As a chiropractor, I deal with patients who have arthritis pretty much every day. Some want answers, some want reasons. In most cases, we can provide both of these. Many seem to think that past trauma is a factor in developing arthritis. While this is definitely the case, it’s not the cause of most patients’ […]
There is a medical obsession with determining who is at risk for a disease. Cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis and stroke are examples. Arguably, none of us sign up for chronic disease. It’s not like you fill out a form when you’re 18 and check off that you’d like to have open heart surgery at 55 […]
Medicine has created an imaginary divide between sickness and health. We described health as merely the absence of an identified disease. In other words, you have heart disease or you don’t. You have cancer or you don’t. You have celiac disease or you don’t. Admittedly, over the years we’ve gotten better by identifying “pre” states. […]
Medicine has created an imaginary divide between sickness and health. We described health as merely the absence of an identified disease. In other words, you have heart disease or you don’t. You have cancer or you don’t. You have celiac disease or you don’t. Admittedly, over the years we’ve gotten better by identifying “pre” states. […]
It’s been awhile since I’ve written about how much statins suck, so I thought I’d throw another article about the side effects of statins out there. Basically, I just can’t figure out why we still use this class of drugs. At preventing a first heart attack (referred to as primary prevention) you have to treat […]
