With the tougher cases practitioners are seeing in their practices, often nutritional solutions alone are not sufficient to make the sustainable increases in function that patients (and practitioners!) are looking for. Please see below as Andrew Colyer DC shares some of his thoughts about the easiest and most effective ways to combine nutrition and homeopathy,...
Tapeworms, the Economy and Medical Reform
Mar 2, 2010
In an interview on CNBC on Monday, the world’s second richest man, Warren Buffett, compared rising health care costs to “a tapeworm eating our economic body” that is “untenable over time.” Buffett went on to note that U.S. health care costs are 17% of the Gross Domestic Product, whereas in most other countries health care costs...
How Spaghetti Changed the Medical System
Feb 22, 2010
If you haven’t had a chance to read Malcom Gladwell’s books, such as “The Tipping Point,” “Blink” or “Outliers,” you’re missing a great read. Mr. Gladwell’s unconventional explanations delight and challenge broadly-held assumptions. In a talk given at a TED conference (see www.ted.com), he tells...
The Key to Medical Reform
Feb 10, 2010
I’ve often wondered if common sense could be applied to complex issues. Take health care reform for example. To describe it as labyrinthine would be an understatement. With stakeholders galore, political, financial, social, commercial, religious, ethical interests tussle for supremacy. Did I mention the seven billion lives at stake? What a...
Energetix Celebrates the Practice of Medicine
Jan 24, 2010
Gregg Hake, CEO | Energetix It occurred to me this morning that we must never forget the tremendous blessing we receive through the hands and minds of the men and women who have dedicated their live to the practice of medicine. It’s not an easy way to spend one’s life, after all. Dealing with an incessant stream of aches and pains of fellow human beings in a...
Prevention As Primary Healthcare
Jan 17, 2010
It is hard to meet anyone nowadays who does not know someone who suffers from chronic illness of some type. According to a study performed by Johns Hopkins University, nearly 50% of Americans has a chronic medical condition, chronic illnesses cause 70% of deaths in the United States and generate 75% of the total health care costs in the United States annually.1...
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