Dr. Rick's Insights

Hi All, Many consider him the top anti-aging MD on America’s eastern seaboard. Dr. Rick Cohen - the Duke University MD & best selling author - calls this the #1 warning sign for your heart: “I’ve seen thousands of hearts under the cold light of autopsy rooms across America — and the silent killer I always see is NOT plaque buildups or arterial pressure — it’s a weak heart muscle.”  He estimates more than half of his patients over 50 struggle with something called “Heart Atrophy.”  But now, thanks to a simple pre-shower ritual backed by the American Heart Association… It’s...

Why We Sleep exploded as a phenomenon not just because it’s well-written, but because it named a crisis no one openly acknowledged: sleep isn’t just rest — it’s a regulatory foundation of human physiology, cognition, resilience, emotional balance, and long-term health. Millions Googled phrases from the book in 2025 like: “Why we sleep summary” “Sleep and longevity” “Matthew Walker sleep book review” “Sleep science explained” That demand alone makes Why We Sleep one of the most impactful health books of the last decade and last year despite it being published almost 9 years ago. What the Book Gets Right —...

A Valuable Awakening That Still Stops Short of Restoration Breath arrived at exactly the right moment. For decades, breathing was treated as either automatic or mystical. You breathed poorly, you breathed well, or you did yoga about it. That was the extent of the conversation. Breath shattered that complacency by making one thing unavoidably clear: How you breathe matters — profoundly. James Nestor’s book succeeded where many scientific texts failed: it made breathing visible again. It connected respiration to sleep, anxiety, cognition, endurance, facial structure, inflammation, and longevity in a way that felt grounded, readable, and unsettling in the best...

Andrew Huberman's anticipated Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body promises to be your essential roadmap for optimal health. But at what cost? The book's announcement has generated massive pre-interest from people desperate for answers. They want to know: How do I sleep better? How do I have more energy? How do I optimize my brain? How do I live longer and better? Dr. Andrew Huberman—Stanford neuroscientist, host of the massively popular Huberman Lab podcast—has built an empire on answering these questions with "science-based protocols." And the promises are seductive: "Simple, powerful, and evidence-based solutions to life's most common...