I had a cold. My nose was dripping, sometimes gushing like a faucet spewing a thin liquid. It burned the delicate skin under my nostrils as I hastened to wipe it away. My eyes watered in waves like my nose. I had a slight headache in my forehead. It tickled in the...
It has happened to you. It has happened to me. When we lock into something we know is true, we spend vast amounts of energy defending it. We fight the righteous fight, because "we are right." We know this is the way things are, so don't you dare go against it....
The pharmaceutical industry is desperately trying to find some drug that everyone can take to improve their health. Right off, I'll give you the conclusion from a recent 5-year study of daily aspirin for improving health in the elderly. Aspirin use in healthy elderly...
Inflammation is a buzzword these days. "We all know" that inflammation is at the root of all illness. Inflammation causes pain. If we can stop the inflammatory process, we can relieve pain and root out illness. What can we do to root out inflammation? That begs the...
Where do emotions come from? Are they hard-wired reactions to what is going on around us? Do people and circumstances provoke the same emotions in everyone? What can we do to manage our emotions, so they don’t run us? Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett says that we...
Herbs do not work in the body the way that you think they do. Beyond St. John's Wort and grapefruit juice, the interactions of herbs with drugs are unpredictable and usually minimal. This is the bottom line of what I heard from Jonathan Treasure this past weekend at...
I have heard so many patients declare that since their neck hurts, they must have slept wrong. Or that they need a new pillow. So they get a new pillow and it is a little better for a while. My question is: How could sleeping in a certain position cause neck pain...
Happy Holidays This time of year, do you celebrate holidays? From November through January, there are at least 30 holidays that are celebrated by world religions. Not to mention the characteristically American holiday of Thanksgiving. In 2016, the Christian...
Convenience. Don't have to run around. All in one place. Low prices. Comparison shopping. Arrives at my doorstep. Free shipping. Discounts. All these are reasons I recognize to use Amazon.com for shopping, not just for books, but for anything and everything from...
Quit Trying to Change Yourself Compare the simple splendor of a rose in bloom with the tensions and restlessness of your daily life. The Rose The rose is perfectly content to be itself. There is not the slightest urge to be a peach blossom or a daffodil or a bird. It...
