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02/05/2025
A revolutionary treatment called histotripsy is changing the way doctors fight cancer by using focused ultrasound waves to break apart tumors.
This FDA-approved therapy, pioneered at Providence Mission Hospital, offers an alternative to radiation and traditional surgeries by using sound and water to target cancer cells precisely. Unlike other treatments, histotripsy doesn’t require incisions and leaves surrounding tissues unharmed. The procedure uses degassed water as a medium to focus ultrasound waves, instantly rupturing cancer cells.
Early studies suggest that liquefying tumors in this way may even help boost the body's natural defenses against cancer.
One patient, Chris Donaldson, credits histotripsy with saving his life after his ocular melanoma spread to his liver, leaving him with limited treatment options. Since undergoing the procedure, his liver has remained cancer-free, and he now looks forward to meeting his future grandchildren.
Experts believe this breakthrough could soon be applied to other cancers, including thyroid and breast tumors, making it a game-changer in oncology. With its success in treating liver cancer, histotripsy could become a powerful tool in the fight against various forms of the disease.
Special Intro to Taiji Workshop and more with Guillem Bernadó
If you’ve been curious about learning taiji (tai chi), if you have an existing practice, or if you’re ready to return, this is a great opportunity to learn from a senior teacher.
Are you optimizing these 6 biological systems? Respiration: Breath is so important and many of us do not do it well. We have allergies, sleep apnea, chest breathe, asthma, etc. Alimentation: Since the modern food industrial revolution we have not been eating well. What is a better way of
08/17/2021
NESSUN SEGRETO NASCOSTO
«Non ci sono segreti nascosti nel Taiji, ma soltanto cose troppo piccole per essere viste».
(Huang Sheng Shyan)
Secondo l’insegnamento tradizionale della scuola di Huang Shen Shyan, per conseguire una vera abilità marziale bisogna passare attraverso diverse fasi di sviluppo, che vanno dal "molto grande" all'estremamente "piccolo".
Il primo passo consiste pertanto nell'apprendimento corretto del movimento "esterno". È la fase più semplice, che comprende gli aspetti più macroscopici dell'arte: le posizioni, i movimenti, i gesti, le "tecniche". Tutto ciò che risulta ampio e visibile.
Per perseguire la capacità di percepire l'energia interna e veicolare la forza elastica, questo primo passo è indispensabile ma assolutamente insufficiente. Anche perché occorrono anni di corretta ed assidua pratica perché il movimento esterno diventi veramente fluido e rilassato (è il livello del “Song”).
Quando il movimento diventa veramente "morbido", lo si nota anche esternamente, con gli occhi.
La fase successiva è incentrata nella ricerca del “Chen” (affondare) e richiede altri anni di pratica. Da fuori, quando il praticante "affonda", difficilmente viene percepito, perché "affondare" è molto diverso dall'abbassare fisicamente la posizione o piegare le ginocchia. Si tratta, piuttosto, di governare piccole cose: minimi allungamenti tendinei, impercettibili aperture articolari, invisibili modulazioni di tensione in determinati muscoli. Una consapevolezza propriocettiva difficile da conquistare.
La terza fase è volta a raggiungere il “Vuoto”, il che implica la capacità suprema di governare “affondamento e radicamento”.
È una fase lunga e difficile, che molti praticanti riescono a imboccare ma molto pochi a proseguire e quasi nessuno a completare; chi la attraversa – i grandi maestri – diventa capace di annullare ogni tensione fisica, mentale ed emotiva.
Il raggiungere il "Vuoto" permette una chiara e completa percezione di sé e della realtà circostante, e di agire mirabilmente come un “conduttore di forza interna”. Anche per questo motivo la forza interna viene spesso chiamata “Forza Vuota”. Non è abbinata a movimenti esterni evidenti.
Ai livelli più alti, quando questa forza viene manifestata, se ne percepisce con certezza l'effetto fisico, non il processo che l'ha creata e che include "cose troppo piccole per essere viste".
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07/14/2021
I will be on Windy City Live today!!! So grateful! Talking about how to do less to stay healthy!
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04/15/2021
Use this ancient technique using a modern name and tool calm you down!!!
Use this Navy SEAL breathing technique, known as box breathing, to calm down quickly and easily, no matter where you are.
06/06/2020
Dr. Timothy Suh is teaching a FREE Tai Chi class this Saturday (tomorrow) at 8am as part of at Home Workouts - a series of FREE weekly Tai Chi, Yoga, Pilates and Zumba® at facebook.com/MillenniumParkChicago. Take a moment to focus on your health and wellness with me.
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05/28/2020
The 7 pushes or Qi D**g is a fundamental exercise to understand how to yield to a partner's force and intention, and be able to neutralise it. This video was...
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Since 2005, Alternative Health Group (AHG) has been working to provide its patients with the highest quality in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. We have become the most trusted acupuncturists in the city of Chicago by the medical community.
In 2005, Dr. Timothy Suh and his colleagues opened Alternative Health Group with the goal of giving access to Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine to patients at the onset of their disease and not at the end stages. They began with one clinic that encompassed all aspects of Oriental medicine that included acupuncture, herbal medicine, tai chi, tuina (Chinese manual therapy), massage therapy and yoga.
In 2008 Alternative Health Group opens a second office in Elgin, IL at Provena - St. Joseph Hospital, Elgin.
In 2008, Dr. Suh saw the deficiency in insurance billing due to flaws in the provider system and worked with BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois to allow acupuncturist to bill through insurance
In 2010, Dr. Suh and AHG was asked to join Resurrection - St. Joseph hospital as part of their move to add acupuncture as part of their services for cancer patients. He closes the office in Elgin, IL.
In 2011, Dr. Suh and his associate Heidi Irwin joined Resurrection - St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago to treat oncology patients.
In 2011, Dr. Suh became a member of the State of Illinois Acupuncture Board, helping to review state regulation on Acupuncture and Oriental medicine. In 2017 he became vice-chair.
In 2011, Dr. Suh worked with United Healthcare and Optum Health to help acupuncturist in the Midwest use inpatient evaluation and management codes.
In 2014, Dr. Suh and AHG began in-patient treatment at Resurrection - St. Joseph hospital known as the Diamond Headache Unit, joining a multi-disciplinary approach to treating migraine and other headache disorders.
In 2015 and 2017, Dr. Suh began to bring on more acupuncture associates to Presence - St. Joseph Hospital as in-patient demand for acupuncture increased.
In 2017, Dr. Suh became part of the Pain Management Taskforce at Presence-St. Joseph Hospital.
In 2018, AHG and Dr. Suh continue working at Amita-St. Joseph Hospital treating in and out patients, giving access to Acupuncture and Oritental Medicine to patients.