spa centers

Spa Centers Not Just for the Jet-Setting Celebrity Types

While spas may be seen as a luxury strictly for the jet-setting celebrity types, there are spas out there more everyone.

Host Jamila Bey spoke with Deb Berlin, executive director of the Green Spa Network and a board member of the Washington Spa Alliance, to discuss how to bring more spa time into the lives of more people.

 

Study Shows Positive Health Effects for Spa-Goers

From a decline in weight and reported stress levels to improvements in anxiety and depression levels, a spa getaway just may be what the doctor ordered. A recent study has shown that visitors to health and wellness spas experience positive short- and long-term health effects.

Host Jamila Bey spoke with Dr. Andrew Newberg, director of research at the Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Medical College, to discuss his spa research.