Adding more pleasure to your life is just what the doctor ordered. According to Spa (Sept./Oct. 1999) physicians are increasingly giving this advice, encouraging patients to follow artistic interests or travel desires to counter the effects of corporate pressures and family demands. Dr.
The International SPA Association (ISPA) has declared October as Spa Awareness Month. ISPA is a professional organization and voice of the spa industry, representing more than 1,400 health and wellness facilities and providers. The organization is looking to take its mantra defining the spa experience — “your time to relax, reflect, revitalize and rejoice” — to the general public. Throughout the month, members will offer special demonstrations and spa tips. For more information, visit www.experienceispa.com.
The word is out, and it’s that we might be too clean. Tufts University microbiologist Dr.
Shiatsu may sound exotic, but it has a long tradition in Western massage. Indeed one of the first books that influenced the growth of the modern massage movement in 19th century Europe was the translation of an ancient Chinese massage text, The Cong Fu of Tao-Tse. Shiatsu evolved over thousands of years, influenced by massage in China.
During this harvest season, you may want to consider carving up your pumpkin for a soup recipe rather than a jack-o’-lantern. The orange pigment of pumpkin is rich in carotenoids — specifically beta-carotene, lutein and lycopene — which are powerful antioxidants with cancer-fighting properties. Studies have specifically shown the compounds in pumpkin help ward off lung, colorectal, breast, uterine and prostate cancers. Furthermore, carotenoids can boost immunity, help eyesight and protect cells from ultra-violet radiation.
In 1937, as the nation stood on the brink of World War II, Franklin Delano Roosevelt told a Chicago audience, “War is contagion.” In fact, war’s sickness has swept the world countless times and for thousands of years, leaving in its wake a socially sanctioned form of disease — war-related trauma.
There comes a time in every person's life when they are given the opportunity to do something great, to make a difference, and to grow in directions they never thought possible. This is the story of such a time, in a place inhabited by faces that regularly graced the evening news. It is a story of strength, of horror, of faith, of suffering, and, hopefully soon, redemption.
What is the reason for the establishment of hospices?
An estimated 4 million Americans are involved in automobile accidents each year. The fallout from these accidents can end marriages, abort love affairs, steal body parts, damage families, and arouse hatred and terror, punctuating the life stories of one in every four Americans.
Through my observations and personal experience, residents in multi-level care facilities require caring, skilled massage. They often have a dizzying array of diagnoses that the best rehab centers in the country have difficulty caring for. Day after day staff struggle just to meet the basic needs of residents, with little or no time to provide the gentle touch they so deserve.
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