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Living Life
“Despite diabetes, you can live a full and productive life,” says Brenda Russell, renowned songwriter and composer.
This philosophy clearly works for the three-time Grammy Award winner, because she has not missed a beat, literally, since being diagnosed with diabetes. While working on the musical stage version of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, Brenda became ill. She was diagnosed with vertigo, given some medicine, and sent back to work. Luckily, a friend noticed that she was still very ill and insisted that she see another doctor.
Patricia Kirby
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Wellbeing
‘T is the season to be jolly or is it?
For many, the season produces anguish and distress.How do we to handle this?
The holiday (Christmas) season is a time of hyper emotionality. All feelings are intensified starting with Thanksgiving and lasting through the New Year. A flurry of social get-togethers, family reunions, giving and receiving presents make for emotional intensity.
Raymond G. Mercier
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Happy Holidays Hic!
This title is not Latin, but rather English spoken by an inebriated person. He/she does not come from a foreign land, but from wherever he/she has consumed too much alcohol. The laws of the various states are fairly consistent: they consider a blood alcohol level of 0.08-0.1 and above as being too high...
C. Robert Meloni
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Put Your Best Face Forward
After a mind/body practice session there is a smile in the eyes, the tension in the face melts away, the cheeks have a rosy glow, and the smile is happy and from the heart.
Robert Eric Dinenberg
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COPING... the Alternative Approach
There are several alternative approaches that are beneficial in relieving depression. Some, like acupuncture and mind-body methods, can be used with conventional medications and psychotherapy for additional benefit.
Larry Altshuler
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Always tired? Maybe you are depressed
For some time now I have experienced constant fatigue. It seems that no matter now much sleep I get, I still feel tired. My doctor ran tests for anemia and thyroid problems and told me everything is normal. However, I still feel sluggish and lack energy.
What else could be wrong?
Aletha Oglesby
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Nutrition
Healthful Teas and Festive Drinks
I dusted off some of my older cookbooks and selected some tasty, yet healthful recipes for teas and holiday drinks. Some of these teas contain ingredients that provide relaxation, which most of us can use during the busy holiday season. The drinks that I chose simply add tradition and a little spark to our celebrations...
Connie Trinkle
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Enjoy a cup of Tea and Relax
No longer an ancient Chinese secret, tea is now known to have many therapeutic and healthful benefits. Tea is the second most popular beverage (next to water) around the world.
Tea is not just for two anymore, as it is an extremely popular beverage. The British consume their fair share, for sure, but many other countries equally enjoy tea in impressive numbers, including China, India, and other Asian countries.
Samuel Grief
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Patient Rights
Paging Dr ? Paging Dr ...
Around the country, doctors are limiting their practices due to rising medical liability insurance rates. In some states, physicians simply close their practices and move to a more insurance friendly state, or choose to retire, or transition to a non-clinical environment. As a result, more and more patients have to travel further for needed medical care.
M. Tray Dunaway
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Gynecology
New Advances in the fight against Cervical Disease
Who would imagine that a virus was the cause of certain types of cancer? It’s beyond conjecture now because research has shown that the connection is definite. Human papilloma virus, or HPV for short, has been identified as the major player in cervical cancer, and women all over the world can benefit from new knowledge about this most common sexually transmitted disease...
Jacqueline S. Thompson
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Muscles
Understanding ...your pain can help you treat it
Myofascial pain (MFP) is a very common problem that may affect each of us to some degree at certain times. How it starts, and why it can continue indefinitely is not understood. However, a comprehensive rehabilitation program seems to be the key for success in treating this often-misunderstood condition...
E. Franklin Livingstonen
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Coming Spring 2007
- Cholesterol lowering drugs may help Alzheimer’s disease
- How important is dental health?
- When is a hysterectomy right for you?
- Restless legs syndrome
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Plant Therapy
Creating Sumptuous Holiday Centerpieces
Adding touches of nature to your home will add beauty and will help you connect with the real meaning of holidays
With so many of us feeling stressed about the holiday season before the mad rush even begins, it might behoove us to take a few moments to come up with a calmer, more serene and meaningful way of ushering in these holidays
Fran Sorin
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Pet Relationships
Life Lessons from Patti Davis
“We love them so unconditionally, and our hearts hurt so much when they’re gone,’ says Patti Davis. “I think there’s this sort of subconscious attempt to avoid hurting that much again by avoiding loving that much again.”
She talks as eloquently as she writes. Patti Davis, 53, has written six books, her last was the emotionally riveting and critically acclaimed “The Long Goodbye,” a memoir of her late dad President Ronald Reagan.
Steve Dale
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Travel
Journey to Good Health... The Positive Effects of Travel
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.
Steve Dale
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Skin
Lifting the veil from Plastic Surgery
Correction can improve self-esteem and self-confidence. Thus, you can not only look better, but feel better as well.
Most people agree that what is on the inside is most important, but the outside can effect how you feel about yourself as well. An unwanted feature or appearance can make you self-conscious and less confident.That is what plastic surgery is all about, not vain, narcissistic people. It is about ordinary people with problems.
Scott Miller
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Chiropractic
Chiropractic Care & Your Mental Health
Eleanor is a forty-six year-old mother of two. Recently, she has noticed she isn’t quite herself. Her mood seems to fluctuate. She finds she is easily irritated and short on patience at work and at home. Her children have noticed the change in her as well. When they ask if everything is okay, she flatly says, “Yes,” instead of her usually vibrant responses. Eleanor also finds herself fussing with her spouse more without real reason...
Amie Bailey
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Physical Fitness
Letting Go
We all have stress in our lives – and it is here stay! But “managing” stress is the key to good health, balance and serenity.
I must admit that I need to read this article and heed my own advice as much as I am asking you to! Managing stress is such an important and effective tool for keeping our bodies healthy and strong but most importantly, for preventing illness from creeping into our systems.
Michael Sena
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Pharmacy
Side effects of Antidepressants ...
If you and your doctor have determined that an antidepressant medication is the right choice for you, the side effect profile and potential for interaction with other medications should be taken into consideration. For this reason, it is imperative that a few “essentials” be followed...
Tamara Dulin
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Respiratory
Snoring...Not a Laughing Matter
Most people think of snoring as somewhat comical, and when asked whether they snore, patients will invariably laugh. Unfortunately, snoring is not a laughing mattern...
Ho-Sheng Lin
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Is it a cold or the flu ?
Half the people with respiratory complaints are safer if they do not see a doctor!...
Anne Phelan-Adams
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From the Publisher’s Desk
The role of a child ..
It is a wonderful fall day and you have made plans to accompany your children on an outing to collect leaves for a school project. Just as you are about to leave your house, the phone rings. It is your mother calling from a nearby hospital to inform you that your dad was taken to the hospital the night before with chest pain...
Dev Anuroop Brar
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Pitter from Pat
All I want for Christmas is my memory…My Memory
During our family days, everyone in the household would call on mom to know where everything was located. I would remember having seen a glove in the bottom of the Lego box way back in the summer and know exactly where to find it when my squirrelly 8 year old needed it on a frosty Indiana morning...
Patricia Kirby
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