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The Holistic Health Guide: Natural Care for the Whole Dog (Terra-Nova Serie
2008-05-01 04:58:00 The Holistic Health Guide: Natural Care for the Whole Dog (Terra-Nova Series) (Hardcover) This book will guide you through the mysterious and sometimes confusing world of holistic care for dogs. Demystifying the subject of holistic medicine, you’ll find how many alternative forms of medicine can complement conventional veterinary practices, leading to integrated veterinary care for dogs. Safe vaccination protocols and the importance of proper nutrition and supplements are explored. The most common holistic treatment methods, including acupuncture, chiropractic care, massage therapy, herbal medicine, and homeopathy, will be addressed in detail, including tips on how to apply specific treatments to your dog. BUY NOWÂ
Holistic Health Programs and You
2008-03-21 18:53:00 In this fast-paced world, it’s easy to push our educational plans to the back burner. But if you desire to work in the holistic health industry, you might be surprised at the many holistic health programs that you can complete in less than a year; and in some cases, you can perform your ...
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Missing Link Between Belly Fat And Heart Disease?
2008-01-23 08:52:00 But despite the impact on human health, the reasons behind this connection between heart disease and belly fat — also known as visceral fat — have eluded scientists. Now, a new study in mice gives the first direct evidence of why this link might exist — and a tantalizing look at how it might be ...
Oatmeal?s Health Claims Reaffirmed, Study Suggests
2008-01-09 07:24:00 Dr. James W. Anderson, professor of medicine and clinical nutrition at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, co-authors “The Oatmeal-Cholesterol Connection: 10 Years Later” in the January/February 2008 issue of the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. Anderson presents a contemporary analysis to determine if newer studies are consistent with the original conclusion reached by the ...
New Cranberry Hybrid High In Antioxidants
2008-01-07 15:53:00 The cultivated, typical American cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon, has long been prized for its brilliant red fruit. The deep-colored pigments are made up of anthocyanins, which are a subclass of flavonoids. The many plant chemicals in this large group are widely studied for their purported health benefits, including their role as antioxidants. Researchers found that a cranberry ...
New Link Between Stress And Disease Susceptibility Found
2008-01-03 10:20:00 In a study in cattle, the researchers found that psychological and physical stressors cause detectable changes in these blood compounds. These ?biomarkers? can then be used to predict disease outcomes. ?Our results could someday enable doctors or veterinarians to predict whether a disease will develop and how severe it might be from a body fluid sample ...
10 Reasons to Work Out at Home
2007-12-30 08:42:00 Ask most people if they have a gym membership, and they’ll respond affirmatively. Ask most people if they actually go to the gym, and they’ll respond with a “no.” We love having gym memberships — the problem is, we just don’t seem to go. If working out at home sounds like a pleasant option, but you’re ...
The silent revolution of the heart
2007-12-28 07:08:00 From fear to love, from darkness to light and from separation to wholeness The challenge for the 21st century is The Silent Revolution of the Heart. It is not a revolution within an organization or a land in the traditional sense with violence, madness and blood shed. It is a revolution in human consciousness. The Silent Revolution ...
Cold Remedies - the natural way
2007-12-24 09:07:00 Looking for help to prevent or “cure” your cold, here are some great suggetions: Here’s a look at some of the more popular natural remedies for the prevention and treatment of the common cold. Zinc Lozenges Zinc is an essential mineral that’s required by more than 300 enzymes in our bodies. It?s found naturally in foods such as meat, ...
Lack Of Sunlight May Increase Lung Cancer Risk
2007-12-22 07:25:00 The researchers looked at the association between latitude, exposure to ultraviolet B (UVB) light, and rates of lung cancer according to age in 111 countries across several continents. They took account of the amount of cloud cover and aerosol use, both of which absorb UVB light, and cigarette smoking, the primary cause of lung cancer International databases, ...
Green Tea May Protect Brain Cells Against Parkinson?s Disease
2007-12-14 05:57:00 The authors investigated the effects of green tea polyphenols, a group of naturally occurring chemical substances found in plants that have antioxidant properties, in an animal model of Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system, resulting from the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells, and there is presently no cure. ...
World-First Clinical Trial To Study African Traditional Medicine
2007-12-10 07:02:00 Described as a hotspot of botanical diversity, there are more than 20,000 indigenous plant species in South Africa. Several thousand of them are used by traditional healers every day in that country for treating a range of problems from the common cold to serious diseases such as AIDS. How safe and effective these treatments are ...
Transcendental Meditation Effective In Reducing High Blood Pressure, Study
2007-12-06 08:36:00 People with high blood pressure may find relief from Transcendental Meditation, according to a definitive new meta-analysis of 107 published studies on stress reduction programs and high blood pressure, which will be published in the December issue of Current Hypertension Reports. The Transcendental Meditation technique produces a statistically significant reduction in high blood pressure that is ...
African Red Tea Imports Announces Availability Of Organic Anti-Depressant A
2007-11-22 07:16:00 African Red Tea Imports (ART) is pleased to announce the addition of two major new products to their outstanding line of Rooibos based organic and kosher products. Sutherlandia Frutescens, known in South Africa as Cancer Bush, and Sceletium Tortuosum, a plant with recorded usage dating back to the 1600s, are now available through the Los ...
Flavonoid-rich Diet Helps Women Decrease Risk Of Ovarian Cancer
2007-11-20 09:18:00 New research out of the Channing Laboratory at Brigham and Women?s Hospital (BWH) reports that frequent consumption of foods containing the flavonoid kaempferol, including nonherbal tea and broccoli, was associated with a reduced risk of ovarian cancer. The researchers also found a decreased risk in women who consumed large amounts of the flavonoid luteolin, which ...
You are what you eat?
2007-11-15 07:31:00 The old adage ?you are what you eat? not only applies to our overall health and nutrition, but how our skin looks and feels as well. As the largest organ in the body, our skin can benefit from the same nutrition we get from foods that have a positive effect on our heart and other ...
Diet And Lifestyle Changes May Help Prevent Infertility From Ovulatory Diso
2007-11-03 10:21:00 Women who followed a combination of five or more lifestyle factors, including changing specific aspects of their diets, experienced more than 80 percent less relative risk of infertility due to ovulatory disorders compared to women who engaged in none of the factors, according to a new study. The study was led by researchers at the ...
Natural Products Association Submits Comments To FDA
2007-10-29 13:40:00 The Natural Products Association submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) surrounding the use of, and forthcoming guidance regarding the Interim Final Rule (IFR) as it relates to the cGMPs. “Submitting a petition to request an exemption from 100 percent identity testing of a dietary ingredient is not something that should be taken ...
Dealing With Stress As A Treatment For Alcohol Abuse
2007-10-27 14:08:00 A researcher at the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) is initiating a study of “mindfulness-based stress reduction,” a technique often used in behavioral medicine for stress reduction but not before as an adjunct in the treatment of alcohol use disorders. “By adapting and applying mindfulness-based stress reduction or MBSR in alcoholism treatment, we ...
Ancient Healing Power: Honey Makes Sweet Comeback In Treating Advanced Woun
2007-10-25 04:51:00 An ancient remedy has been rediscovered for its therapeutic properties and has become a really sweet addition to treating serious wounds. MEDIHONEY? Wound & Burn Dressings are being distributed this month to physicians, hospitals and acute rehabilitation clinics. The product marks the first FDA clearance of a honey-based product for managing wounds and burns. “Clinical studies of ...
Stress: Brain Yields Clues About Why Some Succumb While Others Prevail
2007-10-22 11:07:00 Discovery of resistance mechanisms in mouse brain may lead to help for stress-related mental illness in humansResults of a new study may one day help scientists learn how to enhance a naturally occurring mechanism in the brain that promotes resilience to psychological stress. Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental ...
Acupuncture Found To Reduce Pain, Need For Opioids After Surgery
2007-10-18 10:21:00 Using acupuncture before and during surgery significantly reduces the level of pain and the amount of potent painkillers needed by patients after the surgery is over, according to Duke University Medical Center anesthesiologists who combined data from 15 small randomized acupuncture clinical trials. “While the amount of opioids needed for patients who received acupuncture was much ...
Diet Education Had No Long Term Impact On Childhood Obesity
2007-10-09 04:07:00 An education programme which successfully cut the level of obesity in children by teaching them about healthy eating and discouraging fizzy drinks was no longer effective three years after the intervention came to an end, according to a study published on the British Medical Journal website. The authors say the original study provided hope that simple ...
Sure fire tips to develop wellness and health
2007-09-25 17:26:00 Each of us faces tremendous challenges every day. As we get up each morning, we may face bumper to bumper traffic, getting the kids off to school, a career “make or break” report due to the boss, not enough time in the day to accomplish all you need to do, and so much more. Everyday ...
Holistic Health advice from Rachel Avalon (3 part series)
2007-09-10 20:47:00 This is a quick little Holistic Lifestyle video series, from Rachel Avalon. The videos lean more towards advice rather than either hands-on or how-to. But we believe the videos provide something to think about, that maybe you never considered. :Lifestyle changes are best applied one small change at time. I'm betting we can expect to see more Health and Wellness videos from Rachel. We would like to encourage her to think more about providing us with some hands-on videos. Click here to watch her videos
Holistic Massage Lessons (15 part series)
2007-09-10 08:17:00 I know -- I hear you; I'm really bending the rules about commercial content here. But Health-Choices School has very generously published 15 Holistic Massage Videos that you can freely watch and learn from. That's no small task. The Holistic Massage Videos explain the topic and methodology in an easy to understand hands-on presentation -- which anyone can learn from. So to honor, their generously to freely share this information, we have decided to bend the rules a bit and publish their videos. We hope you enjoy them, we did. Foot Massage anyone? I'm going to earn some major brownie points -- being able to offer Holistic Foot Massages. Thank you Health-Choices for sharing this information with us. read more
Herbal Approach To Treating Addiction ?Effectiveness Needs Formal Assessmen
2007-09-09 07:24:00 The use of herbal medicine goes back thousands of years. Although there have been sporadic claims about its use in the treatment of addictions, specific evidence of its efficacy is hard to find. With that in mind, an international expert group was convened to examine issues such as efficacy, safety, usefulness, toxicity and side effects ...
Exercise And Yoga Improves Quality Of Life In Women With Early-stage Breast
2007-09-05 06:00:00 Two studies report that exercise and yoga can help maintain and in some cases improve quality of life in women with early-stage breast cancer. The first study found that resistance and aerobic exercise improved physical fitness, self-esteem and body composition, and that resistance exercise improved chemotherapy completion rates. The second study demonstrated that yoga was ...
WHO?s Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health
2007-08-29 13:35:00 Healthy diets and regular, adequate physical activity are major factors in the promotion and maintenance of good health throughout the entire life course. Unhealthy diets and physical inactivity are two of the main risk factors for raised blood pressure, raised blood glucose, abnormal blood lipids, overweight/obesity, and for the major chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, ...
Even Low Levels Of Weekly Exercise Drive Down Blood Pressure
2007-08-14 05:30:00 Even low levels of weekly exercise drive down blood pressure and boost overall fitness, suggests a small study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. To stave off ill health, adults are currently recommended to indulge in 30 minutes of moderately strenuous exercise on at least five days of the week. But few people meet these ...
Despite Claims, Not All Probiotics Can Treat Diarrhea Say Experts
2007-08-10 05:36:00 Several probiotic products are marketed as effective treatments for acute diarrhoea in children, but a study published on the British Medical Journal website finds that not all of these preparations are effective. Probiotics are defined as micro-organisms that exert beneficial effects on human health when they colonise the bowel. Researchers at the University of Naples tested five ...
Water Memory Effects Explored In New Issue Of Homeopathy Journal
2007-08-06 14:14:00 A special issue of the journal Homeopathy, journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy and published by Elsevier, on the ‘Memory of Water’ brings together scientists from around the world for the first time to publish new data, reviews and discuss recent scientific work exploring the idea that water can display memory effects. The concept of ...
Researchers To Develop Method For Treating Heart Failure And Depression Sim
2007-07-27 07:28:00 The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine a three-year, $500,000 grant to develop a novel intervention strategy for simultaneously treating congestive heart failure and major depression. The study is designed to obtain the necessary feasibility and clinical data required to plan a large-scale trial, ...
Brief Motivational Interviews Work Best Long Term For College Students Sent
2007-07-25 12:24:00 Students who break university rules on alcohol and drug use in residence halls are often sent to counseling or educational programs. Little is known about the long-term effectiveness of these interventions. New findings show that the effects of brief motivational interviews on drinking problems are still apparent 15 months after initiation. “Here at Rutgers University, all ...
Mayo Clinic Real-time 3-D Ultrasound Speeds Patient Recovery
2007-07-16 06:34:00 Mayo Clinic physicians have adapted real-time 3-D ultrasound imaging devices — including one designed to look at an infant’s heart — so that they can watch as they use a needle filled with anesthetic to numb individual nerves located inches under the skin. In this way, they can quickly block nerve function in selected areas ...
Moving Ahead With Guidelines To Control Indoor Mold Contamination
2007-07-03 08:54:00 Amid growing public concern about mold contamination of homes and its associated health effects, a new study is recommending policy approaches for controlling mold in homes that could be used on local and nationwide bases. It is scheduled for publication in the July 15 issue of ACS? Environmental Science and Technology, a semi-monthly journal. The study, ...
New Research Suggests Emotions Can Affect Recovery From Hip Surgery
2007-07-01 04:47:00 A patient’s emotional state plays a significant role in his or her recovery from hip surgery, suggests Saint Louis University research published this month. Orthopaedic surgeons typically use two tests to determine if a patient has recovered from hip surgery: one is a clinical measure of hip function given by the doctor, and the second is ...
Seniors With Herniated Discs: How To Take Control Of Your Life Again & Elim
2007-04-29 06:30:00 Boomers, who account for a quarter of the U.S. population, tend to have more active lifestyles than previous generations. They are as active now as they were when they were younger. But now Boomers are living with chronic low back pain, herniated discs or osteoarthritis. Back pain is a common complaint among middle-aged Americans as ...
Exercise May Help Prevent Parkinson?s
2007-04-24 04:06:00 Vigorous Exercise Linked to Lower Risk of Parkinson’s Disease People who exercise regularly may be less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease — but leisurely strolls may not be enough.That news comes from a study of more than 143,300 U.S. men and women who were followed from 1992-2001. When the study started, participants were 63 years old, on ...
What is Holistic Health?
2007-04-04 16:07:00 Holistic health is a term used by alternative medicine advocates to describe medical care that views physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of life as closely interconnected and balanced. Advocates of the holistic health philosophy typically seek or use a wide variety of alternative practices, the most common of which include acupuncture, ayurveda, Siddha, chiropractic, naturopathy, ... |
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