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05/31/2012

Wonderful article: "a program designed to help employees improve their emotional intelligence and mindfulness, making them happier and more productive employees, and better bosses".

Google's chief happiness officer shares some of the wisdom that has made the company's employees more content and productive.

05/18/2012

The benefits of yoga are well beyond just "physical" - it will improve your ability to quell, quiet and control the impulses of the mind -- to clean mental house, center focus and promote serenity by silencing the endless and seemingly unmanageable mental chatter that invades our daily experience and undermines the expression of our “best self” within.

Just the other day I was having dinner with an old swimming buddy of mine, Mark Henderson, a former world record holder and...

05/15/2012

Thanks for sharing Jeff! Reducing inflammation is the message

We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is. I freely admit to being wrong. As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having per...

05/08/2012

We are so proud of this partnership with the Stillheart Institute

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04/29/2012

Just in time for the weekend!

The "hangover" can sometimes be the scarlet letter of health. But we live in a modern world, where happy hour is on every street corner and that meeting with your boss and a glass of red is...

04/19/2012

Take a look at these foods and DEFINITELY avoid them in the future!

Steer clear of these five foods at your local supermarket that put the gross in groceries.

04/06/2012

Surreal! Studies suggest that poultry on factory farms are routinely fed caffeine, active ingredients of Tylenol and Benadryl, banned antibiotics and even arsenic.

Two scientific studies suggesting that poultry on factory farms are routinely fed banned antibiotics and other chemicals raise serious questions.

02/14/2012

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02/13/2012

7 Reasons Kale is the New Beef

7 billion people are now standing on the little scraps of land that we share with some 55 billion rather large animals raised for food each year. But, beef (and all factory-farmed meat) may be going from rib-eye to relic as we transition to a greener world… literally—as in leafy, green vegetables.

02/09/2012

Amazing resource! WellnessFX's Office Manager and nutritionist, Johanna Thorn, provides some natural remedies for the cold and flu season. THANK YOU!

With the cold season upon us, our resident nutritionist and office manager, Johanna Thorn, has offered up her advice on how naturally cure the afflictions many of us will suffer (or are suffering) ...

02/07/2012

Great article on physical activity during and post illness

It's going around. Everyone seems to be getting sick. And for some reason, there seem to be 3 or so waves of illness hitting the area. Just after you're cleared from that stomach flu, you get a chest cold, then a weird sinus something after you thought you were through with it all. While you foc...