Acupuncture stimulates the balance and flow of Qi energy that in Traditional Chinese Medicine is considered essential to health.
The finding has serious implications for preventing falls in older age.
The truth is that we cannot really blame the doctors. Frankly, they did not know better.
How does someone working in health care quality improvement make the leap to contributing his or her own research to the field? When does a QI initiative become a research project? IHI's Tejal Gandhi shares five tips.
A physician learns that running a patient education QI project is not the same as conducting traditional scientific research.
Learn how a neurosurgeon implants a vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) device and how this device may help treat epilepsy depression.
How To Free and Protect Yourself From Negative Energies Ever wake up feeling dissatisfied with everything around you: The work, the family, the friends and colleagues at work. Everything seems boring. Anything that you touch just falls. You fake any conversation just to make the people, feel you’re cool. It is like the enthusiasm that …
When someone suffers a stroke, time is essential. You have a very limited period of time to restore blood flow to the brain before the injury is irreversible.
There is definitely an art to this aspect of medicine as well as a very fine balancing act to consider. To err in either direction of this question can be catastrophic.
Flow Meditation – Day 2. Patience is being at peace with the flow of life. Wisdom is striving to live in harmony with the flow of life – as it is – in any given moment. One…
A 'state of flow' is being in a zone so intense that it leads to an effortless sense of clarity and purpose. And you don't need to be a creative genius to do it.
Flow state can be therapeutic for people with chronic pain or anxiety, but how can you go about achieving it?
Gait analysis and balance testing can identify immediate asymmetries. Using the Optogait visual feedback training module can enhance the ability to bring the...
Consultant Judy Capko provides nine ways to effectively meet your practice's scheduling demands.
Achieving work-life balance can be difficult. However, it is crucial not only for productivity, but also for health. Research has found that individuals who work longer hours and have limited time for themselves have a 33 percent greater risk of stroke and a 13 percent greater risk of heart disease. Two recent articles from Forbes and Entrepreneur …
How do you know when enough fluid is enough and if it is time to switch to vasopressors
Falls are a big deal to many older adults with over a third of the +65’ers falling annually. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, a fifth of these falls results in a traumati…
Prioritizing the demands of work and your personal life can often lead to stress, unhappiness and reduced productivity. While stress can sometimes help us perform under pressure and motivate us to …
While technology is pivotal to the evolution of healthcare, putting it to effective use will likely be a balancing act for years to come.