Dec 12, 2010

Certain types of music can help to bring order to the conscious mind.  Robert Gupta, violinist with the LA Philharmonica, shares a fascinating story about an encounter he had with this phenomenon. Nathanial Anthony Ayers, a Julliard-trained violinist, was diagnosed with schizophrenia.  He left school and became homeless, only to be discovered by a...

Aug 13, 2010

I was reading an article sent to me by a colleague recently about the declining state of U.S. health care system (http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/HealthPolicy/20837). We’re losing ground in quality of care measurements, in positive outcomes and both doctors and patient are increasingly unhappy. To add icing on the cake, the care is more...

Jul 19, 2010

Yesterday my wife and I were having that all too familiar discussion for parents: do the kids have miasms? Ok, so maybe this is not your typical discussion in family health but it may be more relevant than it first appears. Today’s family health conversations are about obesity, Attention Deficit Disorder, Autism, hyperactivity, or asthma—all of which may be...

Jun 4, 2010

Informed Decision-Making I was intrigued by a recent New York Times article on the pet food industry as it demonstrates how unrelated facts can be strung together to create an argument that seems true, but is in fact, specious. Opponents of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (and no doubt proponents of the same) have frequently used this approach and I...

Apr 16, 2010

…Promise for the Future When conventional healthcare providers consider homeopathy there tends to be a preconceived idea that it is impossible that a diluted drug/substance can have any potential healing effect. If anything they recognize that if a patient is feeling better as a result of homeopathic intervention, it can only be due to a placebo effect. ...