health&healing

Blending art and science is at the heart of Dr. Cynthia Gregg’s work as one of the area’s most accomplished facial plastic surgeons. An admitted perfectionist, she observes that “rhinoplasty—surgery…

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…

Dr. Charles Ferzli would certainly argue that—like all medicine—his work involves a strategic blend of art and science. It has to; his Cary practice, the TMJ and Sleep Therapy Centre,…

“Dermatology is a highly visual specialty that truly does blend art and science,” observes Dr. Laura Briley of Southern Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center in Raleigh. “The art part is…

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…

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…

When it comes to the anxieties of parents and caregivers, some issues come and go in time. One topic that has stayed consistently near the top, despite (or maybe because…

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…

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…

As a culture, we often perceive healing as a task of fixing something broken. We hear messages that something is wrong with us, that a missing piece needs to be…