Daily Archives: July 16, 2012

5 Ways Telemedicine Is Reducing the Cost of Healthcare

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Telemedicine and mHealth have the potential to help the healthcare system meet the Institute of Healthcare Improvement’s triple aim to simultaneously increase the quality of care, improve the health of populations and reduce the per capita cost of care.
“Collectively, investments in telemedicine and mHealth have great potential to reduce Continue reading →

Modern Science Validates Light and Color Therapies in Promoting Full-Spectrum Health

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The ancient practices of phototherapy and chromotherapy are gaining momentum as valid science. Researchers are now able to study how light and color not only affect psychological behavior, but also physiological systems of the body. An article in The New York Times explores how color and light influence well-being in a variety of circumstance; from prison cells to neonatal units, Continue reading →

How Chinese Face Reading Reveals the State of Your Health

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cfThe state of your overall health may be as simple to discern as using Chinese face reading to examine your face. So say ancient healing systems such as Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

Face reading (mien shiang or mien xiang, pronounced “myen-shung”) originated in China nearly 3,000 years ago. Originally, this medical art was practiced by Taoist monk healers. Today, Eastern practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Continue reading →

Five Unusual Chinese Treatments for a Cold

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Today we present five sure-fire healing secrets from deepest China that you might be able to use to battle the nasty yet formidable common cold. To have these secrets under your belt means you are truly in the know.

1. Andrographis  Continue reading →

Cross Crawl Exercise Easiest Way to Activate Brain and Nervous System

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crisscrawlDid You Know… … that cross crawl exercise is one of the easiest ways to activate your brain and nervous system to give it the proper motor and sensory stimuli it needs to take control of your bodily functions—thereby preventing or rehabilitating health problems?Until a baby learns to crawl she moves in a homolateral pattern.  This means that the right hemisphere of the brain controls the right side of the body and the left hemisphere of the brain controls the left side of the body.  If we failed to mature past this pattern of movement, Continue reading →