Patients often have questions about what that they can take that is “natural” to help them with their health. The truth is that most of what we need for health can be gained by eating healthy diet. While there are many companies selling supplements to promote...
Worried about the COVID Holiday Blues?
As healthcare providers, we are aware that the holidays and times with family can be stressful; this may also be true as we launch into 2021 due to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. What we need to remember is that we will get through this! With the vaccine...
A Grateful Heart is a Healthy Heart
As we draw towards the end of the Christmas season and begin a new year, our minds may be busy with reflecting on what we are thankful for this past year, or simply relieved from the pressing thoughts of buying gifts and finishing Christmas cards. Although doing...
Research Dangerous to Humans: Can We Gene Edit Embryos for Research?
I still remember listening to an interview as I was driving to work; the interview was happening as a scientist literally “created” human embryos. Just months after a Chinese scientist had performed gene editing on the embryos of twin girls in China, which were then...
Move Your Way to Better Health
For adults and older adults, the recommended exercise goal per week is 150 minutes. This can seem daunting. A lot of times, people will say they do not have asked time to exercise, but there is a great tool that can help you meet your goals. This is available...
Herd Immunity Best Achieved through Vaccination
One of the hottest topics of December 2020 has been the approval and the initial distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. While there have been some who have gotten so tired of the different measures employed to help protect the population from encountering COVID-19, such...
O Great Mystery
"O great mystery, and wondrous sacrament, that animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in their manger! Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia!" Let us allow ourselves to be enveloped in the reality of this mystery! The...
Principles for Choosing COVID 19 Vaccines
As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, the promise of upcoming vaccines is front and center in the media. Yet, with so much information from varied sources available it can be confusing to sort through the vaccines in development, their safety, efficacy and their...
The Infant Gaze of Jesus
The transforming power of the gaze of Jesus...Love's Vision This Christmas, I offer this reflection taken from a book written by Archbishop Luiz Martinez called Only Jesus. The first chapter of the book is called Love’s Vision. Let yourself be immersed in the...
The Importance of Working for Ethical Vaccines
Read this fascinating article about the research that lead to how messenger RNA (mRNA) was developed and then employed by Derrick Rossi to change adult stem cells to act like pluripotent embryonic cells. This is some of the research and development that has led to...