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INDULGE: The 6 most decadent spa treatments in Howard County
What do mud, pure oxygen, lava shells and chocolate have in common? Each one is used by an area spa to deliver a unique relaxation and rejuvenation treatment. While pedicures, facials and Swedish massage will always be staples at spas and salons,...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Hospitals and Clinics, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Mayo Clinic, Health Treatments
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Survey finds integrative medicine most useful for pain
A new survey of integrative medicine centers shows that the most commonly treated ailments are chronic pain, gastrointestinal conditions, depression and anxiety, cancer and chronic stress.
The survey was conducted at 29 centers, including the...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Colleges and Universities, Acupuncture
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The power of light
It doesn’t look like much -- Janet Althen places what looks like a small flashlight with an inverted colored bulb on certain points of the body, holding it there for about 30 seconds -- but for Althen’s patients, as well as a growing number of...Tags: Science, Clarksville, Behavioral Conditions, Acupuncture, Lyme Disease
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The power of meditation
To understand the impact meditation can have on the human mind, picture a glass of muddy water. If you stir it, the water stays cloudy and anything that might sink to the bottom is instantly sucked back into motion. But if you allow the glass to become...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Electroencephalography, Drugs and Medicines, Human Body, Acupuncture
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Acupuncture at Howard Community College draws crowds
It began at Howard Community College four years ago as a smoking cessation program, but apparently few students were willing to kick the habit via auricular acupuncture — a form of alternative medicine that involves insertion of fine needles into...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Quitting Smoking, Howard Community College, Acupuncture, Colleges and Universities
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Havre de Grace Physician Now Practicing Medical Acupuncture
Dr. Carol Cooper has taken an alternative path to healing the sick and the weary. A graduate of University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Copper has been practicing family medicine for over 20 years. But sensing a frustration in her patients and a...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Headaches, Acupuncture, Alcohol Addiction, Television
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Baltimore County seniors static as population, active as individuals
Bucking a trend seen at the national, state and local levels, Baltimore County's population of 65-and-older residents has not significantly increased as a percentage of the county's overall population since 2000, according to recent census data.
While...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Baltimore County, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Catonsville, Dance
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In Baltimore County, they are no longer your grandfather's senior centers
Interested in martial arts? How about yoga? Would a class in alternative medicine appeal to you? What if a place offered all of these, along with a well-equipped fitness center?
Such places exist in Baltimore County. They're called senior centers.
The...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Hobbies, Retirement, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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They're no longer your grandfather's senior centers
Interested in martial arts? How about yoga? Would a class in alternative medicine appeal to you? What if a place offered all of these, along with a well-equipped fitness center? Such places exist in Baltimore County. They're called senior centers. The...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Hobbies, Yoga, Retirement, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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State looks to remove autism panelist with links to suspended doctor
A day after Dr. Mark Geier's medical license was suspended in Maryland over allegations of putting children with autism at risk, state officials were seeking to remove his son from a state commission that advises the governor on the disorder.
The...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Vaccines, Behavioral Conditions, American School for the Deaf, Regional Authority
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Winner BEST OF Harford 2011 - Best Physician - Dr. Jason Menges
A new winner has risen from the community in one of the most sought after categories in Harford’s BEST OF Readers’ Poll this year. Dr. Jason Menges, a practicing chiropractor for over 12 years, has made his mark on Harford County by...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Headaches, Harford County, Colleges and Universities, Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland)
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The case against funding studies on alternative medical therapies
As if Dr. Paul Offit hasn’t made enough enemies already by insisting (correctly) that parents put their kids’ health at risk when they refuse to get them vaccinated, now the infectious disease expert appears to be picking a fight with those...
Tags: Heart Failure, Vaccines, Aspirin (drug), American Medical Association, Acupuncture
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