Marriage and Family Health

October 23, 2023

Ask Dr. Walt 24 – Talking to Your Kids at Home about Sex

Researchers tell us that our children are being exposed to sexual content at younger ages that ever before. In fact, it’s almost impossible to protect them. […]

October 20, 2023

Apple a Day 008 – Lonely seniors at high-risk to use risky medications

Hi, everyone. I’m family physician, Dr. Walt Larimore, with an Apple a Day. The findings from multiple studies were made public at an Alzheimer’s Association International Conference […]

October 18, 2023

Dad’s WWII Exhibit is opening at the LSU Military Museum next week

Barb and I are headed to our hometown of Baton Rouge next week for the opening of an exhibit honoring my father and his heroics at […]

October 16, 2023

Ask Dr. Walt 23 – The Ugly Truth about Dietary Supplements in America

Millions of people in the United States consume dietary supplements hoping to maintain or improve their health; however, almost no one knows of the significant concerns […]

October 13, 2023

Apple a Day 007 – Disturbing overlaps between Long COVID and Alzheimer’s disease

Hi, everyone. I’m family physician, Dr. Walt Larimore, with an Apple a Day. The findings from multiple studies were made public at an Alzheimer’s Association International Conference […]

October 11, 2023

Question: Is vitamin-enhanced water healthy?

One of the readers of Today’s Christian Living, a bi-monthly magazine for which I write a “Ask Dr. Walt” column, asked, “Is vitamin-enhanced water healthy?”

October 9, 2023

Ask Dr. Walt 22 – The Impact of Spiritual Health on General Health

More and more studies are revealing a remarkable connection between a person’s spiritual health and their physical, emotional, and relational health. Today we’ll be talking to […]

October 6, 2023

Apple a Day 006 – Heart disease from eating meat?

Hi, everyone. I’m family physician, Dr. Walt Larimore, with an Apple a Day. New research reveals that eating processed or red meats can increase your risk of […]

January 23, 2012

How parenthood makes life meaningful and how marriage makes parenthood bearable

When Baby Makes Three, the 2011 State of Our Unions report from the National Marriage Project and the Institute for American Values, relies on nationally representative data to […]

February 5, 2012

Divorced adults have higher risk of early death

USA Today /Arizona Republic reports that a meta-analysis in published in the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science reviewed “more than 30 published studies” and “found divorced […]

August 1, 2021

A New Episode of “Ask Dr. Walt” — Loneliness Can Kill!

LiftableTV has posted a new episode of “Ask Dr. Walt,” titled, “Loneliness Can Kill.”

August 11, 2021

Loneliness dramatically increasing among teenagers who use smartphones or the Internet too much

A recent study published in the Journal of Adolescence finds that “feelings of loneliness among teenagers rose sharply between 2012 and 2018” in almost every country studied […]

August 11, 2021

Loneliness dramatically increasing among teenagers who use smartphones or the Internet too much

A recent study published in the Journal of Adolescence finds that “feelings of loneliness among teenagers rose sharply between 2012 and 2018” in almost every country studied […]

August 31, 2021

Earlier Dinner Better for Kids and Parents

According to a report from the Institute of Family Studies, having dinner as a family is an important part of a family routine. Shared meals are a […]