Try Cupping Our bodies produce toxins and other imbalances as part of daily activity. We are pretty good at getting rid of those toxins and maintaining some balance throughout the body. However, more and more people have decided to try cupping as a low-risk added measure to help their health. For many of us, the […]
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Saunas Help The Wall Street Journal is usually credible but this article by Tania Dempsey, MD does make one wonder about neutrality. Though an expert herself, Dr. Dempsey does a magnificent job going to published studies to support her experience that saunas help patients detoxify. An internal medicine specialist, Dr. Dempsey refutes a Wall Street Journal article
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Chronic Disease Epidemic For the past several decades a chronic disease epidemic of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and more has taken hold of the US and most Western nations. The culprit behind most of these insidious chronic diseases is the Western Lifestyle. High stress, fast food, late nights, processed meals, always behind schedule kind of
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Music Therapy Pain Management In the throes of the opioid crisis, the Joint Commission has recognized the need for non-pharmacological options to manage pain. New requirements for non-pharmacological options start in January 2018. However, one Cleveland area hospital has already implemented a music therapy pain management program. About eight people die every day from a
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Light Therapy Tips It is amazing how well simple things can benefit our health… if we know how to use them. Marlynn Wei, MD, JD does a splendid job explaining why and how to use light therapy in her article on light therapy tips. It’s not just the cold weather that is making you sluggish and want
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Diabetics Need More Than Medicine A recent survey by Novo Nordisk highlights the need for a holistic approach to diabetes. The survey found that diabetics need more than medicine and that many physicians understand this as well. Diabetes 360 — a Novo Nordisk-sponsored survey conducted nationwide of 1,200 patients with diabetes and ~500 healthcare professionals
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Afterglow Cosmetics — A New Face For The Industry? Unfortunately, too few people appreciate the role of beauty and personal care in health. There are many facets to health and wellness. Appreciating our own beauty is one of those facets. This is not about some unattainable Hollywood version of beauty. Everyone is beautiful in their
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Understanding Integrated Medicine Healthcare is changing. Our understanding of what makes up health continues to expand, learning not only from modern science but traditional medical practices that are millennia old. Understanding integrated medicine, however, continues to be a challenge. Functional decomposition what has brought us many near-miraculous medical advances also acts as a barrier to holistic
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Change Food System The cliche “you are what you eat” is unfortunately quite true. Scientists and healthcare providers from around the world want to change the food system so that what we eat will make us healthy instead of subject to chronic diseases. True Health Initiative (THI) is the global voice for lifestyle as medicine.
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Treating Opioid Addiction The Trump Administration recommendations include many drug alternatives to treat those addicted to opioids. Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) also includes complementary therapies to help with treatment. One program in particular has found music therapy helps treatment. The Trump Administration declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency last week. There are millions of
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