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Category Archives: ACMS Wellness
Watching Your Health Care Dollars
An article in today’s New York Times got me thinking. The article “Doctor Doesn’t Work Hard to hide Symptoms of Medicare Fraud “is the story of a physician who received somewhere between $13 and $20 million by filing claims on … Continue reading
Posted in ACMS Wellness, Exercise, Medical Ethics, health care costs, well being
Tagged Changing Habits, health, health care, health care costs, wellness
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Obesity-Thinking Outside The Box
An article in the New York Times got me thinking (yet again) about obesity and weight loss. Obesity Rates Keep Rising, Troubling Health Officials. Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the CDC said “Over the past several decades, obesity has increased … Continue reading
Posted in ACMS Wellness, Exercise, Stress, Uncategorized, obesity
Tagged Changing Habits, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, obesity, Stress, Stress relief
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Ever Wonder Why You’d Call a Hypnotherapist?
Not me. I never even thought about hypnosis or hypnotherapy before my friend started her practice. As I learned more about the profession, I was totally in awe. Approved by the AMA in 1958, it has a long and impressive … Continue reading
Posted in ACMS Wellness, bedwetting, health care costs
Tagged Bed wetting, Changing Habits, health care costs, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, insomnia
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Resisting Exercise?
Have you made regular exercise a priority? Yes, we are all busy, have responsibilities, etc. Always squeezed for time. What if our life time were to be cut short because of cancer or heart disease? We’re talking years of lost … Continue reading
Posted in ACMS Wellness, Exercise, attaining your goals
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Our Basic Human Pleasures
Nicholas Kristof hit the nail on the head yet again with his Op-Ed Column in the Times today. Nicholas is talking about happiness and compares the lives of a financially successful white, male commodities trader living in Florida and an … Continue reading
Nocebo or Placebo?
I still remember an article I read many years ago that said many studies showed that the success of a prescribed drug was impacted by the words the doctor spoke when prescribing it. If a patient was told, “This is … Continue reading
Posted in ACMS Wellness, Cancer, Pain, Pharmaceticals, attaining your goals, well being
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Meditation for the Mind and Heart
A short article in the New York Times reports a small but significant study of 200 patients at high risk for coronary artery disease over a 5 year period. Among those who meditated, there were 20 heart attacks, stokes and … Continue reading
Posted in ACMS Wellness, CAM, Stress, Uncategorized, well being
Tagged heart disease, meditation, Stress
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Wellness, Stress and the American Health Care System
A number of years ago, changes in my life style led to a transition from working as an RN in Emergency Departments to a private practice in hypnotherapy. I had no idea the impact this would have on my life … Continue reading
Posted in ACMS Wellness, Health Care Costs & Stress, Stress, well being
Tagged health care reform, Stress, wellness
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Stress and Your Health
How is life treating YOU? Life is busy; we face many challenges. We seem to accept the fact that we are too often stressed. The truth is stress is a lot more than just an uncomfortable feeling. It has profound … Continue reading
Posted in ACMS Wellness, Stress
Tagged Guided Imagery, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Stress, stress management, Stress relief
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The Best We Can Be
The abundance found in our culture presents an unusual challenge. People are not, in general, starving because of lack of food. Most of us can easily access a limitless supply of food, alcohol and tobacco. This has led to overuse … Continue reading
Posted in ACMS Wellness
Tagged Guided Imagery, habits, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, obesity, overeating, Stress relief, tobacco, weight
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