Faith walks on a deserted beach with me at her side. There’s a sea of birds standing in front of her. I can see in her eyes that she wants to chase, and so we begin to run, faster and faster, until I drop the leash and let her go. Although, just ten inches off the grou...
We’re sharing a few secrets about how Dr. Maruko made it to Harvard.
Around finals time, she used to sit in Doheny library with her stack of books, and eat candy canes. The candy canes are definitely not recommended to eat all day but just by accident it t...
Deep pockets are good if it is your finances. If it is your gums, deep pockets may be hiding things that are bad for your brain. Happy Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness month! Today is the longest day, and thank you to the caregivers who are t...
Shuji & Evelyn Maruko - A Father Daughter Collaboration
My father drives me, car unseen, through lush meadows and evergreen. Curve after curve, the road climbs higher, through the trees, past lakes and streams. Clouds gather to fill the sky with sunset light. I wish to...
What do you do when you notice someone’s teeth are pink?
I am at a restaurant talking to a server and notice that her teeth are pink. Maybe it is lipstick? I’m sorry, I can’t turn off my dental brain and I have to ask, “Did you know your teeth are pink?” She is emb...
For the past four years our patients have been declaring their greatness on our walls.
You never know where inspiration lies, mine came from watching Nyles DiMarco, a deaf model and actor, rock the dance floor on “Dancing with the Stars” in 2015. Did you catch that?...
What do you think is really driving the cheating scandal to get into top schools? In movies, we frequently see reference to Harvard or Princeton as the cultural ideal. Is a movie writer reflecting our cultural ideals or the other way ar...
I used to love it when my father read bed time stories to me, then tucked the covers around me just right, said “good night” and turned off the light. Somehow it was easier to fall asleep. It was a bedtime ritual. Bed time rituals prepare the mind to enter a state o...
Health and happiness improve when we see the whole of man, rather than piece by piece.
There can be inadvertent side effects just by the method in which health care is organized. Patients can help their own vitality by taking charge of their health, listening to their b...
Deep restorative sleep and REM sleep are vital to waking up refreshed and ready for the day, a more productive, happy day. The importance of sleep is such common knowledge, that it is on my Fitbit. It is a time to rebalance and restore the body and mind. It is during...
