 | Medical Guide Editor's Letter - 2010Sometimes we have bigger choices to make: As this year’s issue of Palm Springs Life’s Medical Guide points out, we can exert greater control of our bodies and minds than we actually do. |
 | On the Forefront - How to Reduce Blood PressureDespite the fact that lifestyle choices allow people to control their blood pressure, one in three Americans suffers from hypertension. Among them, about 70 percent are undergoing treatment |
 | On the Forefront - Multiple ChoicesTypical winery websites describe the vineyards, the winemaker, the wines, and the tasting room. The navigation bar on Cleavage Creek Winery’s website (www.cleavagecreek.com) includes a link titled “Choices” that takes you to a section dedicated to those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. |
 | On the Forefront - Luxury RecoveryHospital stays can be almost as stressful, tiring, inconvenient, and difficult for patients’ families as they are for the patients themselves. The Greg and Stacey Renker Pavilion at Eisenhower Medical Center aims to ease those discomforts with 24 hotel-like suites that include two bathrooms and living areas that allows overnight guests. |
 | On the Forefront - Surgery vs. BalloonsIn late February 2010, the National Institutes of Health announced findings of a landmark nine-year study comparing treatments for clogged arteries. |
 | On the Forefront - Feed Your FaceThe Body Deli in Palm Desert created a Blueberry Fusion Resurfacing Facial Wash that nourishes your skin with antioxidants and organic “superfoods,” while providing the clinical advantage of exfoliation. |
 | On the Forefront - To sleep, perchance to dreamHealth and beauty experts agree: Adults need eight hours of sleep for optimum wellness, appearance, and performance. Yet three out of four Americans fail to get that recommended amount of time to let their bodies rejuvenate on a daily basis. |
 | Looking for ComplementsUnfortunately, our sick-care-based medical system trivializes wellness promotion. This is where complementary and alternative medicine can play an important role in helping many patients. An alternative-medicine provider can fill gaps in Western medicine. |
 | Bridge Over Troubled WaterA website called CaringBridge makes it easy for patients and their families and friends reach out to one another. |
 | The Maze of DenialsSix of California’s largest private insurers denied 47.7 million claims (22 percent of all claims) from Jan. 1, 2002, through June 30, 2009, according to the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee. |
 | New DirectionsAfter cancer surgery in 1999, doctors gave a retired high school teacher six months to live. He and his wife made funeral arrangements.Three years and 29 surgeries later, Bob walked 15 miles a day in Peru, helping Medical Ministry International bring healthcare to the world’s poor. |
 | Busy BsWouldn’t it be great if you could ease stress, curb depression, improve your memory, and reduce your risk of heart disease without pricey prescriptions and side effects? |
 | Choose Drugs ThoughtfullyTelevision ads assure us that drugs can relieve digestive and respiratory problems, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, stop/reverse bone loss, and keep pain and depression at bay. The names of these miracle workers become as commonplace as our ailments. |
 | Lose Weight, Live Longer — Go Veg!Before you dismiss the idea of coloring your world with green, yellow, orange, red, purple, and white veggies, consider this: The American Dietetic Association numbers among the benefits of a vegetarian diet reduced risks of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer, and gallstones. |
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