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Lack of Hand Washing in Hospitals Can Be Fatal
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
It is easy to forget about washing hands when we're busy, but the consequences of failing to do this lead to many deaths, cost, and morbidity. Good isolation practices need to be enforced. About 5% of hospitalized people come out of the hospital with an acquired infection.
Lack of Sleep and Risk for Aggressive Breast Cancer
submitted by: admin on 06/30/2016
Getting less than 6 hours a night of sleep is a risk factor in postmenopausal women with stage 1 or 2, estrogen positive, node negative breast cancer using the Oncotype DX tumor test. It measures the risk of tumor recurrence based on the expression of 21 oncogenes.
Lack of sleep causes inflammation in the body that increases the risk for obesity,...
Laugh More and Stress Less with Alice Glasser, MD
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
Humor is a great healer. When we laugh we activate very powerful brain chemicals that support healing. Dr. Glasser gives examples and shows us how to use laughter to combat stress and its negative effects.
Laughter is Good Medicine with Sue Walden
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
Laughter is a wonderful stress reducer. Improvisational theater is a tool to achieve that. Learning to be authentic relieves stresss. Playing games helps getting into the moment and stepping outside of expectations of self-judgment. Letting go and trusting are keys to life and to improv.
Lavender Prevents Falls in the Elderly
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
Falls in nursing homes are 2-3 times more frequent than the elderly living at home. There is considerablel morbidity and mortality with falls, especially in those people who are weak, osteoporotic, have poor balance, or on drugs that have sedative effects. In a study using lavender patches for one year showed that there were fewer falls than those...
Learning Through Relationship with Gary Gwilliam, JD
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
Gary tells the story of his journey through his own failed personal relationships and what it took to find a relationship that works. He attributes his success to being authentic and knowing the purpose of his marriage.
Level of Exercise Predicts Quality of Life and Longevity
submitted by: admin on 05/19/2014
A study out of University College London published in the April 2014 issue of BMJ.com showed that low levels of physical function that included grip strength, chair rise speed, and standing balance predicted longevity and quality of life in mid-life.
Scientists followed 5000 people aged 53 for 13 years. There were 177 deaths, and those with...
Lifestyle Health Assessment
submitted by: admin on 02/20/2015
Lifestyle is our most powerful medicine, is safe, and within our control to use. Even our genetic code, DNA, is clearly modifyable through lifestyle practices. Our belief system also has a powerful effect on our health; examples are provided. Phamacological drugs can be lifesaving, but compared to lifestyle medicine they are usually minor players.
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submitted by: admin on 11/23/2024
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Qigong with Francesco Garri Garripoli and Daisy Lee...
Listening to your Instincts with Steve Sisgold
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
Listening to your instincts, what your body is telling you. Your body's signals tell you about anxiety, self doubt, and how to achieve true wellness. Listening to your inner voice allows you to become authentic. Learn to trust!
Living a Healthy Lifestyle
submitted by: admin on 02/19/2015
Lifestyle is our most powerful medicine, is safe, and within our control to use. Even our genetic code, DNA, is clearly modifyable through lifestyle practices. Our belief system also has a powerful effect on our health; examples are provided. Phamacological drugs can be lifesaving, but compared to lifestyle medicine they are usually minor players.
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Living Life Lightly to Reduce Stress with Sue Walden
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
Stress is universal, some internal and some external. Our minds can turn life events into something stressful and we dwell in the past. Identifying stress is the first step. Most stresses are internally generated and controllable. Worry and fear sustain stress.
Living with Cancer with Dr. Richard Kunin
submitted by: admin on 11/23/2024
When we think of cancer, a lot of the time we think about the big C and we get freaked out about what we got and we're thinking about all the horrible things that are going to happen to us. And yet, we live with cancer all the time. We all have cancer in us at any single moment of time and some of those cancers are fairly sizable. Autopsies done...
Load Up on Fiber Now and Avoid Heart Disease Later
submitted by: admin on 11/23/2024
Most of the time we associate fiber with bowel health, especially constipation. However, fiber has a prominent role in lowering hypertension, weight, and cholesterol and has been shown to lower the risk of heart disease later in life. We need between 25 and 40 grams a day of fiber and this can easily be achieved by filling two thirds of your plate with fruit,...
Loneliness in Seniors
submitted by: admin on 11/23/2024
Loss of friends, illness, dementia, and lack of interests lead to withdrawl and lonliness. We need stimulation, both mental and physical and should be engaged in life. Retirement can be challenging.
Lonliness and Isolation with Meg Jordan, PhD
submitted by: admin on 11/23/2024
Lonliness and isolation increase our risk for morbidity and mortality by up to 500%. Our survival depends on the healing power of love, intimacy and relationships at every level. The journey towards our inner truth is too lonely to go it alone. Teleologically we are built to have healthy relationships.
Losing Weight with Byetta with Joe Prendergast, MD
submitted by: admin on 11/23/2024
Byetta comes from lizard spit; it is an "incretin." It helps lower blood sugar and slow down glucose absorption. There are hundreds of metabolic hormones involved in sugar metabolism. Weight loss is a "side effect" of Byetta.
Love: The Essence of Being with Emmett Miller, MD
submitted by: admin on 11/23/2024
Embracing wholeness synergizes the love within. If each of us build a commonality where we become inseparable, the power of connection and love emerges. Emmett’s beautiful stories will warm your heart...
Low Calcium Diet Promotes Kidney Stones
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
Women with a history of kidney stones have a higher absorption rate of calcium present in the diet. Consuming adequate calcium reduces calcium absorption from the gut and helps prevent calcium stones. Most people with calcium kidney stones mistakenly lower their calcium intake. Low calciium intake actually increases the absorption of calcium from the gut and...
Low Dose Naltrexone
submitted by: admin on 06/24/2016
Low dose naltrexone (LDN) has been implicated to help with cancer, HIV/AIDS, autoimmune diseases, and much more. Now it has been shown to have a potent antitumor effect on human ovarian cancer in both tissue culture and in animal xenografts. Naltrexone (NTX) is a general opioid receptor antagonist that results in compensatory elevation in endogenous opioids and...
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