by Dr. Melissa Carr | Mar 24, 2017 | Acupuncture, Allergies, Biopuncture, depression, immune boosting, immune system, injury, Sports
You wouldn’t know it to look outside (the picture to the right is from last year), but spring is finally here—well, technically at least. And after Vancouver’s unusually long cold snap, many are anxious to shake off the dark dreariness of winter. If you’re...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jun 21, 2016 | Alternative Medicine, depression, Happiness, Health Tips, Healthy Habits, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Here I’m going to start with the bad, so I can illustrate the power of something you could call a natural medicine. A study in the 1950s by Dr. Carl Richter involved taking rats and putting them through a forced swim test. Rats can swim, and the rats they used...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Oct 9, 2015 | acupressure, Allergies, depression, Health Tips, Healthy Habits, immune boosting, immune system, Traditional Chinese Medicine
I asked, “What do you want me to write about?” And I received a request for acupressure points to massage for general body tune up/massage for the fall season. Great question! I thought I’d expand on that and offer my top health tips for fall...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Aug 4, 2015 | Acupuncture, brain health, depression, Happiness, Health Tips, Healthy Habits, immune boosting, lung health, mental health, Pain, weight
Still on my monthly habit building, last month I completed #jokeadayJuly. I committed to share a joke (at least one, sometimes more) every day for 31 days. I shared it on my Facebook page (Dr.Melissa Carr) and told it to various people around me throughout the...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Apr 2, 2015 | depression, mental health
Beautiful. Heart opening. Profound. This is the poetry of Shane Koyczan. You might remember him from the Vancouver 2010 Olympics opening ceremony. His is one of the performances I remember most from those memorable couple of weeks, and that’s saying a lot...
