When Words Don’t Mean the Same Things to People If there are fifteen treatments for an illness, chances are good that many don’t work very well. That’s the case with chronic pain. Pain is really an information issue. The brain senses something is very awry. We then call that feeling pain. And our sense of […]
Seeking warmth and safety (6/4/12)
Temperature and Life How do you help a baby get through a vaccination? You warm her up. Because temperature matters a lot. And that fact also has implications – for adults who are trying to sleep and rest. Decreasing Pain Babies, like most human beings, don’t like getting shots – what the British call “jabs.” […]
How to regenerate America’s health (6/1/12)
The Regenerative Model of Health Health care in America is a tragedy. A system that spends 18% of its national output only to rank 50th in global lifespan is unsustainable and unacceptable. So how did we fall into this mess? One reason is in the very way we view health. Fortunately, we can change that. […]
Treating Information as Food (5/30/12)
Food is Information, Information is Food Your body runs on information. Think of your body as an information processor and how it works starts to fall into focus. Food as information has many forms. There are proteins and calories, fats and sugars. Yet there are innumerable information packed chemicals in food, ranging from vitamins to […]
Should we pay for prevention? Making health the goal of health care (5/24/12)
Making Health the Goal of Health Care How much do practitioners get paid to prevent illness and regenerate people’s health? Most of the time – zero. How much do doctors get paid to treat long standing, chronic illness? Depending on health insurance – which prefers some illnesses to others – the sky’s the limit. Why […]
