Bartell Drugs Blog

You Can Keep Your Heart Healthy!

Dr. Vicki Rackner

This month you’ll find ideas to promote the health of your heart.

Not long ago this was a short conversation. We thought that your biology was your destiny.  Now we know that about 90% of risk factors for heart disease are under your direct control.

How to Say "I Love You"

Dr. Vicki Rackner

Just as electricity recharges gadgets, love recharges lives.

And just as you have different adapters to recharge your gadgets, there are many love adapters.  Gary Chapman, PhD, calls them the 5 Love Languages.

It’s a New Year for Your Pet, Too!

Dr. Vicki Rackner

Would you like your dog and cat and pet lizard to be healthy, well-balanced and secure?

If you really love your pet, create the conditions in which they thrive in this new year.

How to Create New Habits

Dr. Vicki Rackner

Here’s a tip to help you translate your new year’s resolutions into  sustained action.

Take a CAB to healthier habits--an elixir of compassion, alternatives to unhealthy habits and an accountability buddy.

3 Weight Loss Tips

Dr. Vicki Rackner

Imagine standing in front of a mirror and seeing a trim toned body. You can get there!

Each moment of each day, youʼre either building fat--or burning it. Here are three tips to turn your body into a fat-burning machine:

A Healthy Start to a Healthy Year

Dr. Vicki Rackner

Happy New Year!

I’m Dr. Vicki Rackner, frequently introduced as Dr. Vicki. If you think I look familiar, you might be right. I'm a former surgeon, and I've had the honor of treating tens of thousands of patients since I came to Seattle in 1988.

For the past decade I’ve been a full time author and speaker.

Now it’s my pleasure to partner with Bartell Drugs to bring you News You Can Use-  tips for healthy living.

When you think of health--of enjoying a healthy 2012--what images pop into your mind?

One of my patients offered a fresh perspective on health when she introduced me as her body mechanic.