Unconventional Ways to Lose Weight…Maybe
By Amy Campbell
America's quest to lose weight continues. As a nation, we're heavier than ever and just as eager to shed those pounds quickly and painlessly. More than 30% of US adults are obese; this statistic is the same as it was 10 years ago, so things aren't getting much better. There's a clear link between being overweight or obese and Type 2 diabetes, and excess weight is linked with many other health conditions, as well.
Losing weight is hard and keeping the weight off is harder. And while the concept of being "fit and fat" has taken hold, the reality is that obese people who are deemed to be "metabolically healthy...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - March 17, 2014 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs
Pain Medicine News - Fibromyalgia Now Widely Recognized as Requiring Multimodal Approach
Israeli fibromyalgia guidelines published online in November 2013 and Canadian guidelines published in May 2013 follow in the solid footsteps of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology preliminary diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia. The Canadian and Israeli documents eschew an extensive physical examination and a tender-point count, focus on the importance of nonpharmacologic treatments and recognize fibromyalgia as neither a distinct rheumatic nor mental disorder. German guidelines cut from similar cloth were published in 2008."All three guidelines focus on a multimodal approach; and we emphasize the primacy of physic...
Source: Psychology of Pain - March 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 30 – Towards a systematic view of Deepest Business Health
Today on the podcast, I explore how I approach helping Chinese medicine students and practitioners have true health in their businesses.
This is an important topic for me, and one that is becoming increasingly a part of my daily focus. In the podcast, I talk about five basic elements of every healthy business, what those elements involve, and how we might want to start thinking about them. I emphasize the complexity and fun of business, and open the door for your thoughts and questions.
As has been my habit, I also dig into a few little features. I mention the diversity of acupuncture related projects on Indiegogo, some of...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - March 12, 2014 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey Tags: Podcast Source Type: blogs
5 Essential Remedies for Treating Depression: Coming Back from the Brink
Graeme Cowan suffered through a five-year episode of depression that his psychiatrist described as the worst he has ever treated.
Part of his recovery involves helping people build their resilience and mental fitness as the Director of R U OK? In his book, Back From the Brink: True Stories and Practical Help for Overcoming Depression and Bipolar Disorder, he offers advice gleaned from interviews with 4,064 people who live with mood disorders.
He asked the respondents to rate the treatments they had tried and how much each had contributed to their recovery. Here’s what he found.
The following were the top eleven mos...
Source: World of Psychology - March 7, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Bipolar Depression Disorders Family Friends General Medications Mental Health and Wellness Motivation and Inspiration Psychiatry Psychology Psychotherapy Research Self-Help Treatment Bipolar Disorder Clinical Psychology C Source Type: blogs
What it is like to Go Through a Medical Clinical Trial
This is a first-person ordeal of my experience of a medical clinical trial for the Veteran's hospital using acupuncture to relieve sleep associated with PTSD.Contributor: Allison MurphyPublished: Mar 06, 2014 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - March 6, 2014 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 29 – Structural integration and acupuncture : An interview with Cintain 昆游龍
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Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - March 5, 2014 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey Tags: Podcast Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 29 – Structural integration and acupuncture : An interview with Cintain 昆游龍
The main event for this week’s podcast is digging into the similarities and differences between the theories underlying acupuncture and structural integration.
We explore what this might mean for Chinese medicine practitioners, how we classically informed practitioners can or should integrate Western anatomical understanding, and so much more. Is the jingmai system the same as the fascial system described in work like Anatomy Trains? Also in this podcast, a new scholarship fund and more about social media and why Chinese medicine practitioners should pay attention to it.
I’m still very interested in hearing you...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - March 5, 2014 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey Tags: Podcast Source Type: blogs
Making a living doing what we love : Chinese medicine and business
I teach the business curriculum at NCNM to all the Chinese medicine students.
I’m currently preparing to revise my previous curriculum in preparation for the next class this summer. At the same time, I am fielding a *lot* of personal questions from people in all phases of their careers about how to do various things in business. I’m getting something like a dozen questions a day via Twitter, Facebook, email and face-to-face interactions. That’s quite an increase in interest!
All these questions, as well as those that naturally come up as I seek to take my own businesses to the next level, have me thinking...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - February 28, 2014 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Business and Productivity Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Chinese Medicine Podcast 28 – Why should you care about acupuncture professional associations like the AAAOM?
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Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - February 26, 2014 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey Tags: Podcast Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Chinese Medicine Podcast 28 – Why should you care about acupuncture professional associations like the AAAOM?
Chinese Medicine Central Podcast 28 is chiefly taken up by my conversation spurred by this Acupuncture Today article concerning the disorganization and recent organizational dysfunction of the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AAAOM). In that section, I believe I make a fairly compelling case for why you SHOULD care about national professional organizations, why we should think of ourselves as a profession at all, and a couple of quick ways you can (and should) get involved on the state or national level.
At some point in recording this, I realized that I probably made a fairly good case for my bei...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - February 26, 2014 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey Tags: Podcast Source Type: blogs
Comprehensive review of the digital versions of Peter Deadman’s manual of acupuncture
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Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - February 25, 2014 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Acupuncture, Herbs & Other modalities Source Type: blogs
Comprehensive review of the digital versions of Peter Deadman’s manual of acupuncture
It’s no surprise to anyone who reads Chinese Medicine Central regularly that I’m more of an herbs guy than an acupuncture guy. I deeply respect the modality, however, and do seek to extend my understanding of it with each treatment I give. My time devoted to study of acupuncture is minuscule compared to the time I give to studying herbs. Despite this (or perhaps because of it?) Peter Deadman’s Manual of Acupuncture is one of my most commonly referenced texts on any given day. He made the basic information (location, names, indications) so simple to reference, while also giving plenty of deeper cuts into h...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - February 25, 2014 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Acupuncture, Herbs & Other modalities Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast Episode 27 – Chinese medicine and vegan or vegetarian diets
In this episode of the Chinese Medicine Central podcast, I’ve decided to revisit the topic of one of the most popular posts on the site over the last 7 years. In that article, I discuss how a person who chooses to follow a vegan diet can do so in line with basic Chinese medicine philosophy. It was written some time ago, during which time I was a devoted vegan (and had been for many years). I figured it was time for an update.
There was a little bit of trouble with the audio in this podcast, which I tried to clear up. But, if you hear any distortions or odd pitch changes, know that I am aware of the problem and will b...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - February 19, 2014 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey Tags: Podcast Source Type: blogs
