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Lifestyle & Wellness
Acupuncture
4 Lifestyle Changes for Optimum Health & How Acupuncture Can Help
Recently my car was broken into. I had finished my usual morning swim at the health club. When I opened the car door, I realized that someone had smashed the passenger-side window and taken my briefcase with my... Read entire article »
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Using Acupuncture to Treat Arthritis, Back, Neck & Knee Pain
For almost everyone who lives long enough, arthritis will be a part of life. The effects of arthritis rob us of our mobility and ability to live our lives fully. In Western medicine, these changes in the joints... Read entire article »
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East Meets West: Integrating Complementary Medicine into Your Care
Key Points
Over 40% of the US population has used complementary medicine.
Examples of these therapies include herbal medicines and dietary supplements, massage, chiropractics, acupuncture, self-help groups, en... Read entire article »
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Acupuncture: An Overview
Acupuncture, the insertion of needles into the body for the treatment of disease, has been practiced in China for at least 4500 years and is currently practiced throughout the world. The Chinese used acupunctur... Read entire article »
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12 Ways to Maintain and Enhance Your Qi as You Age
To understand the aging process from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), one must first understand the concept of qi (pronounced “chee” ).
Qi is best translated as “vital en... Read entire article »
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Yoga
How Yoga, Oriental Herbs and Acupuncture Help Treat Cancer
My background as a radiation oncologist has blinded me, in many instances, to only dealing with the patient’s disease and its treatment. Failing to integrate the many wellness alternatives I am aware of i... Read entire article »
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Yoga Resources in San Francisco, New York & Dallas-Fort Worth
The other night, after a long day of writing, thinking and overanalyzing, I stretched into downward dog and felt a familiar sense of calm wash over me. As I imagined myself breathing space into the tight parts ... Read entire article »
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How Yoga Can Significantly Reduce the Risks of Dementia
A colleague recently wrote a post on the latest research about Alzheimer's and dementia. According to a study published earlier this year in the Annals of Internal Medicine, healthy people who exercised regular... Read entire article »
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Massage
Massage: The Benefits of Neuroreflexology
Reflexology is a type of massage in which the practitioner applies pressure to specific parts of the feet and hands to promote deep relaxation, emotional balance and overall well-being. Each point of the foot i... Read entire article »
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The Basics & Benefits of Massage
Massage describes numerous forms of hands-on healing and bodywork. All of the most common massage techniques involve soft tissue manipulation: effleurage (stroking), petrissage (kneading), vibration, tapping or... Read entire article »
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Gilbert Guide Videos: Skin Care & Oral Health
Learn helpful strategies to reduce skin inflammation, improve circulation and treat and prevent bed sores and irritation. Also contains an overview of appropriate dental care for both those with natural teeth a... Read entire article »
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Massage Therapy Techniques
Massage can be used to prevent bed sores, provide pain relief and promote relaxation. Learn basic massage techniques, including light or deep stroke (effleurage) and kneading (petrisage). This video is part of ... Read entire article »
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Senior Fitness
Senior Wellness & The Balanced Care Method: Lessons Learned from the Okinawan Centenarian Study
The Balanced Care Method™ takes scientific data and specific lifestyle findings and uses them as the basis and inspiration for its training methods and home care philosophy—the majority of its princ... Read entire article »
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Okinawan Centenarian Study: The Important Role of Food in Longevity
What the Okinawan Centenarian Study has proven is the importance of a plant-based diet, high-fiber foods, limited animal protein and anti-oxidant rich foods.
A Plant-Based Diet
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Okinawan Centenarian Study: Translating Lifestyle Choices into The Balanced Care Method
Okinawan Centenarian Study: Translating Lifestyle Choices into The Balanced Care Method Besides what foods are consumed, lifestyle appears to play an important factor in senior wellness as we learn form the Oki... Read entire article »
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Healthy Eating Guidelines to Help You Avoid the Deadly Metabolic Syndrome
Today’s fast-paced lifestyle often means that we struggle to keep up with our families and friends, our jobs, and more. With so much to do, we often forget to take care of ourselves, forgoing exercise, no... Read entire article »
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Exercise Guidelines for Seniors & Cancer Patients: Part 2
Aerobic exercise is exercise that rhythmically uses the large muscles of the legs and arms to elevate the heart rate within a certain range. Some examples of aerobic activity include brisk walking, jogging, swi... Read entire article »
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Exercise Guidelines for Seniors and Cancer Patients: Part 1
The medical literature has documented causal relationships between the benefits of exercise in cancer prevention and treatment and quality of life issues. Although specific dosages for exercise programs have ye... Read entire article »
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Nutrition
A Delicious & Filling Summery Snack to Help Seniors Lose (or Gain) Weight
In the summer, few things are as cool and refreshing as a smoothie—but did you know that a smoothie can help seniors who need to lose or gain weight? Many people use smoothies as meal replacements, when t... Read entire article »
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Okinawan Centenarian Study: The Important Role of Food in Longevity
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A Plant-Based Diet
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Okinawan Centenarian Study: Translating Lifestyle Choices into The Balanced Care Method
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How Antioxidants Affect Your Health
Antioxidants are nutrient substances that protect your cells against the effects of free radicals. Free radicals are molecules produced when your body breaks down food, or by environmental exposure to toxins li... Read entire article »
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Natural Remedies
Senior Wellness & The Balanced Care Method: Lessons Learned from the Okinawan Centenarian Study
The Balanced Care Method™ takes scientific data and specific lifestyle findings and uses them as the basis and inspiration for its training methods and home care philosophy—the majority of its princ... Read entire article »
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Okinawan Centenarian Study: The Important Role of Food in Longevity
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A Plant-Based Diet
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Okinawan Centenarian Study: Translating Lifestyle Choices into The Balanced Care Method
Okinawan Centenarian Study: Translating Lifestyle Choices into The Balanced Care Method Besides what foods are consumed, lifestyle appears to play an important factor in senior wellness as we learn form the Oki... Read entire article »
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Cancer Treatment: The Effectiveness of Herbal Medicines
With the growing interest in integrative medicine, combining Eastern and Western philosophies to treat the mind, body and spirit, there has been much interest in complementary and alternative medical (CAM) ther... Read entire article »
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Emotions & Your Health
Healthy Eating Guidelines to Help You Avoid the Deadly Metabolic Syndrome
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Talking to Yourself: Helping or Hurting?
“Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.”
—Henry Ford
Our thoughts and beliefs are very powerful. What we focus on expands in our lives, what we dwell on becomes our exp... Read entire article »
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How Emotions Affect Your Health
We all know people who seem “stuck” in a certain emotional state. Some people seem angry all the time. Others seem sad. Still others seem fearful and some “too” happy. All of us know s... Read entire article »
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How Climate Affects Your Health
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Seniors Who Volunteer Reap Real Benefits
`Tis the season for giving, and with 76 million baby boomers now beginning to reach retirement age, more and more seniors are volunteering and feeling the benefits of doing so. On a recent sojourn to Alcatr... Read entire article »
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Animal Therapy
Rx: A Doggie Smooch a Day Keeps the Blues at Bay
With each wag of a dog’s tail, we’re learning more and more about the benefits of having animals around—therapeutic and otherwise. We’ve heard the buzz—animals can make a healthy d... Read entire article »
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Therapeutic Effects of Interacting with Animals
Where humans and traditional medicine sometimes fail, animals often succeed in cutting through the physical and emotional barriers that isolate certain people in our society. This is especially true for residen... Read entire article »
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