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Healthy Update
Your Home for Healthy Living
July 20, 2009 - Vol. 21, Issue 1

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

Statin drugs cause muscle damage, and it can be long-lasting

It’s well known that cholesterol-lowering statin drugs often cause muscle weakness – but it seems the problem goes much deeper. New research has discovered the drugs cause muscle damage, and it could even be permanent for a few. Researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland found that people who had taken statins suffered ‘significant’ muscle injury that was still detectable years after they stopped taking the drug.      View more


Chinese herbs as good as drugs and surgery for endometriosis
Chinese herbal medicine is as good as surgery and drugs when it comes to relieving the painful symptoms of endometriosis. In a review of two studies involving 158 women, Chinese herbs were as effective as the hormone drugs gestrinone and danazol, and without the side effects, which include hot flushes, acne and weight gain.      View more


A few beans could reduce your risk of heart attack
Just adding a few beans to your daily diet could be enough to reduce your blood pressure, and lower your risk of heart disease. Scientists have discovered that a 4 per cent increase of glutamic acid – found in beans, pasta, whole grain rice or tofu – reduces systolic blood pressure (measured when the heart beats), and may take it out of the danger zone.      View more


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Ayurvedic.com, a premier domain name for the field of Ayurvedic medicine worldwide, is now available for purchase. To make an offer, contact [email protected].     


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MindPower Developed by Ray Sahelian, M.D., bestselling author of Mind Boosters: Natural Supplements that Enhance Your Mind, Memory, and Mood, Mind Power Rx helps improve mental alertness and wakefulness along with boosting mental stamina. Many people notice being more focused and able to concentrate better. The dozen or more herbs and nutrients found in Mind Power Rx support neurotransmitter function, improve blood flow to the brain, support enzymatic and metabolic function in nerve cells, and act as neuronal antioxidants. If you have tried single brain nutrients or combinations that left you unsatisfied, overstimulated, or on edge and restless, it is time you do yourself a favor and try Mind Power Rx, a highly popular and respected, doctor-formulated formula with 18 different herbs and nutrients balanced delicately to provide smooth and healthy mind support.     View more.


WELLNESS & HEALTHY LIVING

Continuing our Wellness Journey - Intimacy
This week our journey focuses on the power of Intimacy, the 10th of 12 keys to wellness drawn from the Wellness Inventory whole person assessment program. In our modern culture, the word "intimate" has informally become synonymous with sexual intercourse. What we mean here is more in line with the dictionary definition, relating to your deepest and private nature or a close, long-term association with another person. This can be a sexual, sensual, or platonic relationship. Learning to effectively deal with conflict, respect and assert boundaries, and to connect responsibly is essential to building the trust that is essential in intimacy. Studies have shown that intimacy is a major component in one's health and happiness.      View more


Simply Well - "Create a Bigger Picture of Health" - John W. Travis, MD, MPH
In "Create a Bigger Picture of Health" John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., cautions against overconcern for personal health, as obsession with health can be every bit as wasteful of your human potential as ignorance and carelessness can be. He advocates creating a bigger vision where you put your personal concerns in perspective, and are subsumed and fulfilled by a greater need, a greater possibility, a greater love.      View more


Staying Healthy Tips - "The Purification Process: Healing for Modern Times" - Elson Haas, MD
As a doctor, Elson M. Haas, M.D. views any problem from the deeper true causes, which most often have to do with lifestyle choices - the way we live. In "The Purification Process: Healing for Modern Times" Dr. Haas recommends cleaning up your act, your relationships, and your planet.      View more

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NATURAL ALTERNATIVES

Dr. Christine Horner's Natural Secrets for Breast Health - "Breast Health Tip #15: Cruciferous Vegetables"
Inside every plant is a natural anti-cancer pharmacy. In "Breast Health Tip #15: Cruciferous Vegetables" Christine Horner, M.D., F.A.C.S explains how the natural "chemotherapy" found in plants is safe and side-effect free. They express an intelligence of such brilliance that pharmaceutical companies are now studying them in an effort to learn how to create effective, but far less toxic, chemotherapy.      View more


Women's Heatlh Detective - "Are Your Allergies Getting Worse Each Year? Here's Why" - Nan Kathryn Fuchs, PhD
If you look and feel older than your years, it's possible your allergies are to blame. In "Are Your Allergies Getting Worse Each Year? Here's Why" Nan Kathryn Fuchs, Ph.D. explains that allergies are often a sign of a compromised digestive system. She offers options for cleansing and repairing your digestive tract. Reducing your allergies will not only help you feel better, but it can also help you roll back the clock.      View more


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HEALTHY KITCHEN

Fabulous Functional Foods - "Ginger, The Wonder Spice" - Oscar Umahro Cadogan
According to Ayurvedic and Chinese herbal lore, ginger strengthens the nervous system, restores sexual energy, strengthens the immune system, helps with bronchial problems, prevents and relieves menstrual cramps, clears the uterus after childbirth, and promotes health recovery. In "Ginger, The Wonder Spice" Siri-Ved Kaur Khalsa includes general tips for preparing ginger and delicious ginger beverages.      View More


Raw Food Materia Medica - "Rhubarb" - Brigitte Mars
Rhubarb is a member of the Buckwheat Family. It is rich in vitamin C, calcium and potassium. Rhubarb increases saliva production, and gastric juices, including bile. It improves peristalsis, being somewhat laxative. Rhubarb is recommended for bronchitis, constipation, neuritis obesity, and tumors. Due to the high oxalic acid content, which can inhibit calcium and iron absorption, rhubarb is best avoided by those suffering from arthritis, gout, kidney stones, and rheumatism.
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MIND-BODY-SPIRIT

The Healer Within - "Self-Applied Massage of the Ears" - Roger Jahnke, OMD
The traditional systems of medicine from the Asian cultures have always had some type of massage stimulation to the ears. In "Self-Applied Massage of the Ears" Dr. Roger Jahnke details how through the reflexes of the Microsystems of the ear all parts of the body can be influenced through pressure massage to the ear.      View more


Mind-Body Health - "Sex May Prolong Life" - David S. Sobel, M.D.
A study on aging found that for men the frequency of sexual intercourse was associated with lower death rates. For women the enjoyment of intercourse was associated with longer life. In "Sex May Prolong Life" David S. Sobel, M.D. shows us studies exist to help us understand and enhance the health benefits of one of the most common, and certainly most pleasurable activities we humans experience.      View more


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    2009 National Wellness Conference
    Pathways to Optimal Well-being: Exercising Strengths/Increasing Real Happiness
    July 18-23, 2009
    University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

    In an environment where things may not be completely in your control, your happiness quotient is. There is a way of living and thinking that can lead not only to increased happiness, but also a healthier, longer life. Join us at the 34th Annual National Wellness Conference to explore this amongst many other issues facing wellness and health promotion professionals today.      Download brochure


    American Association of Naturopathic Physicians - 24th Annual Convention & Exposition
    Physicians, Heal Thy Planet
    August 19-22 2009
    Tacoma, Washington, USA
    To Register: www.naturopathic.org/content.asp?contentid=61


    American Holistic Medical Association 2009 Convention & Exhibition
    Reflective Practice: Creating Sacred Space
    November 5-7, 2009
    Cleveland, OH
    Contact: (216) 292-6644 | [email protected]
    Web site: www.holisticmedicine.org


    2009 International Coach Federation Conference
    Global Conversations: Inspiring individuals, Building communities, Impacting the world
    December 2-5, 2009
    Orlando, Florida, USA
    Contact: 888-423-3131 (toll free in the U.S. and Canada) or 859-219-3580 |
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    Integrative Healthcare Symposium 2010
    February 25-27, 2010
    New York, NY, USA
    Contact: 207.842.5412 | [email protected]
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