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HEALTH NEWS

Medical Errors: It Seems Bad, But Actually It's Worse
Around 22% of medical mistakes that lead to a serious reaction or even death go unreported. This is a conservative estimate, and government officials accept the figure is more likely to be much higher. In the USA the problem could be affecting up to 13,450,000 people every year.


Surgery: Unnecessary Operations For The Insured
The old saying has it that if you visit a surgeon, he'll suggest an operation. An extreme example of this old adage has been uncovered at a hospital in California, which has been carrying out numerous cardiac operations that were completely unnecessary. Perhaps we need to adapt the adage. If you have health insurance, you're getting an operation.


Prescriptions: Doctors' Lack Of Drug Training Puts Patients At Risk
Doctors' lack of knowledge of drugs and their use is so bad that the lives of patients are constantly put at risk, a group of leading pharmacologists has claimed. Patients are becoming ill and some are dying as a result of poor prescribing. A substantial proportion of that is undoubtedly avoidable.


MORE HEALTH NEWS...
To keep up-to-date with news in the world of health and medicine, visit our Healthy News and our Healthy News Archive.


EDITORS PICK - WELLNESS CERTIFICATION TRAINING

WELLNESS INVENTORY CERTIFICATION TRAINING
NEW FALL TELECLASSES

The Wellness Inventory Certification Training will be offered this fall via two 13 week tele-classes. Designed for wellness and life coaches, wellness professionals, nurses and other health practitioners, the course is designed to create competence in delivering the program to individual and organizational clients. The Wellness Inventory, a holistic assessment and life balance program developed by wellness pioneer John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H. and HealthWorld Online, is licensed to coaches and wellness practitioners, wellness centers, spas, corporate wellness programs, and hospitals. The training is approved by the International Coach Federation for continuing coaching credit.

For more information on the Fall trainings or licensing the Wellness Inventory, contact Jim Strohecker: 310-823-9553 or jim@healthy.net or visit: wellpeople.com/Certification.asp


WELLNESS and HEALTHY LIVING

Continuing Our 12-Stage Journey to Wellness
This week our journey focuses on the power of PLAYING & WORKING, the 8th of 12 keys to wellness drawn from the Wellness Inventory whole person assessment program. Most of our daily life falls under one of these two categories. For us adults, the majority of time is usually spent focused on work with far too little time allowed for play. What passes for play for most adults is more likely to be escape activities-- distraction from the responsibilities of work. Many people turn to the entertainment industry instead of engaging in the joyful, creative, spontaneous play that is vital to our wellbeing.


Simply Well
Wellness is an illusion if there is no commitment to the health of the whole planet. We are all interdependent. In "Befriend the Earth" John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., challenges you to contribute to a saner environment by examining your own lifestyle for waste. He also offers other practical, everyday choices you can make that will contribute to your own health and support the earth at the same time.


Ask Dr. Orloff About Intuitive Healing
Transforming the face of psychiatry, Dr. Orloff asserts that we are keepers of an innate intuitive intelligence so perceptive that it can tell us how to heal - and prevent - illness. Yet intuition and spirituality are the very aspects of our wisdom usually disenfranchised from traditional health care. In "The Power of Intuition and Spirituality" Judith Orloff, M.D. shares the story of her personal journey.


Tips for a Healthy Summer
"First Aid for Poison Ivy" reminds you not to touch the plant, touch clothing or pets that have sap on them, or come in contact with the smoke of the burning plant. The tips instruct you what to do if you are unlucky enough to avoid these, and do get the skin rash.


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NATURAL ALTERNATIVES

Integrative Dentistry
TMJ (temporomandibular joint disorder) and fibromyalgia are often not diagnosed and the person may suffer for years with severe pain. In "Fibromyalgia and TMJ" Flora Parsa Stay, D.D.S. explains how these two conditions are so closely related and why treatment involving a multi-disciplinary approach, including lifestyle changes as well as addressing physical pain, will make both much more manageable.


Healthy Alternatives
In "Indications For the Use of Homeopathic Flower Remedies" Leslie J. Kaslof provides an alphabetical list of remedies by the common plant names. Each includes the symptoms that would indicate use of that remedy.


Dr. Christine Horner's Natural Secrets for Breast Health
Taking an anti-inflammatory can lower your risk of breast cancer by as much as 50%. In "Breast Health Tip #9: Anti-inflammatories" Christine Horner, M.D., F.A.C.S notes that since aspirin and ibuprofen have potential serious side effects, she recommends a safe herbal anti-inflammatory. Research shows herbal anti-inflammatories work just as well, and rather than side effects, they have a multitude of wonderful side benefits.


Healthy Man Update
Ten to fifteen percent of all couples are infertile; half the time it's due fully or partly to the man. In "Coping With Male Infertility" Lauri M. Aesoph, N.D. talks about causes and natural approaches to consider.


Find an Alternative Healthcare Professional
Looking for a practitioner specializing in naturopathic medicine? Search the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians member database in HealthWorld's Find a Practitioner Network. The network contains searchable directories with over 17,000 professionals from 20 leading professional associations in complementary/alternative and integrative medicine.


RECOMMENDED READING

Healthy Bookstore - The Water Prescription

The physical assaults that our bodies endure from pollution, stress, overly rich and processed foods, alcohol and tobacco have dramatically increased our daily need for water over what our ancestors required. In "The Water Prescription: For Health, Vitality, and Rejuvenation" Christopher Vasey, N.D. explains, not only why water is so essential to our health, but also what quantities we should drink and when. He also discusses the qualities of different types of water and demonstrates which will best address certain conditions.


HEALTHY KITCHEN

Nutrition Tips
You normally think of using seasonings to enhance the flavor of food. In "Seasonings" Elson M. Haas, M.D. explains how many herbs and spices can be used for medicinal purposes, such as stimulating the appetite or aiding digestion. He details salt, extracts, peppers, condiments, herbs and spices, and sweeteners.


There's a Yogi in the Kitchen!
Marinated ginger deserves to be used with other foods than sushi. Danish chef Oscar Umahro Cadogan brings us a recipe for "Marinated Ginger" with a heavenly taste and lovely appearance. This version produces strong tasting marinated ginger, as it contains no sweetening, great for salads, as a last minute addition to stirfries and soups, and with grilled, baked, or broiled fish. You can even try it - in very small amounts that is - with desserts.


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MIND-BODY-SPIRIT

The Healer Within
As the movement toward alternatives to drugs and surgery progresses massage is gaining popularity as a therapeutic modality. Hospitals, and even corporations, are hiring massage therapists to help with healing and to prevent the negative impacts of stress. In "Self-Applied Massage" Dr. Roger Jahnke explains how to effectively perform self-applied massage.


Music and Wellness
The merging of science with the healing qualities of the hand drum is a relatively new development. In "The Healing Power of the Drum - Part I" Robert Lawrence Friedman reports the psychological and physiological applications for a wide variety of conditions from Alzheimer's to stress management.


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PROFESSIONAL'S CORNER

WELLNESS PRACTITIONERS & LIFE COACHES
License the Wellness Inventory for Your Practice

Holistic Assessment & Life-Balancing Program
Are you looking for a tool to:
* Attract new clients
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* Determine the areas they are motivated to change
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* Help clients achieve their wellness goals
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The Wellness Inventory may be your "wellness solution".

For more information, visit: www.WellPeople.com
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WELLNESS INVENTORY CERTIFICATION TRAINING
FALL TELECLASSES

HealthWorld Online is offering Certification Training in the Wellness Inventory program this fall via a 13 week tele-class. Designed for wellness coaches, life coaches, wellness professionals, and health practitioners, the course is approved by the International Coach Federation for continuing coaching credit. The Wellness Inventory is a holistic assessment and life balance program that is licensed to coaches and wellness practitioners, wellness centers, spas, corporate wellness programs, hospitals, and educational institutions.

For more information on the Wellness Inventory and the fall trainings go to: wellpeople.com/Certification.asp

Or, contact Jim Strohecker at 310-823-9553 or jim@healthy.net


CAMEXPO WEST
Complementary & Natural Healthcare

Los Angeles, CA USA
November 10-12, 2006

The International Complementary and Natural Healthcare Conference and Expo (CAMEXPO) serves as a platform to bring together all of the individual communities of complementary, alternative and integrative medicine to influence the way medicine is practiced.

www.camexpowest.com


MORE PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES

Botanical Medicine Sourcebooks & Textbooks

Compounding Pharmacy Directory

Diagnostic Laboratory Directory

Nutritional Medicine Sourcebooks and Textbooks

The Natural Standard: The Authority on Integrative Medicine



GLOBAL HEALTH CALENDAR

-- FEATURED EVENT --
CAM Expo West Bringing the Entire Complementary and Natural Healthcare Community Together
Los Angeles, CA USA
November 10-12, 2006
Contact: Complementary and Natural Healthcare Conference and Expo - 203-656-2001

-- UPCOMING HEALTH & WELLNESS EVENTS --
World Health Freedom Assembly and Leadership Conference for Health Freedom Advocates
St. Paul, MN USA
September 29-October 1
Contact: National Health Freedom Coalition - 651-688-6515

Building Bridges of Integration for Traditional Chinese Medicine
Transformation: Spirit in Healing
East Rutherford, NJ USA
October 5-8, 2006
Contact: Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation - 888-TCM-6909

CancerGuides®
The only comprehensive training in integrative oncology
Bloomingdale, Il USA
October 9-15, 2006
Contact: The Center for Mind-Body Medicine - 202-966-7338 x241

I Can Do It
Orlando, FL USA
October 27-29, 2006
Contact: Hay House - 800-654-5126

The Science & Clinical Application of Integrative Holistic Medicine
San Diego, CA USA
October 28-November 3, 2006
Contact: Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine - 858-587-4404

Consumer Health World
(Conferences include: CDHCC, NHWPC, TETHIC, BoomerBusiness)
Washington, DC
December 11-13, 2006
Contact: Transmarx, LLC - 804-225-7458

For more leading health events visit www.healthcalendar.com


HEALTHY SHOPPING - PRODUCTS & SERVICES FOR HEALTHY LIVING
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