Every Monday morning at 6am, Karen sends out a little, informative blog called the Monday Morning Acu-Minute. To receive the “Minute,” please leave your name and email address.
Here are a few examples of earlier posts.
July 13, 2015
Welcome back to our ongoing series on Inflammation. We have covered the physiological processes involved in inflammation, innate features of […]
July 6, 2015
Now the bad news about NSAIDs. We know about the good news already, including easy access and quick, effective pain […]
June 29, 2015
One of the most common questions people ask is Which pain reliever should I take? Here are some tips on […]
June 22, 2015
So, we want a little pain or fever relief and we go to the pharmacy for something quick and easy […]
June 15, 2015
I am back from Florida and continuing with our topic of anti-inflammatory medications and NSAIDS. NSAIDs, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, […]
June 8, 2015
I am not exactly in Disney World, but there are moments when I do feel like I am in the […]
June 1, 2015
I’m sorry to be a bearer of a little bad news about steroids, but as we mentioned last week, the […]
May 25, 2015
As promised, here is the bad news about steroids. As I reported over the past few weeks, corticosteroids are a […]
May 18, 2015
Welcome to a continuation of our Inflammation series, and the last piece on the uses of steroids. Several people have written […]
May 11, 2015
As we have discussed in the last few installments, cortico-steroids (or steroids) are a powerful class of anti-inflammatory medications that […]
May 4, 2015
Good Morning! Welcome back to our inflammation series, and more on topical steroids. Different strengths and preparation of steroids may be […]
April 27, 2015
Welcome back to our ongoing discussion on inflammation. Last week we started talking about steroids as a type of anti-inflammatory […]
April 20, 2015
Our discussion of the immune system should include anti-inflammatory medicines. When fevered or inflamed in a routine sort of way […]
April 13, 2015
We are on our Inflammation series and in the next few weeks we will be exploring approaches to managing inflammation, […]
April 6, 2015
Immunizations, or vaccines, are designed to intentionally introduce the immune system to a weakened version of a disease, in a […]
March 30, 2015
Yes, spring is here with the sunshine and warmth many of us have been craving AND the allergies that many […]
March 23, 2015
What do acupuncture and autoimmune diseases have to do with each other? Read on… The Immune System, as complex and […]
March 16, 2015
Last week we talked about the genius of the immune system, specifically “acquired immunity,” which is the ability of certain […]
March 9, 2015
We’ve talked so far, in this series, about aspects of the immune system in a category called “Innate immunity.” These […]
March 2, 2015
We are not born with a fully formed immune system. A baby’s immune system takes about six months to develop. […]