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BY JENNIFFER WaRdELLEdIToRWe're reminded almost constantly to

treat our bodies right. We're told to exercise so our muscles stay strong, eat

healthy foods so our bodies get the vitamins and minerals they need, to protect our skin from the sun and make sure we get regular dental checkups. When we get sick, injured or just achy, our co-workers tell us to go home and take care of ourselves. Get some medicine. Have someone cook you some chicken soup. Give your body the love and attention it needs to get well again. Our brains, however, don't get nearly so much love and attention. We're each constantly making demands out of the thing, insisting that it perform perfectly at work, remember the kids' schedules when we get home and think up some-thing brilliant for our anniversary. We get mad at it every time it forgets something, and when it feels things we don't want it to we bottle the emotions up and pretend they're not happening. We're expected to be able to work forever, shake off negative feelings, and constantly achieve more. But it's just as important to take care of our minds as it is our bodies, maybe more so. Our bodies may be what keep us alive, letting us do all those wonderful things like walk, talk and breathe on a regular basis, but the brain is the switchboard that makes it all happen. You wouldn't lovingly take care of a sports car only to mistreat the engine, would you? What people tend to forget is that our minds are just as fragile and just as prone to injury as our bodies. That or-gan that allowed Beethoven to write sym-phonies that outlasted him by centuries, or Einstein to discover things about the universe that no one had ever imagined be-

fore, is just a small, wrinkled organ that's so com-plex internally that scientists are only beginning to understand it. If something as relatively simple as an arm or a leg can get damaged so many ways, imagine the trouble that the brain can get in to. But we shouldn't be ashamed of our brains for getting tired, or even breaking, any more than we are when our muscles and bones do the same thing. We should learn to accept its frailties the same way we accept that we'll never be a size six, no matter how many diets we go on, or that we'll never run as fast as an Olympic sprinter no matter how hard we train. Sometimes we get a cold, no matter how hard we try to protect ourselves from germs, and sometimes we feel sad for no reason we can explain. Once we can accept that our brains aren't perfect, then maybe we can start learning to take care of them as well as we do our bodies. Addiction can have as many effects on the mind as it does the body, and seeking treatment can improve your life on more than just a physical level. Taking breaks, and not being quite so hard on yourself, can help lower potentially damaging stress levels. Seeking treatment for depression can help you reclaim the

life you no longer feel like you have the energy to maintain. It's normal to take vitamins to improve our bod-ies, or medicine when we're sick and need to feel well again. It's normal to pamper aching muscles for a little while, giving them the chance to heal. We need to learn to treat our brains the same way.

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EATING RIGHTCheck out these tips on improving your family’s eating habits as part of the celebration of Kids Eat Right Month.

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8 LOW-FORCE IMPACTS Read about why health benefits can result from a low-force chiropractic method.

BY DR. JERRY PARK

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4 PLANNING FOR THE FUTUREFind out why it’s important to establish health care directives and to communicate your wishes to family members and attorneys.

BY ROBYN WALTON

Nutrition & Diet Healthy Aging

9 HELP FOR DEPRESSIONReview suggestions on what to do if mildly depressed and how to know when you need to seek outside help.

BY LOUISE R. SHAW

5 FIGHTING ADDICTIONSGet information on a Davis County event open to all, that will provide information on ad-dictions and share resources for recovery.

BY JENNIFFER WARDELL

6 TREATMENT OFFERS HOPE Learn how upper cervical chi-ropractic care has helped those with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue symdrome.BY DR. CLINT C. GROVER, D.C.

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17 BEING WHOLE INSIDE Discover more about the sepa-ration between the conscious and the subconscious mind, and how you can overcome negative core beliefs.

BY ANTHONY FOWLER

15 DEALING WITH ANXIETYLearn how to handle today’s stresses, including ideas on both behavioral therapy and lifestyle changes.

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20 UNITING MIND, BODYRead about the importance of connecting mind and body, and how yoga can help.

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19 SURROUNDED BY NOISEFind out about the anatomy of your ear, its sensitivity to noise, and how to protect your hearing.

BY CAROLINE C. BJARNASON, MS, F-AAA

RESEARCH RUNDOWNReview the latest studies on everything from the source of autism to how the time of day could impact ethical decisions.

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The legendary voice of American Top

40 and the unforget-table voice of "Shaggy" from Scooby-Doo, Casey Kasem died June 15, 2014. A caustic family psychodrama unfolded in the main-stream media at the time, between his sec-ond wife and children from his first marriage.

Kasem died at age 82 of complications related to a disease much like Parkinson’s and Al-

zheimer’s. Most of us will have fond memories of Kasem's career, but the embittered battle that has played out in public between his family won't be forgotten any time soon. It continues today over the location of his remains. Kasem did plan ahead. In 2007, he signed a medical direc-tive naming one daughter from his previous marriage, rather than his second wife of 34 years, to make his medical decisions if he could not communicate. Kasem did not take into account the lengths his wife would go to be in charge of his living choices, which are covered by a medical power of attorney.

When Casey's health dete-riorated in 2013, Jean stopped allowing the children to see their father. In October of 2013, the

Mental incapacity of late Casey Kasem proves need for communication

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children publicly demonstrated in front of the couple's home. On May 7, 2014, Jean spirited Kasem away from California to Seattle, where the legal case over conservatorship was escalating. Accusations have flown in both directions, from poor care to the daughter's final decision to withdraw life support on June 15. While both sides of this problem could have been kinder, pre-existing hostilities prevented peaceful resolution in this case. The lesson for all is that just signing a health care directive is not enough to avoid painful situations like the Kasem fam-ily has encountered. Everyone needs to scrutinize their family dynamics and choose medical decision-makers who will not only carry out your wishes, but

who will be cognizant about your important relationships in the process. This also means that you need to discuss your plans with your loved ones. You should have assistance drafting direc-tives that are specific about your wishes, but also have specific provisions for resolving conflicts among your decision-makers or family members. The Kasem scenario is not exclusive to blended families or second marriages. The mental incapacitation of the elderly in every family has the potential to cause concern or conflict, espe-cially when parents have failed to plan and be clear with family members about their wishes. It is not enough just to have "standard or fill-in the-blank legal documents." Counseling, advice and thoughtful consider-ation of planning for incapaci-tation should be discussed with your elder law attorney.

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There’s nothing shameful about needing help fighting an addiction. That’s the message of Davis County Recovery Day, set for Sept. 6 from noon to 4 p.m. at Heritage Park in Kaysville. Now in its second year, the event is designed to educate people about addiction, give them resources for recovery, and help overcome the stigma often associated with seeking treatment. “There’s a lot of shame and guilt when you have an addic-tion,” said Michelle Harris, the chair for the event. “When you have cancer, you have no problem going in and getting healthcare for that. Addiction needs to be seen the same way.” The event is free and open to everyone, and will include booths from a variety of treat-ment groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anony-mous and others. There will also be informational booths discuss-ing things like Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. “We’re trying to throw as much education to the public as possible,” said Harris. In addition, there will also be elements for families such as free food and face painting. The event, which is co-sponsored by Davis Behavioral Health and several local businesses, has been greatly expanded from last year’s recovery day. “Weber County, St. George and other places have big recovery days, so I’m excited for Davis County to have a nice big event like this,” she said. “We’re really trying to bring everything together and make it bigger and better for the community. It should be a great event.” Organizers encourage every-one in the community to come, whether or not they have an

addiction or know someone who has an addiction, so they can learn more. “Public opinion about addic-tion is changing, but it’s changing slowly,” said Harris. “We want to help with that.” Her highest priority, though, is reaching out to the addicts herself. An addict who’s been clean for 17 years, Harris wants to show others that the shame of admitting you have a problem is nothing compared to the good things that await those who make the effort. “There are so many benefits,” she said. “Families are mended. Relationships are mended. People are contributing back to society instead of just taking. Everyone benefits.” Harris offers herself as proof that there is hope. She never refers to herself as a “former” ad-dict – many treatment programs acknowledge that the addiction remains with people the rest of their lives, in part so they don’t stop being vigilant. Still, it’s not a fight that ad-dicts have to face alone. “People need to know you can get help,” she said. “Many alcoholics and addicts are living full, productive lives. They can be productive members of society rather than a burden.” Heritage Park is located at 250 N. Fairfield Road in Kaysville. For those seeking more information about the event, or groups looking for an opportu-nity to participate, call Harris at 801-682-7953 or e-mail her at i0mylife2hp@aol.com.

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Upper cervical chiropractic work is not just for neck and back pain. Many people with other conditions like fibromyalgia, chronic fa-tigue syndrome, and other types of systemic issues can have a favorable response with chiropractic care. Kyrie Kleinfelter described her experience with chronic fatigue syndrome. As a young elementary school teacher, she began having symptoms of fatigue and a lack of energy in her life that did not allow her to function as her job required. She was practically bedridden. She grew up in a family that had a chiropractic lifestyle, including her grandmother and uncle, but in her particular case she didn’t respond to typical chiropractic care. She wound up finding out about a lecture about a different type of chiropractic care that was posted on the inside door of a bathroom stall. After the lecture, she started the treatment herself. It was NUCCA, a style developed by the National Upper Cervi-cal Chiropractic Association. She had an upper cervical adjustment that removed pressure off the brainstem area and spinal cord, and it changed her life. She decided to dedicate her life to what liter-ally saved her life. She went through the chiropractic program at Palmer College of Chiropractic and studied NUCCA. It took time for her body to heal during that time, but it did. Now she has been able to help thousands more people through upper cervical care in the Chicago area. Luella Harris also talked about her life of fighting fibromyalgia. She contracted polio at age three while living in East Afrcia. When

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she was 37, she began to have pain creeping up her arms and neck and burning in her chest. It soon consumed her whole life, to the point where she relied on her husband to come home during breaks from work to help her to the bathroom and get dressed. Her doctors said she had a post-polio syndrome and fibro-myalgia and there was nothing they could do. She had no relief from medication or nutrition, exercise was impossible, and the chiropractic treatment she had tried didn’t seem to give her the same good effect that many others had. She had a friend that told her about upper cervical chiropractic work and she tried it. For the first time in a long time, the pain decreased and her body began to heal. She wanted to get the

word out to more people, so she formed of the National Aware-ness Campaign for Upper Cervi-cal Care to help others get the same type of relief she was able to experience. Fibromyalgia occurs 80 per-cent of the time in women and has symptoms including wide-spread pain, difficulty sleeping, headaches, fatigue, facial pain, foggy thinking and digestive problems. Current theories on the causes of fibromyalgia in-clude stress, sleep disturbance, genetic predisposition, sera-tonin and dopamine dysfunc-tion, toxins in the environment, bacterial and yeast imbalances in the colon and psychological factors. On a CBS interview Luella said, “This type of health care was available all the time I suf-fered. We just didn't know about it. It's one thing to hurt because nothing can be done. It's entirely another to suffer because of igno-rance. That's tragic.”

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With childhood obesity on the rise, making sure kids eat right and get plenty of exercise is vital. Parents and caregivers can play a big role in children’s nutrition and health, teaching kids about healthy foods, being a good role model and making sure physical activity is incorporated into each day. August, which is Kids Eat Right Month, is a great time for families to focus on the impor-tance of healthful eating and active lifestyles. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is encouraging families to take the following steps:• Shop Smart. To encourage a healthy lifestyle, get your children involved in selecting the food that will appear at the breakfast,

lunch or dinner table.• Cook Healthy. Involve your child in the cutting, mixing and preparation of meals. They will learn about food and may even be enticed to try new foods they helped prepare.• Eat Right. Sit down together as a family to enjoy a wonder-ful meal and share the day’s experiences with one another. Research indicates that those families who eat together have a stronger bond, and children have higher self-confidence and perform better in school.• Healthy Habits. You can help kids form great, healthy habits by setting a good example. • Get Moving. Kids should be ac-tive for 60 minutes per day.

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Directional Non-Force Technique is the original low force method of chiropractic that was developed by the late Dr. Richard VanRumpt (1904-1987). Often known by its acronym, DNFT, it is unique in conception and thought to be the fountainhead for many other low-force techniques today.

VanRumpt, while still a student at the National College of Chiropractic in 1923, became interested in a different approach to structural analysis and correc-

tion. He initially found that the mere pressure of spinal palpation on his patients often resulted in unexpected structural, symptomatic and physiologic changes. He soon felt that a low force approach could not only be an alternative to the

more forceful methods taught in school, but might even surpass them in power and results.

Some examples of DNFT philosophy are: • The “Innate Intelligence” of the patient’s body

is capable of yielding the best diagnostic subluxation information. X-ray, manual palpation, thermographs, or biomechanic theory, although valuable for vari-ous purposes, are not considered to be the optimal methods for analyzing subluxations. This is obtained through use of the DNFT challenge and leg check.

• The body best and most permanently responds to a very specific, directional, low force, impulse style of corrective thrust, delivered by the thumb.

• There is a sequence of correction of

subluxations, different on each visit, which constitute a process referred to as “retracing.” This means that the body is de-compensating as the result of relieving of structural faults and associated nerve interference. After a relatively brief series of visits, most patients report enhanced long-term structural stability and health.

DNFT adjustments are comprehensive and include spine, pelvis, cranials, shoulder, upper and lower extremities, TMJ and organ reflexes. There are very few contraindications for Directional Non-Force Technique chiropractic, and it may be safety applied to babies, geriatrics, post surgical patients and those who have disc herniations.

It has been a long-stated goal of the technique to effect maximum benefits in a minimal number of visits. This has made DNFT a very patient-oriented technique with features appreciated by many. There are almost no contraindications, and the effects are as powerful on a young child as a mature, well-developed athlete. Directional Non-Force Technique is a constantly evolving product, and presently represents over 70 years of clinical research and experience.

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Whether a feeling of depres-sion lasts a day or a week, there are things you can do or people you can see to overcome it.

Depression can result from a number of environmental factors, according to Todd Soutor, a psy-chologist with Davis Behavioral Health.

It might be a reaction to a negative circumstance in your life or the way other people treat you.

It could be because you’re not sleeping well or because you’re experiencing prolonged stress at work or at home.

Less exposure to the sun can affect people when seasons change as well.

Soutor, a Ph.D., is the director of intensive services for DBH.

Depression, he said, could also be physiological and come on suddenly with no outside explanation.

Mood fluctuations through-out the day and throughout the weeks are normal, he said.

“The ups and downs of life are to be expected and certainly are reasonable,” said Soutor. “It’s when our mood changes and stays down for a few weeks and we’re not getting any relief from that, that we should get help, because it’s a treatable condition – a very treatable condition.”

At Davis Behavioral Health, people of all ages and all situa-

tions, whether indigent or fully insured, are treated.

The private non-profit organi-zation is part of the state mental health system and offers over-night facilities where needed.

“We encourage people to not ever feel un-comfortable or embarrassed or hesitate to call us, because we

want to help people and we know there are effective treatments,” he said.

Those treatments are usually a combination of medication and psycotherapy, according to Soutor.

“With therapy you can have an immediate impact helping

people change activity levels or thinking processes that generally come with depression,” he said. Medication may take a few weeks to be effective.

For those experiencing less severe symptoms over shorter periods, the best treatment is activity, said Souter.

“The best thing that people can do, shown by research, is to maintain or continue or get involved in some type of activity,” he said.

It can be social or physical or work-related.

“Just staying in their same routine will help,” he said. “Work is very good, socializing is very

Help fighting depression is availableWhat to watch for

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Common gene variants source of autism riskThe biggest genetic risks for autism may come from genes that are far more

common than people realize. According to a recent study by the Population-Based Autism Genetics and

Environment Study (PAGES) Consortium, versions of genes that are common to the population are the source of about 52 percent of the risk for autism. Spontaneous mutations in genes are the source of only 2.6 percent of the risk.

Because of these genes, heritability was also identified as the largest risk factor. “Genetic variation likely accounts for roughly 60 percent of the liability for

autism, with common variants comprising the bulk of its genetic architecture,” explained Joseph Buxbaum, Ph.D., of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), New York City. “Although each exerts just a tiny effect individually, these common variations in the genetic code add up to substantial impact, taken together.”

Scientists do not claim that these genes are the cause of autism – the disorder is thought to be caused by the interplay of several factors, including potential environmental factors. Instead, these genes serve as a genetic architecture that increases scientists’ understanding of the disorder.

“Knowing the nature of the genetic risk will reveal clues to the molecular roots of the disorder. Common variation may be more important than we thought,” said Thomas R. Insel, M.D., director of the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

The National Health Institute funded the study. Results were published in the July 20 edition of Nature Genetics.

Time of day preference may have impact on ethical behaviorWhether you’re a morning or a night person, your

least favorite time of day may cause trouble to more than just your productivity levels.

A new study by Johns Hopkins researchers shows that people are more likely to make unethical decisions during the time of day when they’re at their worst. Contradicting a 2013 study that suggested people were more ethical in the morning, the new study showed that a person’s chronotype is a much more reliable determiner of ethical behavior.

The study focused on two experiments. The first experiment involved 48 U.S. MBA students who were asked to complete math problems and then report how they did. They were given 50 cents for every correct answer, increasing their incentive to lie. The researchers then checked the students’ self-reported success against their actual results, discovering that “night people” were more likely to inflate their scores during morning tests than those who considered themselves “morning people.”

In another experiment, 142 people who took an online study were asked to report the outcome of a dice roll. Students had an incentive to cheat because each additional number on the dice equated to an additional ticket in a drawing that included a large number of prizes. “Morning people” randomly

assigned to roll the dice in the evenings were more likely to report a higher number, and the same was true for “night people” randomly assigned morning rolls.

“Practically, (these results) suggest that ethical behavior arises when people “match” their situations (e.g., evening people in the evening), not necessarily in particular situations (e.g., morning) or from particular people (e.g., morning people),” write the authors of the study.

The study is currently in-press at Psychological Science.

Hysterectomy device may increase cancer risk

A laporoscopic power morcellator, a surgical device commonly used in hysterectomies, may cause hidden cancer to spread.

A new study by Columbia University doctors found that one in 368 women undergoing hysterectomies have hidden uterine cancer that is at risk of being spread by the morcellator. The device deploys spinning blades to slice uterine fibroids, or the uterus itself, into fragments that can be removed through laparoscopic incisions.

Though the odds may seem small, widespread use of the device makes the problem larger than the initial numbers suggest. Using a database of insurance information, the authors of the new study identified more than 36,000 women who have been treated using the device over the last seven years. Applying the odds discovered in the study, that means that 97 of those women might have had hidden cancer spread by the morcellator.

The Food and Drug Administration advised doctors to stop using the device in April, stating that the blades had the potential to spread cancerous tissue to other areas of the body. The FDA report cited a risk similar to the new study. Johnson & Johnson, the largest maker of the devices, suspended their sales of it after the April report.

In addition to uterine cancer, the new study also shows that the morcellator runs the risk of spreading other cancers, including endocrine cancer.

The National Cancer Institute funded the study. Results were published in the July 22 edition of the Journal of American Medicine Association.

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Study finds ocytocin may help old muscles feel young againA common sign of aging is sarcopenia, a disease that reduces

muscle mass and strength and can even affect coordination. Though most commonly seen in inactive people, it can affect those of all physicality levels.

According to researchers at UC Berkley, however, a dose of oxy-tocin may help slow this reduction of muscle tissue. Oxytocin, also associated with maternal instinct, social attachments, childbirth and sex, also helps people more rapidly repair damaged muscle tis-sue. Though our oxytocin levels lower as we age, regular injections can help replicate the effect.

During the study, researchers injected a group of young and old mice for nine straight days with either oxytocin or a control sub-stance, then watched how the mice dealt with a muscle injury. The older mice who received the oxytocin were found to be able to repair their muscles as quickly as the younger mice. The muscles in the old-er mice who did not receive the oxytocin healed much more slowly.

Surprisingly, the younger mice who received the oxytocin injec-tions saw no change in their rate of muscle repair, since they already had a sufficient amount of oxytocin in their systems.

Besides maintaining healthy muscles, the research team is cur-rently investigating whether oxytocin could be used in hormone replacement therapy or to help stem the effects of age-related diseases such as Parkinson’s. The study was published in the June 10 issue of Nature Communications.

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Common gene variants source of autism riskThe biggest genetic risks for autism may come from genes that are far more

common than people realize. According to a recent study by the Population-Based Autism Genetics and

Environment Study (PAGES) Consortium, versions of genes that are common to the population are the source of about 52 percent of the risk for autism. Spontaneous mutations in genes are the source of only 2.6 percent of the risk.

Because of these genes, heritability was also identified as the largest risk factor. “Genetic variation likely accounts for roughly 60 percent of the liability for

autism, with common variants comprising the bulk of its genetic architecture,” explained Joseph Buxbaum, Ph.D., of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), New York City. “Although each exerts just a tiny effect individually, these common variations in the genetic code add up to substantial impact, taken together.”

Scientists do not claim that these genes are the cause of autism – the disorder is thought to be caused by the interplay of several factors, including potential environmental factors. Instead, these genes serve as a genetic architecture that increases scientists’ understanding of the disorder.

“Knowing the nature of the genetic risk will reveal clues to the molecular roots of the disorder. Common variation may be more important than we thought,” said Thomas R. Insel, M.D., director of the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

The National Health Institute funded the study. Results were published in the July 20 edition of Nature Genetics.

Time of day preference may have impact on ethical behaviorWhether you’re a morning or a night person, your

least favorite time of day may cause trouble to more than just your productivity levels.

A new study by Johns Hopkins researchers shows that people are more likely to make unethical decisions during the time of day when they’re at their worst. Contradicting a 2013 study that suggested people were more ethical in the morning, the new study showed that a person’s chronotype is a much more reliable determiner of ethical behavior.

The study focused on two experiments. The first experiment involved 48 U.S. MBA students who were asked to complete math problems and then report how they did. They were given 50 cents for every correct answer, increasing their incentive to lie. The researchers then checked the students’ self-reported success against their actual results, discovering that “night people” were more likely to inflate their scores during morning tests than those who considered themselves “morning people.”

In another experiment, 142 people who took an online study were asked to report the outcome of a dice roll. Students had an incentive to cheat because each additional number on the dice equated to an additional ticket in a drawing that included a large number of prizes. “Morning people” randomly

assigned to roll the dice in the evenings were more likely to report a higher number, and the same was true for “night people” randomly assigned morning rolls.

“Practically, (these results) suggest that ethical behavior arises when people “match” their situations (e.g., evening people in the evening), not necessarily in particular situations (e.g., morning) or from particular people (e.g., morning people),” write the authors of the study.

The study is currently in-press at Psychological Science.

Hysterectomy device may increase cancer risk

A laporoscopic power morcellator, a surgical device commonly used in hysterectomies, may cause hidden cancer to spread.

A new study by Columbia University doctors found that one in 368 women undergoing hysterectomies have hidden uterine cancer that is at risk of being spread by the morcellator. The device deploys spinning blades to slice uterine fibroids, or the uterus itself, into fragments that can be removed through laparoscopic incisions.

Though the odds may seem small, widespread use of the device makes the problem larger than the initial numbers suggest. Using a database of insurance information, the authors of the new study identified more than 36,000 women who have been treated using the device over the last seven years. Applying the odds discovered in the study, that means that 97 of those women might have had hidden cancer spread by the morcellator.

The Food and Drug Administration advised doctors to stop using the device in April, stating that the blades had the potential to spread cancerous tissue to other areas of the body. The FDA report cited a risk similar to the new study. Johnson & Johnson, the largest maker of the devices, suspended their sales of it after the April report.

In addition to uterine cancer, the new study also shows that the morcellator runs the risk of spreading other cancers, including endocrine cancer.

The National Cancer Institute funded the study. Results were published in the July 22 edition of the Journal of American Medicine Association.

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Study finds ocytocin may help old muscles feel young againA common sign of aging is sarcopenia, a disease that reduces

muscle mass and strength and can even affect coordination. Though most commonly seen in inactive people, it can affect those of all physicality levels.

According to researchers at UC Berkley, however, a dose of oxy-tocin may help slow this reduction of muscle tissue. Oxytocin, also associated with maternal instinct, social attachments, childbirth and sex, also helps people more rapidly repair damaged muscle tis-sue. Though our oxytocin levels lower as we age, regular injections can help replicate the effect.

During the study, researchers injected a group of young and old mice for nine straight days with either oxytocin or a control sub-stance, then watched how the mice dealt with a muscle injury. The older mice who received the oxytocin were found to be able to repair their muscles as quickly as the younger mice. The muscles in the old-er mice who did not receive the oxytocin healed much more slowly.

Surprisingly, the younger mice who received the oxytocin injec-tions saw no change in their rate of muscle repair, since they already had a sufficient amount of oxytocin in their systems.

Besides maintaining healthy muscles, the research team is cur-rently investigating whether oxytocin could be used in hormone replacement therapy or to help stem the effects of age-related diseases such as Parkinson’s. The study was published in the June 10 issue of Nature Communications.

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Have you ever been so stressed out that it gave you chest pain, heart palpitations or other physi-cal symptoms? The stress, worry and pressures of our modern life can push our brains over the edge. Most people have moments of anxiety and worry that they are able to control, but for about 6.8 million Americans it gets out of control and affects their lives in a negative way. Generalized Anxiety Disorder is defined as anxiety that is severe enough that it affects your day-to-day activities of life. The usual causes are worry over finances, relationships, health, or life events (deaths, births, marriages, divorce, new jobs, moving). Anxiety disorders can bring real physical symptoms due to the close connection of your brain to certain areas of the body, like your heart and stomach. The most common are chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache and back pain. Effective treatment should be more than just taking a pill. First, counseling by a licensed psy-chologist or social worker can be just as effective as any medication without any true side effect. The old Freudian methods of laying on the couch telling your shrink about your sordid past are gone. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and other modern meth-

ods focus on your thoughts and feelings that place you in these situations and how you can think your way out of them, a kind of mental rewiring. Medication is sometimes needed either short or long term. Combining it with therapy, and lifestyle changes is the most effec-tive way of beating anxiety. Your family physician is well equipped to prescribe and monitor this treatment as more than 80 percent of mental health issues are taken care of by primary care physicians. Second, lifestyle changes are absolutely required. Changes in diet to include healthy foods and less junk food and caffeine. Regu-lar exercise, plenty of good sleep

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Wholeness and wellness from the inside outHave you ever set a

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How Does the Brain Get Programmed? From birth until about the age of eight there is no separation between the conscious and the subconscious minds. The brain functions in the theta wave (the same wave one would experience under hypnosis), and is extremely open to suggestion, and all input through the senses enters unfil-tered and unchecked. As we grow and develop we

have experiences. From our expe-riences we create stories to give our experiences meaning. From these meanings we establish pat-terns, and from our patterns our core beliefs are formed. Some of our core beliefs are positive and empowering, and some are nega-tive and debilitating. Our core beliefs make up our belief system, or the subconscious program that runs our brains. Our belief system is typically programmed by the age of five, and firmly cemented in by the

age of eight. At about the age of eight, the pre-frontal cortex becomes developed enough to separate the conscious from the subconscious, and begins to act as the filter on the brain. We become self-aware, and begin to experience the other brainwaves (alpha, beta, delta, etc.). From then on all input enters into the conscious brain and is stopped and analyzed by the pre-frontal cortex. If the input matches what is in the belief system it is allowed to pass through. If not, the filter will reject it outright, or build a story around the event to match the core belief. For example, a person who has the Core Belief “I’m stu-pid” may score 100% on a test at school, and be told by the

teacher how smart they are; the conscious mind will take it in and bask in the glow of the ac-complishment. However, when this input reaches the filter, it doesn’t match the programming, so the subconscious changes the story of the event to match the program with thoughts like, “It was an easy test. Everyone in the class got high scores.” Our brains are programmed for self-preservation, “hardwired” to keep us safe within the boundaries of our belief system, even when it doesn’t make sense to the con-scious mind.

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Depression is telling people to shut down, according to the psychologist.

“It’s telling you to stay in bed, don’t interact with people, don’t get up and get going,” he said. “The best thing we can do is push back against the depression by engaging in some kind of productive activity.”

That may be as simple as getting out of bed or tak-ing a shower. It may mean making yourself go to work, go for a walk, do housework or yardwork.

If there isn’t relief after a week or two, and if you are losing interest in things you normally enjoy doing, that’s a good time to stop and look at whether you should be getting help.

“There are very effective treatments out there,” said Soutor. “People don’t have to live that way. We want to be helpful. That’s what we’re here for.”

Davis Behavioral Health has a clinic at 934 S. Main and the Journey House at 2250 N. 1700 West in Lay-ton. They can be reached at 801-773-7060.

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It doesn’t take long to realize that we live in a very noisy world. Most of us encounter loud noise on a daily basis and don’t even think about it – the blender to make the smoothie you ate for breakfast, the vacuum cleaner you used to clean your house this morning, the MP3 player you listened to while exercising… and what about the cell phone you were talking on earlier? We have become accustomed to noise in our world and may not realize that it is affecting our ears, lead-ing to something called Noise-Induced Hearing Loss or NIHL. Harm from noise doesn’t just affect the young or the old, it af-fects everyone. To better understand why sustained exposure to loud noise is so harmful, let’s review a little bit of the anatomy of the ear. Sound travels in wave forms, with soft sounds having smaller wave forms and loud sounds have larger, more powerful wave forms. These wave forms enter the ear through the ear canal. The ear drum is located at the end of the ear canal. The ear drum vibrates in response to sound waves and propels these vibrations onward to the middle ear bones called the “ossicles.” The three ossicles are linked together with ligaments and act as a chain that connects the ear drum to the inner ear or cochlea. The cochlea

is where the hearing nerve is housed. Inside the cochlea are tiny hair cells that receive a sound wave and then transmit a signal to the hearing nerve. The hearing nerve then transmits this signal up the brainstem and to the brain, where the sound is interpreted. The cochlea is a unique organ, in that it has what we call a tono-topic arrangement. This means the hair cells respon-sible for responding to the high frequencies are wrapped on the outside of the cochlea and the cells responsible for low frequen-cies are located on the inside of the cochlea. Because the high frequencies are picked up by the outer portion the cochlea, they are more vulnerable to damage from noise. Over time, as damage from sustained noise exposure accumu-lates, the high frequency hair cells are the first to be damaged, which helps explain why high-pitched hearing loss is so common. There are a few simple ques-tions that can help you identify if a sound is harmful or not. First, does it cause pain? Second, do you have to raise your voice to be heard over the sound? And third, do your ears feel full after being exposed to the sound? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, it is likely you are being exposed to harmful levels of sound. The recognized standard is

that any sound 85 decibels or louder can cause harm to the ears. The first step in peventing NIHL is being aware of how loud a sound is. The second is recognizing what can be done to protect your hearing. As much as possible, it is best to avoid exposure to loud sounds. When that isn’t possible, it is important to wear proper hearing protection such as foam earplugs or wearing muffs. When it comes to NIHL, a little prevention now avoids a

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Last weekend I was walking out of a gas station and witnessed something remarkable, a young boy with a Slurpee trying to figure out how to hold it and ride his bike at the same time. It was obvious that this was uncharted terri-tory by how much he struggled to even lift his bike and take his leg over the seat. As the young boy finally got the bike upright he firmly held the handle-bar with one hand while the other held the cup and that made contact with the handle bar he started to peddle, his eyes lit up and off he went.

One of the definitions of the word “Yoga” is union. To examine our mental wellbeing, it is first important to understand how much our minds and our bodies are connected, or united. For example, remember the last time you were so tired that you could not think. Or when your body hurt so badly you could not focus on anything but the pain. When one is strained, our mind or body, it effects the other.

We cannot be mindful of what we cannot feel. I have heard the excuse, “I can’t do yoga because I can’t even touch my toes.” Touch-ing your toes is not a necessary prerequisite for doing yoga, and if someone wants to be more flexible they should do yoga, not avoid it. After doing yoga for a month, I was pretty excited when I could easily touch my toes, but that is not what is important for long term mental health. Having awareness is the key. Toes are used all the time, and in general we have very little muscular control over them and little feeling in them. Cultivating more awareness of even our toes helps us to con-nect our mind to our body, and in turn, we become better able to take care of both.

Posture is also important. Posture effects how we feel and how well we think. When our body is in good alignment, it has no restriction of blood flow. Our brain requires

blood flow for us to successfully think. Ob-serve people’s body language as they sit in a chair. When someone is alert they sit up tall. When someone looks like they are about to go to sleep they hunch over. Yoga poses are designed to help the body have less restriction by opening up muscles and joints.

Exercise, sleep and proper diet are all part of the plan for mental well-being. Before I started graduate school, I asked a student in an associated program if they had any advice. They talked about eating, sleeping and exer-cise as just an important part of successes in school as good study habits. During graduate school, I began in great shape but by the end, I had put on weight, always felt sleepy and was beginning to feel depressed. I didn’t start my yoga journey until after I finished my graduate program and was amazed how the combina-tion of doing yoga daily, improving sleep and eating habits contributed to what is now the strongest and happiest I have ever felt.

I teach public and private yoga classes in both Davis County and Salt Lake County. You can find me on facebook as well as ins-tagrm under @playfulpractice.

Yoga is a more mindful approach to health. The yoga I practice is just as much about the philosophy of mindfulness as it is about doing poses. When I practice yoga poses, I constantly try to find a balance be-tween effort and ease, strength and flexibility, all while paying attention to my thoughts and breath. I think anyone can cultivate this same mindfulness in whatever activity and it will help them to be happier. I have experi-enced this as a runner, paying attention to my thoughts, my effort, and my breath.

Just like that little boy on his bike with a Slurpee, any new journey is worth taking and can lead to success. I suggest you try yoga, but I am a little biased.

The practice of living mindfully by bein more aware will cement the connection between mental health and physical health because you are working on both as if they were one. Like yoga, it is union.

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