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W E L L N E S S A N D H E A L T H C A R E M A G A Z I N E
VOLUME THREE ISSUE FOUR
PUBLISHER Karen Smith
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No part of this publication can be reproduced without the written consent of the publisher . All rights reserved , we make every effort to ensure accuracy and will be held harmless of any errors or omissions . All the material in this issue of Innovative Health Magazine is offered as guide to further information and assistance , not to be considered definitive medical advice . We provide helpful lifestyle information for our readers . We urge you to contact your physician or healthcare provider on any matters herein . IHM
Happy New Years and Old Times ’ Sakes
… and other clichés . We are past the New Year ; at the advent of a new Administration ; and summing up the old , variously cheerful or fearful of the future . Are these usual January thoughts ? Not this year .
It is more than the usual annoyance of remembering to stop writing “ 2016 ” on checks and letters . And even more than correcting ourselves when we refer to the latest host of “ The Tonight Show ” or call the President by name . There are changes afoot in American society . We have the feeling that a mere strange election was not a blip on the screen ; that political discourse , debate , amity , and respect are becoming extinct . That dissatisfactions once endured are now unbearable .
Remember the character in the 1970s movie Network , the newsman Howard Beale who started a national revolution by yelling , “ I ’ m mad as hell and I ’ m not going to take it any more ”? Decades have passed , but I wonder whether America has reached that boiling-point .
Surely things will be changing in Washington , in Michigan , in our towns . If you haven ’ t noticed by now , Innovative Health Magazine is a magazine not only for your sickroom or kitchen or gym or vets ’ organizations or rehab clinics . We are in those places – in local editions , Florida edition , and exciting national online edition – but also at the barricades , as it were .
The issues affecting your health and wellness are more than the new devices we highlight , the brilliant doctors and technicians among us , the innovating on the cutting edges of health and wellness . We cover those categories like bloodhounds on the scent . And issues affecting our veterans ; and our seniors . And specific crises at hand , like the Flint Water Crisis .
But . We realize that times , they are a-changin ’. As the year turns , as profound impulses for change and reform have overtaken the nation , so IHM will follow them for you , our readers . We will continue to be your guide through increasingly troubled waters .
Most magazines ’ Letters from Editors or Publishers usually tell you what is in the issue you hold in your hands . A Table of Contents with more hot air . I try to avoid that … but here I would like to tell you what ’ s ahead in Innovative Health Magazine in the subsequent issue , and for 2017 .
We will keep an eye on the Flint Water Crisis , even as the nation and the world do . I recently attended a protest meeting of self-proclaimed policy experts who all agreed the “ System ” sourced the “ polluted Flint River ” to precipitate
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the health crisis . In fact IHM showed , last issue , how the River is cleaner than average ; it was pipes and infrastructure that brought contaminants . Education is one of our goals as we address difficult issues .
We have obtained an exclusive interview with Dr Bennet Omalu , the scientist who diagnosed and exposed sports injuries that is turning the worlds of football and competitive sports upsidedown . Dr Omalu ’ s autobiography Concussion was the basis of the movie starring Will Smith . We proudly will share his story – insightful and inspiring – next issue .
Will TrumpCare follow ObamaCare ? How much will change ? Will anything of importance change ? What will it mean for you ? Doctors , insurance executives , average patients , regulators speak out in our next issue … and as long as this debate is unsettled .
No Fault Automobile Insurance . Michigan ’ s model is admired nationwide , and being studied for other states , for instance Florida . Yet Michigan ’ s success means that Big and Vested Interests are gunning for it . To end it ; gut it ; “ reform ” it to death … its continued operation is in as much jeopardy as ever . Innovative Health Magazine will be on the job , explaining issues , holding truth to power , and forecasting the battles ahead .
Our national online issue innovativehealthmag . com will spotlight all these topics and much more – videos … news … interviews … events … check us out daily !
And you will follow , with us , our groundbreaking coverage of veterans ’ issues ; seniors ; and the challenges of the neuro-trauma and disabled communities . And remember that our definition of “ health and wellness ” encompasses all aspects of a positive lifestyle – recipes , exercises , therapies , healthy foods , alternative innovations in approaching your physical and emotional wellbeing !
Yes , let ’ s make it a healthy and Happy New Year !
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