Medical Drug Recovery
I recently finished eleven months of drug treatment (citalopram, interferon, ribavirin, epogen) to clear my liver of the Hepatitis C virus. So far things look real good but my body is a wreck.I've sta ...
WEIGHT WATCHERS AT WORK/STANFORD MEDICAL CENTER
I am the Weight Watcher leader for meetings at Noon on Wednesdays at Stanford Medical Center. Please email me if you are interested in joining. STOP DIETING - START LIVING!
Non-medical ways everyone deals with asthma
Just joined the community, and it's great to see a group of people sharing their stories about asthma. Just wondering what you guys do aside from medication to help fight asthma, any specific lifestyl ...
Medicate or Meditate... both can treat ADD and...
Studies have been done that show that meditation is a great alternative to treat children with ADD and ADHD.In fact, meditation is now being practiced in many schools around the United States specific ...
Get Healthy—Or Else
Inside one company's...
In August, Joe Pellegrini got yet another nagging phone call. It was his health coach, a woman working on behalf of his employer, the $2.7 billion lawn-care company, Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (SMG ) The ...
Sanskrit vs. English
I recently suggested to someone here that we should try to include the English names of the poses and not just Sanskrit. I want to explain my position on this (you are free to disagree).I have taken s ...
Salute the Sun
A great technique to get more flexible is to start the day with ten sun salutations. These are yoga moves that are designed to invigorate you, get your blood flowing and relax your body. If you work t ...
Managing Osteo-Arthritis in the Hips
Dear Fellow Well-mates,I wanted to share with you some ideas of dealing with osteo-arthritis in the hips—and trying to avoid hip replacement surgery, or at least delay it as long as possible.I was for ...
Detocification therapy and it's benefits
Detoxification and rejuvenation through Ayurveda is called Panchakarma. Panchakarma embodies five therapies that help eliminate toxins from the body. These are the Emesis therapy, the Purgation therap ...
