health&healing

IN THE TRIANGLE

Since 1997, the North Carolina Triangle’s bimonthly source of information about health care options and providers
Vol 26, No. 5

Compounding: The Art & Science of Medication

Years ago, before the advent of mass scale drug manufacturing, compounding medications was the backbone of a pharmaceutical practice, integrating art and science into the preparation of medications. “Compounding can be…
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Testing: Linking the Mental and Physical

Reflecting on the complementary roles of art and science in diagnosing health problems, Dan Chartier, Raleigh-based psychophysiologic psychotherapist, observes: “I would come down more on the science side in the…
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Blending Science & Art in Breast & Body Surgery

Dr. Wu’s specialties, including breast augmentation and reduction, abdominoplasty, and body contouring, reflect the extraordinary technical skill—the science—required in her discipline. But she would also argue that aesthetics—the art—is of…
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Hidden Pain: Part 2

My life work professionally and personally has been dealing with inner painful experiences—that part of us that is hidden, available only to us, unless we choose to share it. Everyone…
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You Are NOT Broken

What if you are not broken, but simply bombarded by a culture that wants you to think you are, in order to market “remedies,” “treatments,” and “therapies” to you? Does…
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