Adam’s Journal I keep seeing headlines about cats contracting bird flu. Should my wife and I be exercising any sort of precautions when it comes to our cat , February, or being around her? Unfortunately, I think getting Febs to wear a mask is not a realistic option. Dr. Criley Prescribes This is a common […]
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Bodywork: Rat Tales (Tails?) of New York
Adam’s Journal My wife and I visited New York earlier this month, and Mary was – no kidding – disappointed that she didn’t spy a single rat. I, however, did, witnessing one scurry across a subway platform as I awaited an early-morning train. Happily, it had no interest in me, and it quickly vanished into […]
Bodywork: A Secret Cure for Cancer?
Adam’s Journal I’m not much of a conspiracy theorist. But others have shared with me a belief that a cure for cancer actually exists; it is just being kept from us by big pharma so that they can make money on cancer treatments. What do you think? Dr. Scofield Prescribes I could tell you the […]
Bodywork: Swearing can be good for you? No friggin’ way!
Adam’s Journal I saw a headline claiming that cursing can help with pain management. C’mon. That can’t be real, can it? Dr. Scofield Prescribes $%^&* yeah – it’s real! To test how swearing affected pain tolerance, researchers had subjects – 67 undergraduate students – participate in what’s known as a cold pressor test. That involves […]
Bodywork: Can you train your body for the cold?
Adam’s Journal We just survived what I hope will be the last arctic blast of this winter. And, wow, was it freezing out there. Is there any way we can prepare our bodies to better weather (sorry – Dad joke) the cold? Dr. Scofield Prescribes The good news is that there are things we can […]
Bodywork: A new option for treating pain
Adam’s Journal Here’s a question from an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation coworker: Last month, the Food and Drug Administration approved Journavx, a new drug to treat pain. I read that it is the first new prescription pain medication in more than 25 years. That sounds like a big deal. Is it? Brent Keck Dr. Scofield […]
