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The Seekers Centre has been providing integrative chronic pain management since its inception in 2006. Integrative Medicine is an approach to healthcare that treats the whole person and engages the patient to become a partner in their...

In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the importance of stress and burnout among physicians and other healthcare workers. During these challenging times, it is more important than ever for doctors to take care of themselves. While...

Analyzing language predicts Alzheimer’s years in advance There are over 500,000 Canadians living with dementia today, with 25,000 newly diagnosed cases each year. These numbers come from the Alzheimer’s society of Canada, which also reports that...

The gut-brain axis is a new idea in medicine whose importance is growing. This Canadian study of fibromyalgia patients adds this very common condition to a list of pain disorders that are linked to the microbiome, or the ecosystem of the gut....

Aah, summer. A time for swimming and sunning, relaxing with friends and enjoying good food. In Canada, like many other parts of the world, summer means barbecue. Cooked meat tastes good. If you are like most of our patients, you eat healthy food...

Modern medicine has been described as the greatest gift to mankind. While its role is different, I think acupuncture is just as precious a gift. This safe, simple treatment has been used by millions in China for thousands of years. While...

Want to try a safe, cheap and easy alternative medicine to treat your pain? Try wearing wool underwear. I spend a lot of time browsing the medical literature. I often find myself looking for something in the PubMed database, only to fall victim to...

The trigger point injections and nerve block treatments you have received are not intended to be the cure for your chronic pain. But they are definitely part of the solution. The local anesthetic or “freezing” agent in the injections is only in...

Have you ever been angry? Of course, we all have. Anger is a primal experience, and it may have impacted human history more than any other emotion. Growing awareness has made mental health more of a priority in recent years, and this has ballooned...