Medical

Breathing impacts cognitive health through various systems in the body: cardiovascular system, autonomic nervous system, endocrine system, and sleep.

Spring 2025

Let's talk about the thyroid---a butterfly-shaped gland at the front of your neck, just below the Adam's apple. It acts like the boss of your body,...

Spring 2025

Cold and flu season is coming, with all the misery and disruption it brings. Those pesky infections can be a real pain, whether you're missing work or...

Fall 2024

Your body has two organs that filter and remove toxins: the kidneys and the liver. The liver breaks apart complex toxins, which the kidneys clear out....

Spring 2024

The prostate is a small, walnut-sized gland surrounding the tube that carries out pee in men. It sits right under the bladder. It produces some of the...

Fall 2023

Stomach acid is powerful, somewhere between pure lemon juice and battery acid and similar to hydrochloric acid. To protect the stomach, a layer of...

Fall 2022

COVID has killed many people. Thankfully nowhere near the worst pandemic ever---the Spanish flu. Globally, the Spanish flu killed nearly 1 in 25...

Spring 2022

In almost every case, prevention is better than later treatment. Part of prevention is health screenings. Especially as we age, health screenings can...

Spring 2022

Why are natural medicines not more widespread?

Spring 2022

A-fib is a common condition that causes a faster or irregular heartbeat. It is rare under 50, but 1 in 9 80-year-olds has it. A-fib is short for atrial...

Fall 2021

COVID is about one-tenth as deadly as the global Spanish flu of 1918. But it is deadly. In the US, where COVID is widespread, an average city of 50,000...

Fall 2021

Diabetes is not one thing. It is a class of diseases marked by high blood sugar levels. High blood sugar results from low insulin production or cells...

Fall 2021

COVID is part of our future. We have to find a way to live with it as we live with the flu. For the foreseeable future, every year, people will die...

Summer 2021

High blood pressure is one of the key risk factors for heart disease. The thing about high blood pressure is you can't feel it. It has no symptoms....

Summer 2021

Thank God we have a vaccine. There are 2 ways COVID ends. One, nearly everyone gets it, or two, a vaccine.

Winter 2021

Your adrenal glands are small glands that sit on top of each kidney. They do the obvious job of making adrenaline, hence the name. Adrenaline is used...

Winter 2021

Our body may slow down and get weaker, but our mind can stay sharp.

Fall 2020

A virus can't live on its own. It needs another living cell. The outer surface of a virus, the shell, has different attachment points. The attachment...

Fall 2020

There's no doubt that too much sun can cause skin cancer. Getting 5 sunburns in your life doubles your chance of getting a deadly form of skin cancer.

Spring 2020

A normal, relaxed heart rate is 50--75 beats per minute. If it's higher than 75, that may point to a heart problem. The ideal is under 60.

Spring 2020

The Heartbeat Rhythm

Winter 2020

Infection - an article from Panacea Magazine, Fall 2019

Fall 2019

The Root Of All Clogged Arteries

Fall 2019

Pearly Whites of Great Price

Fall 2019

We can all be thankful for medical advances, including new drugs. A hundred years ago, almost a third of children died before age 5. This alone...

Summer 2019

\# Problem Cholesterol \#

Spring 2019

Varicose Veins - an article from Panacea Magazine, Fall 2018

Fall 2018

Lowering Cancer Risks - an article from Panacea Magazine, Spring 2017

Spring 2017

Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are a common malady affecting 50 percent of all women. Symptoms of UTI vary, with a burning sensation while urinating...

Winter 2017