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Virtual Reality and Its Novel Role in Health Care

 

Every Tuesday from 11am -12pm I host The Health Hub, an interactive, forward thinking talk show on Radio Maria Canada.   Call, tweet or email your questions as together we explore health issues that are relevant to you from new and innovative points of view.

This Week on TheHealthHub…

Virtual Reality in Health Care

 

Virtual Reality has far reaching implications in the area of stress management and reduction as well as the potential to integrate those that may be lonely, housebound or shy in the social sphere.
Join me and my guest Dave Williams, Host of Find Your New Normal video broadcast, Tuesday April 4th, 2017 as explore the world of Virtual Reality.
Dave Williams contact info:
Web: http://www.findyournewnormal.com
VR: http://findyournewnormal.com/clubhouse   
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cancerclubhouse/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/newnormaldave

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Virtual Reality and Its Novel Role in Health Care

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The Health Hub

Beginning Tuesday March 28, 2017, from 11 am -12 pm I will be hosting The Health Hub, an interactive, forward thinking talk show on Radio Maria Canada. Each week you will be able to call, tweet or email your questions as together we explore health issues that are relevant to you from new and innovative points of view.

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Researchers have made a major brain repair discovery in the fight against Multiple Sclerosis

Although Multiple Sclerosis is not my area of specialty, I came across this study and found it fascinating perhaps because I just saw a mini documentary about a professional hockey player recently diagnosed with the disease.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that attacks and damages the myelin sheath, the protective covering of the nerves affecting the brain, spinal cord and optic nerve. Myelin is necessary for the transmission of nerve impulses through nerve fibres. If the damage to myelin is minimal, it is possible for nerve impulses to travel with minor interruptions. If however the damage is severe and if scar tissue has replaced the myelin, nerve impulses may be completely disrupted and the nerve fibres themselves can be damaged. Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis may include the following:  lack of coordination, weakness, extreme fatigue, tingling, impaired sensation, vision problems, bladder problems, cognitive impairment and mood changes.  In Canada it is estimated that approximately 100,000 people are living with the disease.  MS is most commonly diagnosed between 14-40 years old.

Findings from this study, led by Dr Yvonne Dombrowski and Dr Denise Fitzgerald at the Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine at Queen’s University Belfast, show that:

“a protein made by certain cells within the immune system triggers the brain’s stem cells to mature into oligodendrocytes that repair myelin.”

The report goes on further to state that:

“(the study) is being hailed as a landmark study in unravelling the mysteries of how the brain repairs damage. This is crucial in the fight against MS, which affects 2.3 million people world-wide…The discovery means that researchers can now use this new knowledge to develop medicines which will boost these particular cells and develop an entirely new class of treatments for the future.”

You can read the full report of the study here.

 

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Cancer Nutrition Quote of the Day

Dr. Patrick Quillin is director of nutrition for Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa, OK.

“Of the 4 million cancer patients being treated in America today, hardly any are offered any scientifically guided nutrition therapy beyond being told to “just eat good foods.” Most patients I work with arrive with a complete lack of nutritional advice…. Controlling one’s blood-glucose levels through diet, supplements, exercise, meditation and prescription drugs when necessary can be one of the most crucial components to a cancer recovery program.”

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What’s so Wrong with Being in my Comfort Zone?

It’s been a busy time family wise and business wise. So much so that reflection has come only in the mirror these days. But in the midst of a flurry last week driving hither and yon, while thinking about how my to do list keeps on lengthening, I couldn’t help but think of how much I just wanted to be in my track pants. Literally.

I was tired. I didn’t ease in to 2017. It felt as though I was shot out of a cannon.  One that I fired myself.  I had just finished running my first online detox program, doing a talk for a group of marathoners and hitting 3 university in 5 days with my daughter who is looking for a landing spot next year.   This in addition to our clinic practice, which is taking on a head of steam of its own.

It’s constantly pointed out by all of the successful people in the world that it is by moving outside of our comfort zone that we get our greatest opportunity for growth and achievement.  I don’t disagree.

In fact for the greater percentage of time I do believe that pushing the envelope is necessary to gain ground on the successes that I desire.  But I also think that there are times when taking my foot off of the accelerator, stepping back and regrouping is also an opportunity for my growth through a process that perhaps I don’t appreciate as much as I should.  Reflection.  Reflection is a necessary part of growth.  Weeding out the good versus the bad; the necessary versus the irrelevant.  Reflecting offers me the opportunity to regroup and recharge before my next push beyond the boarders of my safe zone.  Reflecting helps me to regain my focus.

Although my comfort zone  is the space that, for a large portion of time, I work so hard to breach the borders of, it is also the space that I don’t.  It is the space where I don’t have to try so hard.  It is a space where I don’t feel guilty about the status quo.  It is the space where I can relax and just settle for things the way they are.

It is that lovely space where the tea is hot, the phones are quiet and where my track pants are the dress code de jour.  My comfort zone.

 

 

 

 

 

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