The Science Behind Why it is More Painful to be a Woman
If you have chronic pain, you’re not alone. An estimated 25.3 million adults in the US report severe, daily pain, significantly more women than men, while 55% of US adults…
How Our Government Can Improve Our Healthcare System
It’s clear that the US healthcare system needs changing. The costs are too high and the results too poor. The system also needs changing because our patients have changed. What…
Hope for Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis
A diet and lifestyle program integrated with conventional medicine helps people live longer, better and healthier When MRIs (brain scans) taken after a car accident in 2000 showed that Noelle…
Hope for Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis
Diet and lifestyle program integrated with conventional medicine helps people with MS live longer, better and healthier When MRIs (brain scans) taken after a car accident in 2000 showed that…
Hope Visit
The HOPE note addresses the social, behavioral, environmental, and spiritual components required for managing complex, chronic diseases. Working through the questions with the patient helps engage them in shared decision-making…
Preparation
Preparing for an integrative health visit requires understanding why it's needed. Download the guide to learn more (PDF). It’s clear that the US healthcare system needs changing. The costs are…
Hope Note
The HOPE note is a tool to elicit the information you need from a patient to better understand their issues beyond the regular medical visit. The HOPE note builds off…
Conquering Chronic Pain: Self-care plus conventional treatment helps patients relieve or prevent chronic pain
Getting through the workday used to take all of Olivia Seonbuchner’s energy and willpower. For about 19 months, the 25-year-old would go home and get into bed with a heating…
Ask Dr. Jonas: A New Prescription for Medical Education
How would you describe your own medical education? I studied medicine in the late ’70s to the early ’80s and received the typical American mainstream medical education of the time…
A Patient’s View – 5 Things New Moms Need to Know about Chronic Low Back Pain
Yes, children come with heavy gear to tote, but maintaining your health and wellbeing must be a priority. Drs. Jonas and Fricton share their tips for baby-toting parents.