The Latest on Lyme

The fact is that Lyme is a camouflage disease depleting the body resources and challenging our immune system in such a way that it opens the door for myriad other opportunistic infections. So why does it seem to be such a mystery to solve?

Why Am I Not Getting Better?

One of the most difficult things about natural medicine is that people come to it for a solution after they have already exhausted every other option they can think of. Resolution of anything in life is not spontaneous, it takes time, patience, dedication and money. But it also takes a belief in a different life, a different possibility.

Dealing With Symptoms, Editor's Pick, How the Body Works, Living A Balanced LifeKaren ClicknerFebruary 20, 2015

Are We Facing a Sterile Future?

When we were kids, some of my fondest memories were rolling down a grassy hill, slinging mudballs at my sister and eating snow (well, not the yellow or dirty snow!). Now everything is antibacterial, kids live in sterile capsules and we are constantly washing everything in sight.

Sedate the Future

Living A Balanced Life, Editor's Pick, Dealing With SymptomsKaren ClicknerJune 12, 2013

Is There Nothing Left That Doesn't Use a Battery?

Over the past couple of years I have been spending more time with my friend's children. It reminds me of my grandfather's stories about walking 400 miles to school each day through the snow in the same pair of shoes for 18 years. What brings up those reminiscences are the sheer tsunami-size flood of toys that require batteries.

Step Away From the Bellini!

What I realize is that whenever I drink alcohol now, even half a glass of wine, I will get a headache and/or hot flashes which is a pain in the ass when I am trying to focus on an intensive seminar that I paid an ungodly amount of money to attend, and all I can do is think about rolling around on a glacier in Iceland - which I recently did, but not because of hot flashes. Here’s what that really means…

Has it Really Been 15 Years?

My thoughts after 15 years, 13,000 clients, numerous therapists and supporting natural medicine in the Boston area.

Editor's Pick, Healthy Short Subjects, The History of HealingKaren ClicknerNovember 2, 2012

Traveling Bugs

Often the point of balance in an ecosystem has to do with controls. When you introduce something new, often there are not any built-in controls for the new element, allowing the element to spread unchecked throughout the ecosystem. This can be beneficial or it can be very destructive whether the ecosystem is an environmental one or the inside of your body.

Editor's Pick, Living A Balanced LifeKaren ClicknerAugust 21, 2012

Is Mammography Saving Lives?

Here are some sobering statistics about the effectiveness of mammograms…

Conventional Medicine, Editor's PickKaren ClicknerMay 22, 2010

Outrunning the Swine Flu Epidemic

Let’s look at the main key in preventing any flu, including Swine Flu. Flu is flu is flu... Any strain is handled by the body the same way, regardless of its origin or development. So the first thing is to keep your immune system supported. By keeping stress at a minimum, feeding yourself well, drink plenty of healthy fluids and take herbs for your immunity, the chances of your body suffering from an exposure are minimal.

Editor's Pick, How the Body Works, Immune IllnessKaren ClicknerFebruary 1, 2010

Crazy Diet Dreams

So the other night I dreamed that I was on a radio show being interviewed and the interviewer was asking me some very general health questions, and I got quite a kick out of giving fairly insane, but imaginative responses. It went something like this:

All About Food, Editor's Pick, Living A Balanced LifeKaren ClicknerOctober 15, 2009

The Herbal Advisor Magazine is the research and information by Certified Clinical Herbalist Karen S. Clickner, with 35 years of experience through her clinical history in Massachusetts.