December 13, 2010 - Vol. 23, Issue 21
Healthy Update provides the latest news, expert articles and resources on wellness, healthy living, and integrative medicine. A weekly service of HealthWorld Online since 1997.
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 Three Wellness Inventory Certification Trainings will begin in mid-February 2011, and will be offered via a live phone teleconference. The goal of the training is to accelerate your own personal growth process, while creating wellness coaching skills and competence in delivering the Wellness Inventory (www.WellPeople.com) program to your clients, patients, or employees, and supporting them in creating sustainable lifestyle change.
Level I of the training runs for 14 weeks. Level II, the Holographic Coaching Practicum, is 7 weeks. Graduates of the two levels of the training receive the designation of Certified Wellness Inventory Coach.
Developed for wellness, health and life coaches, health practitioners, and wellness professionals, the training is approved by the International Coach Federation for 42 CCEs. The hours may also be applied towards the 80 hour Wellness Coach Specialist program at the Institute for Life Coach Training, as well as towards a Board Certifed Coach Credential. Daytime and evening classes. Payment plans available.
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157 hospitals in national collaborative save 22,164 lives, $2.13 billion over two years
Hospitals participating in the Premier healthcare alliance QUEST®: High Performing Hospitals national collaborative have saved an estimated 22,164 lives and reduced healthcare spending by $2.13 billion. If all hospitals in the country had been able to achieve similar results, estimates project an additional 64,000 lives and $23 billion could have been saved. View more
IOM Report Sets New Dietary Intake Levels for Calcium and Vitamin D To Maintain Health and Avoid Risks Associated With Excess
Most Americans and Canadians up to age 70 need no more than 600 international units (IUs) of vitamin D per day to maintain health, and those 71 and older may need as much as 800 IUs, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The amount of calcium needed ranges, based on age, from 700 to 1,300 milligrams per day, according to the report, which updates the nutritional reference values known as Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) for these interrelated nutrients. View more
Military Calls for a New Holistic Paradigm for Total Force Fitness
Admiral Michael Mullen, the Chairman to the Joint Chiefs of Staff has called for a "21st century definition of fitness that recognizes the importance of a more holistic paradigm that balances performance and readiness with health and well-being." The result is in a special supplement to Military Medicine, "Total Force Fitness for the 21st Century: A New Paradigm." The Wellness Inventory received a two page profile as the first of four "exemplar" assessments featured in the article, "A Survey of MultiDimensional Health and Fitness Indexes." View more
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WEBINAR: "CREATING WELLNESS" - DECEMBER 15 (2-3 ET)
Are you ready to focus on creating wellness rather than focusing on disease and risk management? Are you looking for an innovative, holistic approach to wellness? Learn how the Wellness Inventory program (www.WellPeople.com), a whole person model for sustainable lifestyle change, can support your clients, patients, or employees in improving their level of overall personal wellbeing. Health practitioners, nurses, social workers, wellness and life coaches, as well as fitness, spa, and wellness professionals welcome.
To register, contact: http://tinyurl.com/CreatingWellness-Register For more information, contact jim@healthy.net or call 310-823-9553. When: Wednesday December 15, 2010 - 2:00-3:00 pm ET (1-2 CT, 12-1 MT, 11-12 PT)
Cost: Free Presenter: Jim Strohecker, President, HealthWorld Online, & co-creator, Wellness Inventory Certification Training |
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Continuing our Wellness Journey - Communicating
 This week our journey focuses on the power of Communicating, the 9th of 12 keys to wellness drawn from the Wellness Inventory whole person assessment program. This section focuses almost exclusively on verbal communication, exploring the dynamics of how people talk to themselves and one another. It also looks at the breakdowns in communication that can occur. As you come to understand and appreciate this process, you may simultaneously understand and appreciate yourself. The clearer the channel (you), the better the possibilities for a meaningful encounter--a dynamic energy exchange. View more
Simply Well - "Connect with Nature" - John W. Travis, MD, MPH
The human body needs the touch of nature along with the touch of human skin. Physical contact with soil, natural waters, sunlight, and fresh air is healing. In "Connect with Nature" John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., offers some simple ways to connect with nature again. View more
101 Exercises for the Soul - "What Are You Afraid Of?" - Dr. Bernie Siegel
Face and embrace what you fear and it will become smaller. When you confront fear, the monster that seems to be threatening you will become a little lizard. But if you keep running, the monster will never cease chasing you. Don't wait for a life-threatening illness to give yourself permission to take a chance and face your fears. View more
From Fatigued to Fantastic - "Are You A Sugar Addict?: The 4 Sugar Addiction Types" - Jacob Teitelbaum, MD
In the United States, with approximately 18% of the average American diet coming from added sugar, this is becoming the rule rather than the exception. Many people eat their weight in sugar every year. And it may be why you are tired, achy, "brain fogged", anxious, and unable to lose weight. As most people have found, simply trying to cut out sugar usually does not work very well. In addition, who wants to cut out things that give you pleasure? Put simply, if you live a long life because you've cut out everything you enjoy, why bother? View more
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Integrative Dentistry - "Six Steps Towards Dental Health" - Flora Parsa Stay, DDS
Statistics indicate many people are not making the routine six month visits to their dentist. Whether it's due to lack of insurance, fear or other reasons, many individuals wait until there is pain, before making a dental appointment. Prevention is not a hard concept to understand and carry out. In "Six Steps Towards Dental Health" Flora Parsa Stay, D.D.S. presents the steps that are the means of saving all of the teeth all your life. View more
Dr. Christine Horner's Natural Secrets for Breast Health - "Breast Health Tip #24: Avoid Pharmaceutical Hormones"
When considering methods for birth control or for alleviating menopausal symptoms - it is wise not choose pharmaceutical medications first. Research shows that long term use of birth control pills and hormone replacement therapy may significantly increase the risk of breast cancer. View more
Integrator Blog - "Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up #38: December 2010"
IOM Committee on Advancing Pain Research, Care and Education includes Rick Marinelli, ND, LAc and integrative MD Lonnie Zeltzer ... Did integrative practice organizations step up to participate in federal policy comment periods on prevention, benefits plans and ACOs? ... Comparative cost analysis of Blue Cross Blue Shield Tennessee low back pain data finds 20%-40% savings via using chiropractors first. View more
"The Integrator Blog" offers News, Reports, Opinions and Networking for the Business, Education, Policy and Practice of Integrative Medicine, CAM and Integrative Health Care, from Publisher/Editor John Weeks.
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Raw Food Materia Medica - "Cantelope" - Brigette Mars
Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo), is a member of the Curcurbitaceae (Gourd) Family, making them a relative to pumpkin. Melons originate, most likely in northwest India and New Guinea. Melons interbreed quickly and generate and propagate new versions of themselves and hence, there are hundreds of varieties. Cantaloupe, are botanically muskmelons, get their name from "Cantalupo" meaning "Wolf howl" in Italian. Melons are alkalinizing, blood anticoagulant, antioxidant, cleansing, diuretic, hydrating, laxative, rejuvenative, and yin tonic. Melons have been used therapeutically to improve arthritis, blood deficiency, constipation, fever, high blood pressure, kidney and bladder disorders, obesity, rheumatism, and skin diseases. View More
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"Prostate Cancer and Vegetarian Foods: What Men Need to Know" - Food Choice for Cancer Prevention and Survival
It's the common complaint you hear uttered by friends, family and co-workers throughout the day. "I just can't get going without my cup of coffee!" What happened to the days of childhood when we used to bound out of bed with plenty of energy and we kept going at an energetic pace until night? Most people assume that age causes diminished energy supply, but the latest research is shedding new light on lifestyle practices that ultimately lead to fatigue. View More
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The Healer Within - "Gentle Movements and Postures, Part II" - Roger Jahnke, OMD
The self-applied health enhancement methods movements are meant to be the seeds of your own inventiveness. In "Gentle Movements and Postures, Part II" Dr. Roger Jahnke reminds you not to sabotage your mastery by thinking they must be done a certain way. Make it up, make it fun, spread the word. Learn from others, add favorites, steal from the masters; they are always willing to share. Bring the breath and relaxation practices together with the effort of the movements, that is the balance. When you have made contact with the extent to which gentle movement has a profound health effect, you have become a part of the solution to the medical crisis. View more
Mind Over Matter - "Healing: An Individual Perspective" - Barry Bittman, MD
"Healing" means "to make sound or whole, or to restore to health." It also refers to causing an undesirable condition to be overcome. In the context of mind-body medicine, what affects the mind clearly and indistinguishably affects the body and visa versa. In "Healing: An Individual Perspective" Barry Bittman, M.D. points out our tendency to ignore what is really bothering us. He urges us to better deal with the issues that stress us. Take time to stop and contemplate the way we really feel. Get in touch with our feelings. Ask ourselves whether it's the issue or our perspective that's causing us pain. View more |
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Created by wellness pioneer John W. Travis, MD, MPH, and e-health pioneer, HealthWorld Online, the Wellness Inventory is licensed in by companies and organizations in the corporate, healthcare, educational, and government sectors. Are you ready to create a "culture of wellness" in your company or organization?
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Health, Wellness and Society
January 20-22, 2011
Berkeley, CA USA
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Wellness Inventory Certification Training
14 Week Teleclass (Live phone teleconference)
February 15 - May 17, 2011
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Three new Wellness Inventory Certification Trainings is scheduled to commence on February 15-17, 2011. The classes will run for 14 weeks and be conducted via a live phone teleconference. The goal of the training is to accelerate your own personal growth process, while creating wellness coaching skills and competence in delivering the Wellness Inventory program to your clients, patients, students, or employees, and supporting sustainable lifestyle change. Developed for wellness coaches, nurses, social workers, health practitioners, therapists, and fitness, spa, and wellness professionals, the training is approved by the International Coach Federation for 28 CCEUs. Daytime and evening classes. Payment plans available.
For more information or to register, call 310-823-9553 or email jim@healthy.net
36th Annual National Wellness Conference
Growing Wellness
July 18-21, 2011
Pre-conference Workshops - July 16-17, 2011
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI USA
National Wellness Institute
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Web site: http://nationalwellness.org/index.php?id_tier=90 Presented by the National Wellness Institute (NWI) -- formed in 1977 to realize the mission of providing health promotion and wellness professionals unparalleled resources and services that fuel professional and personal growth -- the Conference is a "wellness immersion" built upon the premise that professional development and personal growth are interdependent and should be enhanced equally. The Conference environment is a special place where wellness professionals can participate in "best practices" learning opportunities and intensive skill-building programs, and develop networking communities. It is a place where messages for hope, peace, and optimal living are shared with a unique blend of people from all walks of life. Inspiring and rewarding, participants leave with the tools for change.
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