If you ever search online for tips on how to increase your energy, it may have looked something like this! In order to boost one’s energy: Get more sleep each night... Reduce stress levels by having more down-time... Eat more fresh food... Take a good [...]
Guest Contributor and author, Carol J. Farran, PhD, RN, MSN, FAAN, has served as Professor, Researcher, and Principal Investigator at Rush University Alzheimer’s Disease Center. Based upon her contribution to Alzheimer’s Disease research, she is included as our first Influencer in ABeautifulVoice.org. As a personal friend, she had influenced my [...]
In this update received from Roshi Joan Halifax, she discusses the changes which have been made at Upaya Institute and Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico during the 2020 global pandemic. In March, the Center began offering their resources by donation only so that more people could participate. The [...]
Two in three hospitalized seniors get prescriptions for drugs that older adults should avoid, increasing the risk of injury and adverse drug reactions, researchers report. Improving hospital prescribing practices can reduce the frequency of inappropriate medications and resulting harm, according to a new study. Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are drugs [...]
What if you could pick up your phone and speed-dial call… A top nutritional scientist… A world-leading physician, or two (or three or four)... Naturopaths… Herbalists… And an array of experts in traditional healing practices… And then what if you could request they all "join forces" and put together [...]
Laughter - the best medicine! For the ranchers living in an intergenerational household, laughter was an essential ingredient requiring frequent doses. For best results, we applied liberally! Mother and Dad both retained their sense of humor to their final days. The household was often filled with laughter - especially during [...]
Laughter at the ranch – it was a vital part of our mileau. When family sat around the table before a meal, Mother would do a reading – sometimes a humorous one she had found… During Dad’s 18-month hospice experience, they enjoyed jokes with the hospice chaplain who brought a [...]
Rev. Wintley Phipps was no stranger to us during ranch years. He was a frequent performer with the Gaithers, a Southern Gospel group whose DVD's were so abundant in our household that they had their own library. Today he perfomed at a special memorial service for John Lewis in the [...]
Big Pharma and the Constant Gardener - a timeline found in this e-magazine - begins with my 1998 return to my hometown. It covers a 20-year period leading up to news of far-reaching importance, contained in a newsletter from an internationally-recognized physician. Where Is the Media Regarding These Findings? In [...]
Guest Contributor and author, Carol J. Farran, PhD, RN, MSN, FAAN, has served as Professor, Researcher, and Principal Investigator at Rush University Alzheimer’s Disease Center. Based upon her contribution to Alzheimer’s Disease research, she is included as our first Influencer in ABeautifulVoice.org. As a personal friend, she had influenced my [...]
