Dr. Pratistha Strong, D.O. – Personalized Private Medical Care
On rotations—at the medical examiner. To die an unknown death and to be forgotten in a room for weeks must be hard to take in. But it was the sweetest death. He smelled like fruit. Of course, that fruit would have been rotting for a week or so. Others smell so terrible. Turpentine and old […]
Read More On Rotation: FruitEveryone is different and will respond differently to yoga. I encourage my patients practice yoga if they so desire. Below are some potential benefits from doing yoga. Fitness – Yoga can help improve your overall fitness. This will depend on the type and duration of your routine. Strength – Yoga can increase a variety of measures of […]
Read More What are the Health Effects of Yoga?FDA approves new single dose oral flu medication. Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) A couple of days ago the FDA announced the approval of a new medication to treat influenza. The drug is being sold under the brand name Xofluza (pronuced “Xoh-Flu-Zah) by the drug manufacturer Genentech. It should be available in pharmacies in the next few […]
Read More New Flu Drug, Just in time for Flu Season!The practice of meditation to relieve human suffering has existed for over 2500 years in different parts of the world. Since the 1970s mindfulness has been applied to psychological health issues in a secular context. Meditation, in whichever form, can be beneficial for people. I encourage my patients to meditate if they want to. Below […]
Read More A Quick Guide to MeditationI am a bouquet of firecrackers. I am a light ray one single photon. I am a comet catastrophe. I am a masterpiece. Come and catch what I’ve got. Apathy? Self-pity? I am a city with a 100 million lights per square mile, Shining on the sun’s dial. I am the slick on […]
Read More Why doesn’t everyone want to be a revolutionary?The recent news about DNA got to me the other night, so much so that it woke me up in a cold sweat. Now that the DNA sequencing can pretty much figure out the entire population of the US, is nothing sacred anymore? Facebook and Google know everything that we are up to on the […]
Read More Doctoring off the gridSleep hygiene just sounds like something out of a middle school health class video, but it is not as dirty as you think! Sleep hygiene just means just some ground rules on what to do before sleeping. Just like how Harry Potter learned, in Occlumency class, to scrub his brain before going to sleep, there […]
Read More Sleep HygieneThere have been significant advances in understanding the physiology that have not equaled improvement in treatments of chronic pain for many patients. Most patients report that their treatments are poor to fair overall. With patients reporting an average around 30% effective in improving pain–which is about what you see with placebo treatment. Even if a […]
Read More A Holistic Approach to Chronic Pain“I got chapped lips.“ Is this real? The ER. Not seen on T.V. “I got chapped lips. I can’t even sip my latte.“ Vitals normal. Oral peel. Nothing else. “I got chapped lips. It burned when eating fish and chips, yesterday.” 30 minute waiting room. 35 minute for see the doc. 20 minutes […]
Read More I’ve got chapped lipsCBD oil has popped up all over the place. You can find it at corner stores, online stores, health food stores, and at your local pharmacy. Should you be taking CBD oil? Where should you buy it? I have written the following in the hopes that you can make a more informed decision. Background information: […]
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