Adventure Medical Kits

What if your routine cross-country ski jaunt turned emergent and you were stranded - would you be able to spend a night out in the mountains?  Or...

Enkiri-Enmusubi, Changing Bad to Good

"Enkiri-enmusubi" (縁切り縁結び) refers to the Japanese cultural concept of cutting off bad ties or connections (enkiri) and forming or strengthening good...

Kaizen, Change for the Better

The term "Kaizen" (改善) is a Japanese term meaning "change for the better". It embodies the philosophy of continuous, incremental improvement,...

The Miracle of Medicinal Mushrooms

The humble fungi, with its visible fruit called the mushroom, holds some of nature’s most potent weapons. Used by the plant to protect it from...

Keys to Great Health

"Before you heal someone, ask him if he's willing to give up the things that made him sick." —Hippocrates Health, like so many things, does not rely...

Staying in Balance & Avoiding Burnout

Burnout is a special kind of stress, best defined as being exhausted and just losing interest in what you do. The physical and mental effects may...

Allergy Treatments and Cure

Aah-aah-aah-choo! That sound marks the time of year for stuffy noses and itchy, watery eyes. The best treatments are started early and used...

Get Your Mojo Going!

Most of us could use a bit more of it.  Some people suffer from a complete lack of it.  Athletes burn a lot with activity and we all need it to...

Favorite Quotes

“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.” - Sir William Osler, often referred to as the "father of...