America Now Ebola-Free
Just 19 days after being diagnosed with Ebola, Craig Spencer will be released from Bellvue Hospital on Tuesday. Spencer, 33, contracted the deadly virus while caring for Ebola patients in Guinea, a West African country currently battling an outbreak, but his latest tests have shown him to be clear, thanks in part to a plasma transfusion he received from Nancy Writebol, the second American Ebola patient who has also been cured.
Spencer’s clearance means that there are no more Ebola cases in the United States, and with no cases arising in anyone Spencer came into contact with, an outbreak in America has become very unlikely.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio called Spencer a hero. "I have said many times he's a real hero," de Blasio told NBC News. "He's a guy who went toward danger, went to where the need was greatest in the whole world. He suffered a lot these past few weeks but he's come back really strong."
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What Is Reiki?
Terri Reynolds, 56, knows the exchange well. She says, “Reiki.” They say, “Huh?” She says, “Energy healing.” They say, “Hocus-pocus.”
But for Reynolds, who was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2011, reiki is anything but. The practice – which usually involves a practitioner placing his or her hands on or above a client to facilitate that person's healing energy – taught her how to quiet her mind after surgery and six months of chemotherapy.
"When you have a very stressful job and four children, and you get a diagnosis like that, it kind of really slaps you around,” says Reynolds, a certified medical assistant and managed care educator in Springfield, Illinois. “And when you’re grabbing everywhere for anything that makes the littlest bit of hope glisten, you’re apt to try anything.”
Reynolds is now cancer-free but continues to see a reiki practitioner weekly. “I’ll never stop,” she says. [Read more: What Is Reiki?]
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Can We Become Addicted to Healthy Eating?
It’s not rocket science to figure out why we're so unhealthy, writes U.S. News blogger Heather Hausenblas. Two of the leading culprits are physical activity and diet. We don’t move enough and we eat too much fatty, sugary and salty food – in other words, unhealthy food. Most of us could use a good dose of healthy eating. So a serious dedication to a healthy diet is a good thing. Right?
Imagine someone who begins following the Atkins diet, which restricts carbohydrates. He may eventually cut most carbs from his diet. While restricting carbs may be healthy for some people (and that’s debatable), a diet with limited carbs is definitely not healthy. Then he takes it a step further and only eats organic and natural foods. He begins obsessing over ingredient labels – rejecting processed foods, preserved products and animal products. His diet is then limited to only a few “safe” foods, such as fresh organic fruits and vegetables. Soon he finds it impossible to shop at the local grocery store, eat at restaurants or even eat at friends' houses. Has this person taken healthy eating to an extreme by trying to avoid foods perceived to be unhealthy?
First described more than 15 years ago by Steven Bratman, this type of obsession with healthy eating has been called orthorexia nervosa. You might think an addiction to healthy food is a good fixation. But as with anything, too much of anything, whether healthy or unhealthy, is typically not good for us. [Read more: Can We Become Addicted to Healthy Eating?]
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