newsbriefs New Back Bay Location for Healthy Roots Natural Medicine
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r. Maggie Luther, owner of Healthy Roots Natural Medicine, has opened a second location in the heart of Boston’s Back Bay that focuses on natural health and alternative and integrative medicine. Luther is a professionally trained naturopathic doctor specializing in holistic and integrative health, natural medicine and disease prevention for people of all ages. “My appointments provide for enough time to unMaggie Luther derstand who my patients are as individuals, rather than just focusing on the symptoms they are experiencing,” says Luther. “There is no one-size-fits-all in medicine, and my job is to develop a natural medicine approach that will truly benefit their conditions.” Luther says that her treatment options address symptoms while working to uncover their root causes. “Naturopathic medicine focuses on the restoration of health by truly understanding the whole person,” she says. “Practitioners, such as myself, bridge the gap between conventional and alternative medicine by understanding the science of modern medicine in pertinent labs and imaging, along with the most effective evidenced based natural treatments.”
Location: 419 Boylston St., 4th Fl. (at Qi, The Inner Gym), Boston. For more information, call 617-245-0561 or visit HealthyRootsNaturalMedicine.com. See Resource Guide on page 46.
Training Program to Improve Doctor-Patient Communications
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ke Lasater, co-founder of Mediate Your Life personal development programs, presents a weekend workshop entitled, How To Talk So Your Doctor Will Listen (And You Both Get Heard), October 12 and 13, in New Haven, Connecticut. “Many caregivers today are under intense pressure, and they have little preparation for the difficult communication issues that are inevitably part of patient care,” says Lasater. How To Talk So Your Doctor Will Listen is for anyone that has ever felt rushed or overwhelmed during a doctor’s visit and would like to build better relationships with health care providers. According to Lasater, empathy is the key to better communication in medical settings. “My goal is to help people remember how to access that empathy and how to make clear, non-judgmental requests that are the hallmark of effective collaborations,” he says. The program has been approved by The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, in Boston. In June, Lasater and his Mediate Your Life team delivered training during the Schwartz Center Rounds program, which encourages healthcare providers to make personal connections with patients and colleagues by focusing on the human dimension of medicine.
Location: The Grove, 760 Chapel St., New Haven, CT. For more information, call 413-230-3260 or visit MediateYourLife.com. See ad on page 27 and Resource Guide on page 47. natural awakenings
July 2013
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