chronic pain
A Pain in the Neck
NP examines natural approaches to treating pain and inflammation. Pain and inflammation both serve a practical purpose. Pain signals to the brain that part of the body requires medical care or that one needs to change one’s behavior in order to avoid harm. Meanwhile, inflammation helps the body respond to infections, injuries and other threats, ...
Natural Approaches to Addressing Pain and Inflammation
What natural health experts and manufacturers are looking for now in the area of pain and inflammation. Pain statistics in the U.S. are alarming. From 2019 to 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tracked chronic pain among adults. The study which compiled those results found that approximately 20.9 percent of adults in ...
Natural Approaches to Address Pain & Inflammation
When it comes to pain and inflammation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 20 percent of adults in the U.S. are in chronic pain, with much of this stemming from inflammation in the body. Inflammation is the body’s response to invaders or injury, however, the issue becomes when inflammation does ...
Easily Eliminating Pain, and Its Routine Secondary Dementia
Research is showing that chronic pain, regardless of the cause, is associated with loss of brain volume and likely dementia. The more areas of chronic pain, the more the risk. Five or more areas of pain was associated with changes reflecting eight years of excess brain aging compared to controls.1 With 20 to 33 percent ...
Naturopathic Medical Organizations Jointly Issue White Paper on Whole-person Care
Against the backdrop of the International Day of Natural Medicine, the Institute for Natural Medicine (INM) and the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) have announced the joint publication of a white paper designed to raise awareness of the principles of naturopathic medicine and reaffirm the profession’s commitment to a collaborative model of clinical care. The paper, “Naturopathic Physicians as ...
The Benefits of a Gluten-free Diet
The popularity of following a gluten-free diet has increased significantly in the past few decades.1 Most restaurants and grocery stores now offer a variety of gluten-free options, and the popularity of other diets like paleo and keto, which limit gluten intake, are also gaining momentum. Why has gluten free become so prevalent when only about ...
Maryland University of Integrative Health Introduces Services Available at Howard County General Hospital
Maryland University of Integrative Health’s Natural Care Center introduces a new collaboration with the Claudia Mayer/Tina Broccolino Cancer Resource Center at Howard County General Hospital. The expanded range of therapies will support members in the local community, including cancer patients. “One of the most beneficial aspects of the Natural Care Center is its deep connection ...
Getting People Pain Free Naturally—Without Narcotics
About 20 years ago, with one quarter of Americans having chronic pain, the U.S. government declared a war on pain. Unfortunately, it gave physicians absolutely no guidance on how to relieve pain effectively. So, with drug company encouragement, physicians turned to increasingly prescribing narcotics. Now, we have one-third of Americans suffering with chronic pain, and ...
Toppling the Reign of Pain
Pain and inflammation sufferers can greatly benefit from a combination of supplements and dietary/lifestyle changes. There is no one in the world that is immune from the occasional ache or pain. For some, pain is directly attributable to a specific incident or injury and can be healed in a short amount of time with proper ...
Christiana Care Health System Launches Comprehensive Pain Center
To provide a comprehensive range of treatment options to patients with chronic pain, Christiana Care Health System is launching the Comprehensive Pain Center—the first of its kind in Delaware—on the Christiana Hospital campus. Patients must be referred to the new outpatient center, which will offer effective non-opioid pain treatment strategies for patients with acute and chronic ...
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