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Weve all experienced that moment when sound lifts us up; when that song you love comes on the radio just when you felt down and needed to hear it, or the sound of crashing ocean waves helps you fall asleep, or the Om you focus on during a meditation session brings you closer to a state of inner peace.

Music has been a medium of therapy for centuries, and there are numerous examples of the curative or healing powers of music in the historical records of different cultures, notes a 2010 article in the journal European Psychiatry.

Note that some people use the terms sound healing and music therapy interchangeably; they actually describe two different, but related disciplines. Both use instruments and the voice in order to produce a positive benefit, but sound healing is based on the frequency of sound, whereas music therapy relies on the structure and rhythm of music to bring about change. (Music therapy requires specific training and certification.)

For the purposes of this article, we will focus on the type of sound healing that can be done as part of a massage therapy session.

The human voice is often used in sound healing, as are several types of instruments: singing bowls, pan flutes, tuning forks, rattles, harps and drums. Practitioners believe that the sound and vibration each creates can resonate with specific parts of the body, dispelling negative energy and creating a positive effect.

The body of research in this area is relatively small, but anecdotal evidence is plentiful. One observational study, the results of which were published in 2016 in the Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine, tested meditation with singing bowls.

Following the sound meditation participants reported significantly less tension, anger, fatigue, and depressed mood, the studys authors wrote.

Susan Cossette, a massage therapist and National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork-approved education provider in Appleton, Wisconsin, built her knowledge of sound healing mainly via self-study.

One of the things that really touched my passion was reading Mitchell Gaynors Sound Of Healing book, because he had really studied how patients with cancer were incorporating crystal bowls into their recovery, she said. Gaynor, who died in 2015, was an oncologist and author who was a proponent of using complementary and alternative methods to supplement traditional medicine.

Based on her studies, Cossette created a workshop, Sounds of Healing, and says about 75% of her attendees are licensed massage therapists, nurses, chiropractors and others already in health care fields.

Tonia Lach, also an NCBTMB-approved education provider and massage therapist who practices in Sonoma, California, has studied acupressure and traditional Chinese medicine. She got into sound healing after receiving a crystal bowl as a gift, and experimenting with a chime on her own body. After seeking additional training, she developed a continuing education course in adding sound healing to massage sessions.

Like massage therapy sessions, sessions with sound therapy vary from therapist to therapist, and can be customized to each clients individual needs.

Cossettes sound healing sessions follow a progression. She usually begins with Tibetan tingshas, also called healing bells or cymbals; they produce low-frequency sounds that, like meditation, are intended to calm and focus the brain. She then will use other instruments, such as crystal bowls and tuning forks, to help the body release energy that is contributing to dis-ease or disharmony in the body.

As that energy is released, we dont want it lingering to settle back into the body, Cossette said. The tingshas bring it back to neutral so whatever theyve released doesnt settle back into their energy field and their physical body.

Cossette noted that there are many ways to incorporate sound into a massage session; she says she often plays a crystal bowl toward the end of a session, to clear the energy released during the session and send the client back out into the world with calm and positivity.

Lach has created her own signature offering called The Body Journey Massage Experience; it typically lasts 90 minutes to two hours, even to two and a half hours, giving her plenty of time to incorporate sound healing and hands-on bodywork.

Typically, I will begin the session with crystal bowls or rattles or chimes, Lach said. After the sound, then well work whatever modality is necessary physically, whether its deep tissue, acupressure, Swedish, lymphatic, reflexology, whichever is called for.

Lach described one session in which her client had just had eye surgery. After soothing her upper back, neck and shoulders with my chosen modalities, I decided to offer sound to the eye area to assist in releasing fear and promote healing, she said. With a light cover over her eyes, I got about three or four inches away and toned what sounded like a whispering bird tone over her eye for around three to four minutes.

After the session, she expressed how it felt like there was more space around her eyeball and that she felt more hopeful about the healing of her eye, Lach said.

The practitioner also benefits from sound healing; for one thing, its easier on the hands and body than providing massage therapy, and is not draining the way massage therapy can sometimes be for the therapist.

Also, When I tone in a session then I feel like it vibrates my body as well as the clients, so Im going to have sound healing as well just from the act of toning, Lach said.

Research on the subject of sound healing varies in quality and is relatively young, but studies do show that some sounds and frequencies seem to have a positive effect on the human body. The exact mechanism of action is still largely a mystery, but anecdotal evidence for the healing power of sound is plentiful.

In this article, well look at some recent research on sound as a healing modality, focusing on one major benefit it offers healthy adultsdrug-free relief from stress and anxiety. (Note: Sound healing, or sound therapy, is distinct from music therapy, which has to do with the structure and rhythm of music rather than sound frequencies, and requires its own training and certification. This article addresses the kind of sound healing that can be done in the massage session room, or practiced as self-care.)

At its most basic, sound is vibrationinvisible, physical waves that move through the air and are interpreted by the brain via the ear. The loudness of sound is measured in decibels (dB), while the frequency, or size of the waves, is measured in a unit called a hertz (Hz); the higher the number of hertzes, the higher-pitched the sound.

The human ear can detect a range of anywhere from 20 to 20,000 Hz, the average adult hearing range being about 2,000-5,000 Hz. Its finding the right frequencies, sound healing expert Jonathan Goldman told MASSAGE Magazine, that can have a positive effect on the human brain and body.

There are two basic ways that sound can affect us, said Goldman, the founder of the Sound Healers Association and co-author of The Humming Effect: Sound Healing for Health and Happiness (Healing Arts Press, 2017). Ones called psycho-acoustics, and thats where sound goes into our ears, into our brain and affects our nervous system, our heart rate, our respiration, our brainwaves, [our] blood pressure, he explained. The other is called vibro-acoustics, and that is where sound goes into the body, affecting you on a cellular level.

Sound healing, he noted, may work via the concept of entrainment, a physics term for the fact that two vibrating objects in proximity will come into resonance with one another, the lower frequency moving up to meet the higher frequency. If cells in the body are not vibrating at their natural, healthy frequency, sounds that match that frequency can help restore them to proper balance, he explained, thereby bringing about physiological change.

One of the most promising applications of sound healing, suggests recent research, is in the area of stress relief.

A 2019 study looked at the effects of a 30-minute sound meditation using the didgeridoo, an Australian wind instrument that produces a low, droning tone. The research, published in the journal Global Advances in Health and Medicine, divided 74 college undergraduate students into two groups, one of which experienced the didgeridoo meditation and one that underwent a 30-minute silent meditation.

After the intervention, while both groups reported increased relaxation and decreases in negative arousal, tiredness and acute stress, the didgeridoo group achieved significantly more relaxation and less stress.

Didgeridoo sound meditation is as effective as silent meditation for decreasing self-perceived negative arousal, tiredness, and energy and more effective than silent meditation for relaxation and acute stress reduction in undergraduate students, the studys authors concluded. Further investigation into didgeridoo sound meditation is warranted.

Another study, published in 2017 in The Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine, studied the effects of Tibetan singing bowl sound meditation on mood, anxiety, pain and spiritual well-being in 62 men and women.

After the meditation session, participants reported significantly less tension, anger, fatigue, and depressed mood, as well as increased spiritual well-being, the studys authors wrote, concluding that Tibetan singing bowl meditation may be a feasible low-cost low technology intervention for reducing feelings of tension, anxiety, and depression, and increasing spiritual well-being.

More research into the area of sound and stress is neededand the studies mentioned here are just a few of the pieces of research that show its efficacybut existing results suggest sound healing may help reduce stress by reducing cortisol, the stress hormone, and increasing oxytocin, the bodys feel-good hormone. (Salivary cortisol and oxytocin levels were not measured as part of the above-mentioned sound healing research, but these levels have been formally studied and found to change positively in response to some music therapy interventions.)

A 2020 research review article published in the journal Integrative Medicine, concluded that sound healing, along with several other ancient healing modalities, presents considerable potential for stress reduction globally.

While much more research remains to be done to replicate and expand the results of current sound healing studies, the field is moving in a positive direction. Nasiri Suzan, managing director of the Sound Healers Association, told MASSAGE Magazine about the success she has had using tuning forks with hospital patients to help lower blood pressure and reduce swellingand musician and scientist Anthony Holland has even been studying certain frequencies ability to shatter cancer cells.

The National Institutes of Health has currently funded research into sound and music therapy, Goldman noted, so new developments may be on the horizonand in our increasingly fast-paced, living-with-COVID world, people are eager to learn about interventions for their stress and general health, especially those that are natural, inexpensive, drug-free and available outside a physicians office.

We all innately understand the power of sound; it is present from the very beginning of our lives, when in the womb we can hear the sound of our mothers voice and heartbeat. Sound has the ability to excite us, soothe us and evoke emotions and memories in usand many believe certain sound frequencies even have the capability to heal us.

Cossettes number-one piece of advice for massage therapists interested in adding sound healing to sessions is to choose their instruments carefully. She says that over the internet, its difficult to determine the quality of an instrument; she recommends buying them from an experienced practitioner so you can try them out first.

Its important, she added, to find instruments that personally resonate with you. Sometimes a bowl may sound beautiful if someone else is playing it, she said. Then you go to play it and go whoa, that doesnt resonate with me.

Lach agreed that trying instruments before you buy is critical. She suggested starting with a small chime with good resonance, and working your way into other instruments. She also recommended getting comfortable with using your voice during sound healing sessions.

The most powerful instrument that we have is our human voice.

Allison M. Payne is an independent writer, editor and proofreader based in central Florida. Her recent articles for MASSAGE Magazine include The Self-Employed MTs Guide to Getting Health Insurance (April) and Are You (and Your Data) at Risk? 10 Cybersecurity Steps You Need to Take Now.

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When we decided last summer to create an undergraduate course about pandemics, we faced skepticism. Werent students and instructors tired of the COVID-19 pandemic? And would looking at pandemics from the perspective of numerous disciplines make it hard to address the topic with depth, or would we achieve a sense of cohesion?

As an anthropologist, a biologist and a historian, we know that infectious diseases are about a lot more than biology and medicine. Historically, epidemics and pandemics have shaped the world around us, frommask-wearing habits during plague timesto the impact ofpolio on the Toronto school system of the 1950s.

And, just like COVID-19 has affected people differently depending on where they live and work or what social supports they have, so have epidemics of the past. The tragedy of ourlong-term care system isnt newand understanding how infectious diseases mightemerge and spreadand therefore how to contain them is a complex matter involving everything from the science of contagion and human behaviour to social systems and the social determinants of health.

At the University of Guelph, we created Pandemics: Culture, Science and Society. This multidisciplinary course was offered in a virtual format and open to students as an elective in all programs and to alumni as a complete series of twelve weekly panels per semester.

We initially intended for this to be offered in fall 2020 only, but we quickly realised the value of our approach. We decided to run the course again in winter 2021, with a focus on COVID-19 research and creative projects that emerged at our university, from the sciences and the social sciences to business and the arts. Over two semesters, we engaged with 80 experts and researchers, as well as 600 undergraduates and 300 alumni.

Themes for weekly panels included knowledge and misinformation; pandemics in history and the arts; animals, environments and pandemics; and community, agency and resilience. Students and alumni learned about disease modelling, the impacts of COVID-19 on our food systems, pandemics in the ancient world and the biology of infectious diseases. Each week, panellists faculty, post-doctoral fellows and other experts gave short presentations, followed by a moderated discussion.

We convened expert panels from departments of population medicine, integrative biology, geography and computer science to economics, sociology and anthropology, fine arts and music, history and others, engaging multiple disciplines at a time.

Panellists helped students and alumni sift through and make sense of the COVID-19 infodemic. Public health and media experts, mathematicians, biologists, psychologists and philosophers were able to answer questions on the usefulness of masks, suggest ways for students to navigate stressful disagreements with roommates or relatives about COVID-19, and help the class understand how testing models and vaccines were developed. Every week added another layer to class discussions.

As course organisers, we were learners too. Through class discussions, we learned how COVID-19 was affecting all of us students, alumni and panellists as many shared some of their experiences. The course demonstrated the ways in which academic knowledge and personal experience can relate and interact with each other.

We know thatpeople experience and explain epidemicsand pandemics in ways that are shaped by existing economic, political, technological and social circumstances and tensions. As anthropologist Lisa J. Hardy explains, to understand social and political responses to the global pandemic, it is essentialthat we continue to investigate xenophobia, inequality and racism alongside the biological impact because the effects of pandemics are unequal and shaped by societal divisions. This became one of the main themes of the course.

The course allowed us to explore our shared and individual experiences in living through COVID-19. Participants heard how different the experience of the pandemic has been based on factors such as sex and gender, socio-economic status, race and ethnicity, geographic location (for instance, rural versus urban), political circumstance, mental and physical health status and many other factors.

We learned about the resilience of the Canadianfood systemfrom farm to plate, as well as the ongoing challenges such as the reliance on migrant workers and bottlenecks in distribution. We gained insights into the experiences ofgrocery store workers,persons with disabilities,pets and their peopleandmusicians.

We benefited from expert discussions about the emergence and evolution of viruses, vaccine development and deployment,wastewater testingand many other technical topics. And, we witnessed the incrediblecreativityon display during a global crisis from colleagues across campus.

We also saw the potential benefits of virtual classrooms. The course and its weekly panels in a virtual format offered a model for linking students, alumni from all over Canada and the world, and researchers in an intellectual and supportive community. We believe the meaningful connections that were created would have been harder to develop in a large auditorium.

Even as the pandemic kept us apart physically, the course created a deeply engaging virtual community; some students and alumni told us the panels became a weekly high point for them, and alumni attendance and participation made it clear how much alumni value opportunities for lifelong learning that emerge from ongoing university engagement.

If the course felt for some like a community, it was in part because we were engaged in understanding the multifaceted dimensions and impacts of phenomena we were living through in different ways. So while this pandemic will pass, this course serves as a model for addressing complex and urgent challenges such as climate change, social and racial injustice, and global food and economic security.

By Elizabeth Finnis, Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph; Sofie Lachapelle, Professor, History, University of Guelph, and T. Ryan Gregory, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph

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As India struggles with one of the worlds worst COVID-19 outbreaks, thousands of doctors across the nation fighting to save patients amid shortages of oxygen, medicine, and vaccines wore black armbands on June 1 to call for the arrest of India's most popular yoga televangelist. Baba Ramdev, founder of a traditional medicine empire, is peddling unproven herbal pills and yoga cures for COVID-19, while calling modern drugs stupid" and blaming the countrys hundreds of thousands of coronavirus deaths on modern medicine.

But far from being fringe, Ramdev has close ties to Indias Hindu nationalist government and has enjoyed the support of the health minister. Since the pandemic began last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modis government has been aggressively promoting Ayurvedaa traditional system of medicine with deep links to Hinduism that originated 5,000 years ago and is still widely practiced by hundreds of millions of Indians. Ayurveda uses plant-derived products, yoga, diet, and behavior changes to treat the mind and body, and is included in Indias official COVID-19 management protocol as a prevention and cure for the pandemic.

Recently, as vaccination has stalled in India due to drug shortages, the government began distributing a free, unproven formulation called AYUSH 64, an Ayurvedic pill made from four herbs that the government claims has "anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activities. (The pill shares its name with the acronym for the government ministry of traditional medicine, which also means long life.) Some ruling party-linked lawmakers and religious groups have even advocated drinking cow urine and smearing oneself with cow dung to safeguard against the virus.

But as a second wave of the coronavirus has claimed the lives of 335,000 Indians as of June 2, according to theNew York Times, alternative remedies that lack scientific evidence of efficacy are under fire from modern medicine doctors and even some prominent Ayurveda practitioners.

Ayurveda was [Indias] first attempt at science," says M. Shafi Kuchay, an endocrinologist at the Medanta hospital in Gurugram, a technology hub outside the Indian capital. "But today it is inefficient, he says, especially in the absence of credible studies."

Hemant Toshikhane, one of Indias leading professors of Ayurveda, was among many who used to believe the ancient remedies could guard against the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

Starting in March last year, the Parul Institute of Ayurved & Research, which Toshikhane runs, distributed traditional herbs for fever and digestive disorders and medicated nasal drops to faculty and students to ward off the virus. There were some COVID-19 infections recorded last year in Waghodia, in the western state of Gujarat, where the institute is located, but none among anyone who received the kits, according to Toshikhane.

A year later, a devastating second wave of the pandemic has swept through India, bringing the number of deaths to some 4,000 people nearly every day from mid-April through May. Toshikhane dutifully handed out the herbal kits again, but this time, most people got sick anyway, he says, so I stopped.

Ayurveda, which translates from Sanskrit as knowledge of life, is based on the principle that the body is composed of the same five elements that make up the universeair, fire, water, earth, and etherrepresented in the human body as doshas,or problems, explains Toshikhane. If the three main doshasVata, Pitta and Kaphaare not balanced, it leads to diseases. Rebalancing these doshas is done by modifying lifestyle and diet. The three mental doshasSattva, Rajas, and Tamasare treated with yoga and meditation. Ayurveda practitioners also treat disease with herb- and mineral-based medicines and surgery.

But there have never been conclusive studies on the efficacy of these treatments for chronic or infectious diseases. According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, aside from treating some pains and a few symptoms of type 2 diabetes, there is little scientific evidence on Ayurvedas value for other health issues. Many studies on Ayurvedas effectiveness are small, and few are published in peer-reviewed Western medical journals.

Even so, a large majority of Indians place faith in this ancient medical system. Nearly 80 percent used Ayurveda in 2018, up from 69 percent in 2015, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report on the resurgence of Ayurveda in India. The report predicts the countrys Ayurveda market will grow from $2.5 billion in 2015 to $8 billion in 2022.

Indias Hindu nationalist ruling party has long touted the healing powers of yoga and Ayurveda and in 2014, soon after taking office, Prime Minister Modi upgraded a department dedicated to the study of traditional medicine to the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy, abbreviated as AYUSH. These therapies got an additional boost when the World Health Organization greenlit trials for alternative COVID-19 therapies last September. India answered the call with more than 100 different studies examining the efficacy of various traditional medicines, including everything from therapeutic yoga positions to Kadha, a type of herbal tea consumed to fight coughs and colds.

But Rajan Sharma, an orthopedic surgeon and former president of the Indian Medical Association, says the studies lack credibility because of very small sample sizes. The pilot study on AYUSH 64, for example, was led by mostly government researchers and included only 140 people. The researchers concluded the herbal pill could treat COVID-19 because another study in the Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine found it effective for influenza-like respiratory illnesses. Even Ayurveda experts are now calling this into question.

A letter in the same journal noted the AYUSH 64/influenza trial studied a mix of modern and Ayurvedic medicines, making the claims of efficacy against flu-like illness scientifically untenable since it is not possible to identify the drug that actually cured or brought relief to patients.

Doctors have warned that unscientific practices, like smearing cow dung on ones body, could be dangerous, leading to other infections, such as mucormycosis, known as black fungus. (Read about a rare black fungus infecting Indias COVID-19 patients.)

In 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cautioned Americans against using Ayurvedic products, because one-fifth were contaminated with lead, mercury, or arsenic. In 2017, the FDA had issued a safety alert against specific Ayurvedic medicines linked to two cases of lead poisoning in Michigan.

Hepatologists have long warned of the harmful effects of Ayurvedic and other traditional medicines on the liver. In a 2019 study, Jawad Ahmad, a professor of medicine specializing in liver diseases at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York,warned of rising liver injury and failure from increased use of herbal supplements, especially in Asia.

Ahmad notes peopleturn to herbal remedies because there are few options, and they want to "maximize their chances of survival," he says. "Thats just human nature."

This is exactly what happened in India. As COVID-19 cases surged, along with a shortage of hospital beds, drugs, and oxygen, so have Internet searches by those desperate for herbal remedies that might help.

Sharma, the former head of the Indian Medical Association, sees hypocrisy in pushing Ayurvedic pills and potions. Last year, when Shripad Naik, the minister of alternative medicines, tested positive for COVID-19, he opted for modern medical treatment at a private hospital.

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The ModiHealth whole-person virtual care platform will add an incredibly robust streaming service and app powered by new health technology with the acquisition of More Active, as they also welcome Founder Don Hoskyns to the ModiHealth team as President of Digital Wellbeing

LOS ANGELES, California (June 2, 2021): ModiHealths acquisition of More Active provides customers with a full-body care experience at the top of its class. ModiHealth, a one-stop-shop for every aspect of whole-person health and wellness, provides a vast integrative range of holistic care options under one virtual roof. Adding the More Active technology to its platform and health app provides customers with a powerful guide to being fit; mind, body, heart and spirit. With 59 percent of Americans not planning to renew their gym memberships after COVID, ModiHealth customers will now have premier at-home streaming workouts, fitness plans, nutrition plans, health tracking, wellness tools and support available in the palm of their hands.

Bringing More Active s technology and content to ModiHealth furthers our goal of providing people with the tools to reach their optimal health, says ModiHealth co-founder and CEO Dr. Rachel Dew. We are closely aligned with the More Active team and are lucky to have Don Hoskyns on board as ModiHealths President of Digital Wellbeing.

More Active was founded by Don Hoskyns, whose interest and passion for health and diet started in his high school days when he was a wrestler and eventually led him to develop the successful More Active desktop and app technology.

I started More Active in 2013 to build a digital fitness platform, says Don Hoskyns, More Active Founder. Its been exciting to see how it has transitioned into a whole-person health and wellbeing platform.

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Jasmine Mohadjer never planned on buying a building to start her new medical practice. It just kind of worked out that way.

I couldnt find anything that didnt need a major overhaul, said Mohadjer, an oculofacial cosmetic and reconstructive surgeon who spent months looking at space to lease in St. Petersburg.

Thats when Michael Heretick and Montana Massa, Mohadjers team of agents with Vector Commercial Real Estate St. Petes oldest commercial brokerage firm decided to get creative.

This was a neat evolution of our value proposition to our clients, said Massa, who connected with Mohadjer through a client referral. When we realized there was nothing out there to lease that would fit her needs, we decided to look at what was available from a sales perspective.

After searching through commercial listings, Heretick and Massa came across a property at 8855 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street. The space, which once housed Envision Lighting Systems, was much larger than what Mohadjer needed. However, Heretick and Massa recognized that the property could be more than just a great location for Mohadjer to start her business it could also be a solid investment for her and her husband. Plus, when Heretick and Massa pointed out the good interest rates and pro-business climate in St. Pete, Mohadjer knew that buying was the right decision.

Now instead of paying someone elses rent, shes paying herself rent and has the property as an asset, Massa said.

Mohadjer closed on the building in November 2019, but her relationship with Vector didnt end then. Massa and Heretick continued to work with her, coaching her on what to expect as a property owner from a vacancy standpoint and sharing strategies on making the space attractive to tenants.

This is what differentiates us from other firms. We have a lot of experience beyond the transactional side of finding properties, Massa said. We also do investments on our own which gives us a unique perspective because we know what it takes to own an investment property and we can help people feel comfortable with the overall process.

By working with Vector on marketing and leasing, Mohadjer has been able to create a wellness hub by leasing her vacant spaces to St. Pete Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine and West Chiropractic and Neuropathy Center, both of which will operate alongside her practice, Eyelid Surgeons of Tampa Bay.

Im thrilled to have complimentary practices sharing our building, she said. I think it gives patients and clients a real sense that we are all here to address their concerns.

Additionally, Mohadjer is excited to build equity while improving a property in the St. Pete community, and she knows she couldnt have done it without the guidance of her team from Vector.

Mike and Montana were great to work with, she said. We really appreciated their insight and direction through the whole process.

Established in Downtown St. Petersburg in 1985, Vector Commercial Real Estate offers clients experienced representation in all facets of commercial real estate. To learn more, click here or call (727) 823-1230.

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Aviva Romm, M.D., wants to take you on a hormone-enhancing shopping trip. According to the midwife and integrative medicine doctor (who specializes in integrative gynecology, obstetrics, and pediatrics, with a focus on women's endocrinology), the right foods can enhance your hormone health and balance the symphony of chemical messengers for optimal well-being.

Although, as she says on this episode of the mindbodygreen podcast, there are a few age-specific foods that can really benefit each decade. Of course, healthy, antioxidant-rich foods don't have a timestamp, per se, but Romm sheds light on the many hormonal shifts that can occur within each decadeand the specific foods to help you along the road.

A quick caveat before we dive into the grocery list: "We're accumulating these in the shopping cart," says Romm. Meaning, the best foods for your 20s will still be stellar for your 30s, 40s, and so on. Think of these foods as superstar players to focus on in each decade rather than checking them off the list once you reach a certain age.

So let's take a trip to the market, shall we?

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Martial Ndeffo, assistant professor in the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences.

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When an area is struck by disease, chaos can often consume a community as it tries to organize in the midst of fear and confusion.

Martial Ndeffo, an assistant professor in the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, helps local officials make sense of these uncertain times by diving into the data to help identify the best responses to control or prevent disease outbreaks.

Ndeffos research uses transdisciplinary modeling approaches to identify and address challenges for a range of infectious diseases. Infectious disease modeling uses the mathematical analysis of data to develop quantitative representations of disease systems and their interacting variables, called a model. By developing data-driven models, Ndeffo helps characterize emerging diseases in uncertain situations, identify the best strategies for disease control and prevention, and analyze public health responses from a health and economic perspective to inform public policy.

This life-saving research has taken him around the world, fromEbola outbreaks in West and Central Africa, to studying Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika outbreaks in the Americas, to domestic work addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic and HPV in the United States.

I have a sense of adapting to new situations, Ndeffo said. I think that also comes with training as a mathematician, always having a problem-solving type of mentality, which you apply to your daily living.

Ndeffo knew he wanted to be a mathematician from an early age. His father and elder brother had degrees in mathematics, and the interest was engrained in his family. Although mathematics was always a part of his life, Ndeffo initially was not drawn to the path of epidemiology.

My motivation initially was really to focus more on financial mathematics, go into the stock market, and get a financial job in London, he said. But I had more interest in focusing on things that were close to home, meaning how could I really use my skills to address problems that affect my home country and continent. Thats why I started to look more into mathematical biology, especially mathematical epidemiology, looking into infectious diseases.

His education began in his home country of Cameroon, a largely Francophile country, but school took him to South Africa, an English-speaking nation, for his masters degree in mathematics. Ndeffo says that his grasp on English at the time was difficult, but that math was a universal language. He was able to learn both languages English and math simultaneously in South Africa.

Secure in both the language and his skill, Ndeffo earned a spot at the University of Cambridge for his second masters degree in applied mathematics. He remained at Cambridge as the Gates Scholar, a prestigious scholarship funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as he completed his Ph.D. in mathematical biology.

Ndeffo completed his postdoctoral work at Yale University, fully diving into the world of infectious disease modeling and becoming engrossed with both the work and the impact it can have.

Modeling infectious diseases is a challenging endeavor not only does it require the researcher to enter a chaotic and sometimes dangerous environment, but because emerging diseases are not yet entirely understood, it also requires the modeler to predict the future when the present isnt entirely known.

Ndeffo explains this challenge as, as uncertain as your inputs are, so your output will be.

The nature of this research requires investigators to be flexible and adapt to new situations, both in the collection of their data and in their physical environment. Ndeffo explains that when outbreaks happen in countries with fewer resources, the human element of this research can take on an important role.

When the 2014 Ebola outbreak started in West Africa, especially in Liberia, I was part of a team at Yale Universitythat started to think about how we could contribute to that crisis, he said. It was very much a dire situation; it was almost the worst disease in the world happening in the poorest countries in the world.

A member of Ndeffos team had the idea of providing their Liberian field collaborators with laptops and mobile phones to be used for contact tracing efforts, after learning through the Liberian Ministry of Health that many members of their Ebola response teams had been collecting data using pen and paper and traveling long distances to deliver these data by hand to public health authorities for analysis.

You have maybe a weeklong lag between when the data was collected and when public health authorities are able to look at them and make a decision. By the time the cases were identified, the situation was completely changed, he said. One thing that made a big difference was a very simple mobile phone application where you can observe something on the ground and just enter those observations. People in Monrovia, the capital, could access the data in real time, they could make a decision, and you could act in real time in the field.

Recently, he has his energy toward working on neglected tropical diseases. Ndeffo says that because they are neglected, there is little existing research and he sees a window to make significant contributions where others may not think to look.

Definitely there is an opportunity there, an opening to contribute and for your result to be directly considered by public health decisionmakers, he said. You can really bring a tangible impact to these situations, so thats been the reason why Ive put a bit more time into neglected tropical diseases.

Recently, Ndeffo has diverted his research efforts into studying the development of the global COVID-19 pandemic. His work modeling COVID-19 is reminiscent of previous research he has done on emerging diseases, and his adaptive nature is a strength in navigating the challenges of studying a disease that is not yet fully characterized.

Like any emerging disease, it is difficult to study because there are a lot of unknown factors, he said. Having the experience of working on Ebola in 2014, Im a bit familiar with these types of developing situations, but theres always a problem in that you will have a lot of things that you dont know about the disease itself.

I think that whether we want to or not, we have to learn something. A lot of things will have to change, he said. For society really to come into that place, we need a more multi-disciplinary vision or analysis of what has happened and how to prepare for what might happen. It is very important for us not to do it in isolation but to really bring many disciplines together, because of the multifaceted approach of these situations.

Although he is hopeful for the future, Ndeffo cautions that the effects of COVID-19 might be more far-reaching than we initially observe.

The strain this virus has placed on our healthcare system can lead to overwhelmed health facilities, delayed care, decreased access, reduction in the utilization of essential services, and other effects for individuals who are suffering from non-COVID health conditions.

When you think about these emerging diseases, we have to think about what I call the indirect impact. It becomes more and more clear that the indirect impact of COVID is very substantial and nobody knows it might even be worse than the direct impact of COVID, he said. This brings us to that place where we design our intervention measures and our preparedness strategy; we really have to think beyond the direct impact of the disease. It has to be taken into account how we keep the right balance between addressing public health holistically rather than as a single problem that we are trying to solve.

Ndeffo sees a need to continue studying COVID-19 as the pandemic develops and is eager to lend a hand where he can. He is also continuing his research with neglected tropical diseases, with the hope that his modeling will inform a strategy for elimination.

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Dr. Leita Harris joins Haute Beauty Network as a Women's Health and Wellness expert representing the Corona, CA market.

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Dr. Leita Harris has been delivering health care to women in the Inland Empire in California since 1990. She has achieved many accreditations throughout her career, among them earning her California Medical License in 1988, is board-certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology since 1992 as well as annual board recertification since 2006. Dr. Harris started Nurturing You Women's Health & Wellness in June of 2015 after 25 years of practicing in multi-specialty groups, with the first 15 years as a full scope OB/GYN practice.

Throughout her career, Dr. Harris has found the need to re-examine medicine' and the methods with which she was practicing. It is all too common to feel rushed like there was no time to sit and listen to patients, no time to truly counsel them. Dr. Harris decided to branch out, to research and learn the various, integrative methods to truly manage patients' underlying problems from a holistic standpoint.

In 2008, Dr. Harris transitioned into a role that allowed her to see only GYN clinic patients and her use of bio-identical hormones in practice began to blossom as she continued at this practice until 2015, at which time she founded Nurturing You. Throughout her research and studies, Dr. Harris has also learned how to manage male hormone patients so that she can leave her female patients feeling great, and their partners as well.

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Newswise Orange, Calif., June 1, 2021 With its current gift, longtime UCI Health benefactor the Chao family has committed $50 million since 1995 to UCI Health toward advancing cancer care in Orange County and beyond. The familys latest gift will name the cancer center at the new UCI Medical Center in Irvine, expanding access to leading-edge cancer treatments and therapies, promising clinical trials, and world-class cancer care driven by the latest in precision medicine.

Few families have been as generous in support of their fellow residents of Orange County as the Chao family, said Chancellor Howard Gillman. This latest extraordinary gift is testament to their belief in the power of academic medicine to lead the fight against cancer and to provide the best and most up-to-date care to cancer patients.

The Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care will be one of three medical facilities at the new $1.2 billion medical center adjacent to the UCI campus; the others are a 144-bed acute care hospital with an emergency department and the Center for Advanced Care. The cancer care center is strategically located at the new medical center campus in Irvine to allow patients to receive multidisciplinary care by interprofessional and integrative teams working together to apply the latest innovations from university-backed clinical research.

The Chao familys commitment to UCI and the fight against cancer has brought much-needed hope to patients and their families over the past 25 years, said Steve A.N. Goldstein, M.A., M.D., Ph.D., FAAP, UCI vice chancellor for health affairs. Their most recent gift extends the opportunity for cancer patients to receive lifesaving therapies and empowers the worlds top cancer clinician-scientists to advance cancer treatment through personalized healthcare. This is only possible at an academic health center committed to developing and applying advanced AI, machine-learning, genomics and therapeutics to clinical practice.

More than anyone else, the Chao familys generosity and dedication has changed the face of cancer care and research in Orange County, said Richard Van Etten, M.D., Ph.D., director of UCIs Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center in Orange, the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center based in Orange County. The Chao familys investment allows UCI Health to treat the most complex cancers, and patients benefit from the power of the University of California Cancer Consortium.

Since their first gift to the university in 1995, three generations of Chaos have supported the growth of UCIs cancer program, including expanded clinical care and advanced research facilities and the creation last year of Orange Countys only adult hematopoietic stem cell/bone marrow transplant program. Today, UCIs Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center in Orange is one of only 51 NCI-designated centers across the U.S. those that meet the highest standards for an institutions commitment to and excellence in cancer research and clinical care.

Doing good in our community has always been very important to our family, said Allen Chao. We are proud to continue our partnership with UCI and to know that community members from all walks of life benefit from the lifesaving treatments offered here.

Its a value passed down to us from our matriarch and patriarch, Hsu Hwa Chao and Hsi Hsiung Chao, he said.

In 1999, Allen Chao developed stomach cancer. He sought the care of UCI Health gastroenterologistDr. Kenneth Chang, who helped to remove all signs of the disease. Chang, head of gastrointestinal oncology, also directs UCIs Chao Family Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center (CDDC), supported by the Chao family as part of its vision to expand access to cancer care.

The CDDC is a multidisciplinary center where gastroenterologists, hepatologists, oncologists, surgeons and other specialists work in concert to provide the best care for the most complex digestive diseases, including cancer of the colon, liver, stomach, esophagus and pancreas. Under Changs leadership and with the support of the Chao family, the CDDC has become a leader in innovation and clinical care, advancing research and clinical trials on the development of treatments for digestive cancers. Chang has pioneered the development of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration and injection, techniques that have revolutionized the intervention and treatment of many gastrointestinal diseases and cancers.

The Chao family has expanded access to the most innovative treatments for those with cancer and those with gastrointestinal diseases, which are also highly prevalent among the Asian population, Chang said.

The Chao familys commitment is a key to extending access to UCI Health cancer care and clinical trials to residents across the region. The new cancer center and hospital are slated to begin construction later this year and open in late 2023 and 2025, respectively, according to UCI Health CEO Chad Lefteris.

We encourage others to do good in their community in whatever way they can, Chao said. Philanthropy can take many forms and is not limited to financial support.

I commend the Chao family for their naming gift to the Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care facility at the UCI Medical Center in Irvine, and we are grateful for UCIs continued partnership and contributions to maintaining the wellbeing of Irvine, said Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan. This new facility will provide the world-class cancer research and care that befits the unsurpassed quality of life for Irvine residents by providing additional healthcare options and new jobs for the community.

Orange Countys landmark cancer center

Established in 1989 as Orange Countys first cancer center, the UCI facility in Orange achieved its initial National Cancer Institute cancer center designation in 1994 and comprehensive designation in 1997. The familys landmark 1995 gift catalyzed the universitys efforts to earn this status.

The significance for Orange County was profound. A region with a population greater than that of 20 states now had an institution where people with advanced-stage or treatment-resistant diseases could receive world-class cancer care advanced by basic and translational research, including access to early-phase clinical trials involving the very latest therapies.

A strong research base, in particular, helps drive progress, Van Etten said. It is our mission to translate the findings of basic research into treatments that can benefit patients. Institutions lacking their own research base can follow and adopt advances developed elsewhere, but they cannot lead in the same way comprehensive cancer centers that integrate research with clinical care can.

The current gift furthers UCI efforts to expand cancer prevention and screening, address disparities and provide equitable access to specialty cancer care. For example, enrollment in potentially lifesaving clinical trials increased by more than 260 percent between 2015 and 2020.

UCIs advancements in cancer care are made possible thanks to the Chao familys friendship and support, and we are excited to be able to offer this level of care across Orange County, Lefteris said. In just the last five years, the UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center in Orange and our community locations across Orange County have seen more than 400,000 patient visits.

David Liu is one of the people whose lives were saved by UCI Health cancer specialists supported by the Chao family. Diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer a decade ago at a community hospital, the Orange County resident turned to the regions only academic health system for treatment.

This is a wonderful organization, and I was treated by many excellent doctors, nurses and other staff, said Liu, an engineer and part-time musician whose band supports fundraisers for several community groups. It really touches me that the Chao family has committed to a vision of a cancer center available for everybody.

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Lansing Sachi Tanaka says after having COVID-19 for three weeks, she experienced insomnia in a way that she never had.

At that time, I had gotten myself into a good routine of falling asleep around 10 p.m. and waking up early, said the 24-year-old Texas woman. And then, all of the sudden, it was like I couldnt fall asleep until 6 or 7 in the morning.

Her insomnia was a nagging feeling. She tossed and turned in bed, feeling like she was at the brink of sleep, but would be interrupted by her thoughts.

COVID-19 has affected many people's sleep, whether they've had the virus or not. Sleep neurologists call it "COVID-somnia," a phenomenon where people have trouble sleeping because of the virus.(Photo: The Detroit News, File)

Tanaka isnt alone. COVID-19 has affected many peoples sleep, whether theyve had the virus or not. Sleep neurologists call it COVID-somnia, a phenomenon where people have trouble sleeping because of the virus. And its effects can last even after the pandemic ends.

Coronavirus upended our lifestyles. Morning commutes were replaced with teleworking, which may mean less physical activity and exposure to sunlight and more screen time, said Dr. George Zureikat, a sleep medicine specialist and director of Mid Michigan Sleep Center in Grand Blanc.

That can ruin sleep by disrupting the circadian rhythm the powerhouse of our sleep-wake cycle.

Stress induced by COVID can also result in insomnia, said Zureikat, who has seen a surge of insomnia cases since the pandemic.

COVID-19 is unlike anything many people have experienced, he said. Insomniacs may lose sleep worrying about unemployment or about contracting the virus. Some people feel trapped during lockdowns and are constantly reading news articles about overcrowded hospitals and rising death numbers.

A recent study by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine found 2.77 million Google searches for insomnia in the first five months of 2020 a 58% increase compared with the same months from the previous three years. Most of those queries happened between midnight and 5 a.m., suggesting people were searching while unable to fall asleep.

Difficulties like trouble falling and staying asleep or waking up too early rose from 36% before the pandemic to 51% during it, Rebecca Robillard, a University of Ottawa professor who leads clinical sleep research at the Royals Institute of Mental Health Research, said in a Medpage Today article.

If your (circadian) rhythms are thrown off, that also throws off your sleep at night time, said Dr. Christopher Morgan, the medical director at Mercy Health Saint Marys Sleep Center in Grand Rapids. Your melatonin may not be producing the right amounts at the right time, which is part of your internal rhythms in your body.

Melatonin is the hormone that your brain produces in response to darkness. It helps time your circadian rhythms and sleep.

Humans are social animals, said Dr. Lila Massoumi, a professor of psychiatry at Michigan State University and chair of the American Psychiatric Association Caucus on Complementary & Integrative Psychiatry.

We draw both strength and calm from our fellow humans. Ripping that social support away by telling us to self-isolate removes that source of strength and calm, she said.

Unsurprisingly, those who contract the virus may also stress about their health.

Morgan said those who struggle with chronic insomnia, or insomnia experienced at least three nights a week for at least a month, may develop bad habits that can be difficult to shake.

You have an acute stressor, which is COVID, and you become an insomniac, he said. And then lets say I still havent gotten a job in six months. Now, Im sitting in bed for 10 hours a day just thinking about how terrible things are in my life, and I have insomnia.

So, now I start watching TV in bed because Im awake during the night time, and I start drinking pop in the middle of the night, and I start laying in bed even longer because I think Im not getting enough sleep. So, all these maladaptive behaviors develop.

Whats worse, according to Mayo Clinic researchers, those whove had chronic insomnia report a lower quality of life than those who sleep well. Chronic insomnia may lead to anxiety or depression, slowed reaction time while driving and increased risk of long-term diseases such as heart disease.

Many professionals treat patients with cognitive behavioral therapy. It works by identifying and replacing thoughts and behaviors that create sleep problems with ones that promote healthy sleep.

Its just a matter of just tweaking certain habits and changing certain things, said Rachel Freedland, a clinical social worker at Bright Spot Therapy, a counseling clinic in Farmington Hills. If there are other mental health needs, for example, if a person already has anxiety or depression, we address those as well.

After assessing a patients sleeping habits with sleep diaries and questionnaires, Freedland, who is certified in cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, and her clients design a program that helps them sleep and wake up when they want.

Yoga and mindfulness, a type of meditation where you focus on being aware of what youre feeling and sensing at the moment, can release feel-good hormones that alleviate anxiety and promote healthier sleep, according to Asha Ravindran, a clinical team lead at St. Mary Mercy hospital in Livonia.

If you dont sleep, if youre anxious, youre out of sync with your body, said Ravindran, who owns Stepping Stones Wellness Center in Plymouth and conducts virtual yoga and meditation sessions with her patients.

She advises clients to create a private space where they can journal, practice yoga and meditate. This space can be as simple as the foot of the bed.

The key is to be present in the moment, Ravindran said. From yoga poses to breathing exercises, you can de-stress with strategies that help focus on the present without worrying about the past or future.

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