Browsing: First Person

For teens and children with migraines, feeling stressed is a significant migraine trigger — both during the stressful time and afterward. Those who suffer from migraines need to be aware and vigilant with their self-care to help decrease the number of migraines.

I was living in a tunnel vision of dark depression, and there was barely a glimmer of hope at the…

If a core goal of our nation is to have the healthiest population possible, then we need to rethink, regroup, and restore our commitment to health practices and processes that are aligned with this mission.

One woman’s story with breast cancer, learning how cancer grows and discovering alternative methods of treating cancer.

I started taking the pill when I was in college, not as a method of birth control, but because it…

Medications Perpetuate the Diagnosis: As a registered nurse with a sincere passion for what I do, I’m very frequently in…

We are all aware that medications have side effects. We hear the long list rattled off at the end of…

My mother would often declare that I am as stubborn as the Minnesota winter is cold and that I do…

When my 15 year old son, Gary, was screaming in pain from complications from Crohn’s Disease in the ER, a…

“Long story short, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the emergency room. I don’t really remember what happened. I only remember a nurse struggling to put in an IV line. My A1c was a whopping 14 and was warned that if I didn’t take control of my life I would be a repeat customer.”