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Column: Gaming and bingeing are forms of addiction
Yes, even checking the news or the stock market can become an addiction. Read more
Yes, even checking the news or the stock market can become an addiction. Read more
The Hawaii Book & Music Festival draws as many as 20,000 participants each year. Check out the Wellness in Hawaii track as an opportunity for healing in paradise. Read more
Diet, for most individuals, is the largest source of exposure to heavy metals. Read more
It’s time to consolidate New Year’s resolutions for 2019. What is most important for the year ahead, amid escalating climate change, political turmoil in Washington, D.C., economic uncertainty across the globe and big questions about the future of health care? Read more
Recent environmental disasters, coupled with mounting research, demonstrate the profound impact of climate change to health and prosperity. Read more
The progressive proliferation of urgent care facilities in Hawaii is a worrisome sign. The people of Hawaii are better served by sustainable relationships with primary care providers. Read more
Hawaii is already struggling to solve a severe, ongoing physician shortage. Why are they burning out, and what can be done to prevent our doctors from running for the door? Read more
We might complain about our jobs and look forward to our next vacation, but to work is a sacred honor. Read more
Today’s society has an abundance of quality professionals you can trust. Read more
The recent Hawaii Book and Music Festival was another great success. It was the first time that the Wellness in Hawaii Program extended for two full days. Read more
This year, for the first time, the Hawaii Book & Music Festival will expand the “Wellness in Hawaii” track to two full days. Read more
Hawaii should not have passed a law to condone actively facilitating death. During this legislative session a Pandora’s box was opened for medically assisted death in the form of House Bill 2739. Read more
The upcoming Hawaii International Health and Education Kolisko Conference aims to inspire the future of education and health care. Read more
Expect key American entitlements — Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security — to be on the chopping block in Congress this year. Read more
The opioid epidemic remains a leading and escalating public health crisis with 2 million Americans now dependent on opiates at an annual cost of $78.5 billion in the U.S. Read more
Regenerative medicine aims to cultivate new living tissue to replace or repair function that has been lost as the result of normal aging, disease or trauma. Read more
Repealing Obamacare is not the answer. Placing it under siege is even worse. Efforts to forge a bipartisan solution to improve and refine this legislation, which is already insuring so many more Americans, is the only reasonable course of action. Read more
Mindfulness exercises assisted patients in better understanding their pain and to separate the actual pain from fear, uncertainty and old memories. It also helped participants make better lifestyle choices and assess appropriate activity levels, food intake and how much medication they actually needed. Read more
The pharmaceutical industry is facing an onslaught of legal action by state, city and county governments on the mainland in response to the opiate epidemic. Read more