Aspirin is not for Everyone

This is theme of new commercials and ads run by Bayer Aspirin. These ads are not voluntary as it was the US Federal Trade Commission that alleged that Bayer advertising claims on television, radio and the Internet went too far in stating that the general public could benefit by taking aspirin daily for the prevention of heart attacks and stroke. The problem according to the article is that...

Fevers a Normal Healthy Response

Fevers in Children, a Normal Healthy Response For years parents have worried about their children getting fevers. And for years many authorities, including most chiropractors have said that fevers were a normal response of the body to certain situations. Now several health publications such as Mothering Magazine, WebMD and Reuters Health have reported in several 2001 issues about how fevers are...

Acting Classes

Acting Classes Improve Doctors’ Communication Skills September 17, 2007 by Sierra Koester We visit doctors when we are physically ill. We often expect compassion, warmth, and knowledge from the medical professionals we choose to see for our ailments. We also expect to be listened to and empathized with. Yet medical schools do not typically focus on training physicians in compassion,...

Deadly Immunity

The title above comes from one of the most stirring articles on health care. Author Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presented this article in the June 2005 issue of Rolling Stone magazine. The article starts off by reporting on a secret meeting that was held at a retreat in Georgia in June of 2000 in which fifty-two attendees representing high-level officials from the CDC and the Food and Drug...

Powerful Brain

Your Brain Is So Powerful That Healing Comes From Within In the Science Times section of the October of 1998 New York Times come an article that also discusses the effect placebos have on healing. The article discusses the ability of someone’s belief in healing to cause healing. According to the article scientists are now starting to understand some of the brain functions that may explain some...