How to Stay Optimally Healthy in Tough Economic Times
by Johanna A. Downey | The condition of today’s economic situation is on most everyone’s collective mind. With unemployment reaching over 14% in Nevada, many families are finding their incomes have shrunk significantly or have completely disappeared. With this, priorities have shifted. “Right-sizing” is the new buzzword and all eyes are keeping a close watch on discretionary expenses and budgeting. During these trying economic times, more and more people will be finding themselves on the other side of the employment curve. Now, let’s briefly look at this health fact: With the average obesity rate in Nevada achieving 24.1%, latest figures from the ...
Doctors Are More Harmful Than Germs, How Surgery Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
book by Harvey Bigelsen, M.D. | reviewed by June Milligun, M.Ed., CCHt | Doctor Bigelsen was astonished when he saw an example of live human blood for the first time. That was not during medical school here in the US, however. It was years later when he and a few other doctors were chosen by a private foundation to study European leading edge diagnostic, treatment and research procedures. He was eager to learn new ways of looking at disease, because after completing his residency in California, he realized that he was woefully unprepared to practice medicine. This trip, which ended up ...
Packing a Healthy Lunch
Getting that school lunch bag ready for your child can prove to be more of a challenge than you think. The menu has to be portable, nutritious, appealing to kids, easy to prepare and safe to eat. It also needs to be different from day to day. You can’t keep bagging the same stuff. A recent survey of 2,000 households in Port Washington, N.Y., found that 74 percent of all box lunches for school include a sandwich. Peanut butter and jelly tops the list. The survey also found that 70 percent pack chips or pretzels, and that 59 percent include a ...
ADD/ADHD & Other Learning Disabilities
by Dr. Martin P. Rutherford, DC | Most people view Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), hyperactivity and learning disabilities as behavioral problems or psychological issues. However, these disorders are actually a complex net of neurological, immunological and nutritional problems. ADD, ADHD, hyperactivity disorders, etc. are just labels, and not good ones. They put expectations on a child that they often will live up or down to. Traditional diagnoses of ADD and ADHD are understandable, but they do not tell us what to do to find the mechanism of the child’s “behavioral” problem, in order to balance, improve ...
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Our Wounds are a Portal to God Part 4
by Andy Drymalski, EdD | A man dreamed, “I see a soft bluish light emitted from wounds and sores on someone’s body. I’m to understand that there is a luminescent component to all wounds and to the organs of the inner body. Fascinated, I show this to my children.” One of the things that make this dream so interesting is that it challenges us to see wounds and illnesses in a way that we usually... [Read more]
What’s up at the Half Dome
by Rick Deutsch, Mr. Half Dome | Yosemite’s Half Dome is not only the signature landmark of the park, it appears on the 2005 US Quarter representing California to the world. It is one of the most popular day hikes in the country and is both a goal and a journey for fit visitors. The 12-hour marathon hike is completed by over 50,000 people a year. The peak stands 8,842 feet above sea level and was... [Read more]
How to Stay Optimally Healthy in Tough Economic Times
by Johanna A. Downey | The condition of today’s economic situation is on most everyone’s collective mind. With unemployment reaching over 14% in Nevada, many families are finding their incomes have shrunk significantly or have completely disappeared. With this, priorities have shifted. “Right-sizing” is the new buzzword and all eyes are keeping a close watch on discretionary expenses and budgeting.... [Read more]
Doctors Are More Harmful Than Germs, How Surgery Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
book by Harvey Bigelsen, M.D. | reviewed by June Milligun, M.Ed., CCHt | Doctor Bigelsen was astonished when he saw an example of live human blood for the first time. That was not during medical school here in the US, however. It was years later when he and a few other doctors were chosen by a private foundation to study European leading edge diagnostic, treatment and research procedures. He was eager... [Read more]
Packing a Healthy Lunch
Getting that school lunch bag ready for your child can prove to be more of a challenge than you think. The menu has to be portable, nutritious, appealing to kids, easy to prepare and safe to eat. It also needs to be different from day to day. You can’t keep bagging the same stuff. A recent survey of 2,000 households in Port Washington, N.Y., found that 74 percent of all box lunches for school include... [Read more]
ADD/ADHD & Other Learning Disabilities
by Dr. Martin P. Rutherford, DC | Most people view Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), hyperactivity and learning disabilities as behavioral problems or psychological issues. However, these disorders are actually a complex net of neurological, immunological and nutritional problems. ADD, ADHD, hyperactivity disorders, etc. are just labels, and not... [Read more]
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