I’ve been told that insomnia is the number two most common reason why people seek medical attention in United States. (Incidentally, back pain is number one.) As such, I certainly see my share of people with insomnia and sleep disorders, and there are many varieties. One of the most common causes of difficulty falling asleep these […]
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People are sometimes disappointed when I don’t share their enthusiasm about the latest health fads. Good advice about health is not so much about shortcuts, but a few simple things. Read the following article about how health can really be that simple. There’s also a fun video that accompanies it.
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Can we, as adults, grow new neurons? Neuroscientist Sandrine Thuret says that we can, and she offers research and practical advice on how we can help our brains better perform neurogenesis—improving mood, increasing memory formation and preventing the decline associated with aging along the way. Want to cut to the chase? In her TED talk (which […]
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People often ask me what the most common condition is that I see, and while I see a wide variety of issues, I would have to say that orthopedic conditions are the number one reason why people come in. Within that, back pain is far and away the most common complaint. In fact, most surveys […]
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We here at Rapid Relief are getting interested in learning more about the Natural Movement…movement. This site is our starting point for now: this book by the author of Born to Run. Check out the video above for an example, and let us know if you know more about Natural Movement by emailing us. More about the […]
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We believe that health is an ongoing choice, not just a thoughtless assumption. That it is a state of mind, not a label to be handed out by ‘experts’ or a rarefied condition of perfect balance. That health is dynamic balance, flexibility, and most important, is measured not by your level of painlessness, but by […]
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Not long ago, Karl Pillemer had a revelation. A gerontologist with close to 30 years of experience, Pillemer, who is director of the Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging, realized that his research was “entirely focused on older people as problems.” “It’s something a little bit embarrassing for me,” Pillemer told a crowd at the Harvard […]
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This article by Nancy Shaw is quite valuable and worthy of a repost… There is something that every cancer patient should hear from their oncologist when they are first diagnosed. They should be told that by making certain dietary changes, they could increase their chances of healing from cancer dramatically, no matter what course of […]
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Yoni Freedhoff, a doctor and professor at the University of Ottawa, was uninvited to a food industry breakfast three days before it was slated to happen. So he changed his schedule, cancelled his classes and moved his patients, and wrote up a speech. Shortly thereafter, he was un-invited, perhaps because his views would not agree […]
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Cardiologist William Davis seems to think so, and has published a book supporting his findings. He says that a protein added to modern wheat, gliadin, acts like an opiate in the body, which can also make wheat and wheat products both addictive and poisonous. For more, check out this video on CBS News, and/or Dr. […]
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