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To our Dearest Patients,

With deep sorrow and overwhelming heartbreak, we regretfully share the news of the premature passing of our beloved Dr. Richard Ash.

On Friday, December 25th, Dr. Ash passed away tragically as a result of unexpected complications following a routine medical procedure.

Dr. Ash will be remembered for so many contributions to the world and the medical community, including his unique approach to “being sick and tired of being sick and tired”, combining cutting edge diagnostic approaches with comprehensive functional testing to identify and treat the root causes of many common and uncommon ailments.

Family, friends, colleagues, patients, and all who wish to join are invited to attend a memorial service for Dr. Ash at 2:00pm on Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 in the main sanctuary of Temple Emanu-El, 1 East 65th St, New York, NY.

No one can replace Dr. Ash. The Ash Center for Comprehensive Medicine’s progressive treatment and patient care will continue with the oversight and guidance of Dr. Ash’s dearest friend and colleague, Anthony Lyon, MD a world renowned physician, and the leadership of Rachel Ash and family. They together will assemble a team of several excellent world class physicians and specialists who will continue the care, quality, and philosophies of Dr. Ash.

The office is open per usual business operating hours. Please rest assured that your ongoing patient care and treatment protocols will continue without interruption. We will be contacting patients to reconfirm your appointments as we usually do, and to address any questions you may have.

We appreciate your love and support during this difficult time. In lieu of flowers:

With love,
Rachel Ash & The Ash Center staff

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HICCUPS

LIKE SOME OTHER unlucky people, I seem to have a propensity for hiccups, and I once suffered through two full days of them while in medical school. If I laugh a lot or if I laugh and cough at the same time I can count on a spell of hiccups. Swallowing too much air seems to be a common cause, but no one has ever come up with the precise physiological cause of hiccups. And what’s worse, no one has ever come up with a definitive cure.

A hiccup is really a spasm of the diaphragm. It’s rarely caused by a serious disorder; it’s most often simply annoying or even exhausting. Most hiccups disappear on their own in a short while, but a few people have had cases that lasted for years! If your hiccups are really troublesome-for example, following surgery-you can take a drug to get them under control. For the garden variety of hiccups you’ll just have to try the home remedies that the world has relied upon for generations.

My own favorite remedy and the one that seems to be the most effective for the widest range of people is the sugar cure. Take a teaspoon of sugar under your tongue and then very, very slowly drink a cup of water. This usually gives immediate relief.’ The diaphragm relaxes and the hiccups are gone.

NATURAL TREATMENTS FOR HICCUPS:

  • The sugar cure: Put a teaspoon of sugar under your tongue and then very, very slowly drink a cup of water. Some people find it works just as well to let a teaspoon or two of sugar dissolve in the mouth.
  • Fill a glass of water, hold your breath, and drink the water from the other side of the cup: in other words, drink the water upside down.
  • Blow in and out of a brown paper bag held securely to your lips. Make sure you blow with great vigor and do it at least ten times.
  • Inhale ground black pepper until you sneeze.
  • Soak a lemon wedge in angostura bitters and then suck on the wedge. Several patients have told me they’ve used this technique with success.
  • Take a deep, deep breath and then, holding your nose, drink a glass of water.
  • Press against the roof of your mouth with a cotton swab.

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