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I’m grateful for all the complementary approaches that can help people deal with chronic pain — and for the research that is helping spread the word!

Meditation Reduced The Opioid Dose She Needs To Ease Chronic Pain By 75% For some patients in pain, opioids are still part of the long-term solution, doctors say. But by adding meditation, hypnosis or other treatments, the opioid dose can be reduced.

It is exciting to see more study of what many of us have experienced: music is GOOD for us!

How do you include music in your life?

NIH Bets $20 Million Music Can Heal Our Brains "The potential is enormous." Research aims to advance scientists’ understanding of music’s “mechanism of action” in the brain and how it may be applied more broadly to treat symptoms of disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, stroke, chronic pain and other disorders.

These results should be a "no-brainer" by now...but a little reminder never hurts!!

Exercise is the closest thing to a "magic bullet" that exists. Keep moving, my friends!!

Fitter Bodies Make for Healthier Brains, Study Finds If you're looking for incentives to hit the gym, new research suggests that staying in good shape may help preserve brain structure, boost memory, and improve the ability to think clearly and quickly.

When we talk about public health and climate change, we often focus on environmental threats like extreme weather events and rising sea levels ...

Another big impact, though, is the changes that will be occurring in our food system. What foods will we still be able to grow? How will the disappearance of different species impact the food chain?

And now here's another interesting consideration...what happens to the creation of healthy omega-3s in a warming world?

Here's more about that, and how we can help make the best of the changing situation...

Climate Change Is Depleting This Essential Omega-3 Fatty Acid A critical brain-building fatty acid is vulnerable to global warming.

Charlotte-area folks! If you are interested in the topic of integrative oncology, Novant will be offering a symposium next month featuring Andrew Weil!

You can find more information at the link below: https://www.novanthealth.org/home/patients--visitors/classes-events--tours/calendar/eventid/359/e/integrative-medicine-symposium-charlotte-26-oct-2019.aspx

If you are a health care provider, a more in-depth symposium will be offered the day prior and will offer CME. That link is here:
https://www.novanthealth.org/physician-services/continuing-medical-education-cme/novant-health-integrative-medicine-symposium.aspx?hcmacid=a0Z1Q00000QVYO5UAP

Integrative Medicine Symposium - Charlotte

Pumping iron may pump up your brain!

How Weight Training Changes the Brain In animals, weight training appeared to promote the creation of new neurons in the memory centers of the brain.

WOW!! Exciting news! 🎉

Erin Brockovich has just been named to the board of LifeVantage!🤩

If you ever saw the film about her (starring Julia Roberts), you know what a fierce advocate she is for awareness and public health. 💪

I continue to be impressed with the vision and leadership at LifeVantage, and am grateful to partner with them in increasing public awareness about biohacking and the power of nutrigenomics. 🌱

And now, I am so glad to have Erin on our team!! ❤️

More details here: https://lifevantage.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lifevantage-names-erin-brockovich-its-board

Does this seem familiar?

Co-insurance and high deductibles were meant to encourage consumers to shop around for health care and force prices down. Instead they are creating high debt and delayed care.

How have these policy changes impacted the choices that you make?

Health insurance deductibles soar, leaving Americans with unaffordable bills Soaring health insurance deductibles have strained family budgets, saddled many with debt and driven millions to skip care. It's the result of a revolution that has transformed U.S. health insurance, shifting a growing share of costs to workers and their families.

How many of our concerns could be resolved with healthy nutrition?

Here’s one impressive example...

If you’re interested in accessing the power of nutrition to support well-being, naturopathic physicians like Tamberlyn Blinsink and Lexi Lane are wonderful resources!

Magnesium Puts Psychiatric Drugs to Shame for Depression A powerful clinical study shows that pennies worth of magnesium a day provides an effective, safe, affordable alternative to dangerous and relatively ineffective pharmaceutical antidepressants.

Coming out of the relative dreariness of winter...isn't it always a relief to hear the symphony of birds announcing the arrival of spring?

What if the actions we are (or aren't) taking were unknowingly harming those birds?

This article demonstrates the links between our landscaping choices and the birds in our backyards. (Thanks to Alice for sharing!)

It is amazing how inter-connected we are, isn't it? May we choose wisely!

New Smithsonian Study Links Declines in Suburban Backyard Birds to Presence of Nonnative Plants Insect-eating birds that depend on high-calorie, high-protein cuisine (namely caterpillars and spiders) to feed their young are finding the menu severely lacking in backyards landscaped with even a small proportion of nonnative plants, according to a new study from SCBI.