Articles by Dr. Rosenthal
Below are reprints of articles written by Dr. Rosenthal that have been published locally and/or nationally.
SICK SIGNALS=SICK BODIES
January 20th marked the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States! This is breaking news for those of you recently rescued from a desert island, lacking a broadband connection in your home, or too busy with your own reality TV film crew to pay attention to the rest of us. Here’s more news: Around the fourth week of your embryonic development, a very powerful boss took office in your body! Responsible for governing ALL parts of your body, this biological boss can delegate, coordinate and command millions of times faster than you can say Air Force One! This inner president, known as the brain and spinal cord, proudly carries the title of CNS – the Central Nervous System.
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THE UNCOOKED DELIGHT OF RAW FOODS!
NO FIRE! Cavemen (Cavepeople to be politically correct) may have had trouble fending off Sabertooth tigers or keeping the clan warm at night? Despite their quest for fire and inability to cook, could their foods have been healthier than those comprising the modern diet?
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Toss the Trash Like A Yogi!
Want to move a muscle you never knew existed? By learning this maneuver, you can uncover the secret strength and health benefits enjoyed by yoga practitioners for thousands of years. In this article, we will explore the use of two practices called Mula Bandha and Uddiyanda Bandha. Whether you are looking to improve your yoga practice, lift your two-year-old, or lug out that heavy trash can, using these techniques can provide much more than just a tongue twister to pronounce! They can enhance your general health and make your lifting jobs easier.
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Upper Back HUMP = A Slouch in Your Health or a Shortened Life!
Smile at the wrinkles and enjoy the movie discounts. Savor the bargain omelets at IHOP. Love the grandkids and grin with relief as you hand them back. Maturing has many perks… and many pitfalls. One health hazard that MUST be prevented, reduced or corrected is the HUMP often seen on the upper back and neck. Besides the unwanted hunched-over physical appearance, the hump can cause serious health implications… it may even shorten one’s lifespan!
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A Vision Quest for Optimum Health!
What is the SECRET to OBTAINING YOUR DESIRES, you ask? If you are asking any self-help or "road to success" writer, motivational speaker or empowerment guru, the answer will always include one vital process. Read ancient philosophical texts or religious writings, and the wisdom of getting what you desire would include that same ingredient: Build a clear VISION of the desired outcome or object. The use of visioning has, and has long been, a powerful tool for attracting information and the objects or state of mind and body you desire.
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Smooth Drinks for Better Health… And, They’re GREEN!
RECIPE #1: Puree massive quantities of low-fiber, highly saturated fats and trans fats with highly processed, sugary foods. Mix in gallons of nutrient-leeching carbonated beverages. Add very LIMITED fruits and vegetables! Shake, stir and WAIT!
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Lower Blood Pressure Naturally!
My first “real” patient ("real" meaning not another student!) during my internship has left lasting memories. I was in Atlanta that summer of 1991, and it was hot. Between being nervous from having the first patient ever of my new career gaze with desperation into my eyes, and the blue, polyester blend clinic jacket that covered my long-sleeve shirt and matching blue tie, the day felt even hotter!
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Tackle the 2008 Cold and Flu Season Naturally!
Winter is upon us! This means cozy fires, flannel pajamas, runny noses, watery eyes and scratchy throats. Can this season be different? Can we remain HEALTHY? The answer is YES… and we don’t even have to move to Florida to avoid colds and the flu! The real question is, “What do we have to DO?”
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The Wildebeests vs. The Lions of Lost Resolutions
The yearly American pilgrimage is soon to come. Like a herd of thirsty wildebeests, thousands will gather under colossal television monitors and millions of shining light bulbs, seeking to quench their thirst for resolution. Out of the grasp of hungry predators and potentially fatal stampedes, resisting crocodile-laden riverbeds (otherwise known as the streets of New York), others observe the extravaganza in the refuge of the living room. Hypnotized by the lights and sounding of the crowd, all watch. The symbolic display of time passing shoots colors through the air. A captivated crowd gasps in amazement as the large pulsating sphere drops from the sky. And so it begins. The New Year’s Ball initiates the deepest introspection that most of us partake in each year.
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Experience The Sounds of Creation!
The only thing colder than that fall Friday evening was my attitude. I was exhausted. It had been a long week. My nights were shared with a nocturnal two-year-old. Soon the baby sitter would arrive. There was no turning back. Complaining as we left, I questioned my wife again about where we were going. Although she may have said more, I only heard “to a healing circle.” I was not in any mood to leave the house. I thought “I don’t want to go anywhere… I want to sleep!” I absolutely did not know what wonders the next hours would bring.
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From Pain to Peace in A Split Second
You are late for work. You drive fast. You fear that large intersection with the eternal red light. You know that making it while the light is green, may actually save your job, your marriage and your grandmother’s operation. Oh boy, the approaching light is a welcoming green, but the car in front of you creeps along inviting the change to red. Your white knuckles leave their perch on the wheel to react. Hand gestures fly. Primal vocalizations spew from your angry, wrinkled face as your car’s battle horn blows. You are not in control. Your emotions drag you around like a 125-pound Rottweiler chasing a squirrel. Hormone levels elevate, and immune function declines, while the heart quivers. Once at work, you yell at your undeserving spouse when she calls to say Hi. Look out kids, Daddy is having a bad day!
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The DIS-Ease of America!
Picture American healthcare as a tin of fish. We buy caviar, but are we receiving canned mackerel? In 2005 healthcare spending increased at twice the rate of inflation. The latest statistics show that we cast out $6,401 per person. We are grossly outspending the rest of the world. Sweden pays $2918 per year per person. The savings alone could buy every U.S. citizen a new Volvo every 10 years! Is greater health being gained from shelling out all those clams?
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Cause of most scoliosis cases still unknown
Twice as prevalent in females, diagnosis of condition usually made as children enter puberty
By HIRAN RATNAYAKE, The News Journal
Posted Tuesday, June 5, 2007
As a child, Denise Marandola could pinpoint the pain to her mid-back, on the right half, at the tips of her ribs. When she bent over, the bulge on that right side rose higher than on the left. Marandola was 12 when she learned she had scoliosis.
Not everyone experiences pain. Most people who have scoliosis....
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5 Powerful Ways to Remove Toxins from the Body!
Do you remember when your mom yelled at you for licking the perfluorinated compounds off the pizza box or microwave popcorn bag? I used to dread it when I opened my lunchbox only to see a tuna and mercury sandwich with a big red apple dressed in a pesticide glaze. Red dye #3 cherries and nitrite-laden lunchmeat would have been preferred. If I skipped lunch, I would be comforted to know that my toxic body burden could still be thoroughly increased by simply breathing the air! There is no escaping the many toxins and heavy metals that enter our body. The world and those in it are contaminated. This was never so evident then when scientists found the insecticide DDT (banned in the U.S. years ago) in the tissues of arctic penguins thousands of miles away from the closest sprayer. The hundreds of toxins and metals that we are exposed every day are not innocent, but can cause problems ranging from infertility, learning disabilities and autism to cancer, arthritis and allergies.
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Why Firemen Would Make the Best Doctors(What Symptoms Mean)
When Linda McCartney died of breast cancer, USA Today asked Fran DuRocher, M.D. to comment on her death. She said: “Breast cancer after all is a disease that affects healthy people. That’s why everybody is so surprised when they get it.”1 The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published an article titled: “Stroke In A Healthy 46-Year-Old Man.”2 Is it possible that Dr. Fran DuRocher, the American Medical Association, and most Americans are confused by what it is to be healthy compared to just not having any symptoms?
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Are Bugs Growing in Our Kid's Ears?(The Truth About Ear Infections)
Sounds preposterous? It is! As recent as the eighteen century, scientists believed in "spontaneous generation." This means that when they saw maggots popping up out of nowhere in a garbage heap, they concluded that the maggots "spontaneously" or miraculously appeared out of thin air. Now we laugh about how off track scientists were back then. Today some doctors have the same theory. They believe that bacteria appear within the ear and cause ear infections. These bacteria also came out of nowhere and have to be attacked. Contemporary medical and chiropractic researchers know differently. Like the maggots in the garbage heap, bacteria come from a bad situation. They are nothing more than scavengers. While antibiotics may temporarily kill some bad germs (and good ones as well), chiropractic care removes the cause or the garbage. Once the ear is normalized, then the bacteria go away by themselves. Do you want to know the facts?
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Awakening The Schwarzenegger Within! (Increasing Energy Levels and Performance)
Were you the last picked for the recess dodge-ball team? Why do some people perform better physically? Maybe you would have been picked first if you could have found a way to awaken the Arnold Schwarzenegger within… to find a way to get the edge and perform at your peak! It is possible that some people contain only a Bill Gates or Rosanne within. Whatever person best characterizes your inner ingredients, finding the edge and reaching one’s peak performance is not only important on the field or court, but on the job, in the house, at school, etc.
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Nerve Stess, Germs or Amoxicillin Glands? (Resistance and Immunity)
Why do we get sick? Is it bad luck? Or, are we victims to be preyed upon by the millions of germs floating in the air or lining surfaces everywhere? Is it the fault of our children, friends or co-workers? Why is it that most Americans receive their first antibiotic prescription within their first year of life? Is it because we were born without amoxicillin or penicillin glands? Why is it that some people are rarely ill or get over colds in no time? The real question is: is it the seed or the soil?
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Derailing The Train of Menstrual Pain
Do you buy SUPER-SIZED bottles of Midol at Costco or BJ’s for monthly menstrual pain? Other solutions do exist, but one must think outside of the pill bottle.
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Oh…My Nerves Can Really Get On My IBS
I was participating in a community health fair and I met a woman with a troubling history. During the screening she started to describe the last 10 years of a prison-like sentence of ill health that she referred to as her life. When she was a teenager she was in a car accident that left a chronic pain in her mid-back. When I touched the spot gently she jumped off of the seat as if I placed a live wire of electricity against her.
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Headaches: Are They Really Just All in Your Head?
Do we get headaches because we were born without Tylenol glands, or is it because God forgot to add enough Excedrin? Is the real issue the pain, or is it the underlying cause? There is no doubt that the pain is important to the person experiencing it. It could be the thief of one’s enjoyment of life or ability to make it through a single day out of bed! It is also the signal that an imbalance exists.
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The Bermuda Triangle of Headaches
Christopher Columbus was the first person to note bizarre phenomena in the Bermuda Triangle, reporting that he observed "strange dancing lights on the horizon." The region, also know as the Devil’s Triangle, may be famous for unusual happenings and strange disappearances, but a triangle yielding more wreckage can be found in the human neck and skull.
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Car Accidents and Kids = Hidden Damage!
It looks like something you would see at a NASCAR event. It's made to lock and tether. The contoured seat sports a harness with two pink terry cloth strap pads. Without the presence of stale, crushed Cheerios, one may even mistake the infant seat as a throne fit for NASA’s next shuttle mission. Today's car seat technology for children is truly impressive. However, safety may be an illusion. The false notion that a child’s car seat forms a protective cocoon, coupled with the inability of an infant or young child to communicate his or her symptoms, or be taken seriously when a complaint is voiced, can be a dangerous combination. Injuries sustained in even minor car accidents are often hidden or ignored. Injuries may produce no outward symptoms, elude the untrained eye, alter function and rob a child of his or her full potential.
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Chiropractic: Born In The USA
It’s the 1800’s. You are sick. The local town doc gives you an exam. After rummaging through his black bag, tossing aside a small, corked brown bottle and positioning his spectacles, your treatment begins. Wielding a metal device sporting a shiny blade, he cuts open a vein on your arm. A few pints of blood are removed in hopes of curing what ailed you. This is not a new, high copay-like deterrent designed by your HMO to limit your doctor visits, but part of the available health care of the time. Credited for contributing to George Washington’s death in 1799, the practice of bloodletting was one of many medical practices that signified the need for advancement in health care.
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Your Optimum Weight… NASCAR-Style!
Could it be the hot dogs, cold beer and the pungent smell of burnt rubber? Perhaps it’s the many steps and other obstacles that exercise the thighs and legs like pistons while on the way to your seat. Or, is it simply the deafening roar of the passing cars and cheering crowds? How can NASCAR keep you fit? To help in the creation of one’s optimum weight, it is better to look at a NASCAR pit crew for the answers than to the crowded concession stands or circling drivers. Why is that? The pit crew knows fuel, parts and tires.
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Uncover the Extraordinary with Meditation!
Imagine gazing into your flat screen television. The late night infomercial stops your thumb from dancing like a jackhammer on the remote control. The slick announcer, with his white teeth and radiant tan, pitches bigger than-life promises! He rattles off a string of irresistible hooks:
“Do you want to optimize your BRAIN FUNCTION, have better ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, deep SLEEP, lowered BLOOD PRESSURE, less ANXIETY, reduced STRESS, better HEALTH and reverse THE AGING PROCESS...?”
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Is The Seesaw Missing from Your Playground of Health?
PART 1
What happened to all the SEESAWS? Was it the bruised knees, bleeding chins or sore behinds that brought their demise? It must have been the lawyers fueled by angry parents with sobbing children. This momentous removal was necessary to protect from playground injury. On the downside, we lost a valuable educational tool when seesaws began to vanish from our neighborhoods!
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Is The Seesaw of Health Tilted?
Part II
In last month’s article, we took a recess to run around the playground of health. That’s because our health balances like a seesaw between greater wellness and happiness and illness and despair. The tip of the balance depends on the choices we make. Because no one can score on a playground unless he or she can see the goal, we make our best decisions when we have a clear picture of our health goal: “the perfect me.” Once that vision is ensconced in our minds, we are ready to make choices that will tip our balance toward optimum health and happiness.
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Our Vital Need for Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Millions stand confused! A sea of supplements in the local health food store or market blinds us. Hundreds of ads, articles and friendly advice further complicate the issue. Determining the best regimen of nutritional supplements can be a mission impossible. Short of relying on “eenie meenie miney mo,” many give up by taking nothing! The purpose of this article is to encourage the use of at least one daily supplement. Perhaps the most important, and likely the most researched, it is definitely the most varied in regard to quality and price. Omega-3 fatty acids, found in fish oil, are vital for our health and well-being! These are the official “GOOD FATS.”
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It’s Not Muscular!
Feeling like they are clamped in the jaws of a PIT BULL terrier, your muscles SCREAM! In gripping pain, they dictate every action. The jaws of pain won’t let go! Taking your breath with every attempt to move, the muscles seem to threaten to tear from the bones. But, wait a minute, maybe your muscles are getting a bad rap!
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Why Cobras Don’t Get Back Pain: Prevention with Yoga!
Oh, it’s just a little ache in the back. After days of denial or hope of retreat, the growing pain is ignored until the alarming symptoms deaden any hope of return to life-as-usual. Popping pills, missing work, feeling agitated and losing sleep is a familiar routine for millions each year! As you sit with an uncomfortable tilt in the doctor's reception room chair, you ponder what went wrong. Could the pain in your back have been thwarted? “WHY DON’T COBRAS GET BACK PAIN?” Understanding the answer to that question can lead you to a pain-free future!
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Getting CLEAR about Automobile Accidents!
Earth, Fire, Air and Water can rage with MIGHTY force! Our bodies have endured the fury of these four elements since the dawn of man. Now a newer force, responsible for far greater wreckage to human health, commands our unearthly respect. It all started in 1769 in France. Nicolas Joseph Cugnot built the first steam-powered automobile. This horseless carriage soon led to the world’s newest and perhaps most devastating traumatic situation… the automobile accident!
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Our Vital Need for Healthy Gut Bacteria
Do you wash your hands obsessively with antibacterial soap? Spray Lysol on everything that can’t defend itself? Cringe with pursed lips at the thought of your water bottle being shared by the germ-laden mouths of friends or family? Do you cross two fingers, as though Dracula were on the way, just to ward off a coworker’s sniffle? Do you suffer from GERMAPHOBIA? Perhaps we all have a touch of germaphobia from time to time, and it’s not always a bad thing. A severe bacterial infection can be life threatening. But, not all bacteria are bad. In fact, some are absolutely vital for optimal health!
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The BIG Price of BIG Hope for LITTLE Pills in BIG Bottles!
They lurk in the depths of millions of gym bags. They nest in the dark corners of thousands of desk drawers. They snuggle up to cell phones in hand bags across the land. Cabinets have been built especially for them. We are not talking about Hershey’s Kisses, paper clips, dental floss or smelly socks…we are talking about LITTLE pills in BIG bottles labeled for “regular” aches and pains!
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Breadcrumb Trails to True Health!
If the wisest and most skilled doctor offered you advice about your body or mind, would you take it?
-Pretend you don’t.
Again he or she offers it, but this time with greater vigor and volume!
-Still you heed NOT the warnings!
Desperately falling to one knee, the wise healer claws at your waist, and with pleading eyes, he or she begs for your final acceptance.
-Peering down in annoyance, you declare that you do not have time for these trifling warnings. You plug into your IPOD and stride away, happily shutting this healer out of your consciousness.
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The Hard Truth About Soft Drinks!
You are on a first date in Japan. The pressure is CRUSHING! This make-it-or-break-it event can be DEADLY… especially, if impressing your date requires gulping down a slice of Fugu or Blowfish at the hip new Sushi bar. Known as “Fuku” in western Japan, the Blowfish contains poisons that may cause INSTANT DEATH if not properly prepared by a certified chef!
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THE LAW OF ATTRACTION for Greater Health!
Who wants better HEALTH, greater WEALTH and more rewarding RELATIONSHIPS? The real question is “who doesn’t?” Why do some seem to easily attain all they desire, while others are left with constant yearning? You can gain the answer to that question through better understanding of what is commonly known as the “Law of Attraction.”
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Yoga Adds Life To Life!
Many of us walk like stressed out zombies- tensely dragging through a life that's like an over-filled martini glass spewing its mixture of stress hormones and toxins with our every move. Tight from worries about the past and fears of the future, our muscles desperately grip our bones. Adding to the aging process, each daily obligation engraves more wrinkles across our zombie foreheads. Are we too busy to truly live? Is there a way to break the trance of distraction that dominates our consciousness and ravages our emotional and physical health? If we are willing to change our zombie walk and bend our bodies a little, the answer is YES!
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The Energy of Your Dreams
Like an 18-wheeler driving over a case of fluorescent light bulbs, the chime of the alarm clock breaks the silence of your slumber. Your heart racing, you reach over to mute the bugling calls. In desperation, you hit the snooze button, but another 9 minutes of extended sleep brings little relief from the exhaustion felt within your guts. You drag through the morning and manage to claw your way to work. With multiple attempts to dissolve the fatigue with coffee, you drag your lethargic body throughout the day like an old mule pulling a heavy cart through deep sand. Grumpy and depleted, you end your day with a collapsing surrender into bed… only to start the same cycle again in six short hours! If you are like most of us, you crave more ENERGY!
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Suffer No More! Help For Stomach Pain and Reflux Disease...
You sleep on a ramp made of pillows. You gag down chalky pink potions. You gulp purple pills or drinks that fizzle. Your meals taste blander than sand! Cold lips, knotted guts and searing pain are your constant companions. Suffering with heartburn, regurgitation and other symptoms associated with stomach irregularities has become the daily experience of thousands. Help may be just around the corner - and surprisingly, from the hands of a doctor of chiropractic!
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The BEST Personal Growth Advice!
Is happiness what you seek? Richer relationships? Perhaps your quest is for a calmness even when the stressed-out masses swarm around your every step? Want to know the secrets of attracting love, wealth and the life of your dreams? Desire an in-shape body and healthier you? If your answer is YES… great- READ ON!
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Has American HOLISTIC Care Become Full of Holes?
January of 1993 seemed like any other time in the world of health care. Pills were being dispensed, tongues depressed, arms squeezed and stethoscopes wielded. In total, 388 million visits were being made each year to primary care physicians. On January 28th, the medical community surprisingly learned that its patients were making visits to other health care professionals as well. Research, published by Harvard Medical School doctor David M. Eisenberg in the New England Journal of Medicine, estimates that 425 million visits to providers of unconventional therapy were being made each year. That is 37 million more visits than made to primary care physicians! With this revelation, we see that the “unconventional” forms of care, often referred to as holistic care, such as chiropractic, acupuncture, massage therapy and nutritional counseling are no longer alternative.
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