James Geiger MD – Physician, Author and Wellness Specialist

Dear Dr. Geiger,

As you know, last week, the Senate failed to pass a series of extensions that included a temporary halt to the 21.2 percent cut in Medicare physician payments. As a result, the cut went into effect on March 1st.  It does appear that Congress will extend current rates — hopefully this week — but we expect the extension to only provide temporary relief.  This pattern of short-term patches has created a crisis that will have negative and far-reaching impact on providers, patients and the health care delivery system and violates one of the College’s core principles — access … Continue Reading

Prescription for Successful Aging in the New Year

Can aging be slowed down or even reversed? The first decade of the 21st Century has provided insight into the age old search for the fountain of youth. The various schools of thought and practice exploited by longevity experts remain unproven.

Decrease Oxidative Stress to Age Well

Is that all there is to staying young? Chemical stresses due to dietary and environmental factors have negative effects, notably, acceleration of aging (Bonnefoy, 2002). As we age, body tissue, including fat, is oxidized by free radicals, which basically are chemicals … Continue Reading

2010 New year and New Mindset

Ideal Brain Exercise

Although plenty of studies describe the ideal workout, little data defines the ideal workout for the brain. Exercise for many people often stops permanently when it is no longer required as part of physical education class in school, contributing to the obesity epidemic of Americans.  Certainly most people realize that the better quality foods you eat and the more you exercise throughout all the decades of life, the more benefits you will gain from those endeavors. Not just in building muscles but in preventing medical and emotional heart failure and brain failure.

In the … Continue Reading

Who does the AMA represent?

The AMA has given support to the Affordable Heath Care bill despite the loud protests of many physicians.

AMA conflict of interest is called in question here on several counts.

This conflict if interest is true in part because the billing codes for ALL medical billings are controlled by the AMA which does not include billing codes for the vast majority of complementary/alternative medicine practices. The codes for C.A.M. services  should be incorporated into the US health care system in order to implement the integration of preventative health care practices. … Continue Reading

Books on wellness have been written from many points of view. The Sweet Smell of Success takes a very unique approach to both of these topics. As an acute care anesthesiologist, I believe clinical aromatherapy should be integrated with conventional allopathic Western medicine in the Wellness Revolution of the twenty-first century. Aromatherapy with essential oils is one entity of the vast array of holistic specialties comprising nutritional medicine and complementary alternative medicine. Consider food and essential oils as nutritional medicine.

Tune in on your internet radio to hear the oilMD discuss aromatherapy for women’s health.

Host Ann Butenas  interviewed  Dr Geiger, a board certified anesthesiologist and clinically certified aromatherapist.

The doctor’s new book The Sweet Smell of Success: Health and Wealth Secrets promotes medical aromatherapy research in the 21st Century

and a whole lot more secrets revealed.

Consider this……..if an anesthesiologist found novel wellness information that was so new and exciting to him,  shouldn’t you think it is worth checking out as well.

Available for interviews in 2010.

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590)

Dear Dr. Geiger,

Early this morning, the Senate took the first of three procedural votes on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590), successfully voting to end debate on the manager’s amendment on a 60 to 40 party line vote.  A vote on final passage of H.R. 3590 is scheduled to occur the evening of December 24th and expected to pass by an identical vote margin.  The manager’s amendment, introduced by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on December 19th, … Continue Reading

Informed Consent for H1N1

There is no shortage of emotions when your child is sick. Especially in light of the recent statistics documenting the increased trend in this point of the pandemic of deaths of children from Swine Flu. Although the CDC has verified that the deaths were among children with serious chronic illnesses like diabetes, asthma and immune compromised patients, that is not comforting to parents of well children. Nonetheless, during this H1N1 Swine flu pandemic there are pre-existing conditions which the CDC has identified and publicized which must be considered when making medical care decisions for special groups, such … Continue Reading

The second opinion book. Give Wellness a chance.

The Sweet Smell of Success by James Tad Geiger MD

Books on wellness and aromatherapy have been written from many points of view. The Sweet Smell of Success takes a very unique approach to both of these topics. As an acute care anesthesiologist, I believe clinical aromatherapy should be integrated with conventional allopathic Western Medicine in the Wellness Revolution of the twenty-first century.

Aromatherapy with essential oils is one entity of the vast array of … Continue Reading

Peace and Safety

Another Consultation with the Muse of  Wellness.

Metalloproteinases:Enzymatic impact on cardiovascular and prostate health.

Metalloproteinase:Enzymatic impact on cardiovascular system.

An enzyme called matrix metalloproteinase-8 plays a crucial role in raising blood pressure and causing abnormal build-up of cells in the arteries – both of which increase the risk of heart disease.

The same metalloproteinase family of enzymes  is inhibited by alpha-mangostin found in the mangosteen fruit and impacts prostate cancer cells in … Continue Reading