Drugs are not what healthcare is about. Health and healing are the goals of medicine.

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For those who cannot afford an expensive sex workshop at a fancy spa resort, the book by Dr. Holstein and Dr. Taylor is the next best thing. Your Long Erotic Weekend guides couples in creating their own sex retreat. This four day weekend will focus on rekindling the sexual energy that ignites a life-time of [...]

Someone needs to tell the USDA that their food pyramid, which was supposed to help guide childhood nutrition, is really just causing the epidemic of childhood obesity. In the 1980’s, scientist thought that our diet needed to be based on refined carbohydrates like breads and pastas. That has been great for the grain business, but [...]

Time for holiday shopping and wish lists. As suggestions, I wanted to list a few of my favorite things. All of these make great gifts to improve spine health and make living more comfortable. The Perfect Chair (www.humantouch.com): A zero-gravity oasis La Fuma Chair (www.amazon.com):  Portable comfort for every location Body Pillow (www.relaxtheback.com): Keeps the [...]

Physical therapists poke fun at doctors. Doctors cannot bear to be in the same room as chiropractors. Everyone shits on nurses. The aloofness of surgeons is often impenetrable. Alternative practioners are cast aside in the gutter to fight it out for every last penny. And as the frustration grows, patients hate us all. How can [...]

A Room Full of Sensible Shoes What joy to be surrounded by sensible shoes! These folks know how to treat their bodies with care. The care to pick a shoe that is well cushioned, supportive, and flat. Who would do such a thing? Well, physical therapists of course. Doctors, nurses, teachers, and lawyers, all treat [...]

After seeing the doctors refuse to let my grandfather go in peace, I realized that the advanced directive forms are all a matter of interpretation. Who is to say when something is “incurable” or “irreversible”. Those loaded medical terms can be debated indefinitely while someone is lying in bed suffering on the edge of death, [...]

“Have a dream”, that is what U.S. National Shooting Team Coach, Lloyd Woodhouse, tells his athletes. In the past 6 Olympic Games that Woodhouse has coached, those dreams of gold have come true for many U.S. shooters. These Olympic performances would not be possible without the coaches behind the athletes. Sure, the athletes have special [...]