Patricia Scott Awarded “Life Diplomate”

by IMDHA

Patricia V. Scott, Ph.D., president of UP Hypnosis Institute, in Palm Harbor, Florida, was awarded “Life Diplomate” by the International Medical & Dental Hypnotherapy Association (IMDHA), at the annual HypnoExpo, on May 20, in Orlando, Florida. The award is in recognition of her 31 years of dedication and contributions to medical hypnotherapy, and for creating the first Medical Hypnotherapy Specialty Certification training to be approved by the IMDHA—the largest organization of its kind in the world.

Scott has been in private practice as a certified clinical and medical hypnotherapist since 1992, and is a certified master trainer for the International Association of Counselors & Therapists (IACT), certified instructor for the International Federation of Hypnosis, and UPHI is an approved IMDHA school.

Scott has partnered with Dr. Eric Rosen, a licensed psychologist in Palm Harbor, expanding the scope of the medical training to include segments on the DSM-5 and trauma-informed hypnosis. The duo are also working on a book based on the current trend of collaboration between licensed healthcare providers and certified hypnotherapists, with hypnotherapy being among the most preferred complementary referral sources for these professionals.

For more information and registration, call 727-943-5003. For more details, visit UPHypnosis.com. See ad page 27.

Greenpoint Thermography Comes to Feather Sound Carillon

Comfort & Care Provides Home Healthcare Pledge of Reliability

Greenpoint

Thermography is pleased to announce they are now offering thermography services at Hartley Chiropractic Center, located at 13555 Automobile Boulevard, Suite 630, Clearwater. Hartley Chiropractic Center believes that each person has the potential to be truly healthy. Their purpose is to help activate the innate healing response and foster this natural process through innovative and compassionate care. Greenpoint will be at Hartley Chiropractic Center beginning July 20, 2023 on a quarterly basis. Visit their website at HartleyChiropracticCenter.com and follow them on Facebook.

Greenpoint Thermography offers thermographic imaging services daily at their St. Petersburg office and at multiple additional locations in Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco counties on a monthly or quarterly basis. Their studies are interpreted by board certified radiologists with extensive experience in general diagnostic imaging, subspecialty expertise in breast imaging, and certification by the American College of Clinical Thermology. Greenpoint Thermography is physician owned and operated. Reports are available within two business days, and clients have direct access to interpreters if they have questions about their results.

Call Greenpoint Thermography at 727-576-0100 to schedule an appointment at Hartley Chiropractic Center. Visit GreenpointThermography.com and follow them on Facebook. See ad page 14.

Comfort & Care of Tampa Bay

has a mission: To provide to their clients the highest quality in-home health care services while maintaining client’s independence, safety and dignity. “Our caregivers actually care about you and your loved one’s health and comfort, taking the Pledge of Reliability, responding quickly to all needs.”

Locally owned and operated, state-licensed, bonded and insured, Comfort & Care employs certified professional caregivers who are exceptionally skilled and fervently groomed, with cheerful dispositions and great communication skills and work ethics. For more than a decade of service, Comfort & Care of Tampa Bay has maintained an outstanding record of reliability.

Bearing five stars on Google, one client shares: “Care that everyone wishes they could have when you need it the most. My uncle lived a better quality of life in his last years than he did alone. Care is all in the details. Hygiene, exceptional and healthy nutrition, tidy residence, mobility, excellent communicators. And I just requested their care for my neighbor and she’s 95-years-old. She would have been better off if she started this Care a year ago.

Location: 260 1st Ave. S, St. Petersburg. Call 727-688-0587; after-hours 727-301-2664. For more information, visit HomeNursingTampa.com. See ad page 11.

Close Relationships May Influence Physical Well-Being

A new study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science has found that a person’s close relationships may either benefit or undermine physical health. The threeweek study involving 4,005 participants looked at how both positive and negative relationship experiences affect the body, and how daily fluctuations in those interactions may influence changes in well-being, as reflected in self-reported stress levels and coping abilities, as well as blood pressure and heart rate reactivity biomarkers.

The researchers observed that people with more positive experiences and fewer negative ones reported lower stress, improved coping skills and better physical functioning. They also noted that ups and downs in negative relationships were especially predictive of outcomes like stress, coping and overall systolic blood pressure.

Mislabeled Melatonin Gummies

New research published in JAMA Network found that melatonin gummies may contain far more of the dietary sleep aid supplement than what is indicated on the label. Researchers from Cambridge Health Alliance and the University of Mississippi analyzed 25 different melatonin gummies and found that 22 contained a greater amount of melatonin than stated on the label. One product contained only three-quarters of the amount advertised on the label, another contained 347 percent more than what was listed, and one product contained no detectable melatonin.

These concerns come on the heels of a 2022 report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which found a 530 percent increase in the number of accidental pediatric ingestions of melatonin reported to U.S. poison control centers over the last decade, resulting in 27,795 emergency department and clinic visits, 4,097 hospitalizations, 287 intensive care unit admissions and two deaths. Most ingestions were unintentional (94.3 percent). Among those children with reported symptoms from accidental melatonin ingestion, most involved the gastrointestinal, cardiovascular or central nervous systems.

Seniors Want Fewer Prescriptions

willing to stop taking one or more drugs if their healthcare provider said it was possible, and 26 percent had already stopped taking at least one drug they had been taking for more than a year. When asked which meds they would be most interested in stopping, 43 percent named their heart disease pills for high blood pressure or high cholesterol, 13 percent mentioned diabetes medicines and 10 percent included pain management prescriptions.

In a new National Poll on Healthy Aging by the University of Michigan involving adults aged 50 to 80, the vast majority of respondents expressed an interest in cutting back on prescription medications. Eighty percent would be

These results reflect a growing trend dubbed “deprescribing”. According to Deprescribing.org, a researcher-led online resource, it is the planned process of reducing or stopping medications that may no longer be of benefit or could be causing harm. The goal is to reduce medication burden or harm while improving quality of life. Seniors interested in cutting down on the drugs they are taking should consult their healthcare provider to ensure it is safe and helpful to do so.