Most of us have experienced a fever every now and then as the body is defending itself from a foreign invader or possibly for another reason. In my recent case, it was from covid. Though it wasn’t necessarily a high fever, for those couple of days I felt disabled. My mind and body were tired

I have a clear memory as a child of my grandfather fumbling with the doorknob, trying to open the back door to leave, while I asked him a quick question. He sort of yelled back, confused and angry, and finally opened the door. This was very out of his character and confused me. He slowly

If you find that you have a difficult time falling asleep each night or quickly awaken throughout the night for various reasons, you are in the majority, at least from my observation. It isn’t unusual to awaken because of the dog jumping on the bed in the middle of the night or your bladder telling

Something I sadly hear occasionally from my patients is that they don’t feel truly listened to by their doctor. My suspicion is that it’s not necessarily the personality of the provider to blame for this but rather the current medical culture in general. When I was studying pre-medicine in college, observing, and considering applying to

When I was studying pre-medicine in college, planning to become a 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 cultures and medical practices. What better way

I’ve been asked some basic questions recently about the use of acupuncture as a treatment approach for our health care needs. These have been: “What is acupuncture?”, “Can acupuncture help my back pain?”, “Does it hurt?”, “How does acupuncture work?”. I figured I’d respond shortly here in case others are interested. For perspective, Traditional Chinese

One of the most common reasons that someone seeks care in my office is to help manage their menopausal symptoms. Menopause is a natural, sometimes unwelcome, hormonal change in a woman’s body. It is the ending of the ability to reproduce. Mood swings, anxiety, sleep disturbance, hot flashes, night sweating, decreased libido, dryness, and constipation

Many of us are now harvesting from our garden what we had previously planted. It is an incredible process to be a part of, especially seeing something from its seed. The code for what it was to become was within, and since it was given the right conditions, it now is what it was designed

This past week I dropped my eldest child off at college for her first year. Luckily she’s just down the road in Burlington, Vermont, making it a bit less painful for me. I’m feeling for those parents sending their loved ones to far-off states where they can’t visit or help them out so easily. I

A London physician named James Parkinson first described Parkinson’s disease as “shaking palsy” in 1817. This disorder is now understood to be a progressive neurological disorder involving degeneration of neurons in a region of the brain that controls movement. This degeneration creates a shortage of dopamine, which explains the reason for the movement dysfunctions that