The difficulties of ‘long-haul COVID’ and helpful treatments
This month I asked integrative health expert, Dr. Greg Lane, DACM, LAc, to share his perspective on “long-haul COVID," a health condition affecting many in…
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Ntention Talk: Shout out to mamas
As Mother’s Day arrives this year, and we gather to celebrate the superwoman in our life, I wanted to share some personal insights into motherhood.…
The month of April is National Donate Life Month. Courtesy photo
Tri-City Medical Center honors organ, tissue donors
It’s easy to remember that there are 30 days in April, National Donate Life Month, when reciting the nursery rhyme “Thirty days hath September, April,…
Cranial Sacral Therapy, or CST, is a gentle, hands-on treatment that addresses an overwrought nervous system. Courtesy photo
Learn to calm down with Cranial Sacral Therapy
Don’t tell me to calm down! Help me to calm down instead. I’m going to guess that you are more stressed-out than you used to…
NTENTION Talk: Give yourself time to grow
Change is a process and it takes time. We can often get ahead of ourselves with expectations of how long things should take. If you’re…
Essential oils can help to maintain oral health and fight viruses and bacteria of all kinds. Courtesy photo
Essential oils for oral health
Essential oils are both popular and therapeutic for maintaining oral health and fighting viruses and bacteria of all kinds. This article summarizes just a few…
Dandelion contains vitamins A, C, K, E, folate, iron, potassium, calcium, magnesium and promotes gut health. Courtesy photo
Herb of the Month: Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
The dandelion, a symbol of hope and love? Their yellow petals are the sun shining on all your good deeds of a life well lived…
The 1992 USDA Food Pyramid that led the US to achieve the highest levels of obesity in the world. Courtesy photo
Fasting for better health
There is new research regarding obesity and weight loss that uncovered some interesting findings this past year. Local researchers at UC San Diego noted that…
ACUPUNCTURE and Chinese herbal medicine delineate the various stages of immune response to a viral attack and treat the body accordingly as it progresses through each unique stage.
My wife locked a burglar in the house – and they created havoc!
Last month my wife Monique caught a virus. She did the normally recommended things to try to heal her body quickly, including resting, fluids, gentle…
Tri-City offers a broad range of colorectal cancer services
The American Cancer Society and Colorectal Cancer Alliance estimate that more than 150,000 people of all ages in the U.S. will be diagnosed with colorectal…
