
Healthy Foods and Telehealth “Information Prescriptions”
Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda I. Gibbs, Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas A. Farley and Health and Hospitals Corporation President Alan D. Aviles today announced two new initiatives to expand New Yorkers access to farmers markets’ produce and increase healthy eating. The Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program, under which a doctor and nutritionist assess the health and nutritional habits of patients and families at risk for obesity and provide “prescriptions

$elfCare realizes ROI in Health & Wealth
Health IS Wealth. The realization of a return on your investment in yourself will be abundance on all levels of being, body/mind/emotion/spirit. Investing in yourself actualizes your potential to expand your awareness of your strengths and weaknesses in your health realm. When you invest in the areas of growth that will capitalize on your strengths and minimize your exposure to vulnerabilities in health, the obvious will occur. You will see a robust return on your investment

Telehealth and Integrative Healthcare: A Marriage made on the Internet
A marriage made in heaven is the age old adage to describe a perfect fit. Telehealth and integrative healthcare is the perfect fit for the new age of health and wellness. For the new age to manifest, we need to provide choice and access to both consumers and integrative health care providers. There needs to be a forum for them to meet each other. Think Match.com. The wide world of the Internet, the information superhighway, holds the key to introducing the highly efficacious

Integrative Healthcare Reaches a Tipping Point
The benefits of the “whole person” orientation toward healing have been evident for many years now. However, mainstream healthcare in America has not embraced the concept; nor have they included it in hospitals, medical doctors’ care plans, or insurance reimbursement models. Consumers, however, have consistently demanded access to disciplines “other than” traditional medicine. Those are often referred to as Complementary and Alternative Medicine, or CAM(CAM). The National I