"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts." -Aristotle Holism is the philosophy that systems have emergent properties in addition...

If Chinese Medicine were the Rolling Stones, acupuncture would be Mick Jagger. Everyone has heard of him, few have ever seen him in...

"That which is above is like to that which is below, and that which is below is like to that which is above." -The Emerald Tablet...

“It is easy to be solemn, it is so hard to be frivolous.” G.K. Chesterton When faced with life’s greatest challenges, most people turn to...

"To find yourself, think for yourself." -Socrates The capacity for human mimicry is perhaps without limit. It is in our genes. Our brains...

“You have the right to the work, but never to its fruits. Let not the fruits of work be your motive, nor should you be attached to...

There will be time, there will be time To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet; There will be time to murder and create, And...

Detox is a hot topic right now. I can't go a week without hearing about someone on a parasite cleanse, liver detox, and other such...

“Before Enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After Enlightenment, chop wood, carry water." -Zen proverb For better or worse, we are all...

Every day we average 20,000 breaths. Imagine doing any exercise that many times: 20,000 squats; 20,000 pushups; 20,000 pullups. Even...

polemitics- (noun) The art or science of using controversy and polarization in the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and...

Doctor is a title that elicits a variety of emotions. Depending on who you are talking with, it could command respect and honor...or it...

According to the CDC, one in three people in the United States have prediabetes. Prediabetes is a term used to describe chronically...

“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool." - Almost Famous As as much as we...

According to the National Institute of Health (NIH) anywhere from 5 to 8 percent of Americans are living with an autoimmune condition....

non bis in idem - (Latin) "not twice in the same thing" In the legal system 'double jeopardy' is a defense used to prevent someone from...

One in six Americans suffers from mental illness. Anxiety and depression encompass the bulk of these cases, but that is only the tip of...

“An error-free world would have no penicillin, no chemotherapy… almost no drugs, and most probably no humans. This is why I have been...

The procession of a good life is akin to a symphony. The first movement of life (childhood) is an introduction of ideas and themes. It...

Everything succumbs to gravity, The weakest of fundamental forces, On the scale of time and space, It outlasts and thus overcomes, By...