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My Take: Breathing and Anxiety
Does breath control reduce anxiety? If it does, is it activation of the parasympathetic nervous system the mechanism or is this one of...
My Take: Some "Natural" Remedies Aren’t Natural
"Natural" in terms of medical therapy is largely an "artificial" construct. Water and oxygen are natural but in some cases can be lethal....
My Take: What is Happiness?
I look at this question a bit differently, perhaps with a more "Eastern" view. A theme, oft repeated in my posts, is the pursuit...
Aging: Deny, Accept, or Rejoice?
To my surprise there are as many classifications of aging as there are years! I have always considered it most "useful" to classify age...
The Gut Microbiome
"What one poops is what counts and not what one had the intention of pooping." ~ Pablo Picasso Why do I feel like "crap" (sorry) when I...
Are Fear and Guilt Good Motivators?
Like me, I assume many of you have seen this this powerful commercial over the past several weeks. Like me, I assume many of you have had...
Life - Hospitals - Vicious Cycles - Anticipation
Stability is an illusion. Every aspect of a person's existence (both internal and external) fluctuates. Frequency and amplitude vary...
Chronic Back Pain - Not Just a Bummer!! My Self-Help Story (and FYI My Back)
Very interesting article published in the Lancet revealed that chronic back pain was now the second most common cause of Disability...
Physician Making a Difference One Tongue Twister at a Time - How I Was Trained
I am a doctor's doctor, a nurse's doctor, and a patient's doctor. I developed my own style with aspects that are "unusual" but always as...
Rearranging Deck Chairs? too little...
It will be near impossible to show a positive result of any isolated change in our current healthcare system. Like "an ice cube in hell,"...
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