Expand Your Self-Care Horizon with Quantum Energy
These days, stress seems to spike at every turn, especially in the wake of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and stressed out individuals continue to seek strategies to improve health, wellbeing and harmony. Quantum energy and frequencies have a long history of use in alternative medicine, and relate to the quantum physics principles described by scientists […]
The New Physician Network Advantage
The healthcare industry has been experiencing a significant shift in recent years, as physicians have increasingly been leaving the traditional fee-for-service model in favor of joining or forming larger physician networks. These networks can offer significant advantages to physicians, including increased negotiating power with payers, access to shared resources and support, and improved patient outcomes. […]
What Has (And Hasn’t) Changed About Data And Pop Health
Population health is a field that focuses on understanding and improving the health outcomes of entire populations, rather than just individuals. Data has always played a critical role in this field, providing insights into health trends, identifying risk factors for diseases, and informing public health policies and interventions. In recent years, however, there have been […]
New Guidelines Include Medications For Treatment of Alcohol Dependence
Well-established ways to overcome alcoholism include counseling, 12-step recovery programs and addiction treatment centers. But government statistics show that 75 percent of people receiving conventional treatment for alcohol dependence relapse to heavy drinking within the first year of beginning treatment. A division of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has recently issued […]
Using Subtypes to Guide Treatment of Advanced Breast Cancer
For patients with breast cancer, knowing whether the diagnosis is early stage or advanced is needed to help treat the disease. Vice-President and Chief Medical Officer for Georgia Cancer Specialists, Cheryl Jones, MD, has experience in treating patients with advanced breast cancer, an incurable but treatable disease, which comprises metastatic (stage IV) and locally advanced (stage […]
A Mushroom That Heals? An All-Natural Alternative That Stimulates the Immune System
For years, researchers and practitioners have known that mushrooms are a powerful medicinal source. In the 1970s Japanese researchers were able to isolate a powerful extract in one mushroom in the form of a polysaccharide krestin (PSK) and found that it had strong, anti-tumor and anti-cancer capabilities. The Japanese government started providing it to patients […]
Healthy Habits Help Your Heart And Brain
A healthy heart has many benefits, but did you know that a healthy brain is one of them? Brain health and heart health are closely connected, and forging healthy lifestyle habits at any age will help keep both your brain and your heart at peak performance.According to a recent survey from the American Heart Association, […]
Virtual Colonoscopy Is Becoming a Reality for More People
Colorectal cancer deaths are slowly declining, but shocking racial and ethnic disparities remain. According to the American Cancer Society, Latinos living in the United States are more likely to develop and die from this disease than those in many Central and South American countries. African-Americans are at least 41 percent more likely to die from […]
Health Trend to Watch in 2018 – Personalized Medicine
When scientists first read the entire genetic code of a human being in 2003, the monumental achievement promised a new era in medicine. What diseases we get, and how we respond to drugs, depends in large part on our own individual genes. Knowing our own genetic code, therefore, makes it possible to design specific treatments […]
Self-care on Your Schedule with Mental Health App
The challenges of the past two years have raised global stress to unprecedented levels, illuminating the importance of prioritizing mental health. The National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization, recognizes May as Mental Health Awareness month — a time to raise awareness and mobilize efforts to support mental health.This year, […]