Integrative Medicine

Want to know the odds that your next diet will succeed? Don't look inside your refrigerator. According to a new study, you're better off taking a trip around your neighborhood. Read More

This is one of the most widely discussed and hotly contested debates in the field of mental health.  So let's gather your thoughts and opinions:

Should health insurance providers pay for psychotherapy, and why? 

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When I experienced a seemingly impossible and profound change in my vision, I wondered if anyone would believe me. I wanted to tell someone but whom? Read More

High blood pressure can lead to leg pain, strokes, and heart attacks. If you have hypertension, use medications initially to bring your blood pressure under control. Then switch to natural therapies to taper off the meds and maintain your levels. Read More

Like a grade B thriller, there's foreshadowing of disaster and infection run amuck. But it's just hypothetical to me. Why I can't get worked up over swine flu. Read More

At the age of 23, Jennifer Brunner was diagnosed with a rare form of pediatric cancer and, in her words, won the “crap lotto.” Her creativity began as therapy, but in the end became art, allegory, and, ultimately, a story to inspire all who confront mortality.  It’s a testimony to what makes us whole, even when we are fractured and broken. Read More

As a hypochondriac (or, as certain therapists have preferred to put it, "a highly fuctioning person with health anxieties"), I am appalled at all this recent news about a new human-infecting strain of swine flu raging through Mexico and popping up in Texas and California. The Mexican government shut down schools from kindergarten through college today for fear of a full-blown pandemic. The Mexican government is also encouraging Mexicans not to shake hands.  Read More

If you guessed "mental stress," you are right. While exercise stress tests on the treadmill can provoke transient heart symptoms, mental stress is much more demanding...and even debilitating...over the long run. And the two together can be devastating. Read More

Drove past a van on my way home today; the van advertised “Cleanse Your Colon,” with a phone number under the ad. Has our country gone crazy? Read More