Category: Health Conditions

7 Conditions Masquerading As Dementia

More than 40% of dementia diagnoses have been shown to be wrong.  Here’s what may really be going on.   Imagine this nightmare. For the last few years your mother has had serious memory problems.  She gets lost driving.  She repeats the same question to you over and over again.  She can’t process new information. …


3 Olympic Athletes Who Use Acupuncture

The Beijing Olympic Games begin on February 4, fittingly right after the Chinese New Year. No doubt, we will marvel at the new athletes and new world records. The Olympics always provide me with the opportunity to brag about Chinese Medicine because many of the world’s top athletes turn to acupuncture and other treatments to…


A Simple Thought May Help Lower Your Blood Pressure

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. This is a time of love and romance. Everywhere you look, you see the color red, hearts, chocolate, flowers, and all sorts of stuffed animals to spark the romance. Although performing romantic gestures for the ones we love can make us feel good, new research suggests simply thinking…


The Roots of Strength

There is no doubt that we’re living in trying times. People have lost loved ones to the Covid pandemic, businesses have shuttered, jobs have gone away, schools have closed their classrooms and lives have been changed in ways that can never be repaired. In addition, we have become sharply divided as a country, with many…


Would You Try Biological Dentistry?

Unlike most of us, Mandara Cromwell loves going to the dentist. Though she lives in Augusta, Georgia, Cromwell drives two hours each way to see her dentist in Greenville, South Carolina. “In today’s dentistry, we’re doing it wrong,” said Cromwell, who has been engaged in health-related work for more than 45 years. “We really need…


Chinese Medicine: Anger and the Element of Wood

Angry? We all get angry sometimes, right? I certainly can get furious, and I’m sure many of you have plenty of angry moments. It hurts to feel angry, and it is often treated as an unacceptable emotion. But, Traditional Chinese Medicine has a different view of anger. Classical Five Element Chinese Medicine theory says that each of…


A Natural Approach to Preventing and Overcoming Dementia

Contrary to mainstream medical belief, safe, natural, and nontoxic treatments can alleviate the symptoms of senile dementia. Research has demonstrated how these remedies can aid in preventing the onset of senile dementia When people talk to me about growing older, they tell me that one of their greatest fears is that they will become forgetful….


Epstein-Barr Vaccine Trial Underway

Most of us will be infected with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) during our lives. Researchers recently claimed that the virus causes multiple sclerosis (MS), and Moderna has already started an mRNA vaccine trial. At the same time, another recent study explores therapeutic avenues for treating the virus. A team led by scientists at Harvard T.H….


Do You Hear What I Hear?

The phone started ringing at about 2 a.m. I think I picked it up with the second ring. It was the hospital, and I was needed. Not an emergency, but urgently. I got up, grabbed socks, scrubs, and my lucky “surgery shoes” before washing up and kissing my now wide awake wife goodbye. I was…