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52 Trish and Ed’s OrganicsThis passionate advocate of organic produce makes it easy to eat fresh off the farm.

54 L’s Beauty and Wellness TipsMakeup expert Lissette Waugh shares some tips for creating a beautiful you from the inside out. 56 IMHOCarolynn Towbin confides her struggle with wellness and the healing power of meditation in this deeply personal and inspiring story.

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Community 10 Dr. Marya ShegogThe Director of Health Programs at UNLV’s Lincy Institute is looking forward to improving healthcare in Southern Nevada.

12 Dr. Robert MilneA personal family crisis led Dr. Milne to open his mind and think out of the box to help his patients. 14 With Eyes, Ears and HandsOsteopathic physicians don’t just treat injuries and symptoms, they treat the whole person.

18 Shifting Personal ParadigmsThe Ganesha Center aims to help you reach your highest health potential. 20 Get Healthy at Your LibraryAccurate answers to health and wellness questions are as close as your nearest library branch or website.

Culture24 Consider The AlternativesIntegrative medicine goes mainstream with Dr. Stephanie Youngblood. 28 The Healing ArtsPreventative medicine is adding music and art therapy to its list of disciplines and practices that increase our physical and emotional well-being. 30 Upcoming Events

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There’s a saying that goes, “We squander health in search of wealth, we work, we toil, we slave. Then we squander wealth in search of health and all we get’s the grave.”

While it’s true that no one gets out of this world alive, the manner in which we live and age is usually determined by genetics and by how we treat our body. We don’t have much control over the first, but since our body needs to last us a lifetime, wellness is a true gift we can bestow on ourselves. This issue explores alternative and complementary health practices aimed at keeping you well, as well as some traditional practices with a complementary twist.

I know personally that you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. Last year was a challenging health year for me after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. My choices were not clear and most of them made my situation worse. After many doctors’ appointments, blood tests and x-rays, I chose a holistic path

that was more of a lifestyle change. This included a radical diet change (gluten free, dairy free, etc.) and a commitment to lose the extra weight as well as to exercise and manage stress. This choice is not for everyone but made the most sense for me at this stage in my life.

One of the common themes I noticed while putting this issue together is prevention, nutrition and balance—all things our mother told us to do, but then life got in the way. We have so many choices, so where do we begin? In this issue we discuss everything from organic food to acupuncture. We go to two different clinics in town that offer different services from homeopathic to integrated medicine, all designed to look at the patient as a whole. We also explore places and practices to allow us to relax, enjoy and rejuvenate: a labyrinth at UNLV, art and music as therapy—these make me relax just writing about them! We end this issue with some restaurants that cater to the health-minded and those, like me, with food sensitivities.

I believe in both traditional and alternative medicine and look forward to seeing them practiced together on a regular basis. I was amazed by the doors that opened and the teachers that appeared along my journey back to wellness. I hope this issue helps you along your path to good health.

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10 Dr. Marya ShegogThe Director of Health Programs at UNLV’s Lincy Institute is looking forward to improving healthcare in Southern Nevada.

12 Dr. Robert MilneA personal family crisis led Dr. Milne to open his mind and think out of the box to help his patients.

14 With Eyes, Ears and HandsOsteopathic physicians don’t just treat injuries and symptoms, they treat the whole person.

18 Shifting Personal ParadigmsThe Ganesha Center aims to help you reach your highest health potential.

20 Get Healthy at Your LibraryAccurate answers to health and wellness questions are as close as your nearest library branch or website.

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The Lincy Institute at UNLV conducts and supports research that focuses on improving Nevada’s health, education and social services. As the newly appointed Director of Health Programs for the Lincy Institute, Dr. Marya Shegog is excited for the opportunity to significantly impact health care in Southern Nevada. Shegog wants to create not only healthy communities, but to diversify Southern Nevada’s economic infrastructure in ways that will allow Southern Nevada to thrive.

She describes the Lincy Institute as a very special entity that enjoys all of the resources and strengths of an academic institution, but with the leniency to bring in outside resources and develop relationships with community organizations that will help expand their outreach.

In her new role, she is working with the City of Las Vegas and the City of North Las Vegas, in conjunction with the United Way and the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition (SNRPC), on ways that we can measure where Southern Nevada stands on health, and where we can make improvements.

Shegog is currently helping to develop this year’s strategic plan and establishing new goals. A big part of this year’s plan will include shaping legislation that will help clinicians come into our area and helping the state to prepare for the Medicaid expansion and healthcare reform. It is going to be a big year for healthcare and Shegog feels fortunate that her previous experience and education have brought her to this place where she can really make a difference in the way healthcare is viewed in Southern Nevada.

What is the single biggest change you’ve made for better health and what impact has it had on your life?

Most recently I have started doing hot yoga and the biggest challenge with that is dehydration. I do 90 minutes where I hold poses for two or three minutes at a time.… I find that I don’t drink enough. I got a cramp in both legs because I was dehydrated and that did it for me…I have been making a specific effort to drink more water overall.

What is the most important health issue you think our community is facing?

First, we have a huge shortage of healthcare clinicians and mental health care providers. As more people get access to healthcare this year, we won’t have enough clinicians to care for them. We need to…expedite the accreditation process so they can begin practicing faster after completing training. We also need to change some of the laws around incoming physicians so the actual process is more streamlined. Second, we need to develop more options for medical school within Nevada. In particular, we need to get a state-run school with an M.D. program in Las Vegas.

What activities do you enjoy to help you stay mentally healthy?

I like to swim. I learned to swim as a child and have used it more for exercise for the last three or four years. I also like to refinish wood and old furniture pieces and add them to my home decor. I strip them down and sand them and get them prepped for refinishing and turn someone’s old and neglected piece into a new treasure. I truly believe in filling your time with activities you enjoy to keep yourself grounded.

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What do you get when you combine natural healthcare and traditional Western medicine? Dr. Robert Milne suggests that the combination, called integrative medicine, provides his patients optimal medical care. Dr. Milne combines modalities of acupuncture, allergy testing, chelation, IV therapies, nutrition, homeopathy, bio-identical hormones, prolotherapy and laser therapy. With his innovative methods he has now treated over 90,000 patients around the world, received numerous accolades among the medical community and authored four books.

Dr. Milne’s interest in complementary medicine started when his daughter, Brooke, became very ill and prescription drugs were no help to her. She was very young at the time, just an infant, and after eight long months of waiting for a solution to present itself, Dr. Milne became desperate for answers. He was introduced to homeopathic medicine and his passion to find alternative cures began. His daughter was saved and he began an entirely new career in integrative medicine. “My personal family crisis taught me that, as a doctor, I must keep an open mind and think out of the medical box for answers to the difficult medical problems that my patients face,” says Dr. Milne.

Dr. Milne combines the advantages of Western medicine, including its acute care and diagnostic tools, with the benefits of complementary medicine and its wide variety of treatment modalities. Since beginning his integrative medicine practice, Dr. Milne has traveled to Europe, Central America and China in search of new modalities to incorporate into his practice.

He is considered a pioneer in alternative medicine and has become a frequent lecturer on integrative medicine. His goal is to truly treat each patient as an individual case, help them understand their symptoms and figure out a strategy to correct their issues and move forward.

What is the single biggest change you’ve made for better health and what impact has it had on your life?I grew up with horrible asthma that plagued my childhood and my young adult life. My mentor suggested to me that asthma was a digestive related issue and I adjusted my diet to exclude milk, wheat and sugar. I haven’t had an asthmatic episode since. I also believe in juicing daily. Fruits and veggies provide the protons of life.

What is the most important health issue you think our community is facing? Personally, I think there is a generalized lack of energy or fatigue which is usually caused by poor food intake or quality. America is faced with denatured food values. Europe has outdoor markets with fresh food and we have markets with foods that are three, five, even ten days old. With lower energy you start gaining weight which leads us to the obesity epidemic. Fatigue also causes headaches and I see many patients for headache related symptoms.

What activities do you enjoy to help you stay mentally healthy? First of all, I have to keep my body healthy with the right foods in order to keep mentally healthy. If I consume the proper nutrients with the right energy building ingredients, I will be better…healthy overall. I walk my dogs every day and I play tennis as often as I can. Mostly, I just eat as healthy as possible for me and my body and I haven’t missed a day of work in 35 years.

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By Valerie Miller

Ever walk into a doctor’s office and notice that the physician pays a lot of attention to you, asks questions and really wants to understand your health?

Well, chances are, if you look at the little initials after the doctor’s name on their jacket, it will say, “D.O.” Those “D.O.” initials mean you have just visited a doctor of osteopathy. Put simply, osteopathic doctors believe in using a holistic approach.

Or, as Touro University Nevada Dean and Professor of the College of Osteopathic Medicine Mitchell Forman puts it, your doctor is “treating the patient, not the disease.”

The university’s Nevada campus, located in Henderson, graduates about 130 students a year. Graduates all receive the “D.O.,” or “osteopath” designation. But after receiving their degrees from Touro, the graduates can go on to do their residency and training in either an osteopathic, or “allopathic,” “M.D.” setting.

Forman, who is from New York, has dedicated his nearly-40-year career to osteopathic medicine. It is that profound belief in the benefits of osteopaths that the founding dean tries to instill in students at Touro.

“We have tried very hard to nurture the fact we treat people and not diseases,” he says. “We are interested in a holistic approach to medicine and that involves not just illness, or disease, but healthcare and lifestyle changes.”

Forman says he prides himself on getting to know his patients and the particulars of their lifestyles, environments and histories. He’ll spend a lot of time with patients, and teaches his students to do the same.

“That’s something that we try to teach from day one of the education of our medical students,” Forman adds.

Despite the growing acceptance of osteopaths, who are physicians just like their allopathic—or M.D.—counterparts, many myths about D.O.s stubbornly remain.

“I think the biggest misconception is osteopathic physicians are not real physicians, and that it is an alternative form of healthcare, and it’s not,” Forman says. “It is mainstream healthcare. It is on the same level; I would argue higher than the allopathic or M.D. physician.”

Forman goes to great pains to educate the public and dispel such myths.

“The misconception is that if you see an osteopathic physician, you will be treated as if you went to a chiropractor. That’s not true, either. We certainly have other modalities that involve manipulative medicine. When used appropriately, I think they are very beneficial, and maybe wouldn’t require patients to have to take medication,” the Touro founding dean explains.

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“But the misconceptions have to do with the fact that we are traditional practitioners … (but) we don’t only use manipulative medicine.”

That task of getting acceptance for the osteopathic profession has been eased in recent years. The popularity of healthy eating and living trends has resulted in the replacement of the old derogatory “health nuts” label with today’s “health-conscious” mind set.

The attitude has shifted, Forman notes. That shift is particularly evident among younger generations, who have shopped at chain retailers such as Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods and the General Nutrition Center.

Among the medical community, as well, trends and events have resulted in a greater acceptance of the holistic approach to medicine, which osteopaths provide. In particular, Forman points to the over-prescription of some pharmaceuticals— and antibiotics in particular—to treat viral infections. The emergence of drug-resistant strains of “superbugs” has been part of that end result, he adds.

But the time osteopaths spend with patients has been, and will remain, a hallmark of the profession, Forman maintains.

“I’ve been practicing medicine for 38 years, and patients tell me over and over again how grateful they are that I have taken the time. I’m not necessarily the smartest person on earth, but I spend a great deal of time listening to my patients and providing them whatever they need,” Forman says.

“They tell me that most of the D.O.s that they have gone to have also spent the time with them and have tried to address all of the aspects of their healthcare in their life. That’s not frequently done by most physicians in the community.”

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Ganesha Center Promotes Health in Mind, Body and Soul

Upon walking into Ganesha Center, the welcoming vibe is hard to miss: it’s friendly, open, optimistic. The mood-lifting aromas of essential oils waft through the air. Devotees happily munch on sandwiches and hummus and sip herbal infusions from the center’s café. The sounds of Tibetan singing bowls reverberate throughout its first great hall, which serves as an antechamber to many more rooms and areas used for yoga classes and various spiritual practices and healing arts.

As any good biology student will tell you, the human brain has remained largely unchanged over the past

several thousand years. Yet over the past 20 years, developments in neuroscience have revealed the brain to be much more plastic, with more regenerative power than previously thought.

The effects of practices like yoga, meditation and chanting are being shown to have the potential to relieve depression, ameliorate the effects of brain damage, and prove therapeutic to those dealing with a wide variety of emotional, spiritual and psychological maladies. Spiritual practices once thought of as esoteric are increasingly being used to cultivate personal and spiritual development by people from all walks of life.

Perhaps that’s why so many people are seeking help with their spiritual and psychological growth at places like Ganesha Center.

Cindy Rosano was raised in the Roman Catholic Church and maintains a connection to the faith of her youth. But at the age of 55, she is experiencing a spiritual awakening which she describes as nothing short of life changing. She attributes this to her experiences at Las Vegas’ Ganesha Center.

Rosano began her journey there with a Reiki session given by the center’s founder, Lee Papa. She then began taking Reiki classes and started study in The Seraphim Blueprint, a “healing and consciousness raising system for self-evolution.”

After a near death experience, Papa was inspired to open a facility for spiritual healing and development. In May of 2009 she opened the center. She says the idea for its name came to her in a dream. As Ganesha is the Hindu deity associated with removing obstacles, his name was a perfect fit.

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At its inception, Ganesha Center was comprised of just two rooms. Over the course of three years, it has grown to become a sprawling funhouse lab for the spirit, spanning some 6,000 square feet. According to Papa, this impressive growth is the direct result of “intuitive guidance.” Indeed, the center offers yoga, Reiki, Theta Healing Instructional™ classes, sound therapy and more.

Lee and the staff at Ganesha Center eschew the idea that any one of them is there to act as a spiritual authority per se. As Papa explains, “We are teaching you to be your own guru. We don’t want people to give away their power to us.”

Lee says she’s witnessed countless people experience major shifts of consciousness at Ganesha Center. She says the vast majority of people drawn there take a thoughtful and sober-minded approach to their journey. By and large, people who arrive at Ganesha Center are lead by their intuition and it either feels right or it doesn’t.

What feels right to Lee next is expansion. She and her partners have their higher minds set on finding a “Patron Spirit” to help them open a Retreat House in Three Rivers, Calif., near Sequoia National Park. They also have plans for a new Ganesha Center in San Francisco. To hear Lee speak about it herself, visit Gofundme.com/ganesha.

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For many of us, a question about a health issue means an Internet search. We type in a subject, question or symptom and let a search engine do the research for us. While this is quick and convenient, the information found on the Internet isn’t always accurate and reliable, and the sheer quantity of results can be overwhelming.

The Internet may be fine for simple, run-of-the mill queries, but for accurate and trustworthy information, look no further than your nearest Las Vegas-Clark County Library District branch or the carefully selected resources on its website.

While every branch has materials related to health and wellness, the Library District’s collection of health-related resources at the West Charleston Library provides in-depth materials and assistance to help you find the information you need.

Dr. Florence Jakus, Branch Manager of the West Charleston Library, says, “Nearly 50% of our patrons are walk-ins; people

who have just been diagnosed with an illness or prescribed a new medication that they need to learn more about.” Others are looking for in-depth information on a topic or the latest research in order to make an informed healthcare decision.

Library staff will help you find information using the Library District’s health databases and the National Library of Medicine’s websites such as Medlineplus.gov or PubMed for consumer information or medical articles. The library also subscribes to health newsletters and medical journals such as JAMA and New England Journal of Medicine.

The Library District partners with a variety of organizations to offer free health and wellness programs at its branches. Free educational programs for caregivers are provided by the

Cleveland Clinic, Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. Other programs include radon awareness, health fairs, healthy cooking, diabetes management, mental health and much more.

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For more information, visit the Library District’s website at lvccld.org or call 734.READ (7323).

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28 The Healing ArtsPreventative medicine is adding music and art therapy to its list of disciplines and practices that increase our physical and emotional well-being.

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With medical costs skyrocketing and so many in the U.S. living without health insurance, there is increasing emphasis on wellness and prevention. Integrative medicine—a healthy balance of mind, body and spirit—is no longer the parlance of alternative doctors. These days workplace health promotion is the standard, with more organizations designing policies and programs to support healthy behavior in the workplace and at home.

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Indeed, companies that offer insurance to employees are waking up to the fact that, along with changes in diet and habits, a trip to the chiropractor or a session with an acupuncturist can significantly relieve neck and back pain. Relief means an employee doesn’t miss work or undergo expensive surgeries.

Anyone who’s suffered a neck or spine injury and seen a chiropractor knows a few visits go a long way toward relief. If you happen to visit the elegantly feng-shui-ed office of beautiful Dr. Stephanie Youngblood, don’t think you’re there for snap, crack and pop. Like the best chiropractors, Youngblood doesn’t just talk the talk. She lives a wellness lifestyle that emphasizes moving well, eating well, being well.

“The body is a self-sustainable, interconnected organism,” says Youngblood, whose personal office is a library of wellness tomes. “The chiropractor’s wellness approach also involves exercising, removing toxins and feeding deficiencies.”

Youngblood brims with advice, from urging me to drop my diet soda habit (“You know it’s toxic sludge, right?”) to pointing out

how sitting down with a smartphone in the back pocket of my jeans causes a misalignment in my posture.

“Humans are also much healthier with a properly moving spine than without,” she says. “Reduced spinal motion causes spinal degeneration. We have a pandemic of sedentary living and working, so it’s critical that a chiropractor checks your spine to make sure the spinal joints are moving properly.”

Treatment doesn’t end when you leave her office. Youngblood suggests several proper spinal exercises and other lifestyle tips to keep you in shape. Wellness-centered chiropractors like Youngblood strive to help patients empty their medicine cabinets. Exercise is critical—Pilates, yoga and especially walking. Motion is lotion for creaky, painful joints.

“Movement is essential for keeping the body healthy, strong and vibrant,” says Youngblood. “Restoring joint motion represents the reduction of a stress load on the spine and moves the body toward better health and function.”

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Youngblood believes in a cradle-to-grave approach when it comes to integrative medicine. She is helping many in the valley—even our youngest residents—to adopt a holistic healing approach.

Take, for instance, Mackie Sterrett, who runs a Pilates, yoga and meditation studio. (She also teaches interactive/virtual classes via her website, mackiemethod.com.)

“I suffered five years of chronic neck pain and within two months of being treated by Dr. Youngblood, I’m pain-free,” says Method in between instructions. “I recommend chiropractic care to all of my clients, since I’m living proof of the benefits, both structural and preventative. My three children have become her clients as well, and I’m overjoyed by their constant good health.”

Chiropractic treatment isn’t the only game in town. Dr. Peter Lok has been helping people—locals and tourists—with pain for nearly 40 years. His father, Yee-Kung Lok, was the first licensed acupuncturist in Las Vegas and lobbied the legislature to make Nevada the first state in the union to make acupuncture legal in 1973.

“Acupuncture was misunderstood for many years in America,” says Lok. “In Chinese medicine, the benefits were known for centuries. For most people in the U.S. today, though, there’s a much better understanding.”

The most common reason people see Lok is pain. Chronic, lingering pain motivates patients to seek out alternatives to surgery and drugs. Acupuncture needles are, by comparison, a conservative approach compared to going under the scalpel.

“Medication and medicine serve their purpose,” says Lok who, like Youngblood,

doesn’t write pharmaceutical scripts. “But taking medications doesn’t mean all the pain is gone. Sometimes people want to reach a better, more pain-free level.”

Chiropractors and acupuncturists definitely compete for the same pool of patients, but it’s a healthy competition based on mutual respect. They agree on a central wellness tenet: Relaxation and stress-reduction are necessary for improving overall health. And they’re not above recommending each other’s services to patients.

“I send patients who aren’t responding to treatment to see Dr. Youngblood; she does the same,” says Dr. Lok. “She’s skilled in her work. It’s about an individual patient’s needs. If I feel someone can benefit from her treatment, I send him or her over.”

Neither treatment works optimally, though, if a patient doesn’t make good changes in his or her diet and lifestyle.

“Focus on nutrition, and you help feed deficiencies—particularly vitamin D and essential fatty acids,” says Dr. Youngblood. “Organic, GMO-free foods can assist you in removing toxins from the body. When the body is toxin-free, it functions better.”

Pain can rob individuals of their happiness and livelihood, but restoring balance to the body is one way of keeping pain at bay, or even eliminating it.

“Sometimes attaining a better sense of health and wellness is possible without the need for surgery or drugs,” says Dr. Youngblood.

To contact Dr. Stephanie Youngblood, call 702-870-8060. To contact Dr. Peter Lok, call 702-732-0178.

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For centuries music and art have played an important role in the healing practices of many cultures. The therapeutic benefits of these pleasures, which most of us unconsciously understand and appreciate, are taking their place in the forefront of preventative medicine and wellness in the form of art and music therapy.

Music therapy is defined as the use of music for the restoration, maintenance and improvement of one’s mental and physical health. The sounds and harmonics of musical instruments, someone’s voice or a group of people singing, chanting and storytelling, and the pattern these sounds make when they are performed, have been found to soothe and center your energy.

Melody Baratone-Helmeck (melodybaratone.com), a local music therapist, explains that one of the basic theories goes back to biblical times with the use of the Solfeggio frequencies

(luminanti.com/tfsolfeggio.html). They’re based in numerology and each one relates back to one of the seven chakras. Using tuning forks, notes are struck and used to tune the energy in your body, bringing your body’s nervous system, muscle tone and organs into harmonic balance.

Other favorite forms of music therapy include Tibetan singing bowls and drum circles. You can enjoy both of these activities locally at either the Ganesha Center (ganeshacenter.com) on the east side of town or the Stillpoint Center for Spiritual Development (stillpointcsd.org) on the west side.

Art therapy works in a similar way, using light, colors and reflection to stimulate, calm down or create a sense of happiness. You can enjoy the benefit whether you’re viewing art or creating it. (Finger painting anyone?) The enjoyment of art is playful, tactile and revealing, allowing you to let go and be in control, which is an

experience that is comforting in times of hardship or illness.

Fortunately, today there are many places where you can enjoy art for therapy: the city of Las Vegas, Clark County and the city of Henderson all have public art that is free. The urban branches of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District have art galleries with rotating exhibits available to enjoy for free during regular branch hours. Downtown Las Vegas offers numerous art galleries in which to find inspiration, and the University of Las Vegas is home to the Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery and the reopened Las Vegas Art Museum.

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36 It’s Your ChoiceThis engaging, interactive and informative exhibit at the DISCOVERY Children’s Museum will help visitors make the best choices when it comes to nutrition and other health-related decisions.

40 Koblin Medical CenterThis state-of-the-art facility offers personalized care within a venue designed to integrate specialtiesand services.

44 Walking a LabyrinthTo clear your mind, reduce stress and stimulate creativity, check out a local labyrinth and try this walking formof meditation.

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it’s your choice

By Christina Gibson

Most museum exhibits display historical documents, artifacts, souvenirs and mementos to convey stories of people and places of the past, present and projected future. The Lied Discovery Children’s Museum, founded in 1984, strives to create extraordinary learning experiences using interactive, hands-on experiences. Their most novel exhibit to date brings the interactive experience to a higher level than any of the exhibits in the past.

Developing quality interactive exhibits applicable to both adults and children was a daunting undertaking. Creating this brain-teasing exhibit proved to be a brainteaser itself. As the designers began strategizing the composition of the demonstration, numerous complicated challenges emerged. Fundamentally, the exhibit needed to be safe for children. Additionally, it

Nutrition is on Display at the DISCOVERY Children’s Museum

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had to be appropriate for a very diverse audience, and it had to be accurate.

The designers began with durable surfaces and avoided sharp edges, holes or small gaps to ensure it was safe for all ages. They continued by adding bright yet realistic colors such as carrot orange, potato brown and banana yellow. The text and images had to be eye-catching for children, yet also attractive to adults—familiar yet distinctive. Finally, they paid careful attention to the size, shape and height of each station which needed to accommodate small children, tall adults, learning hands and roughhousing teenagers.

The audience of any ethnicity, who is willing to interact with the displays, usually six years or older and able to read, will find this exhibit unique and memorable. Not only are the colors, patterns, shapes and textures enticing, they’re a lot of fun. Imagine walking a potato from its growing point in the dirt through processing options and learning the different techniques used to make a baked potato versus French fries versus potato soup and then learning about the net nutritional value of each. This is just one of the amusing interactive displays in this exhibit.

The mechanisms used throughout this exhibit make it impossible to make a completely incorrect choice. The displays encourage people to make their own decisions and focus on the reality that some choices are better than others. There are a lot of chances to make good choices and they all add up at the end of the day, week, year and lifetime. “Your day is not over if you make a poor choice in the morning,” states Deputy

Director Tifferney White. If you have a sugary breakfast and deep-fried food for lunch, you can make healthier choices for dinner such as grilled fish and salad. It’s Your Choice opened with seven exhibits in 2009 at the Las Vegas Boulevard location. The museum and this exhibit will be moving to a new location, the Donald W. Reynolds Discovery Center, adjacent to the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, in late February, and the exhibit will open there on March 9.

Knowing the museum would be moving locations in 2013, the designers strategized the expansion of the exhibit. They conceptualized, planned and developed five additional stations. The original exhibit focused on nutrition and diet with displays featuring meal planning, food processing and nutritional information.

As the designers moved forward with expanding the exhibit, they were challenged with folding in new displays that were not purely nutrition-oriented but addressed the bigger picture. Decisions to wear a seatbelt, bicycle helmet or sunscreen also contribute to overall health. White explains, “You can’t look at one thing. Many choices contribute to overall health.”

To ascertain the usefulness of the exhibit and ensure that the two phases would fit together seamlessly, the original concept and design was evaluated, analyzed, modified and enhanced. Through this process, the designers learned the importance of including “why” into the exhibits. They discovered people wanted to be able to make their own choices but they also wanted to know why those choices were good ones. Therefore, explanations

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were included and when visitors make choices, they will learn if they are good, better or best choices and why. The enhanced exhibit at the DISCOVERY Children’s Museum also tackles controversial themes. One exhibit, titled Then and Now, shows visitors the long-term consequences related to certain choices. They have an opportunity to relate to an adult character on a video screen with a certain number of health issues such as emphysema, diabetes and skin cancer. The visitor is allowed to input different choices that could have been made and the condition of the adult changes based on different choices made by the visitor.

“This exhibit was very complex because of the nature of the messages,” states Tom Pope, owner of Studio Displays, an exhibit design and fabrication company based in North Carolina. “It had to be attractive and engaging yet informative and easily understood.”

Furthermore, visitors to this museum are of all ages, cultures, ethnicities, income levels and backgrounds. It was true teamwork that allowed this design team, with backgrounds in sculpting, chemistry, psychology, accounting, law and education, to conceptualize, design and figure out how to integrate and transfer these messages to the most diverse of audiences.

The exhibit was intentionally designed to bring families and groups of people together to collaboratively determine how to make better choices. It encourages people to work together to make choices and change their minds several times as

they choose. Children and adults can feel free to make several choices and learn about the benefits and drawbacks of each choice.

What lifestyle changes might you make if given the choice?

DISCOVERY Children’s MuseumGrand Opening March 9, 2013DiscoveryKidsLV.org

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I hate doctors.

That’s not completely true. I don’t hate doctors, I just hate going to doctors.

In the first place, I’m not too wild about having a 9 a.m. appointment and wasting 90 minutes reading a five-year old Field and Stream magazine in a tiny waiting room filled with coughing, hacking people who also have a 9 a.m. appointment.

Add to that the fact that the scale and I are not exactly on the best of terms, that the sight of needles and the smell of

alcohol make me dizzy, and the run-in-what’s-wrong-here’s-a-prescription-come-back-if-it-doesn’t-work-run-out attitude of so many physicians, and you understand my reluctance to frequent medical offices.

A couple of months ago, my husband and I decided to change physicians and, on the advice of friends, found Koblin Medical Center (formerly K/E Medical Center). Imagine my surprise when I walked into a large, brightly lit waiting room filled with current magazines, flat panel televisions, coffee and a basket of fruit.

A nurse called me back a few minutes before my appointment time, and Dr. Paul Emery appeared in the room within five minutes. He spent a good amount of time taking my medical history, talking to me about my health and answering every question I had. Dr. Emery asked that I have a few diagnostic tests done by the lab downstairs before our next visit and sent me on my way without handing me a random prescription.

“That,” I said to my husband, “is how medical care should be.”

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Dr. Sean Ameli, the medical director and CEO of Koblin Medical Center, agrees and says that’s the mission of the center. “We strive to give area residents access to integrated care provided by highly credentialed physicians and other providers. Dr. Koblin’s vision is to give Las Vegans the type of personalized healthcare that they usually have to travel to find.”

Dr. Robert Koblin, founder of Koblin Medical Center, decided to open a medical center the likes of which have not been done before. The Beverly Hills cardiologist wanted to offer patients the kind of integrated care usually found only in larger venues such as the Mayo and Cleveland Clinics.

In place of the mega-clinics, though, Dr. Koblin wanted everything under one roof so patients would not have to travel from one building to another or to walk through a campus setting to go from one doctor to the lab to radiology and back to the doctor.

The overall design of Koblin Medical Center helps enhance each patient’s experience in more than one way. In addition to enabling patients to have a “one-stop” shop, the aesthetics of the center enhance each patient’s visit. Dark wood paneling and comfortable chairs greet patients in the well-lit, spacious waiting rooms. The light and spaciousness don’t end in the waiting room, though.

Going through the doors to doctors’ offices and examination rooms, patients find a large, brightly lit desk area that houses each doctor’s nurse (and their dreaded scales). Instead of tiny, dark and cramped rooms, the doctors’ offices and examination rooms ring the outside of the room so that natural light from a window can enter the rooms. Patients who need

immediate blood work, x-rays or other tests simply walk down the steps to Koblin’s lab.

Included in the 20,000 square foot building that houses the center across the street from St. Rose Dominican Hospitals, San Martin campus, are not only the physicians’ offices, but also blood and radiology labs and an infusion treatment room for patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.

In addition to three internists and two family practice physicians, there are cardiologists, a rheumatologist, a neurologist, an endocrinologist and a nutritionist on staff. By year’s end, Dr. Ameli plans to add specialists in pulmonology, gastroenterology and hematology as well as a sleep center and an outpatient endoscopy center.

“Having a multi-specialty staff and state-of-the-art facilities and technology affords patients world-class care,” says Dr. Ameli, “and it allows us to provide highly personalized care to each patient. It’s the kind of care we want for ourselves.”

The doctors meet weekly to discuss cases, to exchange information and to educate themselves on new findings and treatments. “We all may have different specialties,” continues Dr. Ameli, “but we’re all treating one person. Pooling our knowledge provides a framework to treat the whole patient and keep him or her well.”

On a personal note, I’ve been a patient at Koblin for only a few months, but I do appreciate the good care I’ve received so far. That said, I’m still not wild about needles, alcohol or the scale.

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Throughout the world thousands of people are walking in circles. They’re clearing their minds, reducing stress and managing pain. They’re awakening to creative thinking and getting in touch with their inner selves. In parks, business centers, hospitals, schools and churches, these people are walking the circuitous paths of labyrinths.

Not to be confused with mazes, labyrinths are two-dimensional and have a single, non-challenging path that leads to the center and back. They can be painted on canvas, outlined with stones, crafted with brick pavers, or coaxed into blooming with flowers. Many of today’s labyrinth designs are thousands of years old and come from cultures around the world.

Spiraling into Peace

By Gael Hancock

Photography by Nathan Douglas

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Walking a labyrinth—truly a walking meditation—can help quiet a chattering mind. Swinging around the turns, your body is in motion, your feet connect to the earth and your mind gently turns inward. The simple act of movement along the curvilinear path can create a shift from your verbal (and noisy) left brain into the more spatially oriented, non-verbal right brain. This allows the brain’s constant bullying to stop, resulting in peace and literally “quiet.”

It is here that you can begin to listen—to your inner wellspring of information and intuitive self-knowledge, to your spiritual voice, to your body. A labyrinth can give you many gifts including clarity, recognition, communion, opening of your heart, connection, a growing self-worth and trust.

When you approach a labyrinth for the first time, you may feel challenged by the complexity of the design. Simply trust the path. It will take you safely to the center and back out again. Whether you chant a mantra, leave your mind open, count your breaths or hum a tune, you are walking the labyrinth in the right way. Feel free to laugh, sing, dance, cry, shout, skip or run. Make the path of the labyrinth your own.

Gael Hancock has studied labyrinths for more than 14 years. She facilitates labyrinth workshops and is the author of the booklet, ”108 Ways to Use Labyrinths in Schools.” She can be reached at [email protected], or visit her website, CircleDancers.com.

Labyrinths in and around Las Vegas:St. Rose Dominican HospitalsSan MartÍn Campus8280 West Warm Springs Rd.Las Vegas, NV 89113Labyrinth available 24/7, located just north of the Emergency Room entrance. Chartres labyrinth design; painted on pavement.

St. Andrew Catholic Community1399 San Felipe Dr.Boulder City, NV 89005Labyrinth lighted till 10:30 p.m., located to the left as one enters the church. Chartres labyrinth design; inlaid stone.

Reunion Trails ParkNortheast corner of Chapata Dr. and Casady Hollow Ave. (Labyrinth is in the southeast corner of the park on Casady Hollow Ave.) Henderson, NV 89012Contemporary design.

Catholic Newman Center UNLV CampusBrussels Street, Las Vegas, NV 891457-Circuit Classical Design; pattern is outlined with stones.

For more information on labyrinths;Labyrinthsociety.orgLabyrinthos.net

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48 Healthy EatsWhether your idea of healthy eating is low-fat, vegan or somewhere in between, there are more restaurant options for healthy eating than ever before.

50 A Healing TouchReflexology is much more than a foot rub! Learn more about this healing practice.

52 Trish and Ed’s OrganicsThis passionate advocate of organic produce makes it easy to eat fresh off the farm.

54 L’s Beauty and Wellness TipsMakeup expert Lissette Waugh shares some tips for creating a beautiful you from the inside out.

56 IMHOCarolynn Towbin confides her struggle with wellness and the healing power of meditation in this deeply personal and inspiring story.

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HEALTHY EATS

Dining Choices to Feel Good About

Harry Truman once said, “When God shook the tree of life, all the fruits and nuts landed in California.” Luckily since then, some of our neighbor’s spoils have been overflowing into our Valley in the way of healthier eating establishments, and the number of good-for-us spots popping up has been refreshing.

There is a wide range of what people consider healthy. Some feel eating low-

fat and low-calorie foods is enough, while others are more extreme and feel anything other than raw and vegan foods do your body a disservice. Here is a guide to some places that should make you feel good about what you’re eating, no matter where you fall on the spectrum.

Fracos and Froccs is a newly-opened, quick bites eatery at Town Square located in the space previously occupied by Dairy

Queen. They make healthier versions of tacos (fracos) by using mu shu-style Asian pancakes rather than tortillas, and filling them with items like Mediterranean vegetables and hummus, or smoked salmon, cucumber and dill. Each are served with a side of kale chips, and healthy, fizzy fruit drinks (froccs) replace traditional soda.

Presto Cafe and Fresh Mama are two places in Spring Valley that are serving nutritious eats. Presto Cafe satisfies carnivores with a delicious and lean Reuben on unbuttered raisin rye toast, as well as a variety of other meaty sandwiches and pizza-like Turkish pides. They also offer soups, smoothies and ready-made salads like farro with asparagus, and Parmigiano Reggiano that can be purchased by the scoop.

Fresh Mama is appropriately located in a yoga studio down the street and serves raw and vegan options. Choose from 20 different smoothies such as Twisted Mint Dragon with grapes, lime, mint and spinach, or a variety of salads and wraps such as the Spicy Thai in rice paper with lettuce, carrots, red onions, cabbage, cilantro and a tahini almond butter dipping sauce.

Not all healthy dishes are served at a restaurant. VegOut is a vegan prepared

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foods kitchen that has a booth at the Fresh52 farmers markets three times a week. The menu is always changing, but everything can be frozen so feel free to stock up on your favorites. The Mellow Mushroom Stroganoff made with almond milk is excellent on its own, or can be used as a replacement for cream of mushroom soup in your favorite not-so-healthy recipes. The Nacho Average Cheese sauce is another choice feigning decadence.

For the extremists, or those wanting to “cleanse,” the Raw Juicery offers weekly home delivery service of their cold pressed juices. They do not treat their juice to extend shelf life and they also use a unique process that involves

a low RPM grinder. This grinder gently breaks up the fibers of their organic fruits and vegetables and separates the juice from the pulp. This keeps all the nutrients intact and does not allow for the oxidization of the produce, unlike in typical juicers and blenders. Apparently all raw foods are not created equally, so if you are looking for the healthiest of the healthy, this is your best bet.

Any Las Vegan would benefit from at least the occasional good-for-you meal, so check out these local spots and you’re sure to feel better about what you’re putting in your body.

Fracos and Froccs6593 Las Vegas Blvd., SouthLas Vegas, 89119fracosandfroccs.com

Presto Cafe4950 S Rainbow Blvd., Ste. 130Las Vegas, 89118prestocafe.com

Fresh Mama5875 S. Rainbow Blvd.Las Vegas, 89118

VegOutvegoutlv.com

The Raw Juicerytherawjuicery.com

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While medical journals continue to publish reports proving that stress levels are on the rise, anyone with an iPhone or Blackberry will tell you the work day has expanded and their last vacation likely included at least one call to the office per day. Email and conference call in numbers make us ever accessible, while divorce rates are at their highest and market headlines include theme music and a dedicated graphics team.

I walked into Dr. Wendy Dearborne’s office with my Blackberry in one hand, my iPhone in the other and a head full of my own theme music which currently sounds like bottled adrenaline.

I didn’t know what to expect when greeted, or when Wendy began to ask me a series of questions in her flowing British accent while she kept one finger and one thumb pressed into my foot. She took a few notes, asked about my general health and family and began to explain the practice of reflexology dating back to the Egyptians in 2330 B.C.

Modern day reflexology has its origins in Zone Therapy, a practice which divides the body into ten longitudinal zones and proposes that reflexes operate along these zones and that pressure or stimulation can relieve pain.

Eunice Ingham, a physiotherapist in the 1930s, went on to further develop the practice, finding that some areas of the body were more affected and accessible than others when she worked on the feet. While most believe it similar to massage, which relaxes muscles and tissues, reflexology focuses on calming the nervous system through stimulation of pressure points.

There are 7,200 nerves, or reflex points, that end in the feet. Signals are sent to the brain and then routed to the various organs attributed to the originating point. Reflexology has been shown to increase blood flow and assist with pain management and stress.

Reflexologists are not medical practitioners. It’s widely accepted,

however, that reflexology stimulates the body’s natural ability to heal, and many have found it beneficial to their overall health and wellness.

Wendy agrees, “It is not a panacea, but it comes close.”

Wendy studied with Ann Gillanders, the founder of the British School of Reflexology, and is very direct when you ask how she started in the practice. “It found me,” she says.

After her sister passed away following a hospital stay, Wendy believed there had to be another answer to human illness that didn’t involve hospitals and pharmaceuticals. She then dedicated her practice to understanding anatomy, physiology and the pathology of disease.

As my session continued, Wendy surprisingly began to ask questions about my neck and right hip, both hurt in a car accident several years ago. “Your feet tell me a story.”

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Reflexology and Wellness By Jeanette Schneider

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She asked about my goals and ambitions and, as we talked, it was clear that while she was helping me work out the kinks in my nervous system, she was also trying to pull my shoulders away from my ears. Her belief is that if you work the foot and the mind, you will affect the spirit.

I left Wendy feeling positive about a few personal goals we discussed and hoped for a little more energy, as Starbucks lattes are my current fix.

As I slowly made my way home I did recognize one very startling initial response to my session: Not once did I look at either phone since walking into Wendy’s office. I didn’t think to check in as I made my way down the elevator, or when I walked to my car. Nary a soul received a text before I shifted my car into Drive.

This alone is progress.

Dr. Wendy Dearborne 2770 S. Maryland Pkwy #307,

Las Vegas, Nevada 89109itsmylifemychoice.com

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TRISH AND ED’S ORGANICS

Where Healthy Eating is Made to OrderBy Jan Craddock

I love shopping for food, but it can be a little overwhelming with so many choices available. And when it comes to deciding whether to buy organic or conventionally-grown produce, there can be a considerable price difference to think about as well. So what’s the difference between organic and conventional anyway? It’s all about how the food is grown and what goes into it, or doesn’t.

To be certified organic , a farm has to meet strict federal and local guidelines, including being pesticide- free for a period of at least three years and undergoing regular inspections to make sure the farm is following their Organic System Plan.

Trish, of Trish and Ed’s Organics, is an

enthusiastic purveyor of everything organic, especially Certified Organic Produce. A family member’s health issue brought her to this vocation, and now she is a passionate advocate for organic. Once a week she drives up to central California and picks up a truck full of vegetables and fruits from USDA Certified Organic Farms and brings them back to Las Vegas where she sells them in her store, or at the two Farmers Markets where she has space.

When you talk to Trish, she’ll enlighten you on the difference between merchants saying their products are organic and truly having organic products. All of her products have the official certifications that she hangs for everyone to see. Besides carrying all organic produce and vegetables, she has a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) plan where you, as a consumer, buy-in and receive a fresh, ripe, organic produce box once a week.

CSA is a farmer and consumer-based movement that allows families to directly access local farm fresh produce and support local agriculture. CSA boxes are truly a visual feast as well as nutritional. You become a member and then can choose what you want in your box every week from a choice of over 50 seasonal items. You can pick up your box at her store, Trish and Ed’s Organics, or at their Farmers Market locations.

Trish and Ed’s Organic8876 S. Eastern, Suite 100Las Vegas, 89123trishandedsorganics.com

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Lissette Waugh is owner of L Makeup Institute & Agency 241 W. Charleston Blvd.Las Vegas, NV 89102702.685.9298 Lmakeupinstitute.com

Beautiful Skin Starts InsideIn order for us to look externally beautiful, it’s important that we take care of ourselves internally as well. Here are few tips on how to maintain healthy and beautiful skin from the inside, out.

INTERNALLY:

Drink water – I know it’s cliché but it’s true. Drinking plenty of water is essential to having healthy skin. This will help combat water retention, puffy eyes and dry skin.

Eat Blueberries – Blueberries contain the most antioxidants of all berries. One cup contains your daily recommended intake of vitamin C. Eat them as a snack daily for beautiful, healthy skin.

Eat Chocolate – Studies show that cacao is said to hydrate your skin due to its high levels of flavonoids, a potent type of antioxidants. It also contains caffeine which temporarily reduces puffiness. Keep the quantity to a couple of small squares a day and make sure it’s cacao.

ExTERNALLY:

Skin Diagnosis – It’s crucial that you can identify the type of skin you have—oily, dry or combination–in order to pursue the right treatment for your skin. If you’re having trouble figuring this out, I recommend you visit a skin care specialist to assist you in this diagnosis.

Exfoliate – In order for any topical products to absorb into the skin, it’s important that you practice a bi-weekly exfoliating regime. Try using an almond scrub or, my favorite choice, the Clarisonic electric face brush available at any Ulta or Sephora.

Cleansing morning and night – I know, this seems like a no brainer, but you would be surprised how many people I know who don’t do it. I recommend cleansing your skin daily and nightly with a gentle gel cleanser, or try using a cleanser that contains alpha hydroxy or glycolic acid for an anti-aging effect. This will help prevent oil build-up and clogged pores. moisturize – Your skin has many dermal layers and as we get older, these layers have a tendency to become thinner and sag. Applying a moisturizer specific to your skin type will help the appearance of fine lines and slow down this process.

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IMHO Your Path to Wellness

In 1974 I was coming out of a difficult relationship and looking for meaning in my life. A friend introduced me to yoga and meditation at the Sky Foundation in Philadelphia. Thirty-eight years ago, I began a daily meditation practice that changed my life.

In 1975 I married and started a family. I kept up my meditation for years, but life happened and I fell off and on the path many times. We moved to Las Vegas in 1989 and started Towbin Infiniti, a family business in 1990. I had a blessed life. Then, in 1993, the roof of a restaurant collapsed on top of me and changed my life forever. Surgeons put plates, screws and rods in my spine. I’d always been physical: hiking, riding horses, walking, working and doing everything a working wife and Mom does. Doctors told me I’d be in a wheelchair at fifty. The pain made it difficult to meditate and impossible to be physical in any way.

I was offered pills for everything: pain, sleep, anxiety and depression. I refused the pills. My dad was a chiropractor and I had been raised in a holistic environment before anyone knew what that was. I meditated and found incredible healers, physical therapists, acupuncturists, counselors, myofascial release therapists, etc.

Just like life, wellness is a journey not a destination. A friend reminded me how I was determined to do the plank again (a yoga posture). It took me five years of inching forward, gathering my strength until I could finally hold a plank.

Daily I practiced meditation and added affirmations, and today I walk and I work. In 2008 I took a sabbatical from my business to study at the Chopra Center. I had read The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success for years. I became a Chopra certified primordial sound meditation instructor, never expecting to teach. I only wanted to enhance my meditation practice. Who would take meditation classes from an automobile dealer?

Well, I had to teach a class to get my certificate, so I did. Word spread and people requested more classes. I taught at the Encore Spa and loved it, and had found my dharma. I was deep into an amazing twice-a-day meditation practice.

In June 2009, Dan, my husband, partner and love of my life, passed at 54. A week later I was back running the family business. I was heartbroken and confused. I was positive I’d found my purpose in life. The Divine has set me on a new path. Meditation changed my internal reference point— it gave me hope and the courage to follow my instincts. My new purpose is evolving and all I have to do is listen. Give yourself the gift of meditation.

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