6 Signs It’s Time For Rehab
The ultimate goal for alcohol addiction treatment is abstinence from alcohol. However, sometimes it takes a long time to get there and the alcoholic will need support to recover properly.There are three steps to the treatment of alcohol addiction: detox, rehabilitation and then maintaining of sobriety.Detoxing comes immediately once a person has discontinued using alcohol. […]
How Patients Can Now Get Medical Care Without Leaving Their Bed
In the 1960s, just 50 years ago, almost half of all medical appointments were conducted by the doctor physically coming to the patient’s house. By the 1980s, that number had plummeted to less than 1%. Although house calls made greater medical accessibility to people who were unable to leave the house, prevented the spread of […]
Why does my Back Hurt? The Answer is in Your Genes!
Each year, millions of Americans suffer from back pain. Around half of all employed Americans say they struggle with back pain and more than 30 million suffer from lower back pain. Some of this back pain is severe, often brought about by a car accident or other traumatic event. Other, more common forms of back […]
Cancer Survivors Follow Up Care For the Body, Mind and Soul
There’s a popular saying in the U.S., “That which doesn’t kill us only makes us stronger.” And while that’s wise advice, cancer survivors don’t always feel that much stronger after a long, painful experience with cancer care. So what happens after you leave the cancer center? How can you care for your body and mind […]
Confronting Limited Mobility How You Can Keep Moving
It can be incredibly discouraging for someone to lose their full range of mobility. Whether they?re still able to get around to some degree, or seriously disabled, giving up mobility means giving up independence in the minds of money. While those living with disabilities ? or even simply the trials that come with advanced age […]
5 Holistic Health Practices You Should Check Out Today
Westernized modern medicine doesn’t give much credence to holistic approaches to treatment. Here in the U.S., we are much more concerned with treating symptoms in a reactionary manner, usually with narcotics. In contrast, holistic medicine advocates treating the body as interconnected parts of a whole, and attempts to find the root causes of ailments. If […]