Aging Well

Chiropractic at Bethesda Naval Hospital

Dr. Bill Morgan practices in the Chiropractic Department at the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) in Bethesda, Maryland, where he works with injured service members returning from Iraq and...

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Aug26

What We Can Learn from the Dying

Tom Ferguson, M.D. interviews Stephen and Ondrea Levine about their acquired wisdom gained from their work with people dealing with death and dying and those that love them. The Levines report that...

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Aug26

Man in light at end of a tunnel afterlife

Life After Life

Daniel Redwood, D.C. interviews Raymond Moody, M.D., Ph.D. about why near-death experiences cannot be passed off with a simple physiological or biochemical explanation. Dr. Moody observes that people...

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Aug26

Sun-damage, Skin and Pycnogenol

Richard Passwater, Ph.D. interviews Dr. Antti Arstila about the health benefits of Pycnogenol. Professor Arstila responds to questions about research connected with Pycnogenal, it's role in...

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Aug26

The Free-Radical Theory of Aging: Part II – Calorie restriction, Free Radicals and New Research

In Part I, Dr. Denham Harman shared the development of the free radical theory of aging with us. In Part II, he will discuss aspects of calorie restriction and free radical theory of aging, as well...

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Aug26

QUESTION FROM READER

Q-I have been diagnosed as having urethral syndrome. My consultant has been unable to offer me any choice of treatment, except a stretching of the urethra. He was unhelpful when I asked for more i ...

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Jul02

May30

Chiropractic Information Sheet

Daniel Redwood DC

Chiropractors are health professionals who focus on the relationship between the body's structure (primarily the spine) and its function (coordinated by the nervous system). While the spinal dysfunctions or imbalances that chiropractors call the...

May30

Chiropractic: The Basics

Daniel Redwood DC

Chiropractic offers the foremost contemporary example of a healing art that bridges the gap between complementary and conventional healthcare. The chiropractic profession has many characteristics of a mainstream health discipline that provides...

Sep04

How to Write a Eulogy

Roberta Temes PhD

If you are preparing a eulogy, psychologist Roberta Temes, Ph.D. offers some help. It is an honor to commemorate the life of a person who has recently died. The eulogy serves many purposes for those in the audience: It fulfills the human need for...

Aug21

Glucosamine or Tylenol for Joint Pain?

Ray Sahelian MD

Every 7 years I take a test to maintain my medical board certification. This test is prepared by the American Board of Family Medicine. The last time I took the test I clearly remember a multiple choice question regarding osteoarthritis. The choice...

Sep18

Eyes Hurt at the Computer? Eye Strain at the Computer? – Five Keys To Saving Your Eyesight:Visual Ergonomics to Relieve Computer Vision Syndrome

Martin Sussman

If you spend any length of time in front of a computer, you've probably experienced some form of eye strain, vision headaches or other stress in your visual system. And you're not alone. According to the American Optometric Association, upwards of 8...

Jul02

Body scans: a bombshell:DITI: how does it work?

What Doctors Don't Tell You

* An infrared scanner converts the infrared radiation emitted from the skin to electrical impulses that are visualised in colour on a monitor. This ‘thermogram’ is a visual map of body temperature.