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Addressing Vitamin D Deficiency Can Save Healthcare Costs, and Lives
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
For those patients with vitamin D test results, roughly 30-50% were vitamin D deficient on their initial test. The VA center with the lowest percentage of vitamin D deficiency also had more than 50% lower inpatient costs than the three centers with the highest rates of vitamin D deficiency. Also, patients who received one or more follow-up tests had 50% lower inpatient laboratory and pharmacy costs, as compared to those who only received one test (which gives the patient data required to maintain their optimal vitamin D level). continue reading
Incentivize Your Staff For Peak Performance
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
You also want a bonus program that focuses on the items/services that you want the staff to sell. Most customers walking into your salon are already going to want to buy some tanning. However, most customers are not planning on buying an EFT membership or lotion, so that’s what I incentivize my staff to sell. continue reading
We’ve Been Thinking About Sunlight All Wrong
Thursday, July 2, 2026
The more I began to think about the way the energy from light cascades through the body, the more I began to think of us as tai chi masters, channeling that energy into our molecules and bending it into patterns that flow through the body and maintain good health. Then, I suddenly realized that I had the metaphor all wrong. We’re not the tai chi masters. We’re the energy! continue reading



