When a person suffers from a stroke, usually the blood supply to part of their brain is abruptly disrupted and as a consequence brain cells die due to the lack of oxygen and nutrients. The more severe the stroke, the more likely the families have to listen to heartrending terminology from the doctors.... Read more →

Osteopathically informed psychiatry recognizes the biopsychosocial principle that the body is able to affect the mind. Consider for example the phenomenon of chronic disease-related depression that asserts when depression is analyzed in the context of preexisting disease, its prevalence is much higher... Read more →

Engel’s portrayal of the biopsychosocial model has significantly redefined psychiatry, medicine, and psychology. With the emergence of health psychology and behavioral medicine in primary care settings and the training of general practitioners on different health paradigms, patients are increasingly... Read more →

Interviewee: Paula, age 16-20, from Ohio was diagnosed with “Anorexia Nervosa in January 2002 at Children’s Hospital in Omaha, NE Moderate depression and insomnia in November 2004 at Physician’s Clinic in Omaha, NE”. Anorexia often prevents the accepting of lunch or dinner invitations,... Read more →

Robert J. Buchanan, M.D., Director of the UCSD Restorative and Functional Neurosurgery Center of Excellence, describes exciting new treatments for Epilepsy, Parkinson’s Disease, pain and more. By utilizing functional neurosurgery, procedures can be used both to correct malfunctions of the brain... Read more →

Jules Cotard (June 1, 1840 - August 19, 1889) was a French neurologist who is best known for first describing the Cotard delusion, the delusional belief that you are dead, do not exist or do not have bodily organs. Read more →  Read More →

One thing that you, as graduates, must remember, is that you have to keep pace with advancing science, it is in this spirit that the last daughter of science, Osteopathy, raises her head and claims to inherit all that is good in the past history of the healing art. It is impossible in this age of progress... Read more →

Schizophrenia treatment has significantly evolved since Nobel Laureate John Nash was initially treated with electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) and insulin coma “therapies” in the 50-60’s — as portrayed in the movie, A Beautiful Mind. Now, the ultimate goals of schizophrenia clinical... Read more →

Nobel laureate and DNA expert Francis Crick gives us his thoughts on consciousness. Read more →  Read More →

English born, English bred, forgotten by the English and the world at large, such was the fate of James Parkinson – J. G. Rowntree, 1912 James Parkinson was the son of John Parkinson, an apothecary and surgeon practicing in Hoxton Square, London. Where James studied is not known, but in 1784 his... Read more →

Is it brain power or energy of consciousness? The way our thoughts can change our body and our world. Dr. Masaru Emoto discovered that crystals formed in frozen water reveal changes when specific, concentrated thoughts are directed toward them. He found that water from clear springs and water that has... Read more →