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To Sleep, Perchance To Heal: Managing Sleep Disorders Without Medications
Chronic sleep problems are so common that many people simply accept them as an inevitable part of modern life. But lack of sleep is extremely detrimental to health. According to Anne McClenon, ND, chronic sleep loss should be considered a medical emergency. But quick-fix drugs are not the answer. Nutrients like melatonin, herbs like Valerian, and elimination of late night TV or computer use, are a lot safer and more effective in restoring healthy sleep.
Vol. 9, No. 3. Fall, 2008
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Finding Balance: A New Book Extends A Helping Hand for Hurt, Harried Healers
In his new book, Finding Balance in a Medical Life, Dr. Lee Lipsenthal contends that doctors bring about much of their own unhappiness through controlling, perfectionistic and workaholic attitudes. Drawing from a wide range of psychological practices and spiritual traditions, Dr. Lipsenthal provides insights and practical tools to help fellow physicians find joy and fulfillment in their personal and professional lives.
Vol. 9, No. 2. Summer, 2008
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Sustainable Weight Loss: Understanding Famine Physiology and the Psychology of Obesity
In 2001, Jon Abrams was a successful fast-track Wall Streeter. He was also morbidly obese, weighing over 400 lb. Despite disciplined dieting on everything from Atkins to Zone, he couldn’t lose weight, until he began to understand why his body wanted to be fat. Speaking at the American Holistic Medical Association’s annual conference, he shared lessons learned on his journey back to fitness.
Vol. 8, No. 3. Fall, 2007
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The Five Faces of ADHD: A Chinese Medicine Approach
What works for attention deficit disorder? Depends on the kid, says Dr. Stephen Cowan, a holistic pediatrician who uses the Five Elements concepts from traditional Chinese medicine in working with attention problems in children. He believes modern drug therapies, with their one-size-fits-all philosophy, are doing more harm than good for many of these kids. The Five Elements approach recognizes that children are different from one another, and opens up a healthier way of addressing this increasingly common problem.
Vol. 8, No. 2. Summer, 2007
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Mild Depression: Medical Illness or Invitation For Self-Growth?
Mild to moderate depression presents big challenges to patients and their physicians, especially those inclined toward a holistic view which recognizes that "symptoms" be they physical, mental or emotional, may be signals that someone needs to make important life changes. By prescribing anti-depressant drugs, are physicians short-circuiting a patient's opportunity for personal growth? Dr. Lee Lipsenthal ponders this important question.
Vol. 8, No. 1. Spring, 2007
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Healing Words: Communicating Effectively with Your Patients
A physician's words and manner of communicating can be of great help or great harm to patients. Lee Lipsenthal, MD, looks at communication styles that help activate a patient's own innate healing abilities.
Vol. 7, No. 4. Winter, 2006
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Every Symptom Tells a Story: Guided Imagery in Clinical Practice
How someone envisions his or her health problems can give clues to deeper issues that keep them from optimal health. Martin Rossman, MD, an expert in guided imagery, explains how to use imagery to improve health outcomes.
Vol. 7, No. 4. Winter, 2006
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Amino Acid Therapy for Autism: Quelling The Nervous System on Fire
Neurotransmitter testing is revealing much about the nature of autism. Kids with this condition have extremely high levels of excitatory neurotransmitters, and very low inhibitory neurotransmitters. Basically, they're constantly on overload. Carefully guided nutritional therapy can make a profound difference in their lives.
Vol. 7, No. 2. Summer, 2006
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To Ease Chronic Pain in Children, Look to the Family
Chronic pain syndromes, including back pain, headaches, and abdominal pain are on the rise in children. Better nutrition, biofeedback and attention to family dynamics can make a world of difference
Vol. 6, No. 4. Winter, 2005
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Nutritional Causes of Neurotransmitter Deficits
High carbohydrate consumption, lack of protein, coffee, alcohol and other poor nutrition habits contribute to the neurotransmitter deficiencies that underlie depression, anxiety and other chronic mood disorders.
Online Feature. Fall, 2005
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Homeopathy Helps Women with Depression
Homeopathy can benefit many patients with depression, especially women. Dr. Lauri Grossman, a chiropractor and homeopath outlines key remedies for managing depression.
Vol. 6, No. 3. Fall, 2005
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Neurotransmitter Assessment Brings Light to Management of Psychiatric Problems
Depression, anxiety, insomnia and other psycho-emotional conditions can be effectively treated with targeted amino acid supplementation, reducing the need for expensive psychiatric drugs. Neuroscience, a new testing lab, offers doctors new tools for assessing neurotransmitter imbalances and planning treatment.
Vol. 6, No. 3. Fall, 2005
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Magnesium, B 12, Herbal Therapies Benefit Patients with Insomnia
Sleep problems are extremely common in our over-caffeinated, media-saturated lives. In many cases, nutritional and botanical substances like magnesium, Vitamin B12, and Valerian can help improve sleep without the need for prescription sleep medications.
Vol. 6, No. 1. Spring, 2005
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Sussing Out Sleep Problems
A few simple questions can tell you a lot about someone’s sleep patterns, often opening up an important opportunity for health improvement
Vol. 6, No. 1. Spring, 2005
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Integrative Medicine Calls For Integrative Thinking
Much of what passes for “integrative” medicine these days is really just a main course of conventional medicine with a little side-dish of “alternative” services. According to Dr. Frank Lipman, who practices at the crossroad of allopathic medicine, traditional Asian medicine, and bodywork, true integration calls for a radical change in how physicians¾and patients¾view health, illness, and wellness.
Vol. 6, No. 1. Spring, 2005
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Research on Sound Therapy
Sound therapies are being used to treat a range of physical and psychological ailments, and researchers are starting to understand more about how sounds can influence brainwave patterns, hormone secretion, and regulators of immune function. A guide to resources on sound therapy.
Vol. 5, No. 3. Fall, 2004
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Neuroacoustics: The Healing Power of Sound
The experience of sound is at the very core of human consciousness, and it can be a powerful tool for healing. For the last two decades, Dr. Jeffrey Thompson has dedicated himself to developing new ways to work with sound vibrations to treat depression, fatigue, cardiovascular disease, and other stress related problems.
Vol. 5, No. 3. Fall, 2004
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Digestive, Metabolic Problems Abound in Patients with ADHD, Autism
ADHD and autism are associated with a host of digestive dysfunctions, including enzyme deficiencies, impaired liver detoxification, severe constipation and diarrhea. Jeff Bradstreet, a holistic pediatrician has treated thousands of ADHD and autism patients with a comprehensive nutritional regimen that begins with clearing up the digestive problems.
Vol. 5, No. 1. Spring, 2004
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NIH to Sponsor Interdisciplinary Mind-Body Research
NIH's Integrative Neural Immune Program brings together researchers from a host of different scientific fields to explore the questions of how social systems, emotional states, and patterns of consciousness affect health and contribute to disease.
Vol. 2, No. 3. June 15, 2001
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Sleep Deprivation: America's Favorite Health Hazard
In the constantly on-the-go American lifestyle, many people consider sleep a luxury, not recognizing it for the necessity it truly is. Sleep deprivation, which is epidemic in the US, reduces immunologic resistance to infections, and greatly reduces problem-solving skills and other key brain functions.
Vol. 2, No. 3. June 15, 2001
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Recalcitrant Heart Disease? Think Sleep Apnea
Sleep disorders, including apnea are very common in patients with cardiovascular disease, and they affect a patient's ability to respond to heart disease treatment. Sleep apnea reflects a dysfunction in the relationship between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, and has a very negative impact on cardiovascular outcomes.
Vol. 2, No. 3. June 15, 2001
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To Treat Back Pain, Look to the Head & Heart
For several decades, John E. Sarno, MD, has been successfully chronic back pain without surgery or drugs. He believes that in most cases, chronic back pain reflects physical processes initiated by the brain as a diversionary tactic to keep conscious focus away from emergent rage or other undesirable emotions, a condition he calls Tension Myositis Syndrome. Dr. Sarno gives an in-depth discusses his controversial views and treatment approaches.
Vol. 2, No. 3. June 15, 2001
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Discovering the Body Within the Brain
According to vanguard neurologist Antonio Damasio, MD, PhD, the brain creates a virtual image of the body, which becomes one's locus of self-identity. Dr. Damasio's functional imaging studies are showing the ways in which emotions can influence this "body within the brain," which in turn, produces changes in the physical body itself.
Vol. 2, No. 3. June 15, 2001
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Holistic Approach Optimizes Orthopedic Surgery Outcomes
Dennis Gates, MD, a Chicago orthopedic surgeon, has found that a comprehensive holistic approach that includes smoking cessation, dietary changes, nutritional supplementation, bodywork and stress reduction, can markedly improve surgical outcomes in his patients. His holistic approach results in faster healing times and fewer complications, not to mention other general health benefits.
Vol. 2, No. 1. February 14, 2001
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