Expanding our definition of spiritual competence
The first thing I remember as I regained consciousness, lying in a hospital emergency room, was hearing a nurse ask my mom if I was allergic to any foods. With my eyes still closed, I said, “asparagus,” thinking this might reduce the chances of anyone serving me what was then a dreaded vegetable.
“Asparagus,” repeated the nurse, making a note on my admission form.
And then, with a chuckle and what must have been a great sense of relief to see me alert, Mom said, “He’s not allergic to anything; he just doesn’t like asparagus. Obviously, nothing has happened to his sense of humor.”
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 30, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/eric-nelson" rel="tag" > Eric Nelson < /a > Tags: Conditions Hospital Source Type: blogs
The Top Five Digital Health Innovations For Food Tracking and Eating
Technological innovations aim to help us track what’s in our food, what we should eat based on our genetic background or support the process of bringing those delicious bites from the bowl into our mouths. Here, I enlisted the top trends concerning eating and food tracking. Check it out!
Almost 700 million people have some health problem with food or eating
For some, eating is the most natural process on Earth. You are hungry, you get some nice food and some company, you sit down and have the meal making you happy and full. These people do not know how lucky they are. Researchers estimate that up to 15 million Ameri...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 27, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: TMF Tags: Future of Food Genomics Health Sensors & Trackers digital health digital innovation eating food scanner food sensors food trackers food tracking gc3 Medicine parkinson technology wearable wearables Source Type: blogs
23andMe: A Medgadget Review
Conclusion
My 23andMe reports were highly informative to read. Much more than mere test results, I learned a lot about rare genetic disorders and about the genetic profiling process. Whether or not you have any background or interest in science, there’s a lot of cool educational material here.
Now, as for whether or not this service is appropriate for you depends on your intentions. If you simply want to learn more about genetics, health, or medicine in a very personal way, 23andMe is awesome. It’s the ultimate science experiment that demonstrates in a great way the capabilities of genomics, and, if you opt ...
Source: Medgadget - May 11, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Scott Jung Tags: Exclusive Genetics Source Type: blogs
Building Unity Farm Sanctuary - First Week of May 2017
We continue to work on the forests and trails surrounding the Unity property to create a community resource. The map below shows the current status of the land (water is in blue) - 18 trails, 10 bridges, 3 ponds, and 5 streams. We ’re clearing invasive non-native plants, removing decades of scrap metal/pottery/plastic midden piles, and taken down unstable dead trees that are a safety issue. With every passing week, the land becomes more and more accessible. Every time I go to the rural foundation meadow, I find it filled with wild turkeys, deer, raptors, coyotes, and rabbits. Our goal is to pro...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - May 4, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
What to Expect During Your Third Trimester
Congratulations you are at the beginning of your third trimester.
“Babies weigh about 2.2 pounds by the start of the third trimester. They can blink their eyes, which now sport lashes. And their wrinkled skin is starting to smooth out as they put on baby fat. They’re also developing fingernails, toenails, and real hair (or at least some peach fuzz), and adding billions of neurons to their brain. Your blossoming baby will spend his or her final weeks in utero putting on weight.”
Week 28
This week your baby is settling into the proper position for birth, with his/her head facing downward. He/she is also busy adding n...
Source: Cord Blood News - April 3, 2017 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Maze Cord Blood Tags: babies parents pregnancy third trimester Source Type: blogs
Hot soup in a hurry
I come from a long line of skilled soup makers. In the late 1800s, my great-grandmother Enrichetta Cavagnolo, newly arrived from northern Italy, was a soup chef at Delmonico’s in New York City. Enrichetta’s daughter and granddaughters (my grandmother, mother, and aunts) were talented soup makers as well, to the delight of our well-fed family.
But the soup-making gene seemed to skip me. I was never interested in boiling bones for broth, chopping mounds of vegetables, and stirring soup — with love — for hours. It was too much fuss, I thought — until I learned the shortcut.
Fast and healthy
Turns out, making a delic...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - November 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heidi Godman Tags: Health Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
What ’ s All the Hype About Fermentation?
Before there was refrigeration, there was fermentation. This was how our great grandparents managed to pick radishes, cucumbers, or asparagus in summer and then consume them throughout fall and winter. They’ve allowed foods to ferment, which is the process of degradation by bacteria and fungi. If you eat kosher pickles, prosciutto, salami, and yogurt, you are already consuming fermented foods, whether you know it or not.
Fermentation: The old way for humans to store food for more than a few days after picking or harvesting. – Tweet this!
Fermented foods are a source for lactate-fermenting organisms such as Lactobacillu...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 4, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Dr. Davis Fermentation News & Updates Wheat Belly Lifestyle Wheat-elimination success stories Dr. William Davis Weight Loss Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
Recipes for Successful Entertaining With MS: Start With Eggs!
After I posted about my cooking demonstrations at MS Life 2016, I received a number of requests for the recipes I’d shared at that event. So I thought I’d share those with you today. These recipes are easy, fast to prepare, and suitable for entertaining.
I know that the act of having someone over for a meal can be daunting for many of us with multiple sclerosis (MS) when we think about expense, fatigue, and coordination issues. But not having others over, especially if we used to entertain at home, can contribute to our social isolation.
The three recipes included here can be used for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinn...
Source: Life with MS - September 22, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Trevis Gleason Tags: multiple sclerosis life with MS Living with MS MS and family MS fatigue Source Type: blogs
Gulf War Syndrome: Emotional Disorder or Vaccine Injury?
The words of the “Star Spangled Banner” were written during the war of 1812. Amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, wrote the words to what is now our national anthem after a night of watching bombs drop on Fort McHenry. As bombs dropped in the dark of night, flashes of light illuminated our flag. As each bomb dropped, Key would look to Fort McHenry to see if that star spangled banner was still waiving.
As long as our flag was still there, he knew we were maintaining our advantage and holding the Fort. The most famous line of our national anthem is, “Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave, O’er the land of the fr...
Source: vactruth.com - August 30, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Sarah Carrasco Tags: Physical Sarah Carrasco Top Stories adjuvant Direct Order Gulf War Syndrome squalene vaccine injury Source Type: blogs
5 Ways to Get Productive and Stay Productive
You're reading 5 Ways to Get Productive and Stay Productive, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
With our smartphone, tablet and computer at arm’s reach it can be a challenge to be productive.
All it takes is a simple login to Netflix or seeing a youtube video of a bunny eating asparagus with electronic rave music playing in the background for 4 hours to go by without a trace.
There's nothing wrong with rewarding yourself with some internet time or other activities you enjoy. But if you constantly find you...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - August 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: psysci Tags: featured self improvement time management be more productive best productivity blogs get more done pickthebrain self improvement tips Source Type: blogs
Protein Paradox: Enrique De La Cruz Aims to Understand Actin
Credit: Jeff Foley, American Heart Association.
Enrique M. De La Cruz
Grew up in: Newark and Kearny, New Jersey
Job site: Yale University
Favorite food: His mom’s Spanish-style polenta (harina de maíz)
Alternative career: Managing a vinyl record shop
Favorite song: “Do Anything You Wanna Do” by Eddie & The Hot Rods
Enrique De La Cruz stood off to the side in a packed room. As he waited for his turn to speak, he stroked the beads of a necklace. Was he nervous? Quietly praying? When he took center stage, the purpose of the strand became clear.
Like a magician—and dressed all in black—De La Cruz held up the n...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - August 3, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Emily Carlson Tags: Being a Scientist Cell Biology Cellular Processes Proteins Source Type: blogs
New York City Garden 2016
It’s been a long year or so without our balcony herb garden. Mandatory brickwork outside our apartment started in April 2015 with a Cristo-like gauze wrapping around the entire facade and taping shut our windows and balcony door. We lived like that for almost an entire year, until finally, in April, we were allowed access to the balcony again.
That’s the bad part.
The good part is that I got to start the balcony garden all over again. The building had removed our handmade deck floor, so I replaced it with a wonderful and inexpensive Ikea deck floor.
I also swapped out our rusting bistro set and rickety plant ...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - June 27, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Gardening Balcony garden Best garden supplies NYC Garden centers NYC Manhattan New York New York City resources Urban gardening Source Type: blogs
Compulsive Foreign Language Syndrome: Man Becomes Obsessed With Speaking Fake French
You may have seen headlines such as: Florida Man Woke Up In A Motel Room Speaking Only Swedish. Or: Englishman wakes up speaking Welsh after stroke (“Rare brain disorder left English-speaking Alun Morgan only able to communicate in Welsh”). The first case was likely due to a fugue state, a type of dissociative disorder involving loss of personal identity and aimless wandering (Stengel, 1941). The second seems like an unusual example of bilingual aphasia involving loss of the ability to speak one's native language (rather than the more commonly affected second language). Perhaps you've even seen paranormal claims like:...
Source: The Neurocritic - May 29, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs
Recommended Probiotics for Kids
Promoting healthy, diverse gut bacteria appears able to make a big difference in keeping us healthy. That’s why I often recommend probiotics for the kids in my pediatric practice. This is especially true after a course of antibiotics.
Many parents are confused by the wide array of probiotics available and ask for my recommendations. There are several nice options. I suggest trying one and observing changes in y0ur child’s digestive health. If you don’t see the desired result (either stool that is too loose or continued constipation), try a different brand.
Brands of Recommended Probiotics for Kids
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Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - March 7, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Nutrition Probiotics Vitamins & Supplements Source Type: blogs
Recommended Probiotics for Kids
Promoting healthy, diverse gut bacteria appears able to make a big difference in keeping us healthy. That’s why I often recommend probiotics for the kids in my pediatric practice. This is especially true after a course of antibiotics.
Many parents are confused by the wide array of probiotics available and ask for my recommendations. There are several nice options. I suggest trying one and observing changes in y0ur child’s digestive health. If you don’t see the desired result (either stool that is too loose or continued constipation), try a different brand.
Brands of Recommended Probiotics for Kids
Garden of ...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - March 7, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Dr. Alan Greene Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Nutrition Probiotics Vitamins & Supplements Source Type: blogs
