Public Health: Late G.O.P. Proposal Could Mean Plans That Cover Aromatherapy but Not Chemotherapy
A problem with stripping away minimum benefit rules is that the whole idea of “ health insurance ” starts to become murky. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - March 23, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: MARGOT SANGER-KATZ Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Mental Health and Disorders Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Law and Legislation United States Politics and Government Source Type: news
A Quick and Easy Way to Use Mindfulness for Anxiety
I admit, I like to have a plan. Knowing what's going to happen next helps me feel like I'm in control of my life. Of course, this doesn't always work out. Plans change, fall through, or simply aren't possible much of the time--and that's when anxiety can rock my world.
Having a mindfulness practice is really helping me these days. Mindfulness simply brings attention to the present moment without judgement, creating a micro-suspension in time where plans are irrelevant because all that exists is the here and now.
When I'm truly in the moment, my anxiety fades away. The challenge is finding a way to get there amidst the ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 9, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
6 Things You Can do to Improve Your Health & Wellbeing in 2017
With the new year just around the corner, it's time to start thinking about what your resolutions will be. Health and wellbeing are two of the top items that graze the lists of people trying to make big changes in their lives once the new year hits. In fact, health and wellbeing are vital to a great life and something that everyone should try and improve. If you are ready to make some changes in 2017 to improve the quality of your life through wellbeing and health, here are some of the top things you can do.
Pimp Your Bed
Health and wellbeing start with your sleep. With so much of our time spent with eyes closed, takin...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
17 Stress-Relief Gifts For Busy Moms
As a sober mom (8 years in January!) I am freaking serious about stress relief. I have to be, because I never, ever get to opt for the easy relaxation of a glass of wine or other substance to take the edge off at the end of a long day of crushing the game at home and at work.
No, these days I have to do way more time-consuming and boring stuff like meditate and exercise regularly in order to keep myself from becoming one of those frazzled moms in a stock photo whose kids are covered in like, spaghetti.
You know, this lady:
She’s just trying to talk on the phone and her kid’s on the freak...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Geriatric ED: Cost-Efficient Hub of Care
Geriatric emergency departments can pay for themselves by meeting healthcare reform incentive goals
No one can deny the aging of our population in general, and of the emergency department patient load in particular. But there is some disagreement about how EDs should respond – specifically whether it is appropriate to design geriatric emergency departments. After all, in an era of belt-tightening and budget slashing is it really our priority to invest in softer mattresses, warmer lighting and aromatherapy?
I aim to dispel the myth that geriatric EDs are just about superficial aesthetic improvements and show that these de...
Source: EPMonthly.com - December 2, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Logan Plaster Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Emergency Department Workers Face High Stress, Burnout
(Reuters Health) – - Emergency department workers face high job stress, but there is little effort to relieve their suffering, researchers say.
A review of past research on doctors, nurses and other staff in emergency departments (ED) found plenty of sources of stress, but only a handful of studies on interventions to offset the constant strain.
“Emergency department staff experience high volumes of work, and have to make quick decisions under pressure which carry a significant burden of responsibility,” said lead author Subhashis Basu of the University of Sheffield in England.
“Excessive stress may...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Beginner's Guide To Really Loving Yourself
"Take care of yourself"--What does this really mean?
Throughout the busiest days and most challenging moments of my life, I always took good care of myself--on the outside. I exercised regularly, got a decent amount of sleep, ate a healthy diet, never smoked, never turned to alcohol. I did not have any vices at all, and my body was healthy. But no matter how many salads I ate and how many aromatherapy massages I got, I was still stressed out, resentful, worried, and quietly angry. Only recently did I discover what it really means to "take care of yourself." It's been a long journey, and here are a few things I have done ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medical Tourism - A Growing Retail Heath Strategy
The Cleveland Clinic just announced plans to develop a hospital near Buckingham Palace in London. Cruise ship spas are now staffed by medical doctors and licensed acupuncturists.
The United States once had the world's market share of in-bound patients seeking healthcare from "the best healthcare system in the world." Now that the U.S. is well-acknowledged to be the most expensive healthcare system in the world, medical tourism is both in-bound and, increasingly, out-bound, with at least 1.4 million Americans seeking healthcare abroad in 2016, according to Visa. Visa estimated that the U.S. out-bound healthcare market was ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Geriatric ED: Cost-Efficient Hub of Care
Geriatric emergency departments can pay for themselves by meeting healthcare reform incentive goals
No one can deny the aging of our population in general, and of the emergency department patient load in particular. But there is some disagreement about how EDs should respond – specifically whether it is appropriate to design geriatric emergency departments. After all, in an era of belt-tightening and budget slashing is it really our priority to invest in softer mattresses, warmer lighting and aromatherapy?
I aim to dispel the myth that geriatric EDs are just about superficial aesthetic improvements and show that t...
Source: EPMonthly.com - September 19, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Logan Plaster Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Voodoo Medicine: Time To Stop
The world's most celebrated athlete standing on the podium in Rio in honor of receiving yet another gold medal has something important in common with your lazy uncle throwing back a cold one in his Barcalounger. Yes, swimming powerhouse Michael Phelps, purple-spotted from cupping therapy, and your slovenly relative with a beer gut both share a bond -- a weakness in succumbing to the allure of voodoo medicine. Modern-day snake oil salesmen hawking quick cures and TV doctors peddling the latest diet miracle with blatantly ridiculous claims are everywhere on the tube, social media, the supermarket and old-fashioned billboards...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 12, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
6 Yoga Experts Reveal Their Go-To Essential Oils
By: Shira Atkins
We asked some of our favorite yoga teachers to share their secret formulas for staying calm and centered.
Maybe you've been to yoga class and your nose perks up wistfully when your teacher walks by. Or perhaps you've gotten a massage, and noticed how certain scents make you feel invigorated, while others calm you down. The age-old practice of aromatherapy that we're referring to is powerful, and somewhat mystical, even for the non-believer.
Our sense of smell is not only functional, but also intuitive: it's saturated with wisdom about the world around as well as our internal universe. Yogis are sensual ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stress and Diabetes: Cause, Prevention, Natural Treatment
If you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, mainstream medicine treats you as if you have an incurable disease. It’s like they’re saying, “Now you’re a diabetic… that’s who you are… and that’s who you’ll always be.”
diabetes mellitus
This approach is dead-wrong.
How does diabetes develop?
Adult diabetes is not something wrong with you. It’s not that you were born cursed to develop it. It develops because of lifestyle choices and environmental factors. And it CAN be reversed.
And here’s something you probably don’t know: Mainstream medicine’s atti...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - July 29, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Health Source Type: news
1-2-3 Mindfulness For Kids!
The mind of a child abstains from the clutter and details of life, work and other responsibilities that adults normally experience. For these reasons, typically, kids have an easier time being in the present moment, while adults find themselves wanting to relearn the awareness they once had. Hence, with the constant practice of the following 10 exercises, both parent and child will be able to experience a greater sense of present awareness, grounding and contentment:
1. Visit a Park and Just Be: Allow your child to run, walk, talk, be silent or whatever your child desires to do - while you, the parent, acts as the obser...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HIGH-ly Recommended: 11 Cannabis Products That Are Totally Legal
New York -- We didn't find Mary Jane, but we did find CBD.
Leaders of the legalized marijuana and hemp industries flocked to New York City's Jacob Javitz Center this week for the Cannabis World Congress & Business Expo, and the mood there was clearly upbeat.
The prevailing thought: Countrywide legalization is coming. The only question is how fast. Leaders believe the U.S. market will be a $35 billion behemoth by 2020, stretching from high-end lifestyle products and pharmaceuticals to just about everything else.
This is "the definitive business event for the cannabis industry" and it's no joke.
It's not the m...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 17, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
