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HEALING TOUCH IS MAKING NEWS!
USA Today, Scientific America, India's Mumbai Mirror, and other publications have recently published articles about Healing Touch. USA TODAY, MUMBAI MIRROR, REUTERS. Link to this page.  Healing Partners Celebrate 5 Years of Caring - HEALING PARTNERS, a program for breast cancer patients run by Women’s Health at Stanford, celebrates its fifth anniversary this month, according to Kathy Turner, the research nurse practitioner who directs the program. Healing Partners pairs women diagnosed with breast cancer with a volunteer Healing Touch practitioner. Healing Touch is a gentle, non-invasive form of energy balancing that promotes deep relaxation. Founded by a registered nurse in
St. Joseph's Hospital - July 2009, Tampa Bay, Florida presents a news clip through Fox News about Healing Touch. This story features Tammy Dragel & Catherine Kristensen. SFGate, San Francisco Chronicle, May 26, 2008, By Carrie Sturrock, Energy therapy: Where mysticism meets science. "Anne Broderick believes she can use her hands to alter the energy fields of others to help them heal, taking away fatigue, stress and nausea. A clinical trial at Stanford University aims to prove it...." Spa Magazine, September 2007, by Mattias Olsson, A Vision of Health. Through consultations with physicians and holistic spa treatments, Canyon Ranch lays the groundwork for aging optimally. This 11 page article features Healing Touch as part of an integrated approach. AARP, March-April, 2008, The Best Medicine, by Sheree Crute. "Once upon a time mainstream doctors looked askance at alternative treatments, especially when it came to chronic diseases. Now, the medical establishment is embracing a new way to heal."
US News and World Report, January 9. 2008, Embracing Alternative Care. By Avery Comarow. Ten hospitals put unorthodox therapies into practice. Touch therapies, acupuncture, yoga, and Reiki are a few of the therapies being used. Chicago's Daily Herald, November 24, 2007, Healing Touch Therapy Thrives Despite Skeptics. Reprint of Reuters article. American Nurses Association's ANA SmartBrief, November 19, 2007, Touch Therapy Gains Support From Patients, Nurses. Summary of Reuters article with link. New Zealand's Stuff.co.nz, November 19, 2007, Healing Touch Therapy Thrives. Reprint of Reuters article.
ABC News, November 16, 2007. Healing Touch therapy thrives despite skeptics. Reprint of Reuters article. Scientific America, November 16, 2007, Healing Touch Therapy Thrives Despite US Skeptics. Reprint of Reuters article. Reuters, November 16, 2007. Healing Touch Therapy Thrives Despite Skeptics, By Vivianne Rodrigues. Though research on it is limited, the therapy is practiced at 30 U.S. hospitals and by nearly 2,000 certified therapists, according to Healing Touch International, based in Denver. ... Healing touch is not intended to replace standard treatment. It's a complementary therapy," said Anselme, a registered nurse and healing touch practitioner. ... Jackie Levin, a nurse who coordinates the NYU program, said the treatment works well for people with anxiety, depression and stress associated with surgery and cancer treatments. USA TODAY, November 5, 2007, Healing Touch: A New Patient Outreach Program. "Hospitals are being motivated by patients asking for complements to traditional care," Wardell says. "It's always a step forward for patients when alternative care is integrated into hospital settings." ... At Scripps Green Hospital, healing touch is offered to all open-heart surgery patients. "This is so safe and there is no risk," says Erminia "Mimi" Guarneri, a cardiologist and medical director of Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine. Publix GreenWise Market Magazine, southeastern US - October 2007. The Touch That Heals. Kimberly Gray, integrative medicine coordinator at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, is the person who introduced Corpuz to the practice. ... "Preoperatively, if you have someone who's less anxious before they go into surgery, you'll create an environment which is much better for them," says Diane W. Wardell, Ph.D., associate professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. ... Lisa Anselme, R.N., executive director of Healing Touch International, estimates that Healing Touch alone has nearly 2,000 certified practitioners worldwide, most in North America.NBCSanDiego.com, August 1, 2006. Scripps Doctors Give Touch Therapy a Big Hand. Employees at Scripps Green Hospital are getting touchy with patients -- and it's getting good results. Scripps Cardiologist Dr. Erminia Guarneri said touch therapy is based on a concept that an ``energy body'' extends out from the physical body and can be manipulated through techniques. `There are no pills, no chemicals -- you don't even have to believe in it,'' Guarneri said. Counselor, December, 2006, The Role of Healing Touch In the Treatment of Persons in Recovery From Alcoholism, by Sr. Rith Jean DuBrey. Healing Touch (HT) was first introduced in the 1980s by Janet Mentgen, RN, BSN, as an adjunct to traditional medicine.
CURE Magazine, Spring, 2005, The Science & Controversy Behind Touch Therapies. "Every new idea that has come along is first called bunk by the scientists,” says Lisa Anselme, RN, executive director of Healing Touch International, and a certified practitioner and instructor of healing touch, as well as a certified holistic nurse. “Can you see love? Do you taste love? Can you measure love?” © Healing Touch International, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
