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Healthy Update
Your Home for Healthy Living
December 21, 2009 - Vol. 21, Issue 23

Healthy Update provides the latest news, expert articles and resources on wellness, healthy living, and integrative medicine. A weekly service of HealthWorld Online since 1997.
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HEALTH NEWS

Loneliness Can Be Contagious, Study Finds
Loneliness, like a bad cold, can spread among groups of people, according to a study by researchers at the University of Chicago, the University of California-San Diego and Harvard. Using longitudinal data from a large-scale study that has been following health conditions for more than 60 years, a team of scholars found that lonely people tend to share their loneliness with others. Gradually over time, a group of lonely, disconnected people moves to the fringes of social networks.
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Burned Out, Depressed Surgeons More Likely To Commit More Major Medical Errors
Surgeons who are burned out or depressed are more likely to say they had recently committed a major error on the job, according to the largest study to date on physician burnout. The new findings suggest that the mental well-being of the surgeon is associated with a higher rate of self-reported medical errors, something that may undermine patient safety more than the fatigue that is often blamed for many of the medical mistakes.     View more


CT scans could be causing cancer
Radiation doses from CT (computed tomography) scans are so much higher than everyone thought that they could be causing cancer, a new study has discovered. In some groups, one in 80 people who have a routine CT scan will go on to develop cancer from the radiation, researchers at the University of California at San Francisco found.      View more


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WELLNESS & HEALTHY LIVING

Wellness Inventory Continuing our Wellness Journey - Thinking
This week our journey focuses on the power of Thinking, the 7th of 12 keys to wellness drawn from the Wellness Inventory whole person assessment program. This stage of the journey relates thinking to physical and mental health, and offers some creative options for using thinking to improve your wellbeing.       View more


Simply Well - "Explore Healing Music and Sounds" - John W. Travis, MD, MPH
Music alters the body and the mind. In "Explore Healing Music and Sounds" John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., reminds us that music can enhance deep relaxation, supply you with new energy, stimulate creativity, and even transport you into other states of consciousness - depending on the type of music you choose.      View more


Staying Healthy Tips - "10 Tips for Winter Health & Stress Reducers " - Elson Haas, MD
Take time for reflection. The introspective nature of winter provides an excellent opportunity for greater reflection and self-assessment. Take an honest look at where you are. At the same time, be gentle with yourself. If you are somewhat depleted, you may also feel more vulnerable and more susceptible to illness. Your emotions may be high, or you may be more sensitive than usual. See if you are able to accept yourself more fully in as many areas of your life as possible.      View more

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NATURAL ALTERNATIVES

Integrative Dentistry - "Mercury Dental Fillings: Hazard Or Hoax" - Flora Parsa Stay, DDS
On a daily basis thousands of individuals have mercury and silver inserted into their teeth by American dentists. There are claims that mercury is hazardous causing a variety of illnesses including brain damage, birth defects, multiple sclerosis, memory loss, chronic fatigue and allergies. On the other hand the American Dental Association maintains that mercury amalgam fillings are safe and it is unethical for a dentist to suggest or recommend the removal of amalgam restorations for the alleged purpose of removing toxic substance from the body. In "Mercury Dental Fillings: Hazard Or Hoax" Flora Parsa Stay, D.D.S. explains under what circumstances mercury can be toxic, and offers guidelines for evaluating your own exposure. She recommends you not add any new mercury dental fillings.     View more


From Fatigued to Fantastic - "Treating Diabetes Naturally" - Jacob Teitelbaum MD
Diabetes is when the level of sugar in your blood is too high. Your body makes insulin to carry sugar from the blood into your cells where it can be burned as fuel. In "Treating Diabetes Naturally", Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum shares practical, natural approaches and an integrative medicine program for effectively managing or reversing diabetes.      View more


Integrator Blog - Rocket Science, the Manhattan Project and a Healthy Nation Partnership
Implementing healthy practices seem straightforward. Solving them seems to be not "rocket science." But then why are we having such difficulties? A public-private Healthy Nation Partnership and a section of proposed federal health reform legislation each suggest the dimensions of brilliance we must draw upon to lay a foundation for a healthy society. The former initiative, recently announced, is led by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the AARP and the Bravewell Collaborative; the latter by US Senator Tom Harkin, the Samueli Institute and others. Wellness entrepreneur James Strohecker, CEO of HealthWorld Online suggests the nation needs another "Manhattan Project" such as was created to develop the bomb. But might not the key to establishing Harkin's "wellness society" be nothing less than unraveling what was sown by that earlier project?      View more

"The Integrator Blog" offers News, Reports, Opinions and Networking for the Business, Education, Policy and Practice of Integrative Medicine, CAM and Integrative Health Care, from Publisher/Editor John Weeks.


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HEALTHY KITCHEN

Chef Teton's Essential Cuisine- "Cultured Foods" - Susan Campbell
Have you ever noticed that sometimes after you've finished a meal, you don't feel satisfied? Something was missing, but you can't put your finger on what it may be. Cultured foods can fill that missing gap in the meal and make the process easy. These foods simply start with a whole, natural food, and change it to a new, slightly sour food with a different texture within a matter of hours through a process of fermentation.      View More


Fabulous Functional Foods - "Hazelnut Bread" - Oscar Umahro Cadogan
Imagine a bread every bit as substantial and savory as wholegrain bread, but containing no grains. Danish chef Oscar Umahro Cadogan brings us this recipe for "Hazelnut Bread" which is suitable for people allergic to gluten, those following the "Specific Carbohydrate Diet", and those following other low carbohydrate diets. The large amount of flaxseed provides plenty of Omega-3 PUFAs and phytoestrogens.      View More

MIND-BODY-SPIRIT

Mind/Body Health - "The Keys to Healthy Aging" - David Sobel, MD
Today, most people don't just want to live long lives. They want to live long healthy lives. We all know people who have been very successful at aging - not just the "super elders" who run marathons, but ordinary people who maintain vital, active lives, even in the face of chronic illness, says David S. Sobel, M.D. in "The Keys to Healthy Aging". But what are the predictors of healthy aging?      View more


Spiritual Wellness - "Rendering Unto Caesar" - Philip Goldberg, PhD
As we approach the final lap in a presidential campaign, Philip Goldberg finds himself reflecting on the relationship between spirituality and social/political involvement. In "Rendering Unto Caesar" he notes that on the one hand, by turning our gaze inward to the true source of happiness, spiritual teachings can foster detachment from social problems. On the other hand, the spiritual path can lead to direct social and political engagement. You may feel ill-equipped to have an impact on the world stage. But your vote counts, every check you write makes a difference, every act of kindness adds up.     View more

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PROFESSIONAL'S CORNER

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