Cancer: On The Rise But Still Preventable

Cancer: On The Rise But Still Preventable

Our little practice has acquired a number of new cancer patients in the past two years. Breast, colon, skin, cervical, brain… we’ve seen our share. These patients vary in age, sex, socioeconomic status and general health but they all are looking for the same thing:...
New Takes on Chronic Pain & Inflammation

New Takes on Chronic Pain & Inflammation

If I had a nickel for every patient who has seen me for some kind of chronic pain syndrome, I might be rich by now. Pain is big business in medicine: it’s the “5th vital sign” and entire subspecialties exist to address it. NIH studies suggest about 21% of US adults...

Living Vibrant vs. “Healthcare”

I am not a “provider.” In fact, I hate the term. I went to school and got a degree as an osteopathic physician and surgeon. That’s what my license declares and so does my diploma. Physicians teach and heal; they do not “provide services.” Guess who demoted me to the...