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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Featured podcast: “A Meditation to Help You with Chemotherapy”

With this hypnotic and relaxing guided imagery podcast, Belleruth Naparstek can help you cope with the stresses of going through chemotherapy.

Using “cleansing imagery,” the “Meditation to Help You with Chemotherapy” podcast is designed to help your body’s own natural healing power do its work.

The net effect is to cast a [...]

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Monday, October 26, 2009

The value of prevention

A positive attitude can go a long way in helping you maintain good health. So can regularly scheduled mammograms.

By getting mammograms regularly, women can reduce their risk of breast cancer by potentially detecting it in early stages when it’s more treatable.

We’ve long recognized the value of prevention, and that’s why [...]

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Five hard hitting diseases that can be stopped with exercise

As the old saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” and Robert Sallis, MD, believes this is as true now as it was years ago.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Podcast: Meditations to help you cope with chemotherapy

Recovering from chemotherapy treatments can be tough. That’s why our health experts designed a podcast to help you relax and recuperate. Our guided imagery podcasts are gentle and engaging meditation programs that help you soothe mind, body, and spirit and achieve positive health results.

Listen or download [...]

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