past issue
Meeting Critical Health Challenges
Volume 26, No. 3
June/July 2024
Health Care Challenges
Health care challenges can be personal or universal: from the patient seeking relief from chronic pain; to the enormous challenges of a pandemic; to providing effective, affordable health care for all; to the specific challenges of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
In the reflections of area practitioners in this issue, one message rings loud and clear: health challenges are inevitably both individual and complex. It’s impossible to isolate a singular problem, ignoring its impact on the patient’s whole health. Furthermore, despite the cultural inclination to standardize care and treatment, in the words of pharmacist Zoe Stefanadis, “one size does not fit all!” Area practitioners point to the challenging interconnections of disease and variables such as diet, genetics, other diseases, even the insurance bureaucracy. Thus, the healing process, they argue, must be both holistic and individualized. You’ll find their approaches to difficult health challenges inspiring. Enjoy!
Compounding: Individual Solutions to Medical Challenges
Zoe Stefanadis, RPh
CHAPEL HILL COMPOUNDING
Critical Health Care Challenges: Integrating the Whole Person
Joanne Pizzino, MD, MPH
MEDICAL EDITOR, HEALTH&HEALING
Happiness as a Critical Health Issues
Dan Chartier, PhD
LIFE QUALITY RESOURCES
TMJ and Sleep: The Special Challenges of Complexity
Charles Ferzli, DDS, FAACP
TMJ & SLEEP THERAPY CENTRE OF RALEIGH-DURHAM
Overcoming Misconceptions and Misinformation About Plastic Surgery
Cindy Wu, MD
CYNTHIA GREGG FACE & BODY SPECIALISTS
The Challenge of Skin Diseases: “Everything’s on the Surface”
Eric Challgren, MD
SOUTHERN DERMATOLOGY & SKIN CANCER CENTER
How Yoga for Osteoporosis Safely Rebuilds Strong Bones
Carol Verner, LMBT, RYT
MOVING INTO WHOLENESS
Facial Plastic Surgery: A Healing Response to Personal Health Challenges
Cynthia Gregg, MD, FACS
CYNTHIA GREGG FACE & BODY SPECIALISTS
European Biological Medicine: Life Blood Analysis
Cholena Erickson, LAc, OMD
VITAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS
Addressing Critical Learning Challenges: Peaceful Schools NC Supporting School Culture
Ida Trisolini
CAROLINA FRIENDS SCHOOL
A Whole-Person Approach to Health with Integral Psychology and Functional Medicine
Tom Ronen Goddard, PhD, and Joanne Pizzino, MD, MPH
SELF-EMPOWERED HEALING
Karen Stewart, MA
STEWART PSYCHOLGISTS