Mental Health

January 2, 2024

Monthly Family Update – January 2024

Here are the contents of this month’s newsletter: Starting a new blog series: Where Was Phil Larimore 80 Years Ago Today? Wreaths Across America honors my […]
January 1, 2024

January 1, 1944 – A teenage WWII hero was prepares to ship out – Part 1 – Fort Bragg

Today marks the beginning of a new blog series in which you can follow my father, who as a teenager, entered and fought in World War […]
January 1, 2024

Ask Dr. Walt 38 – Diet Dilemmas: What Works, What Doesn’t?

Did you know that in most countries around the world, the majority of the population are overweight or obese. Many of these folks are trying or […]
December 29, 2023

Ask Dr. Walt 36 – Healthy nutrition resolutions for the New Year

Did you know the American Heart Association has published updated dietary guidance that outlines ten recommendations for improving your nutrition and your hearth health? If you […]
December 27, 2023

“Vaccine News You Can Use” for Family Physicians – Fall 2023

I’ve been honored to write a quarterly column, “Vaccine News You Can Use” for the Colorado Family Physician journal for a number of years. If you’d […]
December 25, 2023

Have a Merry Christmas knowing that “The Darkness Will NOT Win!”

Barb and I hope you and yours have a Christ-centered, warm-memory-creating, family filled Christmas and a Blessed New Year. And, we pray you’ll be blessed by […]
December 24, 2023

My most requested Christmas story in Audio

Earlier this week (and every Christmas Season for the last couple of decade and a half), I’ve posted a three-part series most recently titled, “A Wonderful […]
December 24, 2023

My favorite Christmas video of all time — The Inn Keeper’s Dream

I suspect each of you, like me, have special memories of extraordinary events that occurred for you or your family during Christmas seasons past, yes? Maybe […]
December 5, 2009

The Essential Role of the Father (and a Doula) in Childbirth — “Let my people go!”

In the 1990s, I published a number of papers in the medical and birthing literature to help birthing families design and experience safer and more satisfying […]
January 8, 2010

National Cancer Institute Researcher Admits Abortion-Breast Cancer Link True

The National Cancer Institute gained a reputation for putting politics over science when it did everything possible to deny dissenting opinion during a meeting to establish […]
January 27, 2010

Heart patients lacking vitamin D more likely to be depressed

People with heart disease and similar conditions who don’t have enough vitamin D are more likely to be depressed than their counterparts with adequate levels of […]
January 27, 2010

Pro-Life, Pro-Abortion Groups Clash on Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad

The controversy over the coming Super Bowl ad from Focus on the Family about pro-life University of Florida football star Tim Tebow is generating as much, […]
February 5, 2010

Vegetative patient “talks” using brain waves

According to a report in Reuters,  man in a deeply unconscious state for five years has been able to communicate with doctors using just his thoughts […]
February 10, 2010

Fish oil may stave off psychiatric illness

The AP reports that “fish oil pills may be able to save some young people with signs of mental illness from descending into schizophrenia,” according to […]