by Dr. Melissa Carr | Nov 13, 2021 | depression, lung health, mental health
Grief and sadness. For some of us, just reading these words already brings those powerful feelings to the forefront. Letting go can be one of the more challenging things we humans experience, whether that’s grieving the loss of a person, an animal, a belief, a...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jul 15, 2020 | Acupuncture, Arthritis, Back Pain, depression, Detoxification, Digestion, energy, health care, Healthy Habits, Herbs and Supplements, holistic health, In the News, injury, mental health, Pain, Sleep, Stress, Supplements, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Now into our 5th month of the COVID-19 pandemic, some of us are in the best shape we’ve been in for awhile, making homemade healthy food, finding time to exercise and get outdoors, getting more and better sleep, and taking the opportunity to catch up on some...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Apr 6, 2020 | health care, Health Care system, Healthy Habits, mental health
Do you know of any assisted living home, long-term care facility, or other care home with residents currently in isolation because of COVID-19? Many are not able to have any family or friends visit them. The volunteers they would normally have keep them company are...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | May 30, 2017 | Food, mental health, My Nutrition Book, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Still working on it…my TCM nutrition book. One whole section of it will contain food suggestions for various health conditions. Because so many suffer from anxiety, I thought that would be a good section to share with all of you now. Treating anxiety with food...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Apr 21, 2017 | Acupuncture, Allergies, brain health, depression, headache, mental health, migraine, Sleep, Stress
I don’t get the Starbucks Unicorn drink craze. It doesn’t look edible, it’s full of junk, and it contains a whopping 59g of sugar! It’s not just the calories. That’s almost 15 tsp of sugar. Inflammatory sugar. I get that it’s...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Dec 23, 2016 | Acupuncture, Health Tips, Healthy Habits, mental health, Stress
“I don’t think I was asleep, but I don’t feel like I was ‘here’,” he said when I came back into the treatment room. This is a common theme for people getting acupuncture—though they do often sleep too. So, “where” was he? In a meditative zone. That’s right. You can...
