For about thirty years, now, I have been treating people with weight control problems. This is a lot of folks. Thousands. I started treating this health problem as a dietitian before going to medical school. In fact, one of my … Continue reading
Looking back, the first indications we had that the scientific assumptions that underlay modern healthcare were limiting us were not seen in medicine, they became apparent in the physics lab. In the early twentieth century, research findings began to be … Continue reading
What we know today as western medicine began to dramatically diverge from the rest of the world’s healing traditions about three centuries ago. The main changes did not start within the existing traditions themselves, though, they began as a response … Continue reading
Inflation is nearly guaranteed as a consequence of the worldview of modern medicine. I believe this is true of all modern medicine worldwide, but I will be focusing on how this applies to the US for now. Our current medical … Continue reading
This is the first article of another new series about the problems that modern healthcare creates for both the economy of a western country like the US and the citizens who ultimately foot the bill for this healthcare. I have … Continue reading
I have had a number of requests to provide a menu or drop down list of articles categorized by the main topic of the article. There continues to be a lot of interest in certain older articles and access to … Continue reading
In 1995, a large collaborative study involving the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Kaiser Permanente’s Health Appraisal Clinic in San Diego was initiated to study the relationship between the abuse and maltreatment of children, and their health and … Continue reading
How do you feel about “alternative medicine”? Do you have confidence in treatments that have little or no research to support them, or do you believe it is a mistake to try healing methods that are not supported by traditional … Continue reading
Hemorrhoids are fairly common, but usually they are not that big of a deal. For some people, though, when they flare up they can be pretty disabling. They can get so bad that just sitting down is extremely uncomfortable. When … Continue reading
After running this blog for over a month, I have become more and more dissatisfied with the name I have given it: Consciousness, Spirituality and Healing. For one thing, it has been hard to answer when someone asked what this … Continue reading
Science and Spirit 