Hyperthyroidism
My last column discussed the thyroid gland and what happens when it is under-active, a disorder called hypothyroidism. This week’s offering will explore the opposite ailment, hyperthyroidism, a condition in which the thyroid gland is over-active and produces too much of the thyroid hormones. The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped gland which is located at […]
Hugs are our Drugs
In juggling a few possible topics for this week’s column, I ran a few by some of the people who work in our office. Amy, our front office manager, said, “Why don’t you write about why you and Dr. Tracy hug everybody after their adjustments.” It is a policy of ours that we hug every […]
Hotter Than a Red-Assed Bee
It happens when you least expect it. One day you are sitting in the living room, minding your own business, and you feel it. The heat starts at your feet and rises in your entire body until you feel like the top of your head is going to blow clean off. The sweat pops out […]
Hiatal Hernias
Life is too short to eat a bland diet. There are a select few things that I absolutely adore, and great food is one of them. A few years back before I began to monitor my general eating habits, I suffered from gastric reflux. My doctor at the time prescribed Tagamet (so this was before […]
Good Samaritans
Until this past Friday night, my column for this week was going to be about the management of Type II Diabetes, which I will save for another week, but something happened that I felt would be nice to share. I promise to pontificate about adult onset diabetes and how to stay healthy with it at […]
Goals
Occasionally I find it necessary to clean out drawers and files to make room for more stuff. Last week I did this in my office and ran across my goals list for 2002. I read them occasionally throughout the year just to keep myself focused but had not done so in a couple of months. […]