By Alan Koenigsberg, M.D. While cutting a tomato, we cut our finger…amazingly, it heals itself over the next few days and weeks, without our needing to do much! We get…

By Alan Koenigsberg, M.D. Babies sleep most of the day. Toddlers are often difficult to put down for a nap. Adolescents stay up late. And then we reach the age…

By Alan Koenigsberg, M.D. Continuing with the general health theme during summer, I have recently read a number of articles in the medical journals about falls in the elderly. I…

By Alan Koenigsberg, M.D. We welcome summer later this week, so I’m sure many people especially those of us who are older, are now more hesitant to exercise outside. Whether…

By Alan Koenigsberg, M.D. So, summertime is right around the corner and camps, as well as many outdoor activities, are on the agenda. I vividly remember my oldest son going…

By Alan Koenigsberg, M.D. Okay, so summer is not quite here just yet — it’s a little over two weeks away as I write this. Summer in Texas can be…

By Alan Koenigsberg, M.D. There have been more articles about psychotherapy in the newspapers these last few weeks than I have read in years. And yes, I actually buy and…

By Alan Koenigsberg, M.D. Having reviewed several major psychiatric conditions these last several weeks, I now turn to an update of some important medical news. 1. The World Health Organization…

By Alan Koenigsberg, M.D. For this last part in the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) series, I intend to take a deeper dive into the treatments. First, in very small…

By Alan Koenigsberg, M.D. So just what is going on in our brain that helps us understand Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as well as how the treatments work? Here…