By Richard Fried, M.D. Issue: Fall 2004, SEXUALITY: A CONTEMPORARY LOOK - Issue #37 The Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure came out with a sweeping new report called the JNC 7) on the treatment and diagnosis of high blood pressure in America, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), ... Read More ►
By Arthur and Ana Lups, M.D. Issue: Fall 2004, SEXUALITY: A CONTEMPORARY LOOK - Issue #37 Sexuality has many meanings, ranging from across those connected with all of our personal thoughts, fantasies, memories or desires associated with “having sex” to the literal merging of male and female germ cells. Clearly, sexuality is a word that means a lot to us. ... Read More ►
By Ross Rentea, MD Issue: Fall 2004, HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE - Issue #38 Erika is a dedicated high school administrator. She loves to come to work every day and is good at it. She “multi-tasks” all day long, scheduling, typing, taking messages and more. But feeling joy at work wasn’t always the case. When the cleaning staff began to use ... Read More ►
By Philip Incao, M.D. on calcium needs, bone health and osteoporosis Issue: Spring 2005, SPRING CLEANING - Issue #39 Q: I am 55 years old, and I broke some of the bones in my foot over 3 months ago. A recent x-ray shows that the bones are not healing very quickly. Can you help me understand why this is? A: Your ... Read More ►
By Walter Alexander, LILIPOH Senior Editor Issue: Spring 2005, SPRING CLEANING - Issue #39 “For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Hamlet At LILIPOH we ascribe to a view of life, health and illness that’s spiritual at its core. But how does one recognize and trust that an approach to medicine is actually spiritual? ... Read More ►
By Neshama Abraham Paiss Issue: Summer 2005, HEALTH & THE SENSES - Issue #40 Today when I picked up my six-year old daughter from her Waldorf school, I felt delight at the lively conversations among the parents, teachers and kids of all ages. It reminded me of how people socialize in our cohousing courtyard. Turning to Halonah I said, “You ... Read More ►
An Interview with Ross Rentea, M.D. Issue: Summer 2005, HEALTH & THE SENSES - Issue #40 LILIPOH: Let's talk about the life of the senses in our time—do you feel that we are challenged in this area? Ross Rentea, M.D.: Yes, the life of the senses is definitely stressed in our society. We correctly call it a sensual culture because ... Read More ►
By Ronni Sands Issue: Fall 2005, Restoring Our Relationship with Food; Issue #41, Vol. 10 Ronni Sands is the Garden Teacher at Summerfiled Waldorf School. We can all learn from teacher Ronni Sands as she prepares her Santa Rosa, California high school students for a sustainable future. The present environmental situation calls us to be conscious participants in healing rather ... Read More ►
An interview with Alicia Landman-Reiner, M.D. Issue: Winter 2005, Winter of the Soul; Issue #42 Alicia Landman-Reiner, M.D. is a physician and board member of the Physicians’ Association for Anthroposophical Medicine (PAAM). She is also the course director for the PAAM-sponsored training course for doctors. The training is comprised of six four-day intensive workshops over two years, taught by anthroposophic ... Read More ►
By Lynn Jericho Issue: Winter 2005, Winter of the Soul; Issue #42 Each of us knows the heavenly highs and the hellish lows of living. At some point in our lives, the swings between the two will cause significant suffering in our soul. A number of us will know the madness of bipolar disorder. Imagine your soul as a pendulum ... Read More ►
