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Successful Goal Setting for a Healthy Lifestyle

Dr. Tanya Maximoff has been kind enough to share some tips on achieving obtainable goals for living a  "Healthy Lifestyle" with the readers of OurMontville.com.  Dr. Maximoff has been in private practice in Montville since 2004.  She is President and CEO of MAXLIFE which is a full spectrum practice including Chiropractic, Massage Therapy and Nutrition.  To learn more about her services call 973-575-4757.

Successful Goal Setting - By Dr. Tanya Maximoff

During the bustle of the holidays and the fast approaching New Year, there is no doubt a flurry of activity. However, this should also be a time for reflection and planning. Otherwise, it is another year gone by playing catch up without really getting anywhere. Most businesses use this time of year to plan future accomplishments and revise their plans and strategies. Business objective are reviewed and goals are set. Continue reading Successful Goals.

It's Sunday: Where's the doctor?

By Arnold Pallay
There’s a surprising trend in today’s hospitals: Chances are you can count on one hand the number of physicians making rounds on any given Sunday. While driving home from my rounds this past weekend, I was deep in reflection; that’s not the way it used to be. Just a decade ago, there were numerous doctors in all specialty areas seeing patients in the hospital, even on weekends.

Take family practice physicians as one example. Long considered the backbone of health care in America, the family physician is almost nowhere to be found in the hospital. As a board-certified, residency-trained family physician in practice for 24 years, I can appreciate the reasons for this — and there are many. Primary care physicians (internists and pediatricians included) are buried in so much paperwork that it is difficult for them to leave the office.

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Tips on Hydration from Dr. Michael Duddy

As we now enter the all too familiar “dog days of summer” we need to be aware of proper hydration techniques. Whether we are just the weekend jogger or the high school football player going through double sessions with helmets and pads, its important that we be aware of our water intake in order to avoid heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

An easy rule to apply when measuring hydration is that if you become thirsty, then you’re probably behind on your water already. Athletes that know they are going to be subject to heat and physically stressful conditions and should take care to drink before they go out to practice. The goal here is to try to head off dehydration from the start and not encounter the thirst warning bell.

Today’s Family Physicians Intervene in Serious Life-and-Death Matters

Questions to ask to find the right family medical practice:

The right family physician will not only treat the occasional bout of bronchitis but could also intervene in more serious life-and-death matters, an area that previously remained in the realm of specialists, according to representatives of Changebridge Medical Associates, a Montville-based family practice. Today, those lines are blurred, and holding your family physician to a higher standard will help in the long term in the quality of care you receive.

“Family physicians are the ones who know their patients best, especially if they treat the whole nuclear or extended family,” said Dr. Arnold I. Pallay, F.A.A.F.P., medical director of Changebridge Medical Associates. “A specialist can take your medical history, but he or she may not recognize more subtle signs that could prove to be important in one’s care. Family practitioners additionally benefit from what they’re able to learn in their continuity of care. They are also the ones who have the relationships with the patients, oftentimes built over years. This is an often unrecognized advantage that family physicians offer patients and specialists when treating complex cases.”

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Changebridge Medical Associates Combats Obesity Epidemic

Changebridge Medical Associates Combats Obesity Epidemic with Medically Supervised Weight Loss Program That Targets Long-Term Success.  March is ‘peak time’ for dieting as people look toward warmer months.

At a time when obesity is fast approaching smoking as the leading preventable cause of death,¹ Changebridge Medical Associates (www.changebridgemedical.com) is offering a new medically supervised weight-loss program focusing on realistic, long-term weight loss.
 
The program’s introduction comes during a peak time for dieting, according to market researcher the NPD Group. “Traditionally, many consumers start diets as part of New Year’s resolutions; however, the actual percentage of consumers on a diet doesn’t peak until March,” according to the group.²

Experts debate power line safety

Experts disagreed whether electromagnetic fields from power lines cause cancer or other health problems, as they testified Monday at the final state Board of Public Utilities hearing on Public Service Electric and Gas Company's proposed line upgrade.  Shortly after the discussion of EMFs, the utility and opponents of the $750 million, 47-mile Susquehanna-Roseland project wrapped up five days of testimony in front of BPU Commissioner Joseph Fioraliso. The entire board is expected to decide Jan. 15 whether PSE&G should be allowed to add 500 kilovolt lines to the corridor, which passes through Morris County.

No studies have proven that EMFs from power lines cause leukemia or other health issues, testified PSE&G's expert William H. Bailey, a scientist, although he did say some studies have found an association between the fields and childhood leukemia.

Martin Blank, an expert for eight municipalities, two school districts, environmentalists and a citizens group opposing the project, said there is much evidence that fields at lower levels than those expected on the new line could lead to leukemia, breast cancer and Alzheimer's disease.

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Teaching babies to swim

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ARTICLE: WELLNESS IN OUR PERSONAL ENVIRONMENTS

Ask ten people what Wellness is and you get ten different answers. Wikipedia, the online dictionary, states that Wellness (in medicine) refers to a state of being healthy and since that is a ‘circular’ description to me, I like better the phrase that Halbert L. Dunn was credited with in the 1950’s, “Wellness is generally used to mean a healthy balance of the mind-body and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being”

It’s wonderful to wish someone to ‘be well!’ and we certainly wish our loved ones to be well and live well just as we wish those ‘states of well-being’ for ourselves. So, we can say that Wellness is a state of well-being in all ages of life; a life span that is increasing every year (100 year olds are less and less unusual).