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Seven Tips to Boost Your Immunity against Swine Flu, By Dr. Len Saputo
submitted by: admin on 11/23/2024
"A Return to Healing" Blog: Tue, 11/17/2009 - 15:26 — BBelitsos
• Eat a healthy diet and avoid sugarWe know that without the raw materials our bodies need, we simply cannot make the nutrients required to boost our immunity; we also know that refined sugar impairs the ability of our white-blood cells...
Shamanic Therapy: Healing the Wound of Separation
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
Shamonic therapy is looking at the wound of separation; it is the return to wholeness. The shaman is the midwife who travels to the other world and brings back healing to the world. When we're separated from our truth we need help. Finding purpose in life depends on being authentic. Tools of the shaman include being involved in loving, giving, sharing, and...
Sharp Minds for the Elderly
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
The importance of mental exercise is highlighted to prevent mental decline. Many tips for this are discussed. Any activity that extends the level of mental activity is helpful. Music therapy, social clubs, movies, etc all help.
Shifting From Disease Care to Health Care with Richard Miles
submitted by: admin on 11/23/2024
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.
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 be Paid for Performance?
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
Pay-for-performance schemes financially reward MDs for hitting special numerical targets such as hospital stay, readmissions, use of certain drugs, and cost controls. An article in the August issue of the British Medical Journal take the position that pay-for-performance will do more harm than good by changing the mindset of the physician. The Accountable Care...
Should Medical Research Forego Placebo Testing?
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
The results of a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial re-opened debate on whether it is ethical to conduct placebo-controlled studies because it puts those in the placebo group at the disadvantage of not being in the treatment arm. One could make the point that placebo is not really necessary because all that needs to be done is to see if patients...
Should Patients Have Access to Their Medical Records?
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
Most patients want access to their medical records including the doctor's notes according to an article published in the December issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. In this study, called OpenNotes, 37,000 patients and 170 physicians were surveyed. Of the MDs 63 refused to participate and 80% of patients liked the idea of having access to their records....
Sicko!, Micheal Moore's Landmark Film
submitted by: admin on 11/23/2024
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 11/23/2024
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...
Small Bowel Overgrowth Syndrome
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
Bacterial overgrowth syndrome occurs when the normally low numbers of bacteria inhabiting the small intestine becomes overtaken by bacteria or pathogens. The prevalence of bacteria in the upper GI tract depends on gastric acidity, peristaltic activity, damage to the mucosa or atrophy, the redox potential, pH, diet and much more. The workup for this condition...
Sniffer Dogs Detect Lung Cancer
submitted by: admin on 06/18/2016
Sniffer dogs can accurately identify people with lung cancer even through, smoker, copd, They can smell volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) that are breathed out by the lungs. It is safe, affordable, accurate, non-invasive, and may someday be used by MDs to screen for cancers. One day thorugh the use of spectrophotometry it is promising that chemicals specific...
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.
Solstice with Phillip Scott
submitted by: admin on 11/23/2024
Winter Solstice is a sacred threshold between the light and dark that allows us to move into the time of profound dreaming, a time for internalization, replenishment and recuperation.
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...
Spirit of the Dolphin with Trish Reagan and Doug Hackett
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
Doug and Trish had a spiritual calling to go to Hawaii to be with dolphins. They believe they swimming with dolphins is related to unconditional love. Fascinating stories of "dolphin healing" are described.
Spontaneous Cancer Remission
submitted by: admin on 06/25/2016
Many breast cancers resolve on their own. Autopsy studies show that about 30% of women in their 50s have occult breast cancers that apparently come and go. It makes one wonder if we are massively overdiagnosing cancers and overtreating them as well. The trick is to know which cancers are dangerous and in need of treatment. Studies on mammograms over time have...
SSRI Antidepressants are Risky in Pregnancy
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
The October 31, 2012 issue of Human Reproduction published an article from Harvard and Tufts Medical Centers stating that SSRI antidepressants should not be used in pregnancy because they lead to worsened pregnancy outcomes, have not been shown to be of benefit, and are massively overused in clinical practice. This family of drugs is associated with...
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