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America's Worst Enemy?
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Healthy Update |
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December 7, 2009 - Vol. 21, Issue 21
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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Heavy metal paradox could point toward new therapy for Lou Gehrig’s disease
New discoveries have been made about how an elevated level of lead, which is a neurotoxic heavy metal, can slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease – findings that could point the way to a new type of therapy.
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Elderly folk's unsteadiness may be caused by prescription drugs
Elderly people can sometimes be more unsteady on their feet, and are more liable to fall. We all assume it’s because of their age, but new research has discovered it is just as likely to be a drug they’re taking.
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Vioxx manufacturer might have known deadly effects just a year after launch
The drug company that made Vioxx, the painkiller that was responsible for at least 60,000 deaths, may have known about the drug’s dangers within a year of its launch, new research has discovered. View more
NBA Champion Visits Congress To Urge Child Nutrition Act Reform
Children dream big. Many want to be basketball stars or celebrity chefs or members of Congress. But the opportunity to grow up healthy shouldn’t be just a dream. That’s why NBA basketball star John Salley went to Capitol Hill last month to explain why healthy school meals are so important. View more
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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 - "Work Well" - John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H.
People tend to lose sight of the value of their work, getting so caught up in the details that they forget what they are doing or why they are doing it. In "Work Well" John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., provides tips for making changes in your relationship to your job so it will satisfy you more deeply. View more
"Become Curious about the 'Other' in Your Life" - Harville Hendrix, PhD
Ask your partner, "What was it like to be a child in your family?" Then just listen, following the three steps of the dialogue process we discussed in the second article in this series. Asking this question is a good first step in becoming curious about your partner. Becoming curious and listening deeply is the first step in moving into acceptance of difference. View more
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Finding a Healthy Balance: Insights into Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine - "What can Traditional Chinese Medicine do for an Athlete?" - Byron Russell, LAc
I guess that is question number one. What can TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) -- that is mainly Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs -- do for an athlete today? What can it do for you?
It's a big question that touches on what acupuncture is, what proof there is that it works, and what kind of problems it is most helpful for. View more
Integrator Blog - Guest Columnist Charlie Priester: On Obesity, Financial Incentives for Wellness and Integrative Practice
The issue of insurers incentivizing good behavior, and particularly the relationship of such policies with the growing epidemic of obesity, calls integrative practitioners to the challenging balancing act of finances, health, behavior change and of compassion. Here, Integrator reader Charlie Priester, a self-employed, informed consumer of integrative, natural health practices - particularly of the self-care variety, wades into the debate. He offers ideas about how such policies can be good for naturopaths, acupuncturists and Yoga therapists, and for self-employed individuals like himself. Priester is a former colleague in publishing the hard-copy Integrator (1998-2002) and in developing the Integrative Medicine Industry Leadership Summits (2000, 2001, 2002).
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Fabulous Functional Foods - "Sweet Potato Mash with Lemon and Baked
Garlic" - Chef Oscar Umahro Cadogan
Fabulous Functional Foods Chef Oscar Umahro Cadogan of Denmark is in love with sweet potatoes. They're full of carotenoids and other goodies for your health, and please the palate as well as satisfy your appetite. What more can one want from a food? His "Sweet Potato Mash with Lemon and Baked Garlic" recipe is lovely. The lemon juice and pepper make the sweet potato sweetness even more pronounced and the baked garlic, which has hints of nuts in its taste, adds the final touch. Try serving it with a green salad and a piece of seared tuna or use it as spread in a sandwich. View More
The Nut Gourmet - "Sugar Plum Spiced Nuts" - Zell Allen
An ideal gift for special friends at holiday time or simply an extra-special treat to serve on a dessert table, these nutty delights can be made well in advance of the holiday rush. They’re good keepers if you store them in airtight containers. View More
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Spiritual Wellness: "The Spirit Of Writing" - Philip Goldberg, PhD
In "The Spirit Of Writing" Philip Goldberg states that "What makes writing spiritual is not the subject matter." Whatever you write about and whatever form your writing takes, engaging in spiritual practice will enhance its quality and substance-and, in turn, the writing process itself can be approached as a spiritual practice.
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Mind/Body Health - "The Keys to Healthy Aging" - David Sobel, MD
Today, most people don't just want to live long lives. They want to live long healthy lives. We all know people who have been very successful at aging - not just the "super elders" who run marathons, but ordinary people who maintain vital, active lives, even in the face of chronic illness, says David S. Sobel, M.D. in "The Keys to Healthy Aging". But what are the predictors of healthy aging? View more
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