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An Integrative Approach he term “integrative medicine” might bring to mind holistic approaches to wellness like massage, yoga and acupuncture. And while these activities are aspects of integrative medicine, the term is broader based, encompassing all healthy lifestyle practices and complementary healing modalities that help you thrive. Integrative care puts you at the center of your care with a focus on better nutrition, sleep, support and stress management.

Learn how to eat better Balanced nutrition is a key aspect of integrative medicine. Limiting fast food, sugar, alcohol and foods linked to inflammation can boost your immune system, help you lose

weight and just make you feel better.

Focus on movement Whether it’s a walk around the block or devoting a few minutes to stretching, moving more is an important first step on the path toward improved health and wellness.

Create moments of mindfulness Whether you are sipping your morning coffee, walking, listening to music or talking to someone, try to be in the moment. Bringing your full attention to the task at hand helps you be present for it and enjoy it.

Breathe deeply By slowing down your heart

rate and lowering your blood pressure, breathing deeply helps you relieve stress and increase relaxation.

Get a good night’s sleep Consider relieving stress before bed by disconnecting from technology an hour before bedtime. Ensure you get a proper amount of rest (seven to eight hours) each night.

Northwell Health’s Center for Wellness and Integrative Medicine offers a full schedule of group and private classes, workshops and events designed to address physical, mental and spiritual health, including exercise and movement classes, mind-body therapies, wellness coaching, energy healing and more.

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Soak Up The Sun...Screen Local physician offers summer health tips for your skin

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ummertime means barbecue parties in the backyard and picnics at the beach, swimming at the pool and strolling through the park. But with these seasonal pleasures come health perils like sunburn, heat exhaustion and heatstroke.

Magdalena Swierczewski, MD, Director of Aesthetics and Integrative Medicine Specialist at HealthBridge Platinum Concierge in Great Neck, said to steer clear of the sun as much as possible, but offered tips for how to minimize health problems while

soaking up rays and sipping rosé.

“A day at the beach is advisable if you protect yourself,” she said.

Like most dermatologists, she recommends applying a sunscreen of at least SPF30 for those planning to spend more than 20 minutes at the beach. Swierczewski noted that lower SPF values provide only a “smidgen of protection,” and that it is necessary to reapply often, depending on your product’s instructions—and more frequently if you’re sweating or swimming. SPF hair care products, she added, can prevent your hair from getting fried by the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays.

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Solar UV exposure causes skin aging and is a risk factor for most skin cancers. However, Swierczewski, who is board-certified in both internal and aesthetic/anti-aging medicine, identified several benefits of sunlight.

According to Swierczewski, most people who live on the east coast are deficient in vitamin D, which our bodies synthesize from sunlight. Vitamin D helps us absorb calcium into our bones and teeth and promotes healthy hair and skin.

A day at the beach is also good, she said, for our moods as well as our circadian rhythms, the internal processes that regulate our sleep-wake cycles.

Swierczewski suspects, however, that many beachgoers neglect to wear sunglasses that offer protection against UV rays, which can damage the eye’s retina.

Our ozone layer’s depletion from industrial chemicals and other environmental changes, Swierczewski said, only amplify the sun’s carcinogenic impact.

“There’s more exposure to harmful rays, so it’s even more important to protect ourselves properly,” she said.

Accordingly, Swierczewski suggests seeing your dermatologist if a mole changes or grows over time or has asymmetry, irregular borders or a variety of colors, as these can be early signs of melanoma. She also endorsed including vitamin C serum in your skin care regimen, which not only helps even skin tone but also wields antioxidant properties. Antioxidants fight off the effects of free radicals—unstable molecules that cause cellular damage and may play a role in aging and cancer development.

Many believe that sunburn in childhood greatly increases the likelihood of having skin cancer later in life. Infants and younger children in particular, Swierczewski said, should keep away from the sun and wear long sleeves if possible.

In addition, she explained, senior citizens are particularly prone to health

Magdalena Swierczewski, MD disorders during the summer because heat often exacerbates cardiovascular issues.

“If you have an elderly neighbor and it’s particularly hot that day, it’s always nice to check in on them and make sure that their air conditioner is working and that they have everything they need,” she said.

Swierczewski also emphasized the importance of adequate hydration, supporting the 8x8 rule, which states that you should drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day—or more if you’re sweating, she stressed.

“Always have some water with you when you’re traveling in the car,” she added.

When you’re not trapped on the highway, you might attend parties and weddings or participate in other outdoor events and activities where alcohol is served. If so, make sure to have a glass of water between each boozy beverage, Swierczewski advised, along with a multivitamin the next day to replenish lost electrolytes.

Overall, Swierczewski believes that if you take certain precautions, you can avoid health hazards and still enjoy the summer. You don’t need to lock yourself indoors to stay safe on staycation.

“There are very positive things that you can get from being out in the sun,” she said. “But you have to do it wisely.”

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Eat Your Way To Healthy Skin Omega-3 fatty acids do many things, including battling inflammation in the body. They also help to preserve collagen in your skin and can help keep the skin firm. One of the top sources of omega-3s is fish, such as salmon and tuna. There are also plenty of plant-based CHOOSING HEALTH omega-3 sources, which Stefani Pappas include flaxseeds, chia seeds, walnuts and wheat germ, in anthocyanins that are very which you can incorporate heart-healthy. Green produce into smoothies and yogurt.

Vitamin C is the most contains isothyiocyanates that has many anti-cancer proper- common antioxidant found in the skin. This vitamin helps to ties. Try to aim for a rainbow of fruits and vegetables to get repair free radicals, supports benefits from all the different the immune system and can assist skin blemishes in types of antioxidants. Some healing properly. Some great skin-friendly foods include sources of vitamin C include carrots, sweet potatoes, strawberries, red bell peppers, pumpkin and other orange/ and oranges. Vitamin E also yellow fruits and vegetables that are abundant in beta-car- protects skin from oxidative damage, specifically prootene. This precursor of vitatecting our cell membranes. min A is essential for healthy skin, mucus membranes and Foods abundant in vitamin E include almonds, avocados the immune system.

and sunflower seeds.

These foods all support a healthy, balanced, nutritious diet that can also help promote weight management and longevity. Yo-yo dieting can put strain on your bodily organs, and many crash diets are often deficient in essential vitamins and minerals too.

Not only can this type of extreme dieting cause detrimental effects to your health, but doing this over an extensive period of time can reflect on your skin as well. Aim for healthy, gradual weight

loss that is sustainable and balanced. Focus on a varied and balanced diet abundant in vegetables to reap both skin and overall general health benefits.

Stefani Pappas, MS, RDN, CSO, CDN, CPT, is a Clinical Dietitian and Certified Personal Trainer. She also provides private nutrition counseling at her office in Great Neck. Visit www.stefhealthtips. com for more information or call 516-216-9909 to schedule an appointment.

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eautiful skin starts from within and nourishing the body with wholesome, real, unprocessed foods is key to living a healthy life and maintaining a glowing complexion. What you put in your body is just as important as what products you use on your skin. A diet high in processed foods, added sugars, and refined carbohydrates can promote acne as well as aging skin. Environmental factors like pollution and sunlight can also rob the body of nutrients and accelerate the aging process. Although specific antioxidant-rich foods can combat this damage, many of the best foods to promote healthy glowing skin also, in turn, benefit your overall health.

Eating a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables can help protect your skin, as each color contains different beneficial antioxidants. For example, blue/purple produce is rich

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The ABCs Of Hepatitis C

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epatitis C is curable in 98 percent of people who are infected. The number of baby boomers with hepatitis C is on the decline. The World Health Organization has set a goal of eliminating hepatitis C in every country by 2030. The United States will not meet that goal.

There are two reasons why our country will not meet this goal. The first is access and affordability of hepatitis C therapy. Despite improvement in overall access in most states over the last three years, with New York leading the way, access and affordability remain significant issues for many people with this condition. The second reason is the dramatic spike in the number of new cases of acute hepatitis C directly related to the opioid epidemic. The opioid epidemic has created

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a large population of young people, from their early teens to mid-20s, with hepatitis C. While we are identifying and treating the baby boomers, our young population continues to infect itself. As an aside and paradoxically, this has had direct benefit to patients awaiting organ transplantation of all types, as many young people with acute infection do

not survive thus creating a pool of otherwise healthy people who can donate their organs. Because of the high cure rate of hepatitis C, it is now common to transplant a hepatitis C positive organ into a hepatitis C negative recipient and simply treat the hepatitis C once the recipient has recovered from surgery.

Hepatitis C is not distributed equally across our country. More than half of the people infected within live in just nine states. These states are California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee and North Carolina. Many of these states are in areas where the opioid epidemic has reached crisis proportions. The opioid epidemic has hit the Appalachian region of Kentucky, West Virginia and Tennessee particularly hard. We on Long Island have seen a

dramatic increase in cases of acute hepatitis C amongst teenagers and college-age students.

Once hepatitis C is recognized, the evaluation required prior to initiating therapy can be accomplished quickly as liver biopsy is no longer required and, therefore, most people can start therapy within two weeks of the first evaluation and have documented cure six months later. Therapies are now approved for all people over the age of 12 and for all ages of people who weigh more than 99 pounds. Until recently, the new, highly effective, well tolerated treatments were not approved for those ages 12 to 17. This meant that our teenagers would have to wait until they became eighteen before insurance companies would pay for their medications. With the medications approved for those ages 12

to 17 and for any age if the person weighs more than 99 pounds, pediatricians can now treat these patients.

While education for the treated will be important, pediatricians will soon learn how easy and rewarding it is to cure a patient with hepatitis C. Despite the improvements in access, affordability and the expansion of the eligibility to include teenagers, we will never reach the goal of eliminating hepatitis C by 2030 without addressing the opioid crisis facing our young people. Long Island in particular has a real problem that is not going away. This will take more than the support of doctors, educators and families. Solving the opioid crisis requires real courage by our leaders to provide support to do the right thing. Let’s hope they are up to the task.

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Children see us differently because we care for them differently.

Katelyn, age 7, sees Dr. Mittler as more than a surgeon—she sees a hero who’s as bright as the sun.

At Cohen Children’s, kids see us as more than doctors, nurses and therapists. They see heroes, rock stars, royalty, friends. And we see them differently, too— not as patients, but as children who deserve the very best. That’s why we’re ranked in nine specialties by U.S. News & World Report—and why we’re one of the nation’s best children’s hospitals.

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