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Acupressure with Michael Gach
submitted by: admin on 05/08/2015
Michael Gach is an author, teacher, and founder of the Acupuncture Institute in Berkeley, CA. We instinctively use pressure points to help us with pain and other symptoms. We use our hands instead of needles and get the same result.
Breast Biopsies: Needle vs Surgery
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
There has been a debate for many years over whether needle breast biopsies are safer than surgical biopsies. Many people believe needle biopsies are less invasive and surgery is not really necessary and just another way for surgeons to make more money. Needle biopsies a far less expensive and can be done by a radiologist. There was a medical...
Congress Cuts Medicare Benefits: Is This the Change We Need?
submitted by: admin on 09/19/2013
President Barack Obama's campaign for presidency tag like was that he'd bring us "The Change We Need." He promised there would be no cuts in health care and that we would provide health insurance coverage for millions of more Americans. However, now that the US budget is a huge challenge, he's signed legislation that can cut up to 2% per...
Do Biopsies Spread Cancer?
submitted by: admin on 01/23/2015
A Mayo Clinic article published in the journal, GUT, in January of 2015 looked at whether or not biopsies of cancers caused spreading of pancreatic cancers. What they found was very surprising. Not only did the cancers not spread the but the survival rate if there was a biopsy was much longer! Wow!
This is a bit hard to believe, but it is what they found...
Do Healthcare Practitioners Need Training for their Patients' Sexual Needs?
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
The sexual needs of hospitalized patients seems to be a "hush-hush"a topic, for people such as those with brain injuries, strokes, incontinence, and much more, but these are real issues that need to be dealt with with compassionate advice.
The November of 2012 issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing, explored this topic and reported that sex education...
Do You Need to Supplement Your Diet?
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Do we really need supplements such as vitamins, antioxidants, minerals, and important nutrients? If you live a healthy lifestyle you may not need supplements; if you don't you likely need supplements. You can overdo supplements and megavitamins have their downsides. Toxic exposures are a good reason to consider supplementation. The best sources of antioxidants,...
Does Eating Slow Reduce Food Intake?
submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
New studies at the University of Rhode Island show that eating rate plays an important role in how much food we eat. Men eat faster than women, heavy people eat faster than thinner people, and refined grains are consumed faster than whole grains. Fast eaters consume 3.1 ounces of food per minute and slow eaters consume 2.0 ounces per minute. At lunch men consumed...
Does Money Bring Happiness?
submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
Money rarely brings happiness but it is clearly one of the metrics of "success. " Money helps with our basic needs. People who make more work harder to get it and have less time for relationships and relaxation. Our goals guide us in the wrong direction for meaningful purpose in life.
Good Relationships are Important for Health and Healing
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
What is the point of having perfect functionality and not knowing what our purpose is. We forget too often that relationships are the most important purpose we have in life. Scientific studies show that elderly people are far healthier if they are engaged in something that helps other people. Of course, this works for people of all ages.
Hospital Food
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Hospital food leaves much to be desired for people whose metabolic needs are dramatically increased. Nutritional medicine is seriously under appreciated.
How much iron do you need?
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Iron balance is critical. Too little and kids will be retarded, and too much and we age prematurely. About five percent of the population has the recessive gene for iron overload. Iron metabolism should be a routine assessment.
How to Support a Dying Family Member
submitted by: admin on 11/06/2013
If we are fortunate to have our parents until they are old, we need to be prepared when the end is in sight. This is an emotional time and not all families agree on what should be done, or even get along very well. So it is a good idea to ask your parent about their end of life wishes while they are able to make these important decisions.
Vicki tells...
Is Ebola a Scam?
submitted by: admin on 07/29/2019
Ebola and Marburg viruses cause hemorrhagic illnesses characterized by bleeding, multi-organ failure, and in 50-90%, death. The incubation period is 2-21 days and the disease is contracted from infected animals such as African monkeys, chimps, other primates, as well as from person to person spread through contact with infected body fluids or through shared needles....
Risk Factors for Heart Disease in Children
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
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Screening for Heart Disease
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
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Supplements: Who Needs Them?
submitted by: admin on 10/16/2013
It is difficult to know who needs supplements based on advertising. Lifestyle measures are always the best medicine. If this doesn't work, then supplements are a consideration. There are also times when our immune systems are not up to par that certain supplements are a good idea. Most people overdo supplements instead of taking responsibility for maintaining...
The Role of Spirit in Healing (video)
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
Mainstream medicine does not take into account the role of spirit in healthcare. In fact is discounts it because it cannot be understood in scientific language. By doing so it deprives the practitioner from considering the spiritual aspects of patients. Our reductionistic approach cannot consider the wholeness of each human being let alone the wholeness...
Vitamin D: How Much Do We Need? With Joe Prendergast, MD
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
There is an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency. There are indications for cancer prevention, hypertension, weight loss, osteoporosis, heart attacks and more. Doses are 50,000 IU per day for two weeks and then once a week.
We Are Always Needed with Dr. Richard Kunin
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
One of the things that is a healing type of concept, is to be needed by people. Being needed not only makes a relationship, but it is also is what makes it work. It gives us the opportunity to share and connect. Goals and planning are extremely valuable in healing.
What is Health Medicine with Richard Kunin, MD
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
We explore a complete medical model that addresses nutrition, pollution, and stress on the one hand, and on the other our deeper spiritual needs. The job of the physician is to provide adaptation.
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