Many people with thyroid disease have trouble getting well. The majority of hypothyroid disease is actually an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto thyroiditis. As an autoimmune disease Hashimoto thyroiditis attacks the cells of the thyroid slowly destroying its ability to function. Unfortunately, even when the disease is diagnosed correctly, the common...

I have only one word for the foreign policy of our government, Baksheesh. Baksheesh is a term used to describe tipping, charitable giving, and certain forms of political corruption and bribery in the Middle East. Our most gullible policies are based on the ideas that we can win wars by...

I went to see the Red Book of C.G. Jung, the father of analytical psychology, at the Rubin Museum in New York this week. The Red Book is Jung's personal copy of paintings and hand written observations bound in a large red leather book. Until recently almost no one was...

I have a bumper sticker that says, "He not busy being born is busy dying." It's from a song of Bob Dylan's called, It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding. It reminds me, or those behind me, to remember why we're living, why we're here. By having a mission in life,...

Is breathing deeply really good for your health?

One of the major misconceptions of breathing is that we need to get fresh air. Many methods of relaxation teach us to breath deeply, exhaling "stale" air. The Lamaze method of breathing for women while undergoing labor has taught us to breathe...