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June 30, 2025June 30, 2025

It’s Surprisingly Nice To Hear You: The Impact of Communication Media on Social Connection and Wellbeing

By Donnie Yance

“I Fear the Day That Technology Will Surpass Our Human Interaction” -Albert Einstein

“We communicate by the tone of our voice, with our eyes, with our body language, with our hands. The influx of our voice. There are so many things that we use to communicate,” notes communication researcher Amit Kumar. This multifaceted nature of human interaction becomes critically important when examining how different communication media affect our social connections and overall well being.

Technology can connect us to the world, but can disconnect us from each other,

Cell phones can have a negative impact on close relationships, closeness, connection, and conversation quality.¹

Believe it or not, I still used a flip phone until about a year ago, when it finally broke. Now I use my son’s hand-me-down iPhone. I’ve deliberately kept it disconnected from my computer and haven’t set up email on it. Since I spend countless hours on my computer each day, I’ve made a conscious decision that when I step away from my desk, I want to be truly free from the digital world.

June 16, 2025June 12, 2025

Why Americans Pay So Much for Health (Sick) Care

By Donnie Yance

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

– Buckminster Fuller

The Evolution of Medicine: Why We Need a Paradigm Shift

The greatest challenge in advancing global health and well-being lies not in incremental improvements, but in recognizing the need for fundamental transformation. This transformation must extend beyond simply enhancing existing healthcare systems—it requires a comprehensive reimagining of multiple interconnected systems that influence human health.

Research by the Whole Health Institute has identified thirteen distinct yet interrelated systems that significantly impact health and well-being, each requiring revolutionary change. From healthcare delivery and education to social services and environmental factors, these systems form a complex web that determines the overall health outcomes of populations worldwide. Understanding and addressing these systems holistically, rather than in isolation, is crucial for achieving meaningful and lasting improvements in global health.¹

June 9, 2025June 7, 2025

The Science of Laughter: A Path to Longevity and Health

By Donnie Yance

Can our behavior influence disease outcomes? The answer may lie in one of humanity’s most natural expressions: laughter.

Ancient wisdom has long suggested a connection between joy and health. The biblical proverb that “a merry heart does good like a medicine” (Proverbs 17:22) finds modern validation in scientific research. Democritus, the “laughing philosopher” who reportedly lived to 109, may have intuited what today’s researchers are proving: laughter can extend and enhance life.

June 2, 2025June 2, 2025

When Sound Waves Become Healing Waves: Understanding Histotripsy

By Donnie Yance

As a musician and composer, I’ve always been fascinated by the power of sound. We know sound waves can shatter glass, create beautiful music, and even help babies develop in the womb. But what if I told you that precisely controlled sound waves could also destroy cancer cells while leaving surrounding healthy tissue completely untouched?

This isn’t science fiction, it’s a revolutionary medical treatment called histotripsy. Think of it as ultra-precise microsurgery, but without a single incision. No scalpels. No radiation. Just carefully focused sound waves that work with remarkable precision.

May 26, 2025May 23, 2025

COVID-19 Infection Triggers An Anti-Tumor Immune Response In Some Cancer Patients. Part 2: Traditional Herbal Medicine- The Immune System’s Secret Weapon

By Donnie Yance

Traditional Herbal Medicine (THM) is very different from using isolated plant compounds. Using isolates to treat cancer is a more allopathic approach and not at all part of a holistic whole-systems model based in THM practice.

THM is based on a concept of whole plants having synergy as well as intelligence (Plant Intelligence). Examples of plant intelligence include key features that involve the ability to problem-solve in a flexible manner, anticipate the future, store memory, learn, communicate, and ultimately, be goal-oriented.¹

May 20, 2025May 20, 2025

COVID-19 Infection Triggers An Unexpected Anti-Tumor Immune Response In Some Cancer Patients

By Donnie Yance

Part 1: Infections, Fevers, and the Immune-Cancer Connection

A surprising discovery shows that a COVID-19 infection can activate immune cells that fight cancer, opening doors to potential new treatments for patients who have run out of options.

One of cancer’s deadliest traits is its ability to hide from our immune system. Unlike other diseases, cancer cells can suppress or trick our body’s natural defenses. They become invisible to immune cells that normally would attack them, and can even manipulate the immune system to help cancer grow while blocking the cells meant to destroy them; these include the important defenders called Cytotoxic T-cells and Natural Killer Cells.