Cover Story
Reflections
A Breast Cancer Survivor's Story
My name is Ann Jillian. While some people remember me from the 80’s and 90’s television and film screens, equally as many may recall my battle with breast cancer. I am a 21years plus breast cancer survivor and it is because of one, repeatedly aired movie, The Ann Jillian Story, that my experience continues to live...
Ann Jillian
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Wellbeing
Are you in CONFLICT with yourself?
Do you sometimes find yourself doing things that you do not want to do, or that you should not do? Perhaps your difficulty is the opposite: not doing what you desire to do or should have done. These four troublesome situations produce internal conflict. Can we resolve this self-friction to achieve inner harmony and unity?
Sigmund Freud described personality as having three components: id, superego, and ego. While these terms have precise psychoanalytic meanings, there are simpler and more familiar terms: feeling, thinking, and doing. Mental distress is the result of conflict when our actions, our emotions, and our beliefs are divided.
Raymond G. Mercier
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Alternative Medicine
CONQUERING ALLERGIES - The Alternative Approach
Perhaps you simply want to try more natural alternatives ...
Perhaps you have tried the allergy shots, the antihistamines and the nasal steroid sprays, yet you still have allergy symptoms. Perhaps you are tired of taking medications or have side effects that are as inconvenient as the allergy symptoms. Perhaps you simply want to try more natural alternatives, either alone or in combination to make the conventional medications more effective. Perhaps you want to get rid of your allergies permanently.
Larry Altshuler
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Chiropractic
Key to Good Health: Early Spinal Correction
There is back pain, there is scoliosis (curvature of the spine), there is arthritis, and there are slight abnormal alignments of the spine called subluxations. Having any of these problems can trigger a laundry list of health concerns. For example, back pain in many cases is only the precursor to something more serious happening within the body...
Jonathan B. Spages
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Nutrition
The healthful benefits of Garlic
Garlic is high in carbohydrates, low in fat content, and moderate in protein content. It contains some vitamin C and B vitamins, and is high in selenium, sulfur, and germanium.
Garlic is an odiferous member of the Lilly family of plants, which contains healthful benefits and disadvantages. Garlic has been used since ancient times in China and India both as a foodstuff and as a medicinal agent...
Daniel Kesden
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Cooking with Herbs
Our nutritionist, Dr. Kesdan, writes in this issue about the usefulness of garlic in our diets, so we asked our cook to share some recipes using this medicinal and tasty herb...
Connie Trinkle
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Nutrition Safety
A not so funny thing happened to me on a recent trip to St. Louis, Missouri: I caught a stomach bug! Maybe it was the creamed chicken soup or the Caesar’s salad I consumed upon arriving at my hotel. Perhaps it was caused by my not thoroughly washing my hands earlier in the day when interacting with my toddler child who was recovering from some childhood virus...
Samuel Grief
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Physical Fitness
Stretching the Basic Pilates Principles
Something of a cross between yoga and calisthenics, Pilates has found a time slot in many fitness centers worldwide.
Pilates, (pronounced Puh-lah-teez), was created by German born Joseph Hubertus Pilates in the 1900s. While he was in an internment camp in England, Pilates developed a series of movements to keep him healthy and strong...
Jacqueline S. Thompson
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Skin
Protective Wear for fun in the Sun!
Wear brimmed hats that protect the neck and ears and perhaps some of the new long sleeved, but lightweight, breathable outfits made of sun blocking fabric...
Rebecca L. Bushong
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Teeth
Gums and your health
Gum disease (periodontitis) has long been associated with dreaded bad news from the dentist; in fact, gum disease has replaced tooth decay as the most common cause of tooth loss in adults. Research suggests that infection from the oral cavity may increase the risk of and complications for a number of serious systemic diseases...
Michael Cushman
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Neurology
Are statins beneficial in treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease?
Alzheimer’s disease patients who received a statin in addition to their regular treatment performed better on some tests than those who received regular treatment and a placebo, an inactive pill.
Edward Zamrini
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Restless Legs
There are myriad problems with sleep that can rob a person of rest. Insomnia, the inability to fall asleep or stay asleep, can be a transient issue or can be a chronic, debilitating condition. Sleep-disordered breathing, where snoring or - more dangerously - sleep apnea causes disruption in nighttime respiration, is a finding that can be at best bothersome to bed partners and at worst harmful or even fatal to the sufferer if unchecked.
David Margelli
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Coming Summer 2007
- Separating fact from fiction in skin cancer prevention
- Want to improve your health…start with your medical record
- Chronic Kidney Disease: A silent, yet lethal complication of diabetes
- Learn which herbs can help: enlarged prostrate, hypertension, over active thyroid
- Celebrating her 90th Birthday this summer, Phyllis Diller shares her tips on life
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Plant Therapy
Houseplants and Flowers for a Healthier and Happier You
If you thought that all of those houseplants your mother used to tend to were strictly part of her interior decorating repertoire, think again. Over the past decade research, based on studies originally done at NASA, has found that significant health benefits are accrued when individuals surround themselves with plants. Some of the payoffs are that plants absorb carbon dioxide and toxins and minimize headaches, tiredness and sore throats. Plants help us recover from surgery more quickly and they calm our moods...
Fran Sorin
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Bones and Joints
Improving your game…
Unlike other sports where the lower extremity joints are injured more commonly, golfers depend on a smooth harmony of shoulder, elbow, and wrist motion to participate in their passion. For this reason, an upper limb orthopedic specialist should promptly address painful conditions in order to allow the athlete to return to his/her sport at the best possible level, and in rapid fashion...
Alejandro Badia
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Eyes
New Technology may eliminate Bi-Focals
Question: “I’ve heard recently about new technology that allows people over age 40 to get rid of bifocals with an implantable bifocal or trifocal lens. Is that possible?
Answer: What you are referring to is the latest development in ophthalmology - presbyopic lens exchange or refractive lensectomy...
John S. Jarstad
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Patient Rights
Selecting an Anesthesia Provider
When patients require surgery, most people trust their surgeon to assure that the individual administering the anesthetic for surgery is competent and qualified. However, this assurance is not automatic, and you, as the patient, have some responsibility in choosing who will provide your anesthetic, just as you do in selecting your surgeon...
Michael Sena
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Pet Relationships
Betty White’s love affair with animals
How beloved is Betty White? In a telephone interview, I suggest her neighbors stand and applaud as she walks by, and that she must get a standing ovation in the fruit section of her local supermarket. “Not true, but you should see what happens when I buy meat,” says the 84 year old comedic actress. “I’ve just been around forever, that’s all it is.”
Steve Dale
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Travel
Forging Family Connections - Traveling Well with Teens & Twenties
The word “vacation” makes most of us think happy thoughts. And that’s not surprising, since travel releases us from the pressures and schedules of everyday life. When we asked veteran travelers how vacations influence their physical and psychological health, their responses were as varied and engaging as the diversity of trips they have taken.
Paula Loehr
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Pharmacy
Best defense for allergies is Plan Ahead
With the start of spring comes the start of seasonal allergies. Frequently called hay fever, seasonal allergic rhinitis affects nearly 36 million people in the United States and accounts for over $3 billion in medication and physician bills. Hay fever is triggered by allergens such as pollens or molds and is characterized by sneezing, watery eyes, nasal congestion, and itching.
Tamara Dulin
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Respiratory
Asthma Defined
Asthma is one of the most common diseases affecting over 30 million Americans. It may start in patients as young as one year of age or it may wait until they are 50...
Thomas F. Rosenberg
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Gynecology
Hysterectomy
While walking through my office recently, I took a moment to reflect on a wall poster that touted alternatives to hysterectomy. “Ask your doctor,” it proclaimed, but I had a tough time recalling a patient bringing this up with me unless I first broached the subject. Still, the poster reminded me of how important it is to explore the reasons for considering removal of the uterus and to weigh those against the potential risks.
Jacqueline S. Thompson
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From the Publisher’s Desk
They sacrifice their personal needs, their comfort, and sometimes their well-being...
I received a call around midnight from an anxious husband trying to locate his wife Michelle, a registered nurse employed with our company. I looked at my watch and told him that she left the office at 4:00 pm. She had one home-visit to complete and then she was going home. I attempted to calm him, and assured him that I would make a call to the patient’s home to get some information.
Dev Anuroop Brar
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Pitter from Pat
The Fitness Resolution!
Every year just like clockwork, when the New Year rolls in, and the silver ball drops down over Times Square; I make a resolution. And, just like clockwork, in February I break it. I believe this breaking of the vow occurs about the same time that chocolates arrive in the stores for Valentine’s Day. Umm, umm…those Fannie May heart-shaped chocolates and those creamy caramels in the Whitman’s Sampler are just so tempting.
Patricia Kirby
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