Ticks carrying the Lyme disease bacteria (Borrelia Burgdorferi) have been found in all 50 states, so don’t be fooled into thinking its only something that folks in the northeast have to be concerned with. But as much as I detest ticks, I really don’t want you to limit or stop your healing practice… Read more »
We are coming up on the spring equinox here in the northern hemisphere, which will be this Sunday, March 20th. Spring weather usually means folks are more likely to get outside, get active, go on walks, resume hiking and biking and jogging, plant springtime gardens, catch up on yard work, take food… Read more »
Well it’s finally summer, and we can capitalize on the fact that outdoors is the safest place to be (even the CDC has published recommendations that all windows in homes, offices, and schools be kept open to increase venhilation) you can take advantage of the fact that sunlight is naturally germicidal and the… Read more »
Thank goodness summer is on the way. I am so happy to finally feel sunshine on my face again. Picnics, gardening, bare feet, after dinner strolls… they all become so much easier with a little sunshine! But that means more sun exposure… typically something we read a lot of negative things about. And… Read more »
I’m so excited. We are officially well into May and this month I am actually taking my first three day vacation in a long, long time! I have not taken a vacation — not even one single weekend off — in over two years straight. So to have a Friday, Saturday and a Sunday… Read more »
The weather is warming up here where I live… …and this always means my inbox is full of emails from patients and readers asking: How can you reduce your chance of tick bites (and other insect bites) while still connecting to the earth outside? Especially with the latest press about the Zika… Read more »
Last week I presented a recent study that revealed: If you avoid the sun, your mortality rate is actually higher than the mortality rate of a heavy smoker! So instead of avoiding the sun, I encouraged you to get out there this spring and summer and enjoy the weather! I also gave you some… Read more »
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