Wellness

“Creating a better you in 20 minutes a day...” Before you start to say change could never be that easy, Dr. Livia Spitz Steingart suggests personal transformation may be as easy as your ABCs.

A free orthopedic screening for people with joint pain will be held 3-6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, on the HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center campus at the Cowden Center, 9202 N. Second St., Phoenix. Licensed physical therapists will evaluate patient pain in the neck, back, hip, knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist, ankle or foot. For an appointment, call 623-580-5800 or visit HonorHealth.com/events.

The extra daylight of the summer solstice usually feels like an annual bonus. We all know intellectually that it’s the same 24-hour day, yet it’s hard to deny that with extra sunlight comes renewed energy and optimism. Unfortunately, for the family caregivers of Alzheimer patients, the longer days are more challenging and may feel in many respects like, “This was the longest day of my life.” 

Every Beat Counts: Hadassah’s Heart Program has opened registration for “Every Step Counts: Hadassah’s Walking Program,” a virtual walking route that starts in Jerusalem and ends in Atlanta, which is the site of Hadassah’s 2016 national convention.

Dr. Martin Sodomsky will present the last in a series of mental health lectures 1-2 p.m. Sunday, April 3, at Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley, 3400 N. Dobson Road, Chandler. 

Dr. Ziv Gil, chairman of the department of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery at the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, was recently in Scottsdale to give a presentation about an innovative method for removing skull-based tumors.

Dr. Martin E. Sodomsky will present a lecture on social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder 1-2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, at Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley, 3400 N. Dobson Road, Chandler. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m.

The Area Agency on Aging, Region One, will offer “Too Many Treasures,” a 14-week therapy group designed to affirm, educate and gently guide individuals who self-identify with hoarding behaviors. The group is open to individuals who are age 60 and older and are able to commit to attending all 14 sessions. Registration is now open; meetings will take place in Central Phoenix and North Glendale beginning in February. Space is limited and registration is required. Call 602-241-5577.

Over the years, Dr. Martin Sodomsky has seen countless patients with anxiety disorders. But many people go undiagnosed and suffer for years without seeking treatment, Sodomsky says. “They don’t realize anxiety disorders are treatable.”

The Men of Emanuel will hold a blood drive 8 a.m.-noon Sunday, Jan. 10, at Temple Emanuel of Tempe, 5801 S. Rural Road. The United Blood Services Bloodmobile will be in the parking lot. Register at bloodhero.com using TempleEmanuel as a sponsor code.

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“You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you’ll win, no matter what the outcome,” says the late actor Robin Williams in the 1998 film “Patch Adams,” which shed light on the life of influential physician, social activist, comedian and clown Hunter Doherty Adams.

Patients with advanced pancreatic cancer now have access to the new FDA-approved drug, Onivyde, that produced significant overall survival rates in an international clinical study conducted in part by researchers at HonorHealth Research Institute in Scottsdale and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) in Phoenix.

Dr. Art Mollen has long been a proponent of physical fitness and healthy eating as important keys to overall good health. “But I think mental attitude is probably 90 percent of the game. That, and it’s important to pick the right parents,” he adds.

When Deborah Lavinsky, PMA-CPT, was training to become a Pilates instructor, one of the requirements was to design an individualized training program. One of her clients had osteoporosis – a medical condition that causes bones to become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue – so Lavinsky began researching a training plan for her.

The Jewish Genetic Diseases Center of Greater Phoenix will hold an education and screening event 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale. According to the center, one in three Jewish individuals of Ashkenazi/Eastern European descent is a carrier for one or more Jewish genetic diseases.