In Vermont, as seen throughout the country, we are experiencing a crisis with the effects of opioids for pain management. People in acute or chronic pain are becoming addicted to these substances to get through each day. This dependency is paving the way for various degrees of struggle and suffering, and demands on our state’s

Our last Natural Health Column article was an interview with a bodyworker, Eric Silvers, CMT, who practices from a holistic perspective of the body. This month is another interview with a naturopathic physician in Montpelier who also approaches her patients from a holistic view. According to an online medical dictionary, “holistic medicine is a term used

Natural Health Care in Montpelier When I was studying medicine in college, planning to become a western medical physician, I began wondering how the body was treated before these past couple hundred years of technology and science and in other parts of the world. I decided to take a break and travel to explore other

Mental illness is becoming more and more common amongst us. In 2013, there were an estimated 43.8 million adults aged 18 or older in the U.S. with any mental illness in the past year. This represented 18.5 percent of all U.S. adults. That’s almost one in five of us struggling in this way. In my

Mental illness is becoming more and more common amongst us. In 2013, there were an estimated 43.8 million adults aged 18 or older in the U.S. with any mental illness in the past year. This represented 18.5 percent of all U.S. adults. That’s almost one in five of us struggling in this way. In my

NATURAL HEALTH CORNER Joshua Singer, L.Ac. Licensed Acupuncturist Menopause is a natural, sometimes unwelcome, hormonal changing of a woman’s body. It is the ending of the ability to reproduce, the end of the woman’s supply of eggs. Mood swings, anxiety, sleep disturbance, hot flashes, night sweating, decreased libido, dryness, and constipation are some of the

Welcome to Natural Health Corner. This is a new monthly column dedicated to presenting ideas on various health topics. Since I’m a licensed acupuncturist and practitioner of Oriental Medicine, this will mostly be coming through the lens of Chinese Medicine. My hope is that there is something in here that may lead you toward a

NATURAL HEALTH CORNER Joshua Singer, L.Ac. Licensed Acupuncturist More and more people are recognizing the broader options available when it comes to their health care today. Instead of going straight to their primary care provider when having acute back pain, for example, people are initially calling the acupuncturist, chiropractor, or massage therapist. There is an

Most days of the week, as an acupuncturist in central Vermont, I am asked if health insurance covers acupuncture. As with any choices that we each make, finances have to be considered when deciding about our health care. When paying the premiums for your insurance each month, you hope that your plan will pay for

Are you familiar with that feeling soon after eating of indigestion, bloating, belching, gas, acid reflux, fatigue? You may get frequent loose stools or diarrhea. Some of us notice this more commonly than others and I wanted to share some thoughts to help you possibly avoid some of this discomfort. This is coming both from