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- HOW WE ASSIST EACH OTHER’S HEALING - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2011 from Helene Leonetti MDI have mused recently how over the past twenty years as a gynecologist I have impacted on my patients’ ability to improve the quality of their lives. And what has become glaringly apparent are the following acknowledgments: • We do not heal until we are ready • After making course corrections ...
Views: 876(1 vote) - Take Charge of Your Health - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Helene Leonetti MDWhenever something that has been etched in granite is threatened by a new trend or force, we become uneasy. We strive hard to maintain the status quo. Our familiarity gene feels comfortable with routine, a knowingness that our expectations will be met. There’s nothing more threatening to the ...
Views: 927 - Sexuality 101 - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Helene Leonetti MDSexuality is a complex subject. When I lecture about it, I often reference Margo Anand, who wrote The Art of Sexual Ecstasy in 1989, a book that sheds much light on the subject of orgasm, that much sought after, dreamed about, schemed for phenomenon that sadly about 20 percent of women have ...
Views: 1109 - Self-Love: The Overlooked Component for Healthy Living - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Helene Leonetti MDI constantly am reminding my patients of one of the most important commandments: Love thy neighbor as thyself. Why “to love thyself” is such a hard concept is beyond me, but we have all bought into “do for others –first.” We allow a most insidiously pathological emotion called guilt to guide our ...
Views: 1057(1 vote) - Menopause as Spiritual Renaissance - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Helene Leonetti MDDo you know the marvelous work by Clarissa Pinkola Estes called Women Who Run With the Wolves? If you read the Bluebeard story, you will get a picture of me. I was a chief resident when I met my soon-to-be third husband, the Robert Redford look-alike with a CV from here to Mars, who wined, dined ...
Views: 1109(1 vote) - Acceptance - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Helene Leonetti MDI’ll call her Ann. I was forty minutes late for her appointment, and she launched into me like a Tommy gun, reminding me that her time as just as valuable as mine, and that she needed to be at work for an evaluation in twenty minutes. This followed a tirade of unpleasant remarks to any staff ...
Views: 967(1 vote) - Nightmare on NutraStreet - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Helene Leonetti MDBack in 1965, a chemist working for the G.D. Searle Company accidentally discovered aspartame while testing an anti-ulcer drug. By 1983 it was approved by the FDA as an additive – an artificial sweetener trademarked as NutraSweet – to carbonated beverages, despite objections from many scientific ...
Views: 879(1 vote) - Food as Medicine - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Helene Leonetti MDThe word to describe food used for medicinal purposes is a rather catchy one: neutraceuticals. Although all the foods listed below are available in your supermarkets or health food store, without even stepping foot into them, you are already partaking in the food’s benefits. That’s because being ...
Views: 802(1 vote) - Breast Health - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Helene Leonetti MDI must go on record about my feelings regarding mammography. I was a card-carrying believer in the benefits of mammography until recently when a quirky realization hit my squarely in the face: the mammogram results in no way assist us with prevention, do they? We may be able to diagnose breast ...
Views: 757(1 vote) - 10 Health Tips for Women to Start the New Year Right - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Helene Leonetti MD1. Drink lemon water, preferably warm, to alkalinize body's ph and cleanse the liver. 2. Eat frequent small meals during the day with ample vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans, fish, and leave 3 hrs after last small meal before sleeping. 3. Plan to sleep 7-8 hrs without any lights on (including ...
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