Holistic medicine has a place

This past week, I found myself obliged to serve as an expert witness for the defense in a medical malpractice lawsuit. This was not because I am inclined to defend my profession in general (I often find my sympathies go the other way), but because in this case, I felt an unfortunate outcome had nothing [...]

Hospitals Relax Pain Away In Shock Trauma Patients

Kellye Lynn
Reporting
(WJZ) MARYLAND Local hospitals move beyond medication to treat individuals with severe pain.
Patients at Shock Trauma are benefiting from a Japanese relaxation technique.
Healthwatch reporter Kellye Lynn reports doctors at Shock Trauma are turning to Reiki therapy to help traumatic injury patients better manage their pain.
A patient’s room at Shock Trauma is transformed into [...]

Diet and nutrients can be alternative solutions for ADHD

 
By Dr. Amanda Fey
Guest Columnist
If your child has been diagnosed with ADHD, remember that pharmaceutical drugs aren’t the only solution available. Supplementing with critical nutrients and improving children’s diets have proved to be extremely beneficial in many scientific research studies.
WHAT IS ADHD?
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common behavioral disorder in children, estimated [...]

Oily brain food… Yum!

November 06, 2007
by Sharon Johnson
for the Mail Tribune
Have I told you this before? I absolutely love sardines. My husband calls them my “Mediterr-anean diet in a can.”
Maybe it’s my Norwegian ancestry, but offer me sardines on a crisp soda cracker and I’m totally satisfied. How about you? Ready to find out?
I intend to make [...]

Antibiotics: The Effects of Overuse

Antibiotics, or antimicrobial drugs, are a means of combating infections caused by bacteria. The drugs came into the medical field in the early 1940s and dramatically reduced the illness and death toll from infectious diseases. In that day, they were a miracle. But are they still today?
Over the decades, bacteria controlled by antibiotics have developed [...]

Staying fit with tai chi

MICHELLE NOLAN
FOR THE BELLINGHAM HERALD
Tai chi has given local senior citizens a leg to stand on while rejuvenating their health.
Watching the energetic likes of 85-year-old Dorothy Spencer and other seniors balance themselves on one leg as part of an ancient Chinese discipline would inspire anyone to seek a better fitness level.
Spencer and two other local [...]

The beauty of tradition

Dozens of needles pierced Zhang Xing’s belly. In just a few months, the young man’s waistline has  shrunk  about 50 centimeters thanks to traditional acupuncture treatment.
Like Zhang, many people nowadays are looking to Chinese medicine practitioners for natural solutions to their beauty issues, such as weight and skin problems.
For three years, 26-year-old Zhang felt ashamed of [...]