Category Archives: 1. Health Insights

THE CHRONIC LYME DISEASE SYNDROME

Websites and books discuss Lyme disease as a cause of long term symptoms and disability. It has been postulated that the Lyme infection persists after the acute condition resolves. The bug continues to be active, wrecking havoc. Fatigue, cognitive impairment, and pain are the most common expressions of this syndrome. Patients have reported maladies affectingContinue reading “THE CHRONIC LYME DISEASE SYNDROME”

MEDITATION FOR SOUL AND BODY

We live in a material world. Upon leaving the womb, we begin to explore all the wonders of this new life. An infant commences this journey with highly focused awareness of those aspects of the physical realm that impact it most strongly. Novel cognitive adventures thrill, stimulate, fashion, and guide the developing child’s mind. BrainContinue reading “MEDITATION FOR SOUL AND BODY”

LOSING LUNG VOLUME?

The aging process is associated with deterioration in every system and organ of the human body. Different tissues show this decline in varying ways. There are similarities insofar as cellular decay and inadequacy is concerned. This can be addressed with micronutrient supplements. On a more macro level, limiting the corrosion requires preventions and interventions uniqueContinue reading “LOSING LUNG VOLUME?”

LYME DISEASE AND THE “AFTER-ILLNESS”

There are millions of people who suffer from multiple chronic and disabling symptoms.  Their physical examinations and laboratory testing are all normal.  This syndrome usually follows a medical illness.  It manifests after recovering from an infectious disease, surgery, trauma, injury, stroke, heart attack, or a flare-up of another chronic condition, like Crohn’s Disease. After researchingContinue reading “LYME DISEASE AND THE “AFTER-ILLNESS””

DO NOT WANDER WITH YOUR HEART OR YOUR MIND

The Shema is a prayer in three paragraphs considered to be the definitive declaration of faith in God.  (See my blog: “Hear, O Israel” of June 4, 2020). The third paragraph is taken from the Torah, the book of Numbers, the section called “Shelach. An important exhortation in this paragraph is to not be distractedContinue reading “DO NOT WANDER WITH YOUR HEART OR YOUR MIND”

LOW BACK PROBLEMS

At some time in their lives, over 85% of people experience some problems related to the lower back.  Pain, stiffness, limitation of movement, and nerve compression syndromes are the most common symptoms.  The discomfort of sciatica affects the lives of millions.  Shrinkage of intervertebral cartilage, spinal bone density reduction, neuronal injury, arthritic changes, and narrowingContinue reading “LOW BACK PROBLEMS”

PREVENTIVE HEALTH PRACTICES OBVIATE HEALING COMPLICATIONS

There is nothing in the world like the recovery from an illness or an injury.  The more extensive and wearying the disease, the greater the satisfaction when the episode is past.  Fear is replaced by hope.  Joy supplants pain. But reclaiming health is not the same as restoring the premorbid state.  As described in anContinue reading “PREVENTIVE HEALTH PRACTICES OBVIATE HEALING COMPLICATIONS”

ABDOMINAL MUSCLE STRENGTH AND GOOD HEALTH

The abdominal skeletal muscles extend from the lower edge of the anterior rib cage to the upper reaches of the frontal pelvic bones.  They overlie each other in layers.  Their effectiveness is augmented further by the crisscrossing orientation at the different levels.  Lateral extension covers the sides.  These fibers provide many services to enhance ourContinue reading “ABDOMINAL MUSCLE STRENGTH AND GOOD HEALTH”

CHRONIC BENIGN HEADACHE

Headache is one of the most common complaints brought to primary care physician’s offices.  The diagnosis of Chronic Benign Headache (CBH) is defined by chronicity and stability.  The workup of headache can be extensive.  Medical education teaches best medical practices for most conditions.  These practices do not require testing (like an MRI) for every personContinue reading “CHRONIC BENIGN HEADACHE”

CHOOSE LIFE

In the fifth book of the Torah (Devarim or Deuteronomy), Moses is giving his final instructions to the People.  He tells them to “Choose life.”  This exhortation is preceded by the choices of “the life and the good, versus the death and the evil.”  It is about “life and death, [or] blessing and curse.”            Continue reading “CHOOSE LIFE”