Do you have an invisible illness? Do you know someone who has an invisible illness? What is an invisible illness? InvisibleIllnessWeek says that most chronic illnesses are invisible and estimates that “Approximately 96% of people who live with an illness have an illness that is invisible.”
What do we see when we look at an illness? Continue reading
Health is 
whole. It’s a simple statement. The word health is based on the word whole, but what does it mean?
What do we really mean when we say that health is whole? Is health perfect? No. Is health perfection? No. Continue reading
The Healthicine Creed
Health is wide and deep.
Health is a noun. A healthiness is a measurable component of health.
Health is a verb. Healthing is making someone healthier.
Health encompasses all of life’s processes.
Health is whole. Health is slow and steady.
Health is honest and true.
An illness is a hole in your health.
Every illness has a cause.
Every illness is caused by imbalance.
Disease can attack from the environment.
Disease can arise from unhealthiness.
Chronic diseases have chronic causes.
Symptomicines facilitate chronic disease.
Causal cures stop the progression of a disease.
External illnesses are cured by addressing or removing causes.
Internal illnesses are cured by raising healthiness.
Every illness has internal an external components.
Healing defends against disease and repairs damage.
Healing cures aid recovery and promote healing.
Healthicines improve healthiness.
Every disease can be cured.
Health is the best preventative.
Health is the best cure, the only true cure.
The goals of healthicine are to understand, create, and improve healthiness.
Healthy foods, actions, and communications move us towards healthiness.
Healthy people are moving towards healthiness.
Everyone has a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of healthiness.
Healthicine: The Arts and Sciences of Health and Healthiness. Continue reading
Jan and John are finishing up their rounds, and heading to the hospital cafeteria for lunch. John re-opens yesterday’s conversation about the word ‘cure’.
“Well, did you learn anything about the medical definition of cure in your research last night?”
Jan is frustrated, “I learned that medical dictionaries don’t take the word ‘cure’ seriously.” Continue reading
Two doctors meet in the hospital cafeteria. John is an old hand. Crusty and a bit intolerant of silliness. Jan is a new intern, just out of school. They’ve paired up together for work, and for lunches. As they sit down, Jan feels the glow of excitement of becoming a doctor.
“I can hardly wait to start curing people,” Jan gushes.
“Cure? What do you mean by ‘cure’?” asks John.
“You know, to help them get rid of their diseases. To free people from disease.” Jan is speaking rapidly, enthusiastically.
“Maybe you should check your dictionary.” John replies curtly. Continue reading
