In 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 Face
The 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 dream
Health 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 Complements
Unfortunately, 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 Water
A website called CaringBridge makes it easy for patients
and their families and friends reach out to one another.
The Maze of Denials
Navigate your way through the system when your insurance company says ‘No.’
Six 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 Directions
When your journey down life’s road gets rough, find fulfillment on a different path.
After 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 Bs
A family of vitamins works overtime to enhance your immune system, boost energy levels, and deter disease
Wouldn’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 Thoughtfully
Television 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.