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Cause and Effect

By Jewa Lea, DC

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.”                                                             ~ Thomas Edison

You are more than the sum of your parts. Your body is a delicate balance of structure and function; so there is no way to treat only a portion of the body. Your body will compensate in some way and thus, the game of symptom chasing begins. Illness never occurs spontaneously or haphazardly. It is the result of minute stresses over time. If the stresses are prolonged and consistent, they can cause a disruption in the natural flow of energy and nervous system communication in the nerves, spinal cord and brain – and symptoms occur. Disease and dysfunction in the body are effects, not the cause. To find the cause, we must look a little deeper.  Learn More...

 

Percutaneous Mechanical Disc Decompression is the treatment of Sciatica

A state of the art alternative to back surgery 

By Haddis T. Hagos, M.D.

Percutaneous Mechanical Disc Decompression, a state of the art alternative to back surgery, is a less invasive procedure performed using a needle to decompress bulging or herniated lumbar discs. The mechanism of action of all mechanical percutaneous discectomy techniques rely on removing a small amount of nuclear material to create a change in intradiscal pressure. It is done with a pneumatically driven, suction cutting probe inserted via a cannula with a 2.8 mm outer diameter about 1-3 grams of disc material is removed reducing intradiscal pressure and decompress the nerve roots. A similar procedure called Laser Discectomy is used to reduce intradiscal pressure by vaporizing a small amount of nucleus pulposus.   Learn More...

 

 

TAX-FREE Access to Your Retirement Funds? Absolutely!

By Samuel N. Asare, MBA, CRPC, CMFC

Worried about the taxes that will be assessed to your retirement funds? You needn’t be. Believe it or not, many people, regardless of how much they draw from their retirement accounts, do so completely tax-free! How? Quite simply, they were advised to put their money in “nonqualified” accounts which, under existing tax laws, can be accessed without creating what the IRS considers a “taxable event.” Since those funds are not considered to be earned, passive, or portfolio income, they do not affect taxation of Social Security benefits in any manner.

Additionally, retirees age 70½ and beyond have no minimum distribution rules, and upon death, their named heirs will receive any remaining funds, income-tax free. Maryland Code, Section 7-203 also exempts such heirs from state inheritance taxes.   Learn More...