Category Archives: Topics of Interest

CHRONIC ILLNESS

Being diagnosed with a chronic illness involves the loss of one’s identity and there is grief that comes with the loss. The intensity of emotional pain usually corresponds to how much your lifestyle is compromised. Small losses are frustrating, larger … Continue reading

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Retirement/Continuing-Care Communities

With the recession many residents of continuing-care developments are receiving some unexpected news. The promises of lifetime care are not being met because the developers are faltering financially. So before committing consider the following: Read the fine print regarding what … Continue reading

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Brains of Buddhist monks scanned in meditation study

In a laboratory tucked away off a noisy New York City street, a soft-spoken neuroscientist has been placing Tibetan Buddhist monks into a car-sized brain scanner to better understand the ancient practice of meditation             Zoran Josipovic, a research scientist … Continue reading

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Mindfulness Meditation practices changes the brain

Researchers at Mass General in Boston and University of Mass Medical School in Worcester documented brain changes occurring over time in people learning how to pay attention to what a person experiences from moment to moment. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging (Jan … Continue reading

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Meditation Reduces Pain

April 6. 2011 edition of the Journal of Neuroscience published the recent results of research that shows an hour of meditation instruction on focused attention reduced pain intensity by about 40% and reduced how the person experienced that pain by … Continue reading

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Heart Disease

Cutting Carbs: A study performed by Southwest National Primate Research Center in San Antonio fed the common American diet to monkeys and within eight weeks they had increased belly fat and all the signs/symptoms of obesity and diabetes. The weight … Continue reading

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Check your prescription and non-prescription Tylenol dosage

In January of 2011 the FDA ordered makers of acetaminophen-plus-opoid combinations such as Vicodin and Percocet to limit acetaminophen to no more than 326 mg per pill/capsule. Currently combinations contain as much as 750 mg. People should look at old … Continue reading

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How to Use a Cane?

An offset cane (the upper part of the shaft bends outward) can bear more weight than a standard cane. Avoid metal handles that slip if your hands are wet. Regarding length: when standing with hand on handle your elbow should … Continue reading

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Provenge – Vaccine for Prostate Cancer approved by FDA in 2010

Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society said the approved drug is expensive ($90,000 for a full round of treatment) but it provides solid evidence that the immune system can be stimulated to fight cancer. Patients … Continue reading

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Diet and Pain of Arthritis

(from Kitchen Cabinet Cures, Reader’s Digest) Eat more: Cherry juice for 8 days as well as the fruit itself Olive oil Canned salmon, tuna, mackerel, flaxseed and walnuts (for Omega 3 fatty acids) Vegetable and fruits – the brighter the … Continue reading

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