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Healthy Update
Your Home for Healthy Living
September 22, 2008 - Vol. 19, Issue 10

Healthy Update provides the latest news, expert articles and resources on wellness, healthy living, and integrative medicine. A weekly service of HealthWorld Online since 1997.
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HEALTH NEWS

New NIH Research Initiative to Test Treatments for Menopausal Symptoms
Women troubled by hot flashes and night sweats during the years around menopause want safe, effective treatment options. A new research initiative from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will establish a multisite research network to conduct clinical trials of promising treatments for the most common symptoms of the menopausal transition. View more


Cancer: X-rays may be a bigger cause than doctors thought
X-rays and other medical scans could be playing a far bigger part in the spread of cancer than doctors had previously thought. New research has discovered that x-rays are causing cancer in cells that are not directly targeted. View more


BPA: How to reduce your exposure to dangerous chemical
If you're worried about BPA, there are two things you can do right away. BPA (bisphenol A) is the chemical found in food containers, eyeglass lenses and CDs, and this week researchers fear it may cause heart disease and diabetes. View more


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EDITOR'S PICK - HYPNOSIS NETWORK

Could Your Mind Be Keeping You Fat?
Our newsletter provides the information you need to help you lose pound after pound of unwanted fat. But here's one trick to achieving optimal weight: You have to follow the program. An article in The Journal of Family Practice (June 2006) suggests doctors recommend hypnosis for this issue. We wholeheartedly agree. Read more about the hypnosis program we recommend most. View More


WELLNESS & HEALTHY LIVING

Continuing our Wellness Journey - Moving
This week our journey focuses on Moving, the 5th of 12 keys to wellness in the Wellness Inventory. Everything in us is moving. The heart pumps, blood flows, lungs expand and contract, eyes roll, eardrums vibrate. To be alive is to be moving. Inhibit the movement and you create illness. Stop movement and you are dead. Allow it fully and you realize wellness. Because of this movement, everything is changing from moment to moment. To block movement therefore is to block change. The moving body freely channels the energy of life.    View more


Simply Well - "Watch Your Words" - John W. Travis, MD, MPH
It is true that your words create your world. As you look around your surroundings, you are talking to yourself about everything you see. Your language structures your reality. In "Watch Your Words" John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., documents self-programming that heals - based on research in the field of psychoneuroimmunology that verifies that thoughts and emotions directly affect the strength of the immune system.      View more


Healthy Computing - "Trim and Fit" - Erik Peper, PhD
When typing, do you hear the clacking of your finger nails? Do you find yourself straining to use the sides of your fingers when buttoning your blouse or when opening doors? If so, your fingernails may be too long. Excessively long nails usually increase hand, arm, neck and shoulder tension because long nails encumber simple movements, resulting in awkward wrist and finger angles. View more


Peak Vitality - "The Self-Care Paradox"
According to David Gruder, Ph.D., self-care is far different from self-centeredness. It is also far more than merely good sleep, nutrition and exercise habits. Our bodies are complex machines. We cannot sustain our energy unless we are supporting our spiritual, our psychological, our physical, and our energetic aspects of our whole being. Healthy self-care is a key foundational element in all forms of integrity: self-integrity, relationship integrity, societal integrity and leadership integrity. Self-Integrity Is About Keeping our:

  • Energy strong and balanced
  • Mind calm yet alert
  • Body capable of supporting us in all areas of our life
  • Environment nourishing
  • Life logistics under control

    Self-Integrity is unavoidably a daily practice. No amount of rest, passion or acts of service can substitute for it. True Self-Care is simply "enlightened self-interest and service for the higher good." Learn more wellness techniques like these by purchasing a copy of "Peak Vitality: Raising the Threshold of Abundance in Our Material, Spiritual and Emotional Lives," available now in our online store. And take a FREE INTEGRITY CHECKUP QUIZ and see if negligent self-care robs you of the vital energy you need to accomplish your goals. Psychologist and integrity expert, Dr. David Gruder, PhD., has provided self-integrity education keynotes, training, and consulting for the past 30 years.      Read David Gruder's chapter, "The Self-Care Paradox" Order Peak Vitality


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    You have the power to improve your eyesight naturally. Building on techniques pioneered by ophthalmologist William Bates, Meir Schneider created an effective approach for self-healing and used it to reverse his own blindness. With The Natural Vision Improvement Kit, Schneider teaches his innovative methods for exercising your eyes back to health. Use these proven techniques to see your world with less strain, greater acuity, and a more spacious visual field. 2 audio CD learning sessions, 90-page illustrated guidebook, 13 photo-illustratred practice cards, 2 eye charts.     View more          Listen to Audio Sample


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    NATURAL ALTERNATIVES

    Heatlhy Child - "Childhood Diarrhea" - Janet Zand, L.Ac., O.M.D.
    In "Childhood Diarrhea" Janet Zand, L.Ac., O.M.D. explains to parents that their child's frequent and watery stools could be the body's way of ridding itself of toxins and foreign substances. It may be healthier to allow a child's body to flush itself clean, while supporting him/her with adequate fluids. Dr. Zand also provides alternative therapies when the condition escalates.      View more


    Patient Advocacy - "The Failure to Cope" - Jari Holland Buck
    Caregivers, by the very nature of their work, tend to be isolated and uncertain about whether they are “doing the right things” for their loved one. Additionally, while adults are provided many models about how “not to do” something, we receive little to no guidance about what “right” looks like! While I was a successful advocate for my husband during his protracted illness and hospitalization, I was an unsuccessful caregiver. What do I mean? I didn’t pay attention to my our health and wellbeing.      View more


    Integrator Blog - Zunin's Hawaii Blue Cross Pilot Shows Benefits from Integrative Outpatient Pain Program
    It's a rare thing when any integrative practitioner talks a major insurer into exploring something that is way out of the box. The outcomes of this pilot project in Hawaii, involving diverse education and clinical services, mainly delivered to groups of participants, suggest that more insurers would be served to explore these new directions. View more
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    RECOMMENDED READING

    The Source: Unleash Your Natural Energy, Power Up Your Health and Feel 10 Years Younger - Woodson Merrell, M.D.
    "Why do I feel so tired and drained?" You're not alone if you're constantly asking yourself this question. Exhaustion is epidemic in America and "lack of energy" one of the top five complaints to doctors nationwide. This is because vast numbers of people have lost their connection with the inner energy that is the source of healing and radiant vitality. But now Dr. Woodson Merrell shows us that it doesn't have to be this way. One of the nation's preeminent integrative medicine specialists, Dr. Merrell tackles this problem head on with his long-awaited first book, offering a way to break the fatigue cycle and achieve the abundant energy that leads to true health. Here is his uplifting, proven program -- a breakthrough, six-step, 21-Day Plan for how you can become an "energy creator" rather than an "energy consumer."
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    HEALTHY KITCHEN

    Nutrition Tips - "Nuts" - Elson Haas, MD
    Nuts are one of nature's richest foods and have good-quality protein. For vegetarians nuts may be the most concentrated food they eat. In "Nuts" Elson M. Haas, M.D. provides a condensed overview of nutritional value and other important information on almonds, hazelnuts, brazil nuts, peanuts, pecans, chestnuts, pistachios, coconuts and walnuts. View More


    Fabulous Functional Foods - "Dairy Free Cocoa-Banana Ice Cream" - Oscar Umahro Cadogan
    Only halfway between sorbet and ice cream with real cream but all the way tasty. In "Dairy Free Cocoa-Banana Ice Cream" Danish chef Oscar Umahro Cadogan brings us this ice cream that contains no dairy products and is very low fat for a dessert - and contains no refined carbohydrates.
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    MIND-BODY-SPIRIT

    Wholistic Spiritual Healing - Intuition (Part 5 of 5 Parts)" = Daniel Benor, M.D.
    Intuition is a gift, much like drawing or playing the piano. In "Intuition (Part 5 of 5 Parts)" Daniel J. Benor, M.D. notes there are may ways to access intuitive information. These include reading the aura, hearing words, using smell or taste, "seeing" mental images, and interpreting dreams.
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    Body/Mind/Spirit - "Nuturing All of Me" - Lucia Capacchione, Ph.D."
    What do you do to nurture the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of your being? In "Nurturing All of Me" Lucia Capacchione, Ph.D., A.T.R. shares one of her Creative Journal exercises. View more


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    You exercise your body to keep it at peak performance-but what about your brain? At UCLA, Dr. Gary Small is proving that you can boost memory, sharpen concentration, enhance verbal fluency, and more-in less than two weeks. Now, with The Healthy Brain Kit, Dr. Small teams up with internationally renowned physician Dr. Andrew Weil to offer A complete program of tools and recommendations for increasing your brainpower immediately. Interactive Learning Kit, 2 CDs, 56-page study guide, 35 cards, 2 hours. View more


    PROFESSIONAL'S CORNER

    Wellness Inventory Certification Training - Fall Intensive
    The Wellness Inventory Certification Training Intensive is a comprehensive weekend program that accelerates your own personal growth process, offering you an opportunity to make real changes in your life, while providing competence in delivering the Wellness Inventory assessment and life-balance program. The intensive provides a unique coaching skill-set to maximize the program's effectiveness in helping your clients change their lives. A weekend intensive is offered in Asheville, North Carolina this fall on October 24-26, 2008.
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  • GLOBAL HEALTH CALENDAR

    Featured Events

    Symposium of Integrative Medicine Professionals in the Land of Enchantment (SIMPLE)
    Embody Nature, Redefine Health Santa Fe, New Mexico USA
    October 13-15, 2008
    Sweeny Convention Center, Santa Fe
    Website: http://hsc.unm.edu/som/cf l/simpleConf.shtml
    Contact: Office of the CME - University of New Mexico - 505-272-3942

    Living with Intention Workshops
    Boston/Cape Cod, MA USA - October 31-Nov 2, 2008
    Organization: Living The Field
    Contact: [email protected] or by phone (International +44 870 444 9886)
    Website: http://www.theintentionworkshops.com

    'Living with Intention' is the first of a series of workshops being held by Lynne McTaggart, author of bestsellers The Field and The Intention Experiment. The workshops bring together the latest discoveries of quantum physics with spiritual practices in an exciting new synthesis for conscious living. They will teach you how to harness the power of intention in your everyday life and become your own master of intention.


    Upcoming Health & Wellness Events

    Building Bridges of Integration for TCM
    Transformation: Nurturing the Healers, Healing the Patients

    Chantilly, VA, USA
    Oct. 30-Nov 1, 2008
    Contact: TCM World Foundation - 212-274-1079
    Web site: www.tcmconference.org

    Open Your Heart in Paradise
    Two Hawaiian Retreats with Ram Dass and Friends

    Hawaii (Big Island) USA
    November 5-10, 2008
    Hawaii (Molokai) USA
    December 10-15, 2008
    Contact: Ram Dass Center for Spiritual Studies - 760-228-1717

    Consumer Health World
    Arlington, VA USA
    Hyatt Regency
    December 8-18, 2009
    Contact: Transmarx, LLC - 804-266-7422
    Website: http://www.consumerhealthworld.com

    Integrative Healthcare Symposium
    New York City, NY USA
    Hilton New York and Towers
    February 19-21, 2009
    Contact: Diversified Business Communications - 207.842.5500
    Website: http://www.ihsymposiu m.com

    For more leading health events visit www.healthcalendar.com


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