Scientists Link Nutrition & Eye Health
Researchers focusing on eye health are documenting how nutrition can play an important role in lessening the risk of developing sight-robbing eye disorders, such as cataracts and macular degeneration.

CDC Sees a Nation of Couch Potatoes
Even when vacuuming, gardening, mowing the lawn and walking or bicycling to work are counted as physical activity, most Americans don't get enough exercise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC recommends at least 30 minutes of activity at least five times a week to reduce the risk of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart disease.

Music Therapy Strikes a Chord with Cancer Patients
Music therapy is becoming widely used to decrease patients' perception of pain, anxiety and depression, and boost their feelings of relaxation. Current research is studying music therapy with bone marrow transplant patients. Results indicate it reduces pain and nausea, and may even play a role in quickening the pace at which their new marrow starts producing blood cells.

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"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world -- that is the myth of the "atomic age" -- as in being able to remake ourselves."
- Mahatma Gandhi

CONTINUING OUR 12-STAGE JOURNEY TO WELLNESS
This week our journey focuses on SENSING, the third of 12 keys to wellness in the Wellness Inventory. It is through the senses--seeing, touching, smelling, hearing, tasting--that we come to know and enjoy the world. Our abilities to work, to feel pleasure, to communicate with others, and to impact the world are directly related to our abilities to appreciate and use our sensory input efficiently and creatively.

Simply Well
As a form of nurturance and rebalancing, and as an aid to healing, massage is hard to beat. It isn't necessary to have formal training. In "Welcome Necessary, Healing Touch-The Gift of Massage" John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., offers you numerous suggestions for self-massage and exercises that can be done with a partner.

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Tips for a Healthy Summer
Would you recognize the symptoms of an insect sting? Read "First Aid for Insect Stings" for valuable prevention tips, plus important guidelines for how to evaluate the severity of the situation.

Healthy Computing
Working at the computer requires the frequent use of certain muscles hour after hour, day after day. Couple this with neglecting your fitness program and you are compromising your quality of health. In "Healthy Computing: Exercise Time" Erik Peper, Ph.D. and Katherine Hughes Gibney provide you with a long list of options for fitting exercise into your busy schedule.

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Understanding Homeopathy
Once it is determined that surgery is medically necessary, homeopathic medicines can reduce complications of surgery and augment healing so that people can recover more quickly afterward. In "Pre-Surgical and Post-Surgical Treatment" Dana Ullman, M.P.H. outlines a number of homeopathic remedies that have been shown to assist the patient deal with the fear and/or anxiety often experienced prior to and after surgery, and those helpful for preventing infection, minimizing bleeding, and reducing surgical shock.

Healthy Alternatives
Osteopathic care is more than the correction of joint problems, it is also a system of preventive medicine. By normalizing spinal and joint dysfunction before it has produced obvious symptoms, a great deal of potential trouble can be avoided. In "Development of Osteopathy to the Present Day" Leon Chaitow, N.D., D.O., M.R.O. explains why many people visit osteopaths for regular maintenance treatment.

Healthy Child
Depending on the cause, a child's cough may be loud and gasping, harsh and high-pitched, or barking. It may be dry and rasping, or moist with mucus. In "Childhood Cough" Janet Zand, L.Ac., O.M.D. provides parents an understanding of what to look for and a variety of treatment approaches, including herbal treatments, homeopathy, dietary guidelines and nutritional supplements.

Find an Alternative Healthcare Professional
The Professional Referral Network contains searchable directories for 20 leading professional associations in complementary and integrative health care, with over 17,000 professionals. Looking for a healthcare professional specializing in naturopathy? The Naturopathic Medicine section includes the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians member database.

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Nutrition Tips
In the United States more than four billion chickens are consumed each year; that is more than fifty pounds per person. The next most common bird is turkey, which has been associated with holiday celebrations and feasts. In "Poultry and Eggs" Elson M. Haas, M.D. covers the nutritional value, calories, and cooking options, plus benefits of finding the more "natural" or "organic" chickens and eggs for consumption.

Vegetarian Recipe
Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine offers you a vegetarian recipe for "Orange and Black-Eyed Pea Salad."

The Healer Within
In "Exhale to Compress the Organs" Dr. Roger Jahnke reveals a breath practice that takes the exhalation of the full chest and abdominal breath to a radical extreme that dramatically shifts the pressure in the pelvic, abdominal and chest cavities. It takes just a few moments, costs nothing is always with you (just a breath away) and unleashes a powerful healing energy.

Music and Wellness
Interested in putting on a drumming circle event or facilitating your own drumming circle? In "Starting your own Drum Circle" Christine Stevens, M.S.W., MT-BC offers valuable tips to ensure your successful participation in this popular wellness tool.

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Healthy Bookstore - Stillness Speaks

In "Stillness Speaks" Eckhart Tolle illuminates the fundamental elements of his teaching, addressing the needs of the modern seeker by drawing from all spiritual traditions. At the core of the book is what the author calls the state of presence, a living in the now that is both intensely inspirational and practical. When the pressures of future and past thinking disappear, fear and frustration also vanish, conquered by the moment.

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HealthRhythms Training
Group Empowerment Drumming Protocol
Denver, CO USA
September 19-21, 2003
Contact: Remo, Inc. HealthRhythms - 661-294-5600

Yoga Expo
Los Angeles - LA Convention Center, CA USA
September 25-28, 2003
Contact: Yoga Expo - 310-838-5600

Sedona Spring Purification & Wellness Retreat with Dr. Elson Haas
Sedona, AZ USA
October 1-5, 2003
Contact: Wellness Tours - 800 231-9811

Santa Barbara Beauty Expo 2003
Santa Barbara, CA USA
October 4-6, 2003
Contact: Santa Barbara Beauty Expo

2003 Annual ISPA Conference and Expo
Dallas, TX USA
October 13-16, 2003
Contact: International Spa Association - 888-651-4772

HealthRhythms Training
Group Empowerment Drumming Protocol
Chicago, IL USA
October 17-19, 2003
Contact: Remo, Inc. HealthRhythms - 661-294-5600

Nutritional Therapy in Medical Practice
Presented by Jonathan Wright, M.D. and Alan Gaby, M.D.
Seattle, WA USA
November 7-10, 2003
Contact: Nutrition Seminars - 717-249-5403

ACAM Fall Conference
Las Vegas, NV USA
November 19-23, 2003
Contact: American College for Advancement in Medicine - 800-532-3688