Chiro Wench Fights Back
An extremely biased, relatively insignificant study was published last week in the journal Neurology about how neck manipulations are supposed to increase the risk of strokes in some people. The article was in the Macon paper, and a friend asked if I had seen it. I had not, and asked him what it said. He […]
Childhood Fevers
The time of year is coming when many children will have stuffy noses, coughs, and a number of them will have fevers to accompany their discomfort. Often parents panic when their children get fevers and they rush to do whatever they can to bring the fever down. Is it always a good idea to bring […]
Is there any truth to the weather change/joint pain connection?
We can all tell that autumn is here. Fall festivals abound, football is in full swing, Halloween decorations are out, the stores are already filling displays with Christmas decorations, and people are complaining that their joints ache. What do achy joints and autumn have in common? It depends on who you ask. There has been […]
Cause and Effect
Many changes have been swirling around us in the world lately. I have finally turned off my television because there is too much bad news out there and not nearly enough stories of hope and the promise of stronger rebound. A couple of days ago I was talking to one of the members of our […]
Carbohydrate Addiction
The “battle of the bulge” is one I’ve been fighting all of my life. I can never remember a time when small was a word that was used by anyone to describe me. Short is a descriptive term I have heard a lot, but never small. Believe me, as a child growing up in the […]
Calcium Types
Many of life’s lessons I have learned the hard way. Actually I have had to learn most of life’s lessons the hard way! I am infamously stubborn. Sometimes that trait serves me well and sometimes it haunts me. I would not listen when my mother and grandparents told me to be careful when I was […]