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

Facing Critical Issues

Karen Stewart, MA

STEWART PSYCHOLGISTS