Why Executives Don’t Need Executive Health

Executive Health If ever there was model of “spare no expense” healthcare it is executive health. These key people are responsible for millions (or billions) of dollars and hundreds or thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of employees. It is critical to these organization that those folks remain healthy, hence the specialty of Executive Health– from […]

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WSJ Says Infrared Saunas Don’t Help You Detox—Studies Disagree

Saunas Help The Wall Street Journal is usually credible but this article by Tania Dempsey, MD does make one wonder about neutrality. Though an expert herself, Dr. Dempsey does a magnificent job going to published studies to support her experience that saunas help patients detoxify. An internal medicine specialist, Dr. Dempsey refutes a Wall Street Journal article

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“Why Is Health Care So Expensive”–The Wrong Question

Chronic Disease Epidemic For the past several decades a chronic disease epidemic of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and more has taken hold of the US and most Western nations. The culprit behind most of these insidious chronic diseases is the Western Lifestyle. High stress, fast food, late nights, processed meals, always behind schedule kind of

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UH Richmond leading the way in fighting opioid epidemic with music therapy

Music Therapy Pain Management In the throes of the opioid crisis, the Joint Commission has recognized the need for non-pharmacological options to manage pain. New requirements for non-pharmacological options start in January 2018. However, one Cleveland area hospital has already implemented a music therapy pain management program. About eight people die every day from a

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Diabetics Need More Than Medicine Survey Finds

Diabetics Need More Than Medicine A recent survey by Novo Nordisk highlights the need for a holistic approach to diabetes. The survey found that diabetics need more than medicine and that many physicians understand this as well. Diabetes 360 — a Novo Nordisk-sponsored survey conducted nationwide of 1,200 patients with diabetes and ~500 healthcare professionals

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Understanding Integrated Medicine

Understanding Integrated Medicine Healthcare is changing. Our understanding of what makes up health continues to expand, learning not only from modern science but traditional medical practices that are millennia old. Understanding integrated medicine, however, continues to be a challenge. Functional decomposition what has brought us many near-miraculous medical advances also acts as a barrier to holistic

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