<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Online</title><link>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/</link><description></description><item><title>Holistic Aging versus Degenerative aging</title><description><![CDATA[<div>
<div><img width="85" height="118" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" alt="" src="http://www.holisticmedicine.org/content_images/DSC_543.jpg" />Aging is the process of becoming older, a process that is genetically determined and&nbsp;environmentally modulated. Science cannot predict the duration of a human life. Genetics, too, fails,because a centenarian may not have a centenarian parent. According to Dr Chopra: &ldquo;Aging is much&nbsp;more of a choice than people ever dream&rdquo; and for that, it is essential to reinterpret the concept of&nbsp;body and realize the &ldquo;changeless I&rdquo; inside of us, which the ancient sages in India simply called the&nbsp;Self (Soham). He considers three distinct ways to measure someone&rsquo;s age: &ldquo;Chronological Age &ndash; how&nbsp;old you are by the calendar; Biological Age &ndash; how old your body is in terms of critical life signs and&nbsp;cellular processes, i.e., how time has affected your organs and tissues compared to other people of&nbsp;your chronological age; and Psychological Age &ndash; how old you feel you are.&rdquo;<br />
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</div>]]></description><guid>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=76</guid><link>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=76</link><author>Shagufta Feroz, M.D.</author><pubDate>20120514094301</pubDate></item><item><title>Holistic Facelift</title><description><![CDATA[<div>
<div><img width="85" height="121" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" alt="" src="http://www.holisticmedicine.org/content_images/slchead.jpg" />You have questions. Questions about how to make your practice more integrative.&nbsp;Where to find other practitioners to expand your referral network. When to go on a&nbsp;retreat for a transformative experience. Who to call to promote your holistic events.&nbsp;You have the ultimate resource for answers to these questions: you and your fellow&nbsp;members. Through AHMA, you are connected to fellow practitioners from a number&nbsp;of disciplines with a wealth of experience and knowledge. Members learn from one&nbsp;another. That is the impetus behind AHMA&rsquo;s major focus to make connecting with&nbsp;your colleagues simpler, more accessible than ever.</div>
</div>]]></description><guid>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=75</guid><link>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=75</link><author>Steve Cadwell</author><pubDate>20120508104023</pubDate></item><item><title>On Organizational Direction- Working with Others</title><description><![CDATA[<div style="background-color: transparent; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1e1e1e" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img width="95" height="126" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" alt="" src="http://www.holisticmedicine.org/content_images/mollyroberts.jpg" /></span></font></span><span style="font-size: small; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1e1e1e"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; ">What kind of organization is the AHMA? Where has it come from, and where is it going? What approach do we as a holistic medicine organization take in our effort to transform healthcare into a sustainable, holistic / integrative model focused on wellness and prevention?  There are two potential positions we could take and they both have a legitimate place in the greater scheme of things. However, the AHMA is better suited to take one path over the other.<br />
</span></font></span></span></div>]]></description><guid>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=74</guid><link>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=74</link><author>Molly Roberts, M.D.</author><pubDate>20120430133848</pubDate></item><item><title>Spring Cleansing</title><description><![CDATA[<div><img width="95" height="118" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" alt="" src="http://www.holisticmedicine.org/content_images/ferozfinal.jpg" />The Russian biologist and physiologist, Metchnikoff a winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine, said&nbsp;in his theory of &ldquo;chronic poisoning&rdquo;, &ldquo;all kinds of toxins in the human body will bring about chronic&nbsp;poisoning&rdquo;. Toxins are possibly one of the main factors, in people suffering diseases, and premature&nbsp;aging/senility. Healthcare experts and scholars worldwide comment, if people don&rsquo;t keep a healthy&nbsp;dietary regime, there could be around 5kg. of toxin accumulated in their body.&nbsp;</div>]]></description><guid>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=73</guid><link>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=73</link><author>Shagufta Feroz, M.D.</author><pubDate>20120423122959</pubDate></item><item><title>Connecting the Dots</title><description><![CDATA[<div><strong id="internal-source-marker_0.635769396321848"><img width="85" height="121" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" alt="" src="http://www.holisticmedicine.org/content_images/slchead.jpg" /></strong>Some years ago, AHMA developed a great T-shirt that said, &ldquo;Hugs Heal.&rdquo; I think it might be just as popular today as it was then. The sentiment is quite in line with the Principles of Holistic Medicine. It implies connection, the healing power of love and relationship-centered care. I thought of all this after a trip to Kentucky last month and what a great technological stride AHMA just made.<b><br />
</b></div>]]></description><guid>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=72</guid><link>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=72</link><author>Steve Cadwell</author><pubDate>20120409094343</pubDate></item><item><title>My Trip to Washington, D.C.</title><description><![CDATA[<div><span class="Content"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><img width="85" height="113" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" alt="" src="http://www.holisticmedicine.org/content_images/mollyroberts.jpg" /></span></font></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span style="line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; ">I know I'm preaching to the choir, but Holistic practitioners are so much fun to be around! I just returned from participating in the Bravewell Collaborative Mapping Convening in Washington, D.C., in which representatives from 29 Integrative Medicine centers got together to see how we could all learn from each other. I went as a representative of the Institute for Health &amp; Healing but I must admit to putting on my AHMA President hat more than once during the meeting!</span></span></font></span></div>]]></description><guid>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=71</guid><link>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=71</link><author>Molly Roberts, M.D.</author><pubDate>20120405153800</pubDate></item><item><title>Testosterone and its Role in Cardiovascular Protection</title><description><![CDATA[<img width="80" height="68" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" alt="" src="http://www.holisticmedicine.org/content_images/steveparcell.jpg" />The benefits of healthy levels of testosterone in men include improved ejection fraction (a measure of the heart's ability to pump blood to the rest of the body), increased muscle mass, decreased fat mass, improved sex drive, improved mood and improved bone density. High naturally occurring levels of testosterone in men are associated with low mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer (Khaw, et al., 2007).]]></description><guid>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=70</guid><link>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=70</link><author>Steve Parcell, N.D.</author><pubDate>20120405104230</pubDate></item><item><title>The Road to Holistic Practice,  Part 2:  A World of Toxins</title><description><![CDATA[<img width="70" height="78" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" alt="" src="http://www.holisticmedicine.org/content_images/palevskyphoto.jpg" />The transition to these new ideas was not easy. Colleagues, residents and medical students did not want to hear that the chemicals in children's bodies that triggered their inflammatory symptoms of asthma, eczema and other acute and chronic health conditions were produced directly from the accumulation of toxins in childrens lives. They were in the foods they ate, the air they breathed, the skin products we were putting on them and the ingredients of their vaccines. Even the intensity of their nervous system stimulation was detrimental.]]></description><guid>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=67</guid><link>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=67</link><author>Larry Palevsky, M.D.</author><pubDate>20120202115203</pubDate></item><item><title>Balanced Living Lingo (Farm Talk Glossary)</title><description><![CDATA[<img width="70" height="77" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" alt="" src="http://www.holisticmedicine.org/content_images/melissajpg.jpg" />I have a theory that if you keep your intentions (or resolutions as is the case with each new year) to yourself, you have a better chance of achieving them. The more you talk about something&mdash;a goal, a resolution, a project, an intention&mdash;the more it scatters. It&rsquo;s like you&rsquo;re frittering away bits and pieces of your grand design each time you mention it. The more you talk about it, the less interesting it becomes. Your brain registers a premature sense of accomplishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=64</guid><link>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=64</link><author>Melissa McLean Jory</author><pubDate>20120130105749</pubDate></item><item><title>Resolve with us!</title><description><![CDATA[<img width="70" height="93" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" alt="" src="http://www.holisticmedicine.org/content_images/mollyroberts.jpg" />Have you made a New Year's resolution yet? We have, and if you are looking for one to latch onto, we encourage you to make one with us!]]></description><guid>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=63</guid><link>http://www.holisticmedicine.org/blog_home.asp?Display=63</link><author>Molly Roberts, M.D.</author><pubDate>20120127102044</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
