Practice on Purpose

This IS happening. It makes me sad.

I'm sorry: Why I lost my love for medicine I'm sorry, but I have to walk away from my dream.

Getting dirty IS good for you!

Healthy fat hidden in dirt may fend off anxiety disorders - Neuroscience News 10(Z)-hexadecenoic acid, a fatty acid found in the soil based bacterium Mycobacterium vaccae, interacts with immune cells to inhibit pathways that drive inflammation and increases resilience to stress. Researchers say the findings could bring us one step closer to developing a microbe-based "stress....

Awesome!
No wonder the FDA is restricting supplements....hmmmm, think Big Pharma has anything to do with that? Or is that just a conspiracy theory?

Magnesium Puts Psychiatric Drugs to Shame for Depression A powerful clinical study shows that pennies worth of magnesium a day provides an effective, safe, affordable alternative to dangerous and relatively ineffective pharmaceutical antidepressants.

Great news for those with chronic pain. Myself included! See the full story
https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/pain-cutting-edge-pain-treatment-veterans-administration/

Over the last 10 years, advances in human neuroimaging have begun to identify the elements of the brain involved in the chronification of pain; there is accruing evidence that chronic pain results from alterations in neural networks. Research on non-pharmacological therapies for pain is growing. “The more we harness proven technologies and use them synergistically, the better outcomes we will have and the less likelihood there will be that a patient is going to become addicted to narcotics,” says Dr. Dave Hagedorn, PhD, BCN, a leader in the field of non-invasive brain stimulation research. Learn more about chronic pain & the brain, as well as effective non-pharmacological treatments, in an IFM interview with Dr. Hagedorn through the link in our bio.

Excellent article!

Magnesium Puts Psychiatric Drugs to Shame for Depression A powerful clinical study shows that pennies worth of magnesium a day provides an effective, safe, affordable alternative to dangerous and relatively ineffective pharmaceutical antidepressants.

So important!

Sitting in nature for just 20 minutes per day cuts stress hormone levels Scientists hope this latest study will encourage doctors to prescribe "nature pills."