our children are taking center stage today. Young children are being diagnosed with ADHD, depression, psychosis and even bi-polar disorder. The diagnosis can often label the child prematurely, which then leads to life altering treatments. Dr. Jerome Kagan explains how this trend may be due to the influence of pharmaceutical giants or the poor understanding of normal child development: http://wakeup-world.com/2016/09/09/renowned-harvard-psychologist-says-a

Dieting and weight loss is a common thought this time of the year, so let me continue from last week's blog. You only need to do two things over time to get healthy and lose weight so here they are: Exercise for purpose. Here is a free way to get started. If you go to www.exercisemd.com and use the code word "drsvecblog" and you will get your first month free. I will write your prescriptive exercise program, and then one of our coaches will help you. If you want to stop a

This time of the year, you may be motivated to join a health club, buy some home exercise equipment or join one of those clubs that gives you points for eating expensive food you must buy from them. If it works for Oprah, why won’t it work for you? Because we all know that it’s not going to work for Oprah either. So - Don’t do it. Let me tell you my story and a new way to get healthy. In 1985, I weighed about 255 lbs. I know this because I was in some wedding parties of