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Bastyr News |
Issue # 20 |
January 2006 |
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Welcome to Bastyr News!
During the holiday season, it’s easy to lose
sight of our health. We often run ourselves
ragged, eat and drink things we shouldn’t,
and focus more on shopping than sleeping!
So we welcome you to this issue of Bastyr
News to remind you of what’s important:
taking care of you!
In this issue, you'll find a wealth of information
straight from Bastyr’s faculty members,
including the health-enhancing benefits
of saunas and common-sense advice about
the popular weight-loss supplement, hoodia.
We’re bringing details about a new
published study about probiotics helping
to prevent sick days, announcing our own
research on a mushroom extract to help breast
cancer patients through treatment, and unveiling
a list of classes you can take to start
your new year.
Also in this issue, you’ll read up
on the amazing system of Ayurvedic medicine,
learn about Bastyr people traveling to Pakistan
and Tibet for medicinal purposes, and find
out about our own clinic’s relocation
(happening in early 2006). But the university
is officially staying put, as we’ve
just made a big holiday purchase: our campus.
What could be a better holiday gift than
Bastyr deciding to bring better health into
the world for many years to come, from our
tranquil and spacious digs adjacent to St.
Edward State Park? Read about this and other
Bastyr-related news in this issue. As for
me, I’m going to go lie down and rest!
Healthy regards,
Sydney Maupin, Editor
Inside This Issue
Features
University Highlights
Natural Health News
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Faculty
Spotlight: Faculty Members Gain Medical
Knowledge and More in Tibet
Two Bastyr faculty members traveled to Tibet
to study Tibetan medicine. They received
much more, including warmth and generosity
from the Tibetan people, a chance to try
new foods, and a reminder about spirituality’s
place in healing. Last but not least, they
acquired new ideas for research projects,
including a Tibetan approach to boosting
immunity and treating tuberculosis. Read
about their trip.
Student
Spotlight: ND Student Brings Medical
Aid to Pakistan
Abida Wali, a fourth-year naturopathic student,
will travel to Pakistan this month to spend
four weeks dispensing homeopathic remedies
to earthquake survivors. Originally from
Afghanistan, Abida has always had a desire
to bring natural medicine to developing
countries. Now Relief
International has made it possible
for her to start her lifelong mission to
help. Find
out more about Abida’s plans.
Program
Spotlight: A Custom-Fit Health Psychology
Program
If you’re interested in the mind-body connection,
explore Bastyr’s bachelor of science degree
in health psychology. You can tailor this
program to your goals and interests, with
several tracks to choose from, including
a basic health psychology track, another
track that’s focused more on spirituality
and health, and a pre-med track with an
option to become a licensed massage therapist. Find
out more about the health psychology
program at Bastyr.
Healthy
Recipe: Portabella Reuben Sandwich
This recipe, taken from the book From
the Bastyr Kitchen, gives you the satisfaction
of comfort food to warm up your body on
cold winter days, but with a healthier twist.
We’ve updated this deli favorite with marinated
and baked portabella mushrooms in place
of traditional corned beef. Get
the recipe and buy
Bastyr’s cookbook so you can eat well
all year long! |
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Bastyr
Celebrates its Campus Purchase
After leasing the campus from the
Catholic Archdiocese for almost 10
years, Bastyr University is now the
proud owner of its property in Kenmore,
adjacent to St. Edward State Park.
Says President Daniel K. Church, PhD, “Now
that we own our home, we can look
forward with greater certainty and
strengthen our position as the leader
in science-based natural medicine.
This marks a huge success and exciting
turning point for Bastyr University.” The
university held a public celebration
and hosted a concert December 7 to
mark the historic occasion. Read
a press release about this milestone.
Bastyr
Center for Natural Health is Moving!
In early 2006, Bastyr’s health-care
center and teaching clinic, Bastyr
Center for Natural Health, is moving
down the street, just south of the
current location. The newly renovated
building on the corner of 38th and
Stone Way will provide a welcoming
and relaxing atmosphere for patients,
with a larger space for the Chinese
herb and natural products dispensary.
For more information, call (206) 834-4100
or visit the Web
site.
Bastyr
Produces Happy "CAM Campers"
Since 2002, Bastyr University has
been teaching medical students about
complementary and alternative medicine
(CAM) through a month-long summer
course affectionately known as CAM
Camp. This year, 18 first- and second-year
medical students traveled from their schools
to learn about a variety of CAM topics.
According to one participant, "I didn’t
expect to be touched as deeply as
I was by certain modalities and by
the Bastyr community. I’d start out
watching a presentation and thinking,
'This is a strange way to practice
medicine.' But often, no more than
10 minutes later, I’d be captivated
when I saw compelling evidence about
some of the therapies." Read
an interview with two thoroughly
impressed "CAM Campers."
Seeking Breast Cancer Patients for Study
If you have been diagnosed with breast
cancer, you may be eligible to participate
in a research study. Bastyr researchers
are examining the effects of an herbal
supplement, Turkey Tail mushroom extract,
on the immunity of breast cancer patients,
specifically those undergoing treatment.
This mushroom extract has been used
in Asia with encouraging results,
and our researchers hope to learn
more about it. Participants will be
paid for each visit. Find
out more about this study.
Sixth
Annual Celtic Concert Hits the Right
Notes
It was nearly standing room only at
the sixth annual Bastyr University
Celtic Holiday Concert at Bastyr University's
chapel December 3. Concert-goers thrilled
to the melodic sounds of traditional
Gaelic holiday music by Stanley and
Kip Greenthal, who were joined by
Joel Bernstein's fantastic fiddle
and harmonica playing, Oran nan Car's
stirring Scottish pipes and vocal
harmonies; and the talented young
women in the Slieveloughane (SRS)
Irish Dance Troupe. The concert raised
more than $5,500 for The Bastyr Fund
to support the immediate needs of
the university and Bastyr Center for
Natural Health. Save the date for
next year’s concert, which will take
place December 2, 2006! |
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Start the New Year with a Natural Health
Class
Start the new year right by learning more
about natural health. Bastyr is offering great
classes to the public on diverse topics, including
level-one craniosacral
massage, natural
remedies for children with autism, and
a class on drug-herb
interactions for health-care providers
and medical students. See our whole class
schedule.
The
Health Benefits of Sweating
Is sitting in a sauna more than just a feel-good
treat? According to Dr. Dean Neary, chair
of Bastyr’s physical medicine department,
it is a viable health-care measure. Sweating
in the sauna helps rid our bodies of toxins
accumulated from the environment and also
provides symptomatic relief for some medical
conditions. An article in the King County Journal about how to make the best
use of saunas quotes Dr. Neary.
Is
Hoodia Safe for Weight Loss?
Hoodia, a natural plant substance from South
Africa, has earned a following of hopeful
dieters lately, as testimonials of suppressed
appetite and weight loss accumulate. But
is hoodia safe? And is there enough of it
out there to meet the sudden demand? Find
out what Bastyr’s faculty member Eric Yarnell
and other experts had to say about this
herbal fad in the November 16 issue of the Everett
Herald. Read
the article.
The
NIH Studies Avurvedic Medicine
Ayurvedic medicine (also called Ayurveda),
which is one of the world's oldest medical
systems, originated in India and has evolved
over thousands of years. In the United States,
Ayurveda is considered complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM). The NIH National
Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine (NCCAM) is funding several studies
on Ayurvedic medicine. Find
out more about those studies and read a
comprehensive overview of Ayurvedic medicine
at the NCCAM Web site.
Probiotics
May Reduce Sick Days from Work
A study in the November 7 issue of Environmental
Health showed taking the probiotic Lactobacillus
reuteri can reduce sick days from work.
The double-blind study, which took place
in Sweden, evaluated the use of this supplement
on 262 healthy employees who received either
the supplement or a placebo. “In the studied
population, sick-days caused by respiratory
or gastrointestinal diseases could be reduced
by 55 percent by the use of L. reuteri ...
as compared with ... placebo,” the authors
write. Source: Medscape Medical News |
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