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Holistic Treatment Center for Addiction Welcomes Louise Umberto

The Full Recovery Wellness Center, New Jersey’s holistic treatment center for alcohol and drug addiction is proud to welcome Louise Umberto into our family of caring professionals.

Addiction is the plague of our modern time. National statistics state that 80% of people discharged from a 28-day rehab will relapse with 30 days, and 90% within six months. Alcohol and drug abuse is a spiritual, emotional, and physical disease and, to achieve long-term recovery, requires addressing all three components. Unfortunately, too often addiction is being treated exclusively with medication. From the holistic perspective, giving more medication to an addict is doing more of what has obviously not worked in the past. Long term recovery requires learning productive methods for dealing with life on life’s terms without the need for escaping via intoxication.

Umberto’s experience as a holistic nurse, hypnotist, yoga, healing touch, and meditation instructor will provide clients with effective ways of handling stress and anxiety as each transitions into a healthy drug-free lifestyle. Integrating spiritual principles and energy therapies with holistic medical practices provides a foundation for new habits of thought and action needed for a productive life in recovery.

Umberto is also available for individual and group hypnosis for smoking cessation, weight loss and stress reduction. Location: 333 Route 46 West, Suite 205, Fairfield. For more information, please call 973-244-0022 or please visit FullRecoveryWellnessCenter.com.

Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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