Mindfulness Matters In Health
Posted October 1, 2010 – 8:05 pm in: Healthcare
SOURCE: LOS ANGELES TIMES
Molecular biologist and author Jon Kabat-Zinn was a pioneer in applying the Buddhist concept of mindfulness to Western medicine and secular society. But he doesn’t consider himself a Buddhist.
“Mindfulness, the heart of Buddhist meditation, is at the core of being able to live life as if it really matters. It has nothing [...]
Cockroach Brains For Bacterial Infections
Posted September 16, 2010 – 9:41 am in: HealthcareSOURCE: Associated Press
Can cockroach brains cure bacterial infections? Researches say why not?
Tissues from cockroach and locust brains and nervous systems killed off 90% of E. coli and MRSA bacteria without harming the human cells they were attacking, according to researchers from the University of Nottingham.
The findings, released Saturday, are being presented this week at the [...]
What is Pilates?
Posted May 3, 2009 – 5:36 pm in: HealthcareAccording to Wikipedia, Pilates (pronounced: puh-lah-teez) is a physical fitness system developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates in Germany. As of 2005, 11 million people practice the discipline regularly and 14,000 instructors are in the United States.
In fact, the oldest Pilates training program in the world is The New York Pilates Studio [...]
No Comments |Plastic Surgery In The Modern World
Posted April 21, 2009 – 7:56 pm in: HealthcareIn panama city florida plastic surgeons can be found quite easily, there are a number of high quality and well known plastics practices in panama city florida, destin florida, and Dothan Alabama. If you were to do some research online you would find that in destin florida asian eyelid surgery is becoming very popular [...]
No Comments |Biggest Loser Provides Inspiration
Posted April 15, 2009 – 9:55 pm in: HealthcareNBC’s The Biggest Loser has inspired so many people to lose weight and its effects can be seen worldwide. This reality show consists of having a certain number of contestants (every season has a different theme to it) who are extremely overweight come to an isolated ranch to stay for 14 weeks or until they [...]
No Comments |Set Back the Clock with a Facelift
Posted February 4, 2009 – 2:35 pm in: HealthcareThe effects of gravity, exposure to sunlight and the stresses of daily life can be seen on everybody’s face as they age. The deep crevices that form between the nose and the mouth, the jaw line grows slack, folds and fat deposits appear around the neck and the crows’ feet at the corner of everyone’s [...]
No Comments |Re-education the Alexander Way
Posted January 28, 2009 – 9:59 pm in: HealthcareRe-education with the Alexander Technique is a way of learning how to use your muscles the proper way. Those who learn the Alexander technique are pupils and not clients. Those who learn the Alexander technique in New York are pupils and not clients. The reason they are pupils is that they are learning and not [...]
No Comments |Hematology and Medical Diagnoses
Posted January 25, 2009 – 5:42 pm in: HealthcareMedical diagnosis has two different medical dictionary definitions: “the detection of a disease or condition by its external symptoms or signs” and “the analysis of the primary biochemical or physiological cause of a disease or condition”. Medical diagnosis includes a wide range of tests. A combined study of such tests is the method for medical [...]
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