Category Archives: DIY Health Care Reform

Soothing the Savage Gut

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) affects an estimated 10 to 20 percent of the population in all countries of the world. The symptoms of IBS are stress-related—like most of the symptoms that send us to the doctor. As is usual with stress-related symptoms, we often come away from the doctor without a real solution to our…

I’ll Have Mine with Self-Improvement on the Side

A popular cholesterol-lowering drug—one of the statins—was removed from the market about a decade ago because it causes a side effect that can lead to death. All of the statins cause this side effect, but the statin-using public (a whole lot of people) was urged not to panic. Taking drugs to reduce your chance of…

Feeling Your Pain

More than 50 million Americans have chronic pain. Headache and lower back pain are the most common forms of pain. Back pain is the leading cause of disability in Americans 45 and younger. Costs associated with pain are estimated at $100 billion each year, including medical expenses and 50 million lost days of work. Because…