In an effort to curb the obesity epidemic in America, doctors at the Harlem Hospital Center are trying something different. Instead of simply asking overweight and obese patients to eat more fruits and vegetables, doctors are making it possible for them to do so through the Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program, or FVRx.

With more and more people turning to marijuana when other medicines fail them, there is a renewed interest in cannabis' overdose potential. To determine whether or not someone can overdose on cannabis, we must first define the word "overdose." If we define overdosing as an episode in which enough cannabis is consumed to create unpleasant feelings, then yes, it is possible to overdose. If, however, we define overdosing as partaking in a lethal amount of cannabis, then it is not possible to overdose. It can be difficult to cut through the propaganda and hype created by the war on weed, so let's take a look at some facts about cannabis and overdosing.

Men and women have different calorie needs. Although both women and men will lose weight if they expend more calories than they consume, men have a lot more calories to play with. According to Harvard Medical School, those with a moderate activity level can consume about 16 calories per pound of body weight with no ill effects. Men generally weigh more, meaning that while I may have to skip dessert, the men in my life have more wiggle room in their diets and can easily enjoy some cake without gaining an ounce.

Dolly Parton once quipped to Kenny Rogers that, though she knows very little about sports, she knows enough to know that she carries two basketballs around with her every day. She was, of course, referring to her famously large breasts. Unfortunately, very large breasts create discomfort far more often than they do humor, and there are several reasons to consider breast reduction surgery.

Also called diagnostic or medical sonographers, ultrasound technicians use a special machine to look inside the human body. During a sonogram, a device called a transducer is held against certain parts of the body. This transducer sends sound waves into the body where they bounce off of the organs and tissues. It then listens to these sound waves as they bounce back and use them to form an image, sometimes in three dimensions, of internal body structures. A trained sonographer can look at these images and identify problems or abnormalities. The sound waves used in this process are too high pitched to be heard by human ears, so the process is a quiet one for the patient. The ultrasound procedure is painless and noninvasive but helps doctors identify many problems.