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  Staying Healthy News -- Autumn 2011 
   From Dr. Elson Haas

 

 

 
 
Greetings Friends and Happy Autumn to All of You!

 

This is the "Getting Ready" Season! And it's HARVEST Time to enjoy our Nature's Bounty. We have lots of local apples and late blackberries in my neighborhood, plus the farmer's markets are ripe with zucchinis, almonds and peppers, plus getting ready for the hard squashes and Pumpkin Time. Oh, and that, of course, signals "Sugar Time" and the holidays just around the corner. So, while you are enjoying the bounty of Autumn's harvest, watch your sugar intake.

Are your ready for cold, wet and more darkness? Earthquake and flood ready? You have your supplies at home and in your car just in case you are stranded for a day or more? See my article on 10 Tips for Personal Survival and Preparation for Disaster. We want to be proactive and prepare for the worst, yet expect the best!

Autumn is also a challenging time of the year to Stay Healthy. The shift to the shortened days and colder nights makes Autumn the toughest transition season of the year for many of us. In truth, it's always a bit of a challenge to balance all the different aspects of our busy lives. I must remember to breathe and relax as well. (Ahh! Why not take one right now?) Being outdoors in Nature reminds us to do just that: enjoy the fresh air and cooling of the Summer's heat in these coming months, and get out in Nature and keep exercising.
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Personalize Your Detox Program
Are you interested in participating in your own pursuit for better health with some program for detoxification? If so, gather your spouse or friends and family to do something positive together in the next month, be it a week or two off the "SNACCs" or doing the Detox Diet from my book and website. It can really make a difference for you!

I suggest at least taking a few weeks break from your favorite-yet potentially problematic-foods, which often include wheat and baked goods, dairy products, and any foods with added sugar. Take a close look at (and a break from) your habitual SNACCs:
· Sugar
· Nicotine
· Alcohol
· Caffeine
· Chemicals
· Plus Wheat and Dairy Products

We will be doing a 3-week detox group program in January 2012 at my office in San Rafael. You can also do this NOW on your own or with friends and family with the information in my book, The New Detox Diet, as well as guidelines on my website, such as in the article called The Purification Process (Click Here For Article >>).
 
Call 415-472-2343 to Sign Up NOW and reserve your spot.
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Preventive Medical Center of Marin ("PMCM") is 27 Years Young

  

On September 24, 2011 PMCM celebrates 27 years of continuous operation in the same location. We have a great team of practitioners and staff that love working together, and this is a blessing for both our patients and our selves.

 
 

PMCM Group Photo
Our Current PMCM Staff and Associates
 
See the latest about PMCM at www.pmcmarin.com
 
We are also doing a continuing education program for our patients and local community with many talks about Health and Medicine. Coming up on October 6, 2011 is our presentation with six speakers from our staff on the topic of Functional Medicine and Vital Health (Click Here For Details >>) 

 

Please call the office at 415-472-2343 if you wish to attend as the space is limited.

 

 Regarding our integrated medical team, PMCM houses the allergy practice of Michael Rosenbaum, MD, a well-known, nutritional physician, also with his wonderful allergy tester Clyde Thom and experienced nutritionist Janara Iman. We also have the father-daughter Shames health team with the enthusiastic Georjana Shames, LAc, acupuncturist and herbalist working along side her father and our long-time associate, esteemed colleague and author, Richard Shames, MD, who specializes primarily on balancing thyroid, adrenal, and sex hormones, offering both in-office visits and phone consulting for people around the country.


Our newest associate (and we are all vey blessed!) is Elaine Hannah, NP, who has expertise in a wide range of disciplines and therapies, including General Medicine and Homeopathy, Functional Integrative Medicine, Stress Reduction and Mind-Body therapies. Elaine is seeing many of our new patients for evaluations and likes to work with children and their families. 


Our other new associate is Steve Sisgold, who has a master's degree in communication, is certified in body-centered therapy, and is a stress management and peak performance expert. Steve is the author of a wonderful book, What's Your Body Telling You? Instead of exploring the mind like most therapists, he works with your body's intelligence to help you see where you hold past trauma and present tension that is affecting your health, relationships and success. Steve uses breath and movement therapy with emotional release to activate miraculous results ranging from relief from stress, asthma and arthritis to boosting immune system, helping with weight loss and improving relationship communication.


Of course, we are all still blessed at PMCM with our Nurse Practitioner, Judy Lane, doing women's health care and bio-identical hormones, as well as providing integrated medical care; Thomas Reece, DO, offering structural osteopathic therapies, and contracted with many insurance plans; Carol Butterfield, providing intuitive and emotional counseling, and PMCM's business advisor, Ernie Hubbard, who has brought his vitality testing services to assess and work with our patients. 


Give us a call at 415-472-2343 if you have any questions or wish to come visit one of our staff or come to our Open House. And in our 28th year at the same location, we are the only northern California integrated medicine facility that accepts insurance for many of our services. 

 

Dr. Elson's Ghana Travels and Medical Work

Ghana Montage  

 
I had my longest trip in my adult life and my nearly 40 years of practice when I took a 5-week journey to Ghana, Africa to go work with my son, Orion and the organization he co-directs there, called Global Brigades (www.globalbrigades.org). 
 
In June and July, I made the long flight to West Africa to do the first two Ghana Medical Brigades with Orion and his team, plus two sets of twenty medical students from England (King's College of London and Birmingham, England) for each of the two 8-day programs in Srafa Aboana and Ekumfi Ekotsi communities. It was an amazing experience, like living a whole new life, being a doctor and teacher to the communities and students. I was the visiting MD and along with two Ghanaian doctors and the working students and staff, we saw about 1100 people over the four days of clinics. We preceded that by an opening day ceremony and introduction and then a second day of house calls and community interaction in groups or 3-4 people with a translator. Then, we ended the brigade with a day of public health in the areas of water purification, malaria prevention and treatment and physical therapy instruction with stretching exercises to help all the people with low back pain, which they refer to as "waist" pain.

I have written an extensive travelogue with the details of my journey that includes my road trip holiday north in Ghana with my son and my daughter Ishara and her friend Max, who joined us for the second brigade and our vacation travels. Here you see a few photos and click on the article to see about this journey in more depth.

 

Seasons StudioS
Update
I am really excited about all of our new Apps for Seasons Studios, our company devoted to Educational Entertainment for Children and Families in the areas of Health, Nutrition and the Environment. The new version of the Apps for Count Broccula and Blimps and Whales will be up on Apple and I-Tunes very soon (for I-Phone and I-Pad). Also, we just viewed the final versions of our songs and videos for the Anatomix Comix Apps. They are very cool and we are pleased with our App Producer, Nicole Lundeen and her company RippleFx ( www.ripplfx.com  ).

 

Check out the Seasons Studios website ( www.seasonsstudios.com ).

 

 

More Vegetables, Please
 
Since I believe that a healthy diet begins with plenty of fresh vegetables, like 50% or more, I have a great cookbook, authored with chef and nutrition educator, Patty James (see www.pattyjames.com). Our book, More Vegetables, Please! (New Harbinger Publishers in Oakland, California), is for all of us--singles, children and families--making fresh vegetables a mainstay of our healthy diet. In writing this book, Patty and I make it simple, inspiring and tasty to eat those veggies.
 

 

Finally...
I wish all of you good health and a safe and prosperous Autumn season as you prepare for yet, another Winter. It's amazing; the seasons just keep changing. Life is about change, and it's best to live one day at a time, embracing it's specialness, caring for your self and loved ones and keeping love in your heart.

Blessings to all of you.

Stay Positive and Stay Healthy!

Dr. Elson 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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