59A New Branch of Health Care: Nature Therapy
A New Branch of Health Care: Nature Therapy
I have always been fascinated by fractals. The repeating patterns in nature that reflect the large scale on the small scale. There are large interactions, ocean and sky that scale down to the miniscule, water and vapor molecules. What happens between us and the environment is reflected on what happens in our own cells, in ...
Getting Off the Pain Train
People come to you because something is hurting. Beyond signifying dire health straits, there are effective natural ways to help manage the aches. A perennially funny joke is when a patient says to the doctor, “Hey doc, it hurts when I do this.” The doc’s recommendation is simply, “Well, don’t do that.” If only it ...
Stress Mismanagement
Practitioners can help patients manage stress with a combination of lifestyle changes and supplements. American life is demanding enough: work, kids, deadlines, family responsibilities, economic worries and societal pressures are enough to make even the calmest among us feel like we are slowly unraveling. Add in a global pandemic with a heaping uncertainty about the ...
Food Allergy and Intolerance Awareness
Food allergies and intolerances are omnipresent in society, yet misconceptions about them remain. According to Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), 32 million Americans are living with potentially life-threatening food allergies. Further, every three minutes, a food allergy reaction sends someone to the emergency room, while between the years of 2007 and 2016, there was ...
MUIH Recognized at the Silver Level by the HMB Collaborative
Maryland University of Integrative Health’s (MUIH) “YOU Wellness” Program will be recognized as a Silver Level workplace by the Healthiest Maryland Businesses (HMB) collaborative at its 2020 HMB Wellness at Work awards. The Healthiest Maryland Businesses (HMB) Wellness at Work Awards Program recognizes Maryland businesses that are committed to improving employee health and well-being. MUIH ...
FoodScience Corporation Places Charitable Program Into Employee Hands
Vermont-based FoodScience Corporation has supported local non-profits, but this year employees will lead the social mission on their own. The company recently announced that, due to health and safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it would not host a Good Neighbor Day this year, an event where their nearly 200 employees would dedicate one day ...
NSF Educational Posters Available to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19
Global public health organization NSF International is offering small businesses, community centers, apartment complexes and other facilities free posters to encourage personal behaviors that may prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2). The educational posters were developed by NSF International based on guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World ...
Meditation Linked to Lower Cardiovascular Risk
Meditation was linked to lower cardiovascular risk in a data analysis by Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers and colleagues. The results appeared online June 30 in the American Journal of Cardiology. Previous studies have suggested that meditation may have beneficial effects on a number of conditions. A 2017 American Heart Association scientific statement suggests that meditation may be ...
RAND Establishes Center to Advance Complementary and Integrative Health Research
The RAND Corporation (Santa Monica, CA) has launched the Center for Collaborative Research in Complementary and Integrative Health, a first-of-its-kind effort intended to bolster research expertise and participation at colleges that train practitioners in complementary and integrative health. The effort initially will involve 10 chiropractic and naturopathic medicine colleges, but eventually open to all other ...
MUIH Natural Care Center Providing Telehealth Services Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Maryland University of Integrative Health’s (MUIH) Natural Care Center (NCC) is now offering some free telehealth services amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The NCC is equipped with wellness practitioners and supervised student practitioners all of whom are focused on holistic, relationship-focused health and wellness. With digital communication becoming the new normal, MUIH is prepared to provide ...
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