Dr. Michael Roizen, MD

In 1918, when Lulu Hunt Peters published her best-selling Diet and Health: with key to the calories, she was offering American women her personal solution to being overweight. After Lulu earned her medical degree from Berkeley in 1908 she decided to use calorie-counting and self-control to cure her

Make your weight-loss regimen a whole lot easier. Just munch on these high-fiber foods. We're talking about fresh fruits and veggies, whole grains, nuts and seeds, and hearty beans. They're not only low in fat and calories, they also cause a drop in appetite that'll keep you from grabbin

In the 1985 comedy Movers & Shakers, writer Herb Derman (Charles Grodin) gets a checkup from his doctor (Sandy Ward) that leaves you wondering just what med school the guy went to: “Your prostate is boggy,” says the physician. Turns out that vague description isn’t all that mor

W.C. Fields once said, “Horse sense is the thing a horse has, which keeps it from betting on people.” For some reason that came to mind when we read news reports on flossing that declared an Associated Press investigation (Flossgate?) had proved the practice wasn’t beneficial. What

Major League Baseball tried to ban chewing tobacco in 2011, but players like the Red Sox’ David Ortiz, and Giants’ pitchers Madison Bumgarner and Jake Peavy still chaw and spit…and spit and spit. Fortunately, many dugouts are discouraging dippin’ -- they’re stocked wit

Want an easy way to stay healthy? Keep your pearly whites shining. Bystaying on top of your oral health and avoiding periodontal or advanced gum disease, you can keep immune system strong and it will fight off the bad guys of infection and other conditions.   This new info comes on top of what

The Burning Man arts and music festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert is an experience that draws almost 70,000 people a year. Impressive. But over 185 times more people (13,000,000 folks in North America, around 4% of the population) experience something called Burning Mouth syndrome. Women a

Q: I started drinking black tea, as you've recommended, but it stained my teeth! I was able to remove the stains with whitening strips. How can I keep drinking black tea without staining my teeth? -- Laurel, via e-mail A: Having pearly white teeth is like wearing great black jeans: You know they...

There's one upside to dreading the dentist: That fear can motivate extra-faithful brushing and flossing. But there are less angst-ridden ways to protect your mouth from tooth decay, gum disease, and your nerves from a close encounter with the drill: Say no to bottled water. You'll help save..

Julia Roberts’s radiant smile melts hearts (Richard Gere’s in Pretty Woman); a deep space Ferengi's snaggle-toothed grin breaks hearts (the Grand Nagus in Star Trek); and King Kong’s breathy grimace is not for the faint of heart (though Naomi Watts swoons). Turns out your smile tel

If you're always looking for an excuse to cancel your dentist appointment for fear of another dental filling, radiation from dental x-rays might be another good excuse. Although dental x-rays are generally safe, nobody needs extra radiation. You and your dentist can reduce your (and your kids

When you were a kid, you probably dreaded a dental visit. But then a change occurred. And a few short years ago, you couldn't stop dreaming about what your dentist could do for you: everything from tooth whitening and invisible braces to other get-gorgeous tweaks. Now he's lucky if he gets an aft...