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| Treatments
For Carpal Tunnel Syndrome |
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| There
are many more alternative treatments now available
for treating Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), which
occurs from repetitive use of the wrist. |
- A
12-year study by a Dr. Kasdan found that
68 percent of 494 CTS patients improved
while taking vitamin B6 daily. The recommended
dosage is 200 mg twice a day.
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A National Institute of Health panel reported
that traditional, deep acupuncture and mircroamp
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
(TENS) can all greatly reduce the pain of
CTS. In one study 90% of the subjects reported
either no pain or that pain was reduced
by more than half. All patients returned
to work and remained stable for up to two
years. The treatments used in this study
included the following: deep acupuncture,
Chinese herbal medicines, moxibustion (which
is the burning of herbs close to the skin),
and omega-3 fish oil capsules.
- A
1998 study published in the American
Medical Journal showed that yoga relieved
some of the symptoms and signs of CTS more
successfully than wrist splinting.
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| So…before
you consider surgery in an attempt to alleviate
the pain of CTS, give one of these alternatives
a shot. Remember, you can always pursue surgery
later if none of these approaches work. |
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| Quercetin
And Relaxation Therapy Found To Aid Prostatitis |
Prostatitis
is the name assigned to the pain experienced
by men when they urinate. While there is no
cure, a compound that sounds promising is
quercetin. Quercetin is found in red wine,
green apples and onions. In a study published
in 1999, 67 percent of the prostatitis sufferers
reported that their symptoms were reduced
by at least 25 percent.
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| The
disease of prostatitis is also beginning to
be redefined. The new thinking is that rather
than being caused by a disease per se’, it may,
instead, be caused by chronic tension in the
muscles of the pelvic floor that surround the
prostate. New treatments include relaxation
training and specialized physical therapy aimed
at rehabilitating the tissue inside the pelvis. |
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| Smog
Can Kill |
Over
a 14-year period, researchers at Yale and
John Hopkins Universities compared sudden
increases in ground levels of smog (which
is mainly ozone), with the death rates in
95 U.S. cities. They found that when the ozone
levels went up, so did the number of deaths.
The researchers concluded that a reduction
in the ozone level by as little as a third
could save 4,000 lives a year in those cities
alone. If we multiply this figure by cities
world-wide, we’re talking about a major health
impact from a pollutant. |
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| While
Meditation Can Save |
| There’s
some new research that validates the positive
effects of meditation. One study at Massachusetts
General Hospital found that the practice of
meditation for 40 minutes a day thickens parts
of the brain’s cerebral cortex that are responsible
for decision making, attention and memory. Meditation
may also slow the natural thinning that occurs
in this section of the brain as people age.
Meditation also improves a person’s productivity
by preventing stress-related illnesses and reducing
absenteeism. Advanced mediators even produce
more gamma-brain-waves that synchronize and
lead to increased awareness. |
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| Another
study conducted at the University of Kentucky
had college students either meditate, sleep
or watch TV in the afternoon. The researchers
then tested the student’s ability to hit a button
when a light flashed on a screen. Those who
meditated had a 10% better performance while
the nappers did significantly worse. The researchers
concluded that meditation restores a person’s
energy by restoring the ability of their brain’s
synapses to fire without the grogginess of napping.
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| Many
corporations are now offering meditation classes
including Hughes Aircraft, Deutsche Bank, and
Google. Since fewer people are taking smoke
breaks, companies ought to be offering employees
time to take a meditation break. With all the
benefits, both the company and the employee
will experience positive results. So…if you
want to learn everything you need to know about
meditation including the techniques, order my
book Managing Your Stress: How To Relax
And Enjoy either at my website at www.Teplitz.com. |
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| Your
Music And Pixs CDs Have A Time Limit |
| Physicist
Kurt Gerecke reports that the CD-R and CD-RW
discs that we are storing information, pictures,
files, music on may have a limited life of two
to five years. It seems that heat causes the
recorder surface of the CD to degrade so that
the laser beam cannot read the disc. So…either
keep this information backed up on a computer
hard drive or schedule a time every couple of
years to redo your CDs. |
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| Hearing
What We Want To Hear |
A
study reported at the Society for Personality
and Social Psychology shows that the brain
only hears what it wants to hear. The researchers
in this study had staunch Republicans and
Democrats listen to statements by 2004 Presidential
candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry.
Brain scans showed that the emotional part
of the brain was activated and not the logical
part. The result? Participants were not spotting
inconsistencies in what their candidate said
but they caught the contradictions that the
other candidate made. This means that we hear
what we want to hear through the emotional
side of the brain. So…who do you support in
this next election – “I’m listening, I’m really
listening…..now, what did you say again? |
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| Dogs
Sniffing For Cancer |
A
study published in Integrative Cancer
Therapies reported on the use of dogs
to sniff out cancers. The dogs were trained
to identify lung and breast cancers by smelling
the person’s breathe. The dogs were accurate
in564 out of 574 lung cancer cases. In another
study published in 2004, dogs were able to
identify bladder cancer by sniffing dried
urine samples. Based on this research, one
could rightfully say medicine is going to
the dogs or… that man’s best friend just got
even better. |
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| Finding
Out Whether Over-The-Counter Medications And
Drugs Mix |
| If
you are taking prescription drugs and you need
to also take some over-the-counter medications,
you might be setting yourself up for a negative
reaction from the side effects caused by taking
all this stuff. Now you can find out if there
is a danger or if it’s ok to mix meds by going
to this website by the National Council on the
Aging at www.senior-med-safety.com.
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| Feedback
From A Client |
| I
recently did a couple of presentations for River
Valley State Bank in Wisconsin. Here’s what
Steve Anderson, President/CEO had to say about
its impact. “I want to take a moment to share
with you what a positive reaction we had to
your presentation to our employees. The feedback
was wonderful: 60 percent rated your program
as excellent and 96 percent said they would
like to hear you speak again. You are a master
at keeping people’s attention, making people
comfortable, and presenting new material in
a believable way. Thank you for making our recognition
event a success!” |
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| For
information on having me speak to your group,
call Sandra Lee at 800 77-RELAX. |
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| Change
Your Fluorescent Lighting Into A Profit Center |
| If
you have ever been at one of my seminars or
been a reader of this newsletter, you would
know the importance I place on the overhead
lighting in your offices. As I’ve mentioned
previously, by changing the tubes from the cool
white fluorescent tubes that are currently there
now to the full spectrum tubes that we recommend,
you’ll wind up increasing late afternoon productivity
levels by 63% and reducing late afternoon fatigue
levels by 60%. |
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| I
recently realized that there’s another element
missing from the equation as to why you would
want to immediately pick up the phone or go
online to order full spectrum tubes, bulbs or
flood lights for your office. That element has
to do with what you pay people who are sitting
under the wrong lighting. For example, starting
around 3 pm, any employees who sit under the
cool white tubes are likely to be operating
at about 1/3 of their capability. This continues
until they leave at 5 pm. Assuming that you
are paying them $30 per hour, this means that
their actual productivity late afternoon has
a value to you of only $20 per hour. That $10
loss of productivity means you have effectively
lost $20 for each and every employee every,
work day. |
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| Now
imagine that your people are under the full
spectrum tubes. Based on our research and the
feedback from our clients, they would remain
at high levels of productivity throughout the
day. That means each employee would be “earning”
the equivalent of $100 every week in increased
productivity. In a short period of time, you’ll
have recouped the costs of the full spectrum
tubes and have turned your lighting into a profit
generating mechanism in your organization. |
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| For
the employee, it means that even though they
have been more productive, they would no longer
be exhausted at the end of the day. Their attitudes
will be more positive and they won’t be getting
headaches! Since we give you a 60-day money-back
guarantee, you have NOTHING to lose by getting
a case of tubes and proving to yourself how
powerful these lights can be (Several of our
clients call them the “Happy Lights”). |
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| To
order call 800 77-RELAX or go online to www.Teplitz.com
and click on lighting products. You’ll see you
can get discounts for the tubes ranging from
20 to 30% while bulbs and flood lights can be
discounted at 10 to 15%. |
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| That's
it for this month. |
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| Dr.
Jerry V. Teplitz has given over 1,500
presentations to more than 1 million people
over the last 26 years, including many Fortune
500 Companies. He has taught people how to have
greater business and personal success by showing
them how to tap into the power of their own
personal energy system. |
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| The
result is a work force that is more positive,
effective, focused, energized and more productive.
He is an author of four books and has been interviewed
on over 200 radio stations. He speaks and consults
in the areas of Stress Management, Management
and Leadership Training, Sales Development and
Brain Integration. |
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| Dr.
Teplitz' dynamic, educational and entertaining
keynotes and seminars have a long-term impact
on performance enhancement and productivity.
For more detailed information on Dr. Teplitz'
programs, to read a free monthly article, or
to find the monthly Teplitz Email Reports visit
www.teplitz.com. |
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