A ‘Dose of Nature’ for Attention Problems
Parents of children with attention deficit problems are always looking for new strategies to help their children cope. An interesting new study suggests that spending time in nature may help. A small study conducted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign looked at how the environment influenced a child’s concentration skills. The researchers evaluated 17 children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, who all took part in three 20-minute walks in a park, a residential neighborhood and a downtown area. Read more
A Child’s View of Attention Deficit
What does it feel like to have attention deficit disorder? The answer to that question can be found in a fascinating new report from the Journal of Pediatric Nursing called “I Have Always Felt Different.” The article gives a glimpse into the experience of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or A.D.H.D., from a child’s perspective. Read more
What is Ayurveda?
Ayurveda, the Indian “science of life”, is an ancient system of healing that sees health as our birthright. We are made of elements that create health when well-balanced, and disease when imbalanced. Ayurveda’s goal is to help us help ourselves to re-balance and restore health. To that end it teaches a proactive approach to avoiding illness: fresh food, daily exercise, relaxation/stress reduction, and regular cleansing. Read more
A Younger You = DNA + the Power of the Brain
Understanding DNA has been an important scientific breakthrough because it is the map to the mind and body. This code identifies and predicts which familial traits and illnesses have been handed down to you. The pauses can be partially determined by our heredity. Our ancestors may have suffered from the illnesses we currently have and passed down their genetic code to us. Our DNA controls how we will emotionally and physically deal with these illnesses. But DNA offers limited information. Genetic testing is mostly valuable for the young, not for the old. By the time we are old, we have already developed into our medical destiny. Read more
The Pauses and Aging
Our body parts will not pause at the same time. For example, a cardiologist treats a patient with coronary artery disease because her heart has become older than the rest of her organs. When a doctor works on a hip or diagnoses osteoporosis these bones have become old. For a patient with these problems, his heart can be 50 years old, his bones 60 years old, yet his chronological, or real, age and the rest of the body is only 40 years old. Read more