If you have come by the clinic lately, you may have stopped to read our front window. There is a sign that says simply "Gratitude" and with it are a group of heartfelt thank yous we have received since the beginning of this year. Many of these were prompted by our Count Your Blessings newsletter that we sent out, but many just wanted us to know that what we do really makes a difference.
Read MoreThe idea of pain medication is to block the nervous system from either detecting or reacting to the challenge. Now the positive note is that by doing this, it allows you to relax more, to sleep more, to regain function more quickly. But is there a negative side?
Read MoreYou might be thinking that I'm speaking of war, where resistance often means death... or perhaps you think I mean in a test of strength, where resistance eventually leads to death. But in fact, I'm talking about our own bodies. One of the things I've noticed in my practice is that often I will give exactly the right thing, and yet the body does not respond. Why?
Read MoreSo I was on Nantucket visiting my friend Karen and she was telling me how she and her husband had developed a mad craving for mangoes and were able to get some luscious ones, leading to the consumption of three cases of these delectable fruits. Then came the rash that looked exactly like poison ivy.
Read MoreThe choices we make is a dilemma for each of us every day of our lives. Some choices are small, some are large, some are life-changing. There is a dam project in Peru that will wipe out not just 60 villages and displace their residents, but it will destroy a large chunk of forest which is an essential producer of oxygen and absorber of carbon dioxide. If the roots of the trees are left in the ground instead of removed, then the decay of submerged tree roots will result in massive amounts of carbon dioxide and methane being released. But it will create resources and energy for entire populations. Is it worth the cost?
Read MoreSo my Siamese cat's name is Taz. She typically will only eat a few types of organic cat food, and definitely refuses raw. So she's much like the rest of us... we should eat more raw since that is the healthiest and the most nutrient-dense, but that mac and cheese is just too good to resist!
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