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Pumpkin visited a physical therapy six times in August 2012 to rehabilitate her sprained ankle from lacrosse back in April. This therapy charges $75 per hour/visit without insurance. Because of the type of health insurance we have, I paid out of pocket for her sessions, as uninsured, but asked the therapist to file with the [...]

原始點療法 原來這就是善化小葉消除我們身體不適的作法 原始點療法， 張釗漢 醫師無私的把此療法公開與推廣。 概述：原始點療法是一個全新的醫學觀念，不只治療疼痛，還能解除人類身上所有病痛，不需用針，不必吃藥，只用雙手推揉固定部位，即可達到 明顯療效，輕微者甚至可一次治癒，連癌症治療都能得到印證，創始者 張釗漢 醫師成立張釗漢疼痛醫療基金會推廣，免費教學，希望每個人都能學 會如何照顧自己的身體，並應用此一療法幫助其他處於病痛中的朋友。 張釗漢老師展現了無私和大愛。他示現了一位大醫的風範！ 本是台灣南部的一位開業中醫師。 原始點療法: 不只治療疼痛，還能解除人類身上所有病痛，不需用針，不必 .. .. .. .. 但在多年前歷經最親愛的牽手(師母)往生之後，曾經一夜白頭的他痛定思痛地放下過去種種所學，更放下醫師的身段來研究人人可用的醫學，由大量地親近和救治因各種原因而若痛不堪的病患後，終於整理出利用身上對應疾病的原始點，進而以最安全便捷的手法完成身體自我修復的驚人醫 術。張 老師在無數案例的經驗後，深感這是最契合時代需求而最能在任何環境下救助病苦的方式。張 老師毅然決然地變賣了家產，也關掉了診所，全力來將這個寶貝推向每一個需要幫助的眾生。 Share

I have been lucky in that I’m pretty healthy, don’t need to take any pills .. if I got headache or fever, I go to swim instead – it always works for me like charm. But this past April the night before I was to leave for home in Shanghai, I found myself having fever. [...]

Nearly two years ago I visited this primary doctor’s office. Because it was my first time, the office manager/nurse instructed me to get blood test first. A very good sign. I liked that efficiency a lot. Having some unpleasant experience before, I asked her clearly to check my insurance coverage for the annual check up [...]

What if I paid upon receiving their first bill which was wrong? _____________ Update: Sept 26 2011, 7:25pm. A woman calling from a private number, with an accent, saying she’s calling from Dr. Marjan Tabibzadeh’s office, asking me to pay for the outstanding balance of $34.72. She said every time we visit a doctor, it [...]

Baguan, pull-out jar in Chinese, is ancient medical treatment that relies upon creating a local suction to mobilise blood flow in order to promote healing. Suction is created using heat, i.e. fire (in old times) or mechanical devices (hand or electrical pumps, current new trend). The use of cupping therapy has been a part of [...]

This Times article brings back memory. A friend gave a big bash for her husband who’s turning 40 right before the blue pill came to the market. One of their friends worked at Pfizer and brought few as birthday gift. After the pianist serenaded, the belly dancer entertained .. and then it’s the time for [...]

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Don’t we all know baguan? Thumb and forefinger pressing into my navel, Doña Lucia issued a command. “Suéltalo!” she repeated. “Release it, man!” Then Doña Lucia, a Mexican folk healer (or curandera), pressed the full weight of her body down toward my internal organs, down in the direction of my spine, down toward the floor [...]

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Ibuprofen (400mg) must be a powerful pain killer: it almost knocked me out after the surgery. Dr. Moss also prescribed Lodine but I didn’t get it. I probably could go without it. My team won tonight. Well done kids, Way to Go! 1st: 7-6, 4-2 2nd: 5-7, 1-6 3rd: 6-1, 6-3 Early this week our [...]

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What’s wrong with medical insurance USA: I’d think that either CIA or FBI is trying to contact me with this elaborated procedure just to read a simple email reply. Oh no. It’s from my medical insurer. I need to read through all those instructions craps and then download a file just to get a link [...]

开裆裤 kai dang ku open crotch pants is still in vogue for kids, in some corners. Dr. Yang 杨亚超 (1920-2002) was a model worker of the state who had contributed greatly. Walk into the Provincial Hospital 省立医院 in the province’s capital one would not have missed his dignified bust. His story went like this, according [...]

Dr. Panzer, the Orthodontist at 23 Bond Street in town was preparing the impression for Pumpkin .. He saw me taking the pictures, and suggested that a video is better off .. Share

By the time she was 38, Dr. Desiree Pardi (1968-2009) had become a leading practitioner in palliative care, one of the fastest-growing fields in medicine, counseling terminally ill patients on their choices. But when it was her turn to go – having diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998, she fought with all her might and [...]

Word of the day: Tympanometry .. acoustic reflex testing Although I think medical doctors deserve getting paid and felt the health insurers have hacked too deeply into doctors’ pockets but I’m increasingly leaning toward the middlemen in bill disputing. This time it’s the pediatrician. 新官上任三把火 Pat is the new billing girl or the receptionist at [...]

I don’t know what the doctor and the lab did/claimed, but they got their bills paid by my health insurer last November. I don’t have their bills any more (should have kept it!!) but I was pretty sure they billed me for this in 2010 too. In talking with my insurer, I learnt that they [...]

Any good and capable dentists out there? Please raise your hands. I’ve been satisfied with kids’ orthodontist who’s jolly, personable, and has upbeat office and accommodating; whom I’d occasionally run into during social functions because many neighbors use him too. Our pediatrician’s kids are his clients too: they’re in the same building. But lately I’ve [...]

Old Westbury at 12:30pm Snowed a bit today .. ya right. From the air wave, one would imagine the end of the world or something close to that: everyone’s talking about the impending storm. What’s the big deal? It’s winter and suppose to snow. Correct? My phone was ringing off the hock since 8:45am. First [...]

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Deadbeat: One who does not pay his/her debts. One who does not pay child support Craig Cunningham, a fighting deadbeat is thinking he has the right to sue the collection agencies who come after him because the agencies violated laws. In many cases, I do believe the agencies go over the line. In the recent [...]