This week’s Tech Tuesday nomination goes to Iconical, an app that allows you to customize your own icons on your iPhone home screen. That’s right people. For just a dollar 99, you can kick it back kindergarden style and put your coloring skills to work...
It’s something every parent anticipates--the day when all the kids are off to college or moved out of the house. However, the transition to an empty nest can be difficult and emotional for some parents, according to Olga Bloch, LCMFT. The family and marriage therapist tells...
Men are 25% less likely than women to have visited the doctor in the past year, and almost 40% are more likely to have skipped recommended cholesterol screenings. In a recent article featured in Alternative Medicine Magazine, “Empowering Men to Take Control of Their Health,”...
If you’re on a Neutropenic diet, you may have to follow strict rules when it comes to food. In the latest episode of Epicure with Chef MDs hosted by Marc Silverstein, David Guas, Chef Owner of Bayou Bakery, a New Orleans-inspired bakery and café in...
Trading in your therapist’s couch for your own is now possible thanks to “Skypotherapy”. Therapists like Olga Bloch, LCMFT, are now using the popular video call service to conduct sessions with patients from the comfort their homes, offices or wherever life takes them. “I use Skype...
Scientific American takes you behind the scenes of the the latest installment of Epicure, the Telly Award-winning web series that pairs celebrity chefs with top physicians from GW Medical Faculty Associates to prepare good food that's good for you. In this episode, Chef Vikram Sunderam...
Samantha Hess is giving teddy bears a run for their money. Two years ago, the thirty-three-year old self-proclaimed professional cuddler started her own business, Cuddle Up To Me, in Portland, Oregon, where she charges a dollar per minute for her cuddling services. Back up. Cash for cuddle?...
Everything always looks more fun when it’s sped up. We don’t know if that’s why Instagram unveiled its latest video feature called “Hyperlapse,” but fast forward seems to be a really effective way to entertain those of us with short attention spans. The free “Hyperlapse” app...
When it comes to medical tourism, “you really get what you pay for,” says Dr. Chukwuemeka Onyewu of Jamachi Plastic Surgery & Medispa on WUSA 9. “And sometimes, you pay for it with your life.” When WUSA9 investigated the potential dangers of medical tourism, they turned to Dr. Onyewu for his expertise. As...
Experts weigh in on whether the music giveaway was brilliant or a blunder. Skip to the last guy in the article, who, with his "second bite of the Apple" theory, deconstructs this thing perfectly. Read our very own Marc Silverstein's thoughts on the U2/Apple "controversy" on...
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, more than 90 percent of people who die from suicide had a mental illness, many times left untreated, at the time their death. Screening is key, according to M3 Clinician, developers of the WhatsMyM3 app. During National...
About 1 in 6 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer, making it the second most common cancer diagnosed in American men. What needs to change? Our eating habits. In this episode of Epicure with Chef MDs hosted by Marc Silverstein, we experience some healthy Indian flavors and...
Olga Bloch wasn’t surprised when she read Janay Rice’s Instagram statement about the now-viral Ray Rice elevator video. Bloch, a Rockville marriage and family therapist, believes the comments by the wife of the former Baltimore Ravens running back proves she’s a victim of domestic abuse....
Rockville family therapist Olga Bloch says Janay Rice's Instagram statement further proves the wife of the former Baltimore Raven is a victim of domestic violence. Bloch, who frequently counsels battered spouses, says Janay Rice is desperately trying to protect her family and her husband's career by blaming the...
In an effort to emulate bootylicious beauties like Kim Kardashian and Nicki Minaj, women are seeking out black market butt injections. Unbeknownst to them, many pay a hefty price for their instant backsides. Dr. Chukwuemeka Onyewu of Jamachi Plastic Surgery & Medispa recently discussed the phenomenon...
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