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Staying Healthy in Uncertain Times There is no magic bullet for prevention or treatment of COVID 19, but there is a basic traditional Chinese Medicine approach to prevention of illness, including viral infections. Basically, health is a state of balance, and prevention of illness starts with maintaining balance. For each person, the emphasis on what needs to be done to maintain balance will be different. In this way, there are no blanket recommendations for maximizing health, other than: neither too little nor too much of anything. The most important strategy now is: ISOLATION. Most of us need to: Avoid too much mental stress, alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and other drugs. Avoid too much spicy or fatty food. Avoid too much exercise, as too much exercise can suppress the immune system. At the Chernish household, we are: Slowing down, taking time to get around to all of those things we have been meaning to do for years, like cleaning out my home office and cleaning out the closets Getting plenty of sunshine and fresh air and outside exercise Avoiding rumination and catastrophization (at least for today) Staying in touch with loved ones while maintaining social isolation: Saturday night Facetime parties! Taking Vitamin D 2000 iu per day. Maintaining a balanced diet and balanced daily schedule. Best wishes
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Join Dr. Chernish and the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) for a free webinar on the current evidence on Acupuncture for Chronic Non-cancer Pain. Monday, March 16, 2020 1:00 – 2:00 PM, CST. Register online https://www.cadth.ca/events/non-pharmacological-interventions-chronic-non-cancer-pain-acupuncture
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Dr. Chernish speaking to 2nd year University of Manitoba medical students today on the topic of “Making Sense of Supplements & Herbs”
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Dr. Chernish speaking to 2nd year medical students today at the University of Manitoba on the topic of “unprescribing”
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Dr. Chernish Speaker at Canadian Pension Plan Disability’s Personal Development Day
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Dr. Chernish will be speaking on the topics of acute & chronic pain as well as comorbidities in disability management at the CPPD’s Professional Development… continue reading -
Dr. Chernish Speaker at 2018 Nurse Practitioner Association of Manitoba Conference
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Dr. Chernish will present on the topic of non-pharmacological pain management at NPAM’s 2018 conference held on Saturday, November 3 in Winnipeg. continue reading -
Dr. Chernish a Keynote Speaker at the University of Manitoba’s 21st Annual Case Management Symposium
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Dr. Chernish will be a keynote speaker at the University of Manitoba’s 21st Annual Case Management Symposium, Putting People First: How to Understand and Help Manage… continue reading -
Dr. Chernish Mind & Life Senior Research Investigator
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Dr. Chernish will be at the Benedictine Abbey of Frauenwörth Lake Chiemsee, Bavaria from August 19 to 26 for the Mind & Life Europe Summer Research… continue reading -
Save Money! Gardening IS Mindfulness.
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Mindfulness courses typically cost in excess of $500. Mindful gardening is free! The essence of mindfulness is to fully focus your attention on one particular… continue reading -
Dr. Chernish at University of Manitoba Medical School
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Dr. Chernish has just completed his lecture series in the Pain Management curriculum at the University of Manitoba Medical School. The topics were: Descending Pain Inhibitory… continue reading