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Self Foregiveness with Belinda Farrell
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Healing is related to self forgiveness. We only make a certain amount of energy every day and it is easy to waste it. Forgiveness is a way of eliminating these energy suckers.
Senator Ted Kennedy
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
Senator Kennedy's life of public service and dedication to bringing health care to all Americans is celebrated. It is ironic that it was his seat that was lost to the Republican Party and was the vote that made the process more challenging.
Shifting From Disease Care to Health Care with Richard Miles
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Today’s MDs are faced with adapting from looking at the universe as potentially hostile to the concept that it is intelligent and self managing. An intervention imperative has emerged for financial and technological reasons.
Shifting Health Care to Healing with Davi Pakter, MD
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
There is a pressing need to move forward from a symptom relieving to a healing tradition. The Native American Tradition states that our leader is within, not outside. The time for the lone wolf is over; now we must enter a journey in the inside for the benefit of all. This Hopi poem is about love and letting go of the fear that separates us from all there is.
Shifting Medicine from Disease Care to Health Care
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
We cannot sustain a sick care health system and must shift to a true health care system where prevention is the cornerstone of medical practice. In my book, A Return to Healing, I present a 5 point plan that could help encourage a health care paradigm. This program includes: Funding exercise programs both nationally and locally and in every academic...
Shocking Effects of Taking an Occasional Sleeping Pill
submitted by: admin on 05/28/2014
Sleeping pills are not safe for anyone! Not for people with congestive heart failure (CHF), and not for healthy adults with insomnia. We are not talking about minor issues; we're talking about problems leading to hospital re-admissions, death, or an increased risk for developing cancer!
According to information presented in May of 2014 at the...
Should MDs Prescribe Cognitive Enhancers so Students can Get Better Grades
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
According to an article published in the December 2012 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, MDs should not prescribe cognitive enhancers to healthy people to enhance concentration, memory, alertness, or mood. They claim there is no published scientific evidence that they work. Some things we know without having to do expensive scientific study however! ...
Sicko!, Micheal Moore's Landmark Film
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Michael Moore's movie "Sicko!" is a landmark film that reveals the conflicts of interest between Big Pharma, the insurance industry, and congress. The political corruption of many prominent Congress people is revealed. The uncaring and ruthless business nature of the US health care system is opened wide.
Sitting is a Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
The risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and death is doubled if you sit more than half of the time according to a meta-analysis of nearly 800,000 people, that is published in the October 2012 issue of the journal, Diabetologia. This link is over and above other lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise.
While the cause for this was not discussed,...
Sleep Apnea Overview
submitted by: admin on 02/19/2015
There are two types of sleep apnea, obstructive and central nervous system induced. Sleep is non-restorative even though people often sleep through the whole night. Fatigue the next day and accidents are problems. Symptoms are aggravated by smoking, use of alcohol or sedatives. A sleep study is important in making the diagnosis. Treatment is with a...
Sleep is Critical for Wellness
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
We don't get enough sleep even though it is a critical lifestyle factor for wellness. Getting less than four hours of sleep is the most predictive lifestyle factor predicting morbidity and mortality. Missing just four hours of sleep for one night reduces immunity by 30%. Sleep deprivation in the long term is a potent risk factor for cancer, heart...
Sleep Loss Lowers Testosterone Levels
submitted by: admin on 02/19/2015
Cutting back on sleep drastically lowers testosterone levels in young male adults. Less than five hours a night of sleep had significantly lower levels of testosterone than controls. After just one week of less than five hours a night of sleep resulted in a 10-15% decrease in testosterone levels.
Low levels of testosterone lead to low energy, reduced libido,...
Smoke-free Laws are Effective
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
According to a Mayo Clinic study published in Archives of Internal Medicine in October 2012, that compared the risk of heart attacks and sudden cardiac death for 18 months before and after legislation for smoke-free environments. There were 33% fewer heart attacks and17% fewer sudden cardiac deaths after the laws went into effect.
The actual numbers...
Smoking
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
Smoking is one of the most difficult addictions to break. It is also responsible for more than 400,000 deaths annually in the US and at a cost of $500 billion. The tobacco companies spend $20 billion per year to advertise their products. There are more than 4000 chemicals in tobacco smoke. The tobacco industry has added a number of chemicals that make it even...
Smoking and Breast Cancer
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Post menopausal women who smoke or used to smoke have a 16% higher risk of developing breast cancer and there is a study that also says that women who have had extensive exposure to passive smoking, either as a child or as an adult, may also have an excess risk of developing breast cancer. There are many more things that can also increase your risk, such...
Smoking: An Indepth Review
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
Dr. Len and Nurse Vicki review the dangers and health costs of smoking and second hand smoke. They review the varied increased risks for cancer, heart attacks, strokes, emphysema, and asthma. The callousness and greed of the tobacco industry is highlighted. This is a very indepth review of smoking and its effects on our health and our economy.
Sodas Deposit Fat in Liver, Muscle, and Abdomen
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
Drinking a liter of soda a day for 6 months increases the amount of fat that will accumulate in the liver, muscles, and abdomen by 25% according to a December 2011 article published in the AJCN. This has been linked to the metabolic syndrome, the precursor of type 2 diabetes, and all of its complications that include hypertension, heart attack, stroke, and obesity....
Sodas Linked to Stroke
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
The April of 2012 publication of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported that a greater consumption of sugar-sweetened and low calorie sodas is linked to a higher risk for stroke. Soft drinks have been associated with weight gain, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, gout and coronary artery disease. Those people consuming the most...
Software for the Mind with Emmett Miller, MD
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
The software of the mind has been written to allow racial prejudices and the disparaties that follow. The brain can be compared to a biocomputer. We must re-program our biocomputers to appreciate the importance of community and sacredness of relationship. This requires "deep healing" to evolve a global brain.
Solutions for Spousal Abuse
submitted by: admin on 04/10/2015
Spousal abuse is far more common that most of us realize. Actually, abuse is common in most marriages; perhaps that is why 50% of marriages end in divorce, 67% of second marriages end in divorse, and 75% of third marriages end in divorce. It is why marriage couselling is so common!
All to often courting leads to both people being on their best...
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