Twenty years ago, carpal tunnel was considered a disease, and the search for a ?cure? was in great demand. Today, it has become apparent that carpal tunnel is certainly not a disease, but usually just a simple case of muscle imbalance. Of course, receiving a doctor?s diagnosis of this is required, as there are other [...]
The search for a way to stop snoring is big business. Pharmaceutical companies have spent who knows how much on sprays, head aids, pillows and alternative remedies and therapies to help sufferers stop snoring ? but do they work.
Well, my own experience is that some do and some don?t. The most effective ones seem to [...]
Drug treatment program is a relatively new field. It only started sometime within the last 50 years. It must be understood that many of the areas of studies in drug treatment are yet to be perfected. However, there are institutions that are gaining much progress at fast rates.
But the reason for this rise is basically [...]
It is official…Marcus Welby is dead! His assassins, managed care and medical malpractice are still at large.
The days of house calls and familiarity between doctor and patient are going the way of vinyl records. What may be surprising to many is that the majority of doctors are just as angry and frustrated with the situation [...]
Every care giver who lives with a person suffering from Alzheimer’s disease faces the same dilemma.
How much risk should their loved one be exposed to?
While their first reaction may be to wrap them up in cotton wool as soon as symptoms start to appear it could be the wrong thing to do as it is [...]
If you?ve looked on the internet for drug rehab you?ll know just how many programs there are ? and those are the ones with a visible web presence. There are literally hundreds, perhaps thousands. Each program offers something different, and each claims to be better than the others. All this can leave you in a [...]
Can you relate to this dilemma?
I sit on my keister too many hours each day while I’m working. With the holidays coming, I’m a little worried about it … growing.
Without getting into too many details about my keister, we’ll just say that it’s definitely not the best thing for any keister to be sitting [...]
The principal dilemma in current management of multiple sclerosis is that while early diagnosis enables damage-sparing treatment to begin, diagnosing MS too early increases the likelihood of treating people who don’t actually have the disease. Current disease-modifying drugs are all given by injection and cost about $14,000 per year. Apart from being inconvenient and expensive, [...]
In just about all aspects of life we have problems that need to be solved. Whether in our personal life or in business few things run smoothly. The answer? Solve the problems, dummy!
I am sorry to complicate matters, but there are very often two categories that problem-solving falls into. One category can be described as [...]
Snoring is No Laughing Matter
As innocent children armed with our trusty toolbox of crayons and markers, we often depicted a snoring person as someone lying in bed with a series of ?Zs? casually emerging from a peacefully sleeping body.
However, what we neglected to draw and again, rather innocently was the severe
underlying damage [...]
