Category: Health Topics

 

Self help techniques using the ancient secrets of Traditional Chinese Medicine

January 29, 2023 Joe Brady

What has the research taught us? Watch the video with Dr. Howard Sesso, ScD, MPH, Director of Nutrition and Supplements Research, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) & Harvard Medical School University of Arizona Health Sciences What has the research taught us? Watch the video with Dr. Howard Sesso, ScD, MPH, Director…

January 13, 2023 Joe Brady

What the Science Says July 2020 NCCIH Osteoarthritis Clinical practice guidelines issued by the American College of Rheumatology recommend aerobic exercise and/or strength training, weight loss (if overweight), and a number of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic modalities for treating osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, hip, or hand. The guidelines conditionally recommend tai chi, along with other…

November 27, 2022 Joe Brady

Research has shown that acupuncture may be helpful for several pain conditions, including back or neck pain, knee pain associated with osteoarthritis, and postoperative pain. There’s also evidence that acupuncture may help relieve seasonal allergy symptoms, stress incontinence in women, and nausea and vomiting associated with cancer treatment. Acupuncture is a technique derived from traditional…

November 20, 2022 Joe Brady

Stress is a physical and emotional reaction that people experience as they encounter challenges in life. When you’re under stress, your body reacts by releasing hormones that produce the “fight-or-flight” response. Your heart rate, breathing rate, and blood pressure go up, your muscles tense, and you sweat more. Occasional stress is a normal coping mechanism….

November 7, 2022 Joe Brady

When you want to find out about new findings from medical research, it may help to go to the source—the scientific journal article in which the new research was published. As part of Health Literacy Month, we have launched a new tool to help you navigate and understand scientific journal articles. The “How To Make…

October 23, 2022 Joe Brady

This article summarizes current scientific evidence about the complementary health approaches most often used by people for chronic pain, including fibromyalgia, headache, irritable bowel syndrome, low-back pain, neck pain, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer pain. The scientific evidence to date suggests that some complementary health approaches may provide modest effects that may help individuals manage…

October 17, 2022 Joe Brady

Can music be good for you? Yes, according to a growing body of research. Listening to or making music affects the brain in ways that may help promote health and manage disease symptoms. Performing or listening to music activates a variety of structures in the brain that are involved in thinking, sensation, movement, and emotion….

September 30, 2022 Joe Brady

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital October 4th, 2022: “The Doctor Will Meditate with You Now – Implementing Mindful Medical Group Visits into Clinical Practice” Dr. Paula Gardiner, Director of Primary Care Implementation Research at the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at Cambridge Health Alliance Description: We have Walk with a…

September 25, 2022 Joe Brady

For decades, researchers have studied eating patterns—what, when, and how much we eat—to see how they might help us avoid age-related diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and dementia. They are also interested in learning more about how different eating patterns might affect the health of our musculoskeletal system, which comprises the body’s muscles, bones, and…

September 18, 2022 Joe Brady

Research has shown that physical activity can prevent and even reverse many aspects of the decline we experience with age. The old adage that you must “use it or lose it” is being validated in many scientific studies as a basic dictum of biology. Exercise and physical activity are good for just about everyone, including…