Do Alternative Healing Devices -- Such As Those Offered By The Gentle Wind Project -- Aid In The Development Of Positive Approaches To Trauma And Stress?
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12 pages in length. Human beings have become so entangled within the limitations of mortal existence that few even realize, much less accept, the extent to which traumatic and stressful healing can take place resides far beyond the stringent realm of mortality's temporal state. That alternative healing devices, such as those developed by The Gentle Wind Project, have infiltrated an otherwise biased and unyielding global community where conventional medicine reigns supreme speaks volumes about the powers that exist outside of man's understanding. Healing is a complex transpiration and cannot be approached in a one-dimensional manner; rather, its multifaceted composition requires a comprehensive understanding of how the body, mind and spiritual existence work synergistically as a means by which to achieve this objective. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Echinacea as Herbal Therapy
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This 3 page paper examines the effectiveness and safety of this widely used herb to treat colds and sore throats. Several studies are noted. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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EEG Spectrum And Human Cognition
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An 8 page paper that discusses EEG neurofeedback in terms of cognition. The EEG spectrum provides the information needed for a person to train the brain to learn something new. This essay explains and discusses: the EEG spectrum, the history of EEG neurofeedback, research that has shown significant improvement in cognitive functioning, and the process of EEG neurofeedback training. Data included. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Emotional Suppression in the Development of Illness
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This 7 page report discusses the fact that research over the past several decades has validated what ancient and traditional healers have known for centuries -- the connection between the mind or the individual consciousness of a person and his or her body cannot be dismissed. What modern researchers have found is that there is no single way in which emotions affect health but, instead follow many pathways. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Establishing an Outpatient Pain Management Clinic
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A 15 page paper discussing the establishment of a freestanding pain management clinic attached to a nursing home but also available for adult day care. The paper discusses pain management philosophies; alternative methods of managing pain; past problems of abuse of pain-killing drugs in the elderly; and the business issues of establishing and maintaining the clinic. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Harvesting the Dead
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A 2 page review of Willard Gaylin's article entitled "Harvesting the Dead" in which the author discusses possibilities concerning the use of living parts in newly/near-dead people to medically assist others. No Bibliography.
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Health Care Infrastructure Questions
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A 7 page paper answering 4 questions about the current health care infrastructure; how managed care came to increase costs rather than reduce them; what alternative measures might be used to effect change; and what obstacles such measures might encounter. Answers to these questions focus on the medical community’s long-standing rejection of any alternative measures in which pharmaceutical companies cannot hope to control (such as using St. John’s wort for mild depression rather than an ethical drug that is still profitable for its pharmaceutical manufacturer). It also discusses the use of chelation therapy. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Hemp -- Industrial and Health Applications and Advantages
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This 5 page report discusses hemp (Cannabis sativa, C. indica), part of the same plant family as marijuana. Hemp does not have the narcotic kick that marijuana does. Its value lies in its fibers. Hemp fibers are twice as long and stronger than cotton fibers and are generally more versatile than the soybean, cotton plant and Douglas fir tree combined together. In addition, there are beneficial and healthy nutritional properties of hemp seed and hemp seed oil. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Herbs / Regulation
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A 10 page research essay on the harmful effects of unlabeled herbal products. The writer argues that the herbs should require testing for safety, efficacy and adverse reactions like any other drug. The writer supports this argument with a listing of known deaths linked to herbs and other adverse effects, the relatively short list of 'safe' herbs, based on few research studies, and how the FDA hands have been tied to regulate the industry by a few special interest groups. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Hildegard Peplau's Theory of Interpersonal Relations
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An 8 page discussion of the background and implications of this theory. Contends that this theory is directly relational to all of the metaparadigms of nursing: to the more commonly recognized metaparadigms of person, environment, nursing, and health and also to nursing processes and goals. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Holistic And Allopathic Medicine: Incorporating The Two Approaches
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12 pages in length. The world of medicine has witnessed a significant shift in treatment since the population has taken a great interest in the alternative approach. One of the most sought-after treatments in contemporary society is that of holistic health, which is comprised of myriad modalities from which to choose. In conjunction with -- as opposed to in exchange for -- allopathic medicine, the holistic approach to health care has demonstrated great promise. In its purest form, holistic medicine seeks to treat the entire being as a single entity, rather than address it as a singular component; allopathic medicine, on the other hand, looks at healing in a very scientific, pharmaceutical manner The writer discusses industry movement toward achieving wellness in the allopathic sense, while at the same time incorporating the holistic approach as well. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Homeopathy: More Beneficial Than Conventional Medicine In Many Respects
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6 pages in length. The writer discusses the inherent differences between homeopathy and conventional medicine, as well as addresses issues pertaining to the spiritual aspects of homeopathy. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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