Treating Opioid Addiction The Trump Administration recommendations include many drug alternatives to treat those addicted to opioids. Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) also includes complementary therapies to help with treatment. One program in particular has found music therapy helps treatment. The Trump Administration declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency last week. There are millions of […]
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Holistic Pain Relief You know Holistic Health has arrived when “a redneck from Tennessee” becomes a spokesperson. Holistic Health benefits everyone, not just soccer moms and millennials. It is time to stop looking at “alternative drugs” to replace opioids as first line response to pain management. A better approach is holistic pain relief. We must
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Homemade Toothpaste We were running out of toothpaste. You know that point where you use everything but a steamroller to squeeze that last squirt from the tube? This stuff is expensive. Then we started wondering… why? Toothpaste has been around a long time and why do manufacturers keep adding stuff to toothpaste? Could homemade toothpaste
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Indian Gooseberry Health Benefits We are, admittedly, latecomers to recognize Indian gooseberry health benefits. Luckily people like Dr. Michael Greger and the scientists behind the research he reviews are not. Based on Dr. Greger’s insightful articles / videos, we wanted to understand more about the Indian gooseberry, or Amla, and found this nice overview of
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Wellness Moonshot No disrespect to former US Vice President Biden but if we are going to have a “moonshot” in healthcare then why not prevent the preventable? A Wellness Moonshot would focus on preventing infectious and Lifestyle diseases. Not only are these good odds but they cost pennies on the dollar and help people avoid
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Amla’s Benefits First, what is this “amla” thing and second what kind of benefits? Amla is simply a variety of gooseberry that is native to India. Amla’s benefits? Numerous! Occasionally we bump into something new that has real health potential and we are excited to try it. Sometimes we hear great insights about a food
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Gundersen Integrative Medicine Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, WI held an open house to promote awareness of its therapies. Local residents were able to get information and even demonstrations of Gundersen integrative medicine potential for their health. During the open house, prospective patients were able to speak with the center’s medical staff and ask
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Magnetic Fields Help Anxiety Anxiety can be a crippling disorder. When we think about the role of electric current in the body, it might not be so surprising that magnetic fields help anxiety. Using a combination of transcranial magnetic stimulation and virtual reality, researchers have helped to reduce anxiety in people with panic disorders. During
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Collaborative Holistic Care There has been a chasm between physical health and mental health for years. Our family has never understood this. Patient Engagement relies on a collaborative holistic care approach. However, we continue to see further dissection of the human condition into a pill for this and an injection for that, not collaborative holistic
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Alternative Medicine Is Complementary There has been an evolution in US consumer attitudes around health and a revolution in consumer actions. Therapies that have produced results for centuries and millennia like acupuncture, yoga, and tai chi now appear in conventional medicine. Once separated from mainstream medicine, alternative medicine is complementary to many conventional practices. Health
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