A Healthy Idyllwild

A Healthy Idyllwild: Domestic violence
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A Healthy Idyllwild: Domestic violence

Are you or someone you know being harmed at home? Or perhaps you are close to the abuser? Domestic Violence (DV) experts expect to see increased rates of DV while isolating at home.  DV includes stalking, physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Women and men are victims, although to date, the majority of victims are female…

Important facts about COVID-19
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Important facts about COVID-19

Nothing in this article is meant to be medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/cleaning-disinfection.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcommunity%2Fhome%2Fcleaning-disinfection.html New Yorker magazine. No link. COVID-19: A novel Coronavirus As a public service, we will attempt to bring together in this article the evidence-based and rapidly emerging information about the pandemic disease known as COVID-19. Remember, it is…

Are you heart healthy?
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Are you heart healthy?

February is Healthy Heart month. Many reputable guidelines are easily available to assist in maintaining cardiovascular health. See below for some links. This article will focus on gently busting a couple of myths. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “There is no lower limit to the benefits of physical activity in…

A Healthy Idyllwild: Gratitude heals
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A Healthy Idyllwild: Gratitude heals

This time of year can be a wonderful time to continue our exploration of gratitude and how consciously and purposefully practicing gratefulness can benefit us physically and psychologically by promoting health and healing. (See links at the end for the health impacts associated with gratitude). This practice can benefit us when we are already happy…

A Healthy Idyllwild: How to be a healing presence
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A Healthy Idyllwild: How to be a healing presence

Having been a trauma psychotherapist for nearly 30 years — now retired — I still think about how to help those of us who are suffering from traumatic incidents. Many of you, also, wish to be a healing presence for family and friends experiencing urgent states of highly charged emotional/physiological stress. Such stress can be…

A Healthy Idyllwild: Vaping
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A Healthy Idyllwild: Vaping

To vape or not to vape? A life-threatening lung illness, associated with vaping, is now a health emergency. So much so that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has this bottom line: It is recommending that folks do not use electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) at this time. The CDC and other national and state-based…

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day is on September 23. Why wait?
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National Falls Prevention Awareness Day is on September 23. Why wait?

Nothing in this article is meant to be medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider. Some information for this article was taken from: https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/the-importance-of-stretching and http://web.mit.edu/tkd/stretch/stretching_4.html The Center for Disease Control and Prevention tells us that one-fourth of Americans aged 65 and older fall each year. According to the National Council on Aging, “Falls are…

A Healthy Idyllwild: A Healthy Weight
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A Healthy Idyllwild: A Healthy Weight

Nothing in this article is meant to be medical advice. Please consult your own healthcare provider. Some info below taken from: www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-disturbing-links-between-too-much-weight-and-several-types-of-cancer/2019/04/12/b43c4e68-5a1d-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab&utm_term=.6816d1740b19 www.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pr247_E.pdf www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/diet-physical-activity/body-weight-and-cancer-risk/adult-bmi.html www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa021423?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2323411 Cancer Helpline 800-227-2345 In April of this year, in the Health section of the Washington Post, an article was posted warning about the links between being overweight and developing…