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August 31, 2009 - Vol. 21, Issue 7
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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Popular diabetes drug causes fatal heart failure
One of the most popular drugs for type II diabetes - with annual sales of around $2.5bn – increases the risks of heart failure and death. Avandia (rosiglitazone) causes serious heart problems in one out of every 93 patients, and researchers say that it too dangerous for doctors to continue prescribing it.
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Doctors giving women 'dangerous' contraceptive pills
Doctors are often giving women the more dangerous contraceptive pills when there are safer options available, a new study has discovered. Despite knowing the risks, doctors are still prescribing contraceptive pills that double the risk of DVT (deep vein thrombosis).
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Medics refuse to take new swine flu vaccine
More than half of doctors and a third of nurses in the UK say they would not take the new swine flu vaccine when it becomes available this autumn. They are concerned that the vaccine may not be safe, as it will not have been thoroughly tested, and it may not work. They also feel that swine flu is a more benign virus than early reports suggested.
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Continuing our Wellness Journey - Sensing
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. 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.
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Prescriptions for the Soul - "Prescription #23: Have No Regrets" - Bernie Siegel, MD
You don't want to live in such a way that when your life is over you are left thinking more about what you didn’t do than what you did do. Think about how you would feel on your deathbed if you were wishing you had done that one special thing or taken that chance that you let pass by. View more
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Dr. Christine Horner's Natural Secrets for Breast Health - "Breast
Health Tip #2: Green Tea"
Research shows drinking tea, especially green tea, is a wise choice because green tea has been found to have many potent health benefits. In "Breast Health Tip #2: Green Tea" Christine Horner, M.D., F.A.C.S reports that Japanese researchers found that women who drink green tea have a lower risk
of breast cancer, and women with breast cancer, live much longer than women who don't drink this miraculous health tonic. View more
Reiki: A Special Series - "History of Reiki" - Pamela Miles
Mikao Usui (1865-1926) created a system of practices for spiritual self-development from which Reiki as we know it today developed. In "History of Reiki" Pamela Miles shares the story of the individuals who established the foundation of Reiki. Through the years the practice of Reiki rapidly encircled the globe. She alerts you to understand the different levels of training and to be cautious to inquire about a Reiki master’s experience and education. View more
Integrator Blog - Economist Patricia Herman's Systematic Review Yields Top 9 Therapies/21 Conditions with High Quality Evidence of Cost Savings from CAM
Preliminary results of a systematic review of approximately 6600 articles so far found 256 with CAM economic evaluations. Forty-eight were deemed "high quality," with comparisons available. These yielded 9 therapies and 21 conditions where complementary and alternative medicine has generated evidence of not merely cost-effectiveness but of cost-savings. So reports the professional who is emerging as the leading North American voice on CAM costs, economist-practitioner-researcher Patricia Herman, ND, MS, PhD. Herman co-authored the paper on the economics of integrative medicine for the recent Institute of Medicine Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public.
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Raw Food Materia Medica - "Arugula" - Brigitte Mars
Arugula is a member of the Mustard Family and relative of watercress. It is also known as rocket, roquette, Italian cress and roka. Arugula is pungent, warm and highly alkaline. It stimulates the liver and lungs. Arugula contains dithiolthiones, which are antioxidant and anti-cancer compounds, as well as beta-carotene, vitamin C, calcium, iron, and sulfur.
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Vegan Global Fusion - "A World of Whole Grains with Recipe for Whole Grain Pancakes" - Louise Hagler
 Whole grains are the backbone of the vegan or vegetarian diet. Every culture and cuisine adds to the diverse flavors and textures of whole grains we have to choose from, according to Louise Hagler in "A World of Whole Grains with a Recipe for Whole Grain Pancakes" Choices range from ancient indigenous super food grains like quinoa and amaranth to the standard oats, whole wheat, brown rice, millet, barley, and more. Consuming a wide variety of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds ensures balanced nutritional intake. Louise shares a wonderful recipe for whole grain pancakes modeled on her own mother's moist "Cottage Cheese Pancakes" from her childhood.
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The Healer Within - "Gentle Movements and Postures, Part II" - Roger Jahnke, OMD
The self-applied health enhancement methods movements are meant to be the seeds of your own inventiveness. In "Gentle Movements and Postures, Part II" Dr. Roger Jahnke reminds you not to sabotage your mastery by thinking they must be done a certain way. Make it up, make it fun, spread the word. Learn from others, add favorites, steal from the masters; they are always willing to share. Bring the breath and relaxation practices together with the effort of the movements, that is the balance. When you have made contact with the extent to which gentle movement has a profound health effect, you have become a part of the solution to the medical crisis. View more
Spiritual Wellness - "The Two-Way Streetcar Named Desire" - Philip Goldberg, PhD
On the subject of worldly desires, spiritual traditions are somewhat schizoid. In "The Two-Way Streetcar Named Desire" Philip Goldberg points out the divergence of approaches from self-denial to going after the things we desire with zeal. He offers tips to help self-correcting elements on the spiritual path along by nudging your desires in the right direction.
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