| 20 steps to optimum health
This is the first of two articles on holistic approaches to optimum health. Today I would like to deliberate on the holistic approach to achieving optimum health. In this first part, I will list the first 10 points. There is space here only for brief notes to each point. These are the principles I teach all those who come to me to recover from any disease; to improve their health; or to slow down their ageing. Optimum health and disease are two ends of the same spectrum of wellness. If the body�s systems falter or fail, you will develop disease. .
NFL Current Players and Mike Ditka to Hold Press Conference
Ground breaking initiative addressing NFL Retired Players' Crisis to be announced. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) November 21, 2007 -- Several of the NFL's current players will come forward to announce a ground breaking initiative at a press conference hosted by Mike Ditka and the Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund on Tuesday, November 27 at 10:00 a.m. at Mike Ditka's Steakhouse (100 E Chestnut St., Chicago, IL 60611). The event marks the first time an organized group of NFL players will speak out about and take action regarding the catastrophic conditions facing many retired NFL players due to the inadequate disability and benefits program provided by the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA). The initiative being announced was created by an active, nine-year-veteran of the NFL.
Health Briefs
A benefit for the family of Ashley Dumont, a 3-year-old New Hampshire girl who has cancer, is planned for Saturday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Derry-Salem Elks Lodge, 39 Shadow Lake Road (Route 111) in Salem, N.H.
The event includes an Italian dinner and a hypnotist show featuring Methuen hypnotist Jerry Valley. There will also be dancing, with disc jockey services donated by Steve Estabrook Entertainment.
Tickets are $35 if purchased by today. Group tables are also available. A table of eight is $280, and a table of 10 is $350; the deadline for them is today as well. Tickets purchased after today or at the door will be $45.
For tickets, send a check payable to The Ashley Fund to: The Ashley Fund, c/o Tracey Beauregard, 50 Arnold St., Methuen, MA 01844.
Elms to train nurse managers
CHICOPEE - Elms College's announcement yesterday that it is adding a new master of science in nursing program in January was met with unabashed enthusiasm by local hospitals, colleges and employment agencies trying to deal with an ongoing nursing shortage. The master's program will have two tracks, one in nursing and health services management and one in nursing education. "We have a nursing shortage now, and we need to educate more people to educate nurses," said Kathleen B. Scoble, chair of the division of nursing at Elms, during a press conference at Elms yesterday afternoon. Representatives from Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Springfield Technical Community College, and the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.
Schools, communities can work together to tighten anti-smoking rules, seminar told
Spare the rod, spoil the smoker was the message conveyed at a tobacco control seminar at UPEI on Wednesday. The presentation, which highlighted smoking patterns among youth, zeroed in on backing anti-smoking policies in schools with enforcement. Donna Murnaghan, associate professor at UPEI’s school of nursing, along with Chris Lovato, associate professor of health care at the University of British Columbia, spoke before UPEI faculty as well as students and community members on ways to keep the number of young smokers on the decline. Murnaghan said studies have shown that schools with stricter smoking policies, backed with action from teachers and the community, have a lower rate of student smokers. She said policy is not enough. "This is not a school problem," she said. "This is a community problem." Murnaghan added that banning on-campus smoking only forces smokers to move off the property to smoke, which doesn’t solve anything.
What's Up 11/26
Coat and sweater drive. The Elizabeth City Women’s Club is holding its annual Coat and Sweater Drive through Dec. 30. Bring clean and "gently" used coats, sweaters, hats and mittens to Elizabeth City Pet Nutrition Center, 201 E. Ehringhaus St., or Puddleducks, 406-B S. Griffin St., Elizabeth City. For more information call 338-8862 or 338-6883. NCDC accepting after-school applications. Northeastern Community Development Corp. has a few vacancies remaining in its After School Program. The program is open to children in grades K-3 and participants are provided homework assistance, structured play, enrichment activities, and arts and crafts opportunities. To register, call 338-5466, ext. 21. Adopt a Northside student for Christmas. Northside Elementary School is seeking persons to help underprivileged students have a merry Christmas.
Kenya: Aquatic Exercise Could Help You Keep the Doctor Away
Fred Sambu, a physiotherapist, helps a patient to exercise in the hydro pool at Karen Hospital November 6, 2007: The first and most predominant thought that comes to your mind when one mentions a hospital is illness. Usually people go to hospitals either as patients or when they are accompanying patients. But imagine going to hospital for a dip in a hydro pool. Welcome to Karen Hospital in Nairobi. "We allow clients to walk in and use our hydro pool, which is basically exercising in water," said Elizabeth Nyokabi, a physiotherapist at the hospital. So who uses this pool that is heated to body temperature? .
Managing asthma
The great majority of the nearly 23 million people with asthma, including 6.5 million children, can avoid serious symptoms and disability if they follow the latest guidelines to keep their disease under control. Highlights of the 2007 asthma guidelines from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) were presented during the Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in an effort not only to increase awareness of the new recommendations, but to help make sure they get put into practice. "Asthma is not an event, it is a chronic disease that can be managed so that symptoms are controlled and severe attacks are prevented," said Michael B. Foggs, M.D chief of asthma, allergy and immunology, Advocate Health Care, Chicago.
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