With the holiday season upon us, it’s important to keep focused on healthy eating habits despite the multitude of temptations. Adhering to a healthy diet can be especially tricky at this time of year. Holiday festivities traditionally revolve around food and the pressure to overindulge can be a real issue for those watching the scale.

Of course, the best way to prevent an injury is to avoid having an accident but unfortunately not all accidents are preventable and regardless of how careful we are or how many precautions we take accidents happen. Whiplash is the most common injury associated with motor vehicle accidents, affecting up to 83% of those involved in collisions. What is whiplash? What can you do to prevent it, minimize the effects of it and treat it?

Life is full of hassles, deadlines, frustrations, and demands. Stress…it is the human body’s defense mechanism to overcome fear or trauma, avoid danger, or prepare for a threatening situation. It serves as a resource to deal with perceived attack or unexpected challenges—regardless of whether the threat is psychological or physical.

Many diabetics just like you, in Delaware, Pennsylvania, across the U.S., have said enough, and in turn have reversed their diabetes by no longer accepting the mantra of the best that can be done is to choke down one drug after another in hopes of only slowing down the inevitable progression of diabetes.

With the holidays approaching, I began to search for the perfect card to send through the mail to a few friends and family members. I normally just email online greetings but thought it would be nice this year to actually write messages with pretty colored pens, address with holiday stamps and hand to our rural mail lady. As I begin to see whimsical, peace and love, shimmering cards, I would flip over the box to check the price and be frustrated ~ not at the cost, but at three little words ~ “Made in China.”

During this season of gift giving, holiday parties and merriment, I would like to share with you a Shamanic Holiday Tradition. The Winter Solstice’s Shamanic Giveaway. You need to gather together a group of your close spiritual friends and family for a night of good food, drink and spiritual sharing.

Part-Two (This article is continued from the October/November 2011 Issue.) Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic pain disorder (also called RSD). CRPS usually begins after trauma such as an injury to the tissue, bone or nerves of your arm or leg. Although the symptoms vary greatly from one person to the next, there is one symptom that all people with CRPS have.

In this stressful, hectic time of year, I’m reminded of a simple inspiration shared with me by my 4th grade teacher. “In life it is important to spread roots and grow wings,” Mrs. Jones advised. Initially, these words induced a sense of staying connected to my values, my family, and where I came from even as I grew older and moved away. As I matured, the scope of these words expanded.

Yesterday, a doctor’s son was injured in a terrible sports accident. The x-ray did not show a fracture. An MRI would have shown the fracture, but there was a one day delay while another x-ray—and a CT scan—was performed that did show the fracture. The young man’s parent, a very prominent family physician, insisted on a 3T MRI for her son, to further evaluate the soft tissues.

Sleep apnea is a common condition which may have a profound impact on a person’s health. Sleep apnea (also termed sleep disordered breathing) is characterized by periods of no airflow during sleep. This condition can be divided into two types: obstructive sleep apnea and central sleep apnea.