by DrRichard | Mar 26, 2026 | All Posts, Emotional Sensitivity, Popular Posts
Most people know anger stings emotionally. But could a simmering grudge also be causing real, physical pain? Through the lens of Chinese medicine — and one remarkable patient story — the answer is a hard yes. Anger-induced health issues are real,...
by DrRichard | Mar 19, 2026 | All Posts, Medicine
Here’s a fun thought experiment: imagine cramming a quarter million tiny plastic particles into a single water bottle. That’s not a nightmare — that’s just a regular water bottle. Scientists found ~240,000 microplastic particles in the average disposable...
by DrRichard | Mar 5, 2026 | All Posts, Medicine
Men haven’t just gotten older – the chemical world around them has been quietly rewriting their hormones. There are environmental influences on low testosterone and there are lifestyle causes of low testosterone as well. There was a study in US Air Force...
by DrRichard | Feb 26, 2026 | All Posts, Emotional Sensitivity, Stress
We tend to think of health in terms of what we can measure — lab values, blood pressure, body weight. But after more than a decade practicing integrative functional medicine, I’ve seen something that doesn’t always show up on a chart: unresolved...
by DrRichard | Feb 19, 2026 | All Posts, Brain Health, Medicine
Fatigue is one of the most common complaints I hear from patients, and the causes are surprisingly varied. One that rarely gets attention — even among doctors — is low cholesterol. Most people have heard that high cholesterol is something to watch. But...