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Monday, November 8th, 2010There is an old joke about research that likens it to a man looking on the street for his watch. A policeman comes up and asks the man if that is where he lost it. The man replies, “No, but the light is better here.” What we learn from research is dependent on where we [...]
Seven Things You Can do to Improve Your Mood
Monday, August 2nd, 2010We hear a lot about depression and antidepressants. Antidepressants are among the most frequently prescribed medications in the United States, accounting for approximately 14% of the total US outpatient pharmacy costs in 2000, according to the National Institute for Health Care Management. More than 164 million prescriptions were written in 2008 for antidepressants, totaling $9.6 [...]
A Paradigm That is not Worth 20 Cents
Monday, April 12th, 2010Health care costs in the United States exceed $2 trillion per year, which represents more than 15% of our GDP. Most industrialized nations only spend about 10% of their GDP on health care. The US ranks 15th out of 19 nations with regard to preventable deaths. It is estimated that 115 per 100,000 people die [...]
Pain and Health Care Costs
Thursday, March 25th, 2010For some reason doctors and patients seem to think that pain medications treat pain and inflammation. The fact is that they relieve pain. This seems like a subtle difference, but by a slight shift in attitude we can cut our health care costs. An advertisement for a popular pain medication touts that taking it before [...]
Burden of Proof
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009There is a growing number of people who (rightly or wrongly) believe that vaccines may be responsible for the explosion in the number of autism cases. They argue that we did not have autism before we started vaccinating and that the number of cases of autism have increased as the number of vaccines have increased. [...]
Scientists & Bumble Bee Watchers
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009In sixth grade science class we were told that it was impossible for a bumble bee to fly, according to all of the knowledge available in aerodynamics at the time. When you measured the size of the bumble bee’s wings, computed the speed of the wings and weighed the bumble bee, mathematically it was impossible [...]
Cutting Asthma Costs
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009Go to www.wholehealthweb.com for more free health information In the decade between 1990 and 2000 the cost of asthma care went up 54%, according to Family Practice News (October 1, 2000:5). Perhaps if more focus was placed on diet, lifestyle and supplementation these costs could be reduced. Also, a bit more attention should be paid [...]
Ethical Direct Marketing
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009When marketing a practice, most practitioners engage is identity marketing. It is an ethical way to get your name out in the public domain and hopefully drum up some business. A typical chiropractic ad will list the doctor’s credentials, the types of conditions he or she treats and contact information for the practice. Unfortunately, it [...]
A Few Words About Statins
Friday, May 15th, 2009Statins work by inhibiting the enzyme methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase. They prevent the production of mevalonate from HMG-CoA. The body converts mevalonate to cholesterol and a variety of other products. One of the things that melvalonate produces is Coenzyme Q 10; so these drugs ultimately prevent the production of coenzyme Q 10. Patients taking [...]
Practice 911–Thrive and Not Just Survive During the Recession
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009There is a recession, you can’t turn on the news and not hear about it. Many practices are suffering. Business is down and incomes are shrinking. Yet some practices are doing well. The fact is that people still get sick, even during tough economic times. In fact, stress from a poor financial situation increases the [...]
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