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Walter Jacobson, M.D. | June 3, 2011 | Lifestyle
The other day one of my patients was describing his angst over his marital relationship. His wife had grown distant and unresponsive. I asked him if he had discussed this with her. He had not. He was afraid to. He......
Walter Jacobson, M.D. | May 15, 2011 | Lifestyle
In April, Senator Jon Kyl lied to the United States Senate and the American people when he said, “If you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood, and that's well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does." The......
Walter Jacobson, M.D. | March 20, 2011 | Lifestyle
The Law of Distraction isn’t complicated: The more distracted we are, the less effective we are with our work, our goals, our relationships and our physical well-being. The less attention we pay to details, the greater the potential for mistakes,......
Walter Jacobson, M.D. | March 6, 2011 | Lifestyle
If we oppress our partners bad enough and long enough, eventually they will want to leave us and/or hurt us. Therefore: Best we not be dictators in our relationships. Best we not control and manipulate our partners for our self-interest......
Walter Jacobson, M.D. | January 23, 2011 | Lifestyle
Imagine for a moment if you improved one aspect of your life by just 1% today. Let’s consider relationships. What would happen if you were just 1% nicer to your loved ones? How about if you were 1% nicer to......
Walter Jacobson, M.D. | January 8, 2011 | Lifestyle
Oftentimes, when partners are angry with each other, rather than address the issues in a civilized manner, sticking to facts, reason, and fair, appropriate discourse, they tend to attack each other, calling each other horrible names, assaulting and abusing each......
Walter Jacobson, M.D. | September 12, 2010 | Lifestyle
In politics, people don't play fair. When we don't like a politician, we will find any excuse to attack the person. We will use anything that person says or does as an opportunity to vilify or blame them in some......
Walter Jacobson, M.D. | September 4, 2010 | Lifestyle
When we are doing somebody a favor, it's best we do it graciously. It's best we don't make them feel like they are burdening us or that they are a nuisance because when we do this we are essentially shooting......
Walter Jacobson, M.D. | June 19, 2010 | Lifestyle
We are a nation that tends to deal with its problems when they become crises, rather than when they are first developing. This tends to be extremely costly, destructive and inefficient. This same style of problem-solving can be seen in......
Walter Jacobson, M.D. | May 29, 2010 | Lifestyle
On this past Sunday's "Meet the Press", host David Gregory was interviewing U.S. Senator John Cornyn in regard to the controversy surrounding U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul. According to Sen. Cornyn, Rand Paul had "clarified his views" about the......
Walter Jacobson, M.D. | May 7, 2010 | Lifestyle
On May 6th, the stock market took a huge dive. One explanation was that it was due to an overreaction to misinformation, to an error on the part of a futures buyer, which led people to think that some......
Walter Jacobson, M.D. | March 27, 2010 | Lifestyle
Last week, amidst the health care reform debate and vote, a segment of protesters, having felt betrayed by their government, filled with rage, resentments, and distrust, verbally assaulted a number of government officials with abusive name-calling. Fearing for their......
Walter Jacobson, M.D. | December 19, 2009 | Lifestyle
When running for election, President Obama spoke passionately and with great conviction about the change that was necessary in our country and in our world. He spoke about his commitment to change and his belief in his capacity to initiate......
Walter Jacobson, M.D. | November 28, 2009 | Health
Lying appears to be becoming an acceptable means to an end. Some weeks ago we watched the balloon boy hoax motivated by the desire for money and stardom. It didn't much matter to the perpetrators the effect their stunt might......
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