Living with a chronic condition has many side effects, from pain to exhaustion to anxiety and depression. The worst side effect, however, is realizing that your doctor isn’t helping you. Maybe you have been through a battery of tests, only to be told that it’s all in your head, only to be given yet another …
Is Compromised Digestive Health Causing Your Depression? When you suffer with a mental illness like depression or anxiety, you may struggle to find the right balance of lifestyle choices, therapy, and medication to get you to a functional state of being. Has any doctor ever suggested, however, that some of your suffering could be alleviated …
Skya GardnerAbbate, DOM Executive Director, Southwest Acupuncture College Gentle Treatment for General Anxiety Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress and Episodic Anxiety As the Lingshu so wisely stated centuries ago, “To every needling, the method is above all not to miss the rooting in the Spirits. To be effective and at the same time not to violate the …
Aiming Acupuncture at Depression By Marilyn Elias, USA TODAY Could acupuncture, a 5,000¬year¬old healing technique, prove to be a cutting¬edge weapon for treating the modern nemesis of clinical depression? A pioneering pilot study, funded by the U.S. Office of Alternative Medicine, suggests this ancient Chinese therapy might offer some surprising benefits for those who are …
Psychiatric, Psychological and Emotional Aspects of Thyroid Disease i.e. it’s not all in your head! It’s a common scenario for hypothyroid patients, especially when you are undiagnosed due to your doctor’s over-reliance on a faulty TSH range, or treated with thyroxine T4-only medications: You go to the doctor; you complain about your depression, or your …
World War II & Schizophrenia: What the Front Line Taught Us about Food Allergies Many lessons are learned in times of war. Pacifism comes to mind first, but following closely behind, I would imagine, is how to feed, clothe and shelter a military unit in a foreign land. But, as quickly noted by some sharp-witted …
