by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jan 21, 2020 | Alternative Medicine, Chinese herbs, environment, Health Care system, In the News, integrative medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine
For some, the inclusion of Chinese herbs in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest (11th) version of its list, known as the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), brings celebration. For others it...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Dec 3, 2019 | environment, Happiness
Today is Giving Tuesday. It’s a day created to remind us of the importance of giving back. Giving Tuesday started in 2011 in response to the buying/commercial frenzy that comes with Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping madness. While we, of course,...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jul 8, 2015 | environment, lung health, Traditional Chinese Medicine
As of today in BC, there are 68 active fires of note and/or fires larger than 10 hectares (there are many more fires in total than that!). But there are actually 197 fires total active around BC! That’s huge! And unusual for us this time of year. What’s...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Feb 13, 2011 | environment, Happiness
Many people think that Valentine’s Day is just another way to get us to feel obliged to spend money. Buy a card, chocolates, or flowers and call that caring or love. I have mixed thoughts about this. I don’t believe that handing out cards this one day of...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Aug 31, 2006 | environment
This movie is appropriately titled. To see it forces you to think about your actions and inactions. How can we close our eyes to something that will have such a big impact on our lives? To something that is already having huge consequences on our environment? The...
