Reiki Therapy In A Long-Term Care Environment
	“Your hands are so warm; they feel so good.  It feels soft.  I feel good all over!”   What does these unusual statements stem from?  And coming from inside a long-term care center?  You’ll be surprised to know: It’s Reiki.   At Mary Immaculate Nursing/Restorative Care Center, Inc. in Lawrence, Massachusetts, residents may receive Reiki through a grant funded activities program called, “Beyond Bingo.”  Initially begun to provide activity and sensory stimulation to those residents who do not engage in-group activities, the staff of Mary Immaculate has noticed far greater outcomes. [More]
	Middlesex Hospital Pilot Program to Combat Childhood Obesity
	Middletown, CT – Over the last 20 years, rates of obesity in children have risen at a staggering pace.  Obese children are developing ailments that were once unheard of among children (high blood pressure, cholesterol problems, and diabetes.)  The increase of these ailments among our youngest population has put an additional burden on our health care system and created new challenges for health care providers. Nationally, it is estimated that 17 percent of all U.S. children are obese. The full extent of the childhood obesity issue is harder to pinpoint on a local level.  The best gauge for us at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, CT has been our pediatric physicians who actively sought out a program that would address obesity at an early age in order to break the cycle of learned unhealthy behaviors. [More]

New England Edition
Issue #4
April 21 - May 27, 2008