Palm Partners Blog

In the accompanying Commentary, researchers offer recommendations to improve current pain management in primary care while simultaneously decreasing diversion, abuse and overdoses of opioid medication. These recommendations include:        Comprehensive…

The stresses of the modern world make it difficult to maintain a clear mind. Here are some techniques that can be used to rebalance and clear mental energies. Go for…

Many of us are burdened with our past; we let the memory of the past drag us down. We seem to hit the “rewind button” in our memory and replay…

     Tobacco use accounts for at least 30% of all cancer deaths in the United States. Smoking causes about 87% of lung cancer deaths. Smoking also causes cancers of the…

Cigarette smoke is a complex mixture of chemicals produced by the burning of tobacco and its additives. The smoke contains tar, which is made up of more than 4,000 chemicals,…

It is an unfortunate reality that many casual illegal drug users see their act as a “Victimless Crime”; when quite the contrary is true.  In the countries where the illegal…

Recently, Gloria James, mother of basketball great LeBron James, was arrested following a confrontation with a valet parking attendant at the Fontainebleau Hotel, in Miami.  According to the police report,…

     Since getting clean, I find myself partaking of many self-help weekends and seminars. I recently spent a weekend in Fort Lauderdale attending an Anthony Robbins seminar. As you may…

AA requires surrender and willingness, but suppose you are not able or capable of surrender?  Suppose you are oppositional, defiant and rebellious?  Are you doomed or are there other paths? …

It is not what we do as we pass through life but it is who we are and how we touch others. In a world that has all the potential…

Trauma & Nicotine Addiction Have you ever been curious as to the reasons behind why people smoke?  If you asked them, you might hear, “I don’t know, it’s just something…