Dietary Supplements: It’s All So Confusing
Dietary Supplements: I get so confused. In the United States, over 55% of adults, over the age of 20, have taken dietary supplements in the last 30 days as reported by the CDC. The use of supplements increases with age READ MORE
You Have Cancer
You have just been told that you have cancer. What is the first thing you should do? Take a deep breath. That’s right, take a deep breath. Unless this is going to result in death in the next day, or READ MORE
14 Causes of high blood pressure
There are at least 14 causes of high blood pressure. I was in my mid-forties, working as a Certified Nurse Midwife when I started experiencing floaters (like the trails of a sparkler on the 4th of July) in my visual READ MORE
It’s the Doctors fault
Today I am frustrated. I am a health care provider with lots of initials after my name. I am also a patient currently being treated for cancer. I get it. I thought I was living relatively healthy but………………sh… happens. So READ MORE
Medications Are Toxins
Medications are toxins. They are man-made substances that either cure disease (like an antibiotic) or treat the symptoms of a disease. Unless the medication is being used specifically to kill a disease-causing organism, it is not curing anything. The use READ MORE
“How to Make Disease Disappear” A Review
How To Make Disease Disappear by Rangan Chatterjee MD I have to say that I rarely read a book from cover to cover but I did finish this one. Being a nurse for 47 years, I have witnessed the incredible READ MORE
IV Hydration. The New Panacea?
IV Hydration. The new panacea? Apparently, I have been living under a rock. I always thought that the best way to get fluids was to drink them. I think we were designed that way. IV hydration “spas” are popping up READ MORE
Suddenly, I Have A Chronic Disease!
I Woke Up With A Chronic Disease. First of all, let me define an oxymoron. a figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory ideas or terms are combined (Ex.: thunderous silence, sweet sorrow) Read more at http://www.yourdictionary.com/oxymoron#EqAiB7bpg1b7bD5B.99 Why do I READ MORE
Health And Wellness Coaching. Is It For You?
Health and Wellness Coaching: Do you need it? Do you have unmet New Years Resolutions? You make promises to yourself to do………………, but then you don’t? Do you start a lot of stuff and never finish? Ever ask yourself, Why bother? Then READ MORE
A Wellness Coach is a Wellness Coach! Or not.
Wellness Coach They are all alike, right? The coaching program I was looking forward to has finally started. The lectures/webinars are entertaining and instructive. My cohort mates are super. My own coach is cool. But aren’t wellness coaches all alike? Isn’t READ MORE