No Time for Pain: Part 1

Main Entry: 1pain Pronunciation: \ˈpān\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French peine, from Latin poena, from Greek poinē payment, penalty; akin to Greek tinein to pay, tinesthai to punish, Avestan kaēnā revenge, Sanskrit cayate he revenges. As commonplace as pain is in the lives of medical patients, it is for the most part handled quite poorly by conventional care.  Not that we lack for good pharmaceutical agents... Read More

Two Good Reasons to Question Your Diagnosis

A medical diagnosis can be a godsend, or it can be a life sentence. There are times when living with the uncertainty of having no diagnosis can be unbearable – when even facing a known mortality is preferable to no diagnosis, and to having no answers. A diagnosis is a process of give and take, and no matter how skilled or committed your practitioner, no one else has the same commitment, drive, and persistence as you can have in assuring... Read More