Dr. Richard Besser’s Tips for Cutting Sugar Consumption in Your Daily Diet

  The average American ingests 34 spoonfuls of added sugar a day. That’s 12,480 teaspoons a year, or a whopping 130 pounds. Experts say the presence of sugar — and high fructose corn syrup — in many foods leads to the excessive consumption that causes… Read More »

Top Tips For The Flu Season

ABC News’ Dr. Richard Besser reports: It’s coming.  I can feel it in the air. On the subway every time someone coughs, I look up then see if I can move a little further away. As I exit the train, I immediately reach for the… Read More »

Watching Baseball and Thinking About Pandemics

What is more American than baseball?  Not much. In late July, my 13-year-old son had the opportunity to play in a baseball tournament in Cooperstown, N.Y., home of the Baseball Hall of Fame.  He’d been dreaming of this tournament for years.  A culmination of countless… Read More »

Inhaled Insulin for Alzheimer’s: Some Researchers Hopeful

ABC News’ Mikaela Conley reports: Insulin inhaled through the nose is among the latest research to create buzz around Alzheimer’s treatment. Researchers from the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle found that patients who received an insulin nasal spray experienced improved memory… Read More »

Dr. Besser’s Twitter Chat: All About Depression, Sept. 13

We all have our down days. But down days that seem to linger longer could be a warning sign of depression.  This sign and other symptoms can interfere with the ability to work, sleep, eat, and even get involved in once-enjoyed activities. More than 20 million… Read More »

Hunger At Home

There was a glint in her eye. I spotted her in the food distribution line in the South Bronx picking up a bag of onions, heading down to get her carrots. I could see her mind working, planning what she would do with the days… Read More »