Hotels Offer Health As consumers expand their understanding of health, wellness, and wellbeing so too will smart companies. A great example of this continues to develop in the hotel industry where more and more hotels offer health as part of the consumer experience. Many consumer increasingly think of their health health, not just the numbers […]
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Wellbeing and Wellness We often use these terms interchangeably. However, there is a growing distinction between wellbeing and wellness as consumers become more involved in their holistic health decisions. Wellness and wellbeing are not the same thing. Wellbeing refers to a more holistic whole-of-life experience, whereas wellness refers just to physical health. Employers can have
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About Health, Not Technology I like technology and the value technology services can deliver. I have a made a career of developing, implementing, overseeing, and improving technology services around the world. Perhaps one of the most enduring truisms I picked up in that time is “If you siliconize a bad process, bad things happen more
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Essential Oils For Healing At one time, essential oils were commonplace in health. Many medical systems like Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine make great use of herbs in a variety forms. However, more Americans are using essential oils for healing as they take more control of health and lifestyle decisions. Most of us trust our
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Mindful of Your HDL Cholesterol Levels New research suggest that being mindful of your HDL cholesterol levels may have a new meaning. For many years the link between psychological well-being and lipid profiles has been studied. Initially, it was found that there was a negative correlation between cholesterol and moods. This means that as cholesterol
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Lifestyle Diseases Need Lifestyle Medicine An epidemic of chronic disease faces the US. Our leading killer, heart disease, often has its beginning in poor lifestyle decisions. Heart disease, cancer, COPD, diabetes are fairly modern diseases and have really taken hold only in the last century. As with any disease, we need a way to fight.
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Wellbeing Through Lighting Lighting definitely contributes to mood. A well-lit room (not overbearing) can be quite energizing. Appropriately dimmed lights can be restful, relaxing, even romantic. Researchers have known for some time that they can influence wellbeing through lighting and are now looking for ways to use that in healthcare. The world of health care
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The Triple Aim A 2008 article, The Triple Aim: Care, Health, And Cost, offered a new model to fix the US “health care” system. The Triple Aim article recognized that US was spending more yet falling behind other nations: The recent “Scorecard” from the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System gives the U.S.
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Reverse Heart Disease There is hope for those who wish to reverse heart disease. Conventional medicine has many life-saving therapies available. However, integrating a Lifestyle approach can offer not just preventative but curative benefits. We were taught in medical school that heart disease is a progressive disease by nature, and medications and interventions could only slow
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Himalayan Salt Cave The Perry Family took a trip to Riga, Latvia a few years ago. Ostensibly it was for the World Choir Games in which daughter Emily was a participant (and her choir did win the Children’s category!). However, Dad had a plan to leverage the trip and check out a spa on the
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