Jan 10, 2012

When asked what matters most in a therapy or a health-related product, most practitioners will answer: “effectiveness.” That makes sense, certainly, because we are looking for different effects than we are seeing in the case of a diseased condition! However, the quest for ‘effectiveness’ can be misleading as well, because just creating a different effect...

Jan 5, 2012

The practice of medicine took an interesting turn in the United States roughly a century ago. The net result of that turn is that the majority of interventions are suppressive in nature. This is particularly true in the field of pediatric care. Symptoms and illness are not always a bad thing. In fact, more often than not they are evidence that the body is doing...

Dec 28, 2011

Hai Jin Kim, MD, a board-certified family physician who practices integrative and holistic primary care will be presenting a webinar on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 2PM EST, to discuss her unique insights into the use of natural supplements in healthcare today. According to Dr. Kim, “After 13 years in practice, the sobering reality of the inadequacies of a...

Dec 27, 2011

The immune system is one of the most complex and interesting systems of the body. Without it, we cannot live for long on earth. When it is compromised, so too is our health. When it is healthy and functioning as it was designed, we can interact with the world around us with relative impunity. Current thinking on the immune system breaks it down into three...

Dec 22, 2011

Back in the late 70s, Americans started flocking to gyms. Working out was cool and Americans were intoxicated by the idea of bettering themselves, their physique and their health. Thousands of independent gyms were opened during that time, a new industry whose time had come. Just a decade earlier in the 60s, the health food revolution slowly began to chug along....

Dec 19, 2011

Over the past several decades a large volume of research has showed consistently that the placebo effect plays a significant and pervasive role in all medical treatments and outcomes. Essentially, the patient’s belief or non-belief in a given therapy influences the physical outcome. This proven principle applies regardless of the nature of the therapy...