Fewer Teens Smoking and New Cancer Research! I check the health news each week and I have to say that sometimes it’s quite depressing. More young people dying from opioid overdoses, another mosquito borne illness detected, cancer spreading and spreading… BUT, this week, there were two good news stories that I want to share with…
Have you been diagnosed with Piriformis Syndrome? Do you have Sciatica and are not sure of the cause? Let me tell you a story about a really thick muscle that can cause a lot of misery if you don’t take good care of it. The Piriformis stretches from the bottom of your hip, across the…
One of the most interesting bits of information that I have come across when researching for my program on Neuroplasticity is the finding that the combination of aerobic exercise (not Yoga, Tai Chi, or even strength training) and a strong social network gives us a MUCH better chance of retaining good health AND keeping dementia…
A while back I wrote about a remedy I’d found which science showed dated back to Hippocrates. It was Black Elderberry Extract and he used it for upper respiratory issues, ear infections, etc. I passed the recipe around at that time and I tried it myself a few times. While it most certainly tasted like…
The progress that medical science has made in recent years is truly amazing to me. From using 3D medical technology to replace lost limbs and heart valves, to the deeper understanding of brain plasticity (neuroplasticity) and how we can repair brain damage that was previously thought permanent… This is definitely the stuff that sci-fi movies…
I’m sure you’ve heard things said before like, “mind over body” or, “your mind can heal anything,” but do you ever think to yourself, “that’s easier said than done!” After all, if you’re like most people, you don’t have time to sit around like a Buddist Monk, meditating for hours a day, focusing on healing your…
With the start of each new year, many of us take an inventory of what we’ve accomplished in the past year, contemplate where we’d like to go this year, and then set some goals for ourselves. It’s a tradition that has been around for at least as long as I’ve been alive… The problem is…
I’ve been chatting with people and asking questions during the last few weeks about how one views the end of the year. I found that the majority of people look at December as a month of parties, shopping, children’s holiday programs, and in the north, snow and cold. Most people I spoke with were not…