Why aren’t there any human doctors in Star Wars?

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Why aren’t there any human doctors in Star Wars?

Though set “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,” it isn’t hard to see in the Star Wars films a vision of our own not so distant future. But Anthony Jones, a physician with a long background in health care technology development, sees the Star Wars vision of medicine’s future as sheer fantasy. Specifically, he is struck by the dearth of doctors – at least human ones. “In Star Wars,” he says, “there are no people practicing medicine. Caring for patients seems to have been taken over by machines.”

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What happens to your brain when you’re pregnant – morning sickness, smell and forgetfulness?

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What happens to your brain when you’re pregnant – morning sickness, smell and forgetfulness?

"More than half – perhaps even up to 90% – of pregnant women experience nausea or vomiting to some degree, particularly in the morning. Thrust into the limelight as a result of the Duchess of Cambridge’s hospitalisations, around 1% of pregnant women experience more severe, prolonged morning sickness called hyperemesis gravidarum, which can result in dehydration and weight loss, and may require medical attention. For most women, morning sickness goes away after 18 weeks."

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What happens to your knuckles when you crack them?

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What happens to your knuckles when you crack them?

So what really happens to your joints when you crack your knuckles?

This is one of the most common questions I get as a massage therapist. The simple explanation is that when you stretch out your joints you are releasing gas that is part of the synovial fluid in your joints - this gas forms a bubble that release and goes pop, this in known as a cavitation. 

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Four Articles About The Importance of Touch

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Four Articles About The Importance of Touch

Touch is the most underused tool in medicine

Research into touch is coming out at an ever increasing rate, some of this research is changing the way we think about the physical and psychological effect of touch. Whether you are a therapists interested in the nervous system or you simply are looking for reading materials for continuing education credits, here is a list of four open access articles about touch and the nervous system.

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Did you know that some massage therapists use acupuncture?

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Did you know that some massage therapists use acupuncture?

Registered Massage Therapists in Ontario are in a unique position, because of our high education standard we are afford the opportunity to perform the modility of acupuncture for soft tissue injuries. In Ontario massage therapist take a accredited 2200 hour massage therapy program then they register with the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario (CMTO). After that, if a massage therapists chooses they can take a professional certification in acupuncture from any program recognized by the CMTO, for those who would like to learn more about the details of certification, I have provided links and excerpts from our regulatory body at the bottom of the post.

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