Ever since I can remember, my father was a walker. He walked with us on his shoulders and a leash in his hand. On his own, he walked for over an hour most days. My friends’ parents would often say to me, “I saw your dad out walking in his fur hat.” As a teenager, I don’t remember ever joining him for one of these long walks, I would have seen no value in that at the time. Now that I am in my forties I wonder what those walks would have been like or what it would mean to go fo

I thought I understood celiac disease when I learned about it in medical school more than twenty years ago. In truth, I didn’t fully appreciate how significant this condition can be. At the time, I mistakenly grouped celiac disease with lactose intolerance. While both can cause digestive symptoms, they are fundamentally different. Lactose intolerance occurs when the small intestine produces less lactase, the enzyme needed to digest lactose, the sugar found in milk. The result

If you want to live long—and stay present for the people who matter most—you need to pay attention to the risk factors that lead to the number one cause of death among fathers: heart disease.