Cathren Housley

Alt-Health: A Touch of Madness

“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.” Aristotle Beethoven suffered from severe depression and had been self-medicating with alcohol for many years before he died of liver failure in 1827. Vaslav Nijinsky was considered the greatest male dancer of his era. His innovative modern choreography in ballet bordered on heresy, once […]

Advice From the Trenches

Posted on March 22, 2017January 14, 2020
Cathren Housley
Advice From the Trenches, Lifestyle
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Advice from the Trenches: Resting Bitch Face

Dear C; I have RBF (Resting Bitch Face) and it’s ruining my life. People think I am pissed off all the time. I’m not! It’s just that when I am not even thinking about anything at all, my face naturally looks bitchy. I didn’t even know RBF existed until my roommate told me. I looked […]

Alt-Health

Alt-Health: The World at Your Fingertips

Before lab tests, before xrays and even before thermometers, people got sick, and someone had to figure out what was wrong with them. Diagnostics have always been an important step in healing. So how did people do it in days of yore? The earliest records of medicine are from the Ancient Egyptians. The Edwin Smith […]

Advice From the Trenches

Advice from the Trenches: Is He Right for Me?

Dear C; I’ve always wanted children. I’ve gone out with a number of guys and had one serious relationship, but in the end, what decided it for me was the kids factor. Most guys in their 20s actually seem afraid of children. Then I met Danny. He’s fun to be with, the attraction is there, […]

Lifestyle

Posted on March 1, 2017February 27, 2017
Cathren Housley
Lifestyle
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Letting Superbugs Out of the Box

The term “antibiotic” means, literally, opposing life. Their medical intent is to destroy invading bacteria, but they can be far more indiscriminate killers. Sometimes, their target is us. Since the beginning, antibiotics have been a double-edged sword. Antimicrobials are probably one of the greatest success stories in the history of medicine, saving countless lives and […]

Advice From the Trenches

Posted on February 22, 2017January 17, 2022
Cathren Housley
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Advice from the Trenches: My Guy Is Bi

Dear C; I’ve known Erik for about six months. At first we were just friends, but as things went on I began to feel really attracted to him. I thought I was picking up those vibes from him too, and I was really starting to think we were on the way to something more. On […]

Alt-Health

Posted on February 15, 2017August 6, 2020
Cathren Housley
Alt-Health, Lifestyle
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Alt-Health: Doc in a Box

Doctors have been regarded as superheroes and omnipotent beings, as trusted saviors and givers of life. The doctor has also been reviled as a blood-sucking pill pusher with a luxury lifestyle financed on the back of inflated fees. The truth is that physicians are as varied as the patients they treat … and today, the […]

Alt-Health

Posted on February 8, 2017January 17, 2022
Cathren Housley
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Alt-Health: Assume Nothing

One of my favorite literary quotes is from Stephen King’s, Cell, a gory tale in which most of the US population is turned into zombies by a frequency transmitted via their cell phones. Shortly before getting her brains bashed in by a lurching humanoid, one of the few remaining survivors says, “Don’t ever assume. ASSUME […]

Lifestyle

Posted on February 1, 2017January 17, 2022
Cathren Housley
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We Brake for Natural Condoms

Although the exact origin of condoms is debated by archaeologists and historians, Greek mythology alludes to their first use back in 150 AD, when, according to legend, Minos, the first king of Crete, used a goat’s bladder to serve as a female condom. One can only hope that the female was human. The oldest condoms […]

Lifestyle

Posted on January 25, 2017January 17, 2022
Cathren Housley
Lifestyle, Opinion
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Kicking a Dead Horse

With the changing of the guard in America’s political arena, the future of our health care is in limbo. Trump’s election has thrown us a wild card. It remains to be seen how that card will be played, but let’s take a look at the game. Trump has declared war on the Affordable Care Act. […]

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Alt-Health: A Touch of Madness

Advice from the Trenches: Resting Bitch Face

Alt-Health: The World at Your Fingertips

Advice from the Trenches: Is He Right for Me?

Letting Superbugs Out of the Box

Advice from the Trenches: My Guy Is Bi

Alt-Health: Doc in a Box

Alt-Health: Assume Nothing

We Brake for Natural Condoms

Kicking a Dead Horse