Alternative Health Medical Care Peppermint Oil and Cinnamon to Treat Chronic Wounds By article Infectious colonies of bacteria called biofilms that develop on chronic wounds and medical devices can cause serious health problems and … Read More→
_ Alternative Health Study: St. John's Wort Can Be As Harmful As Prozac By article St. JohnΓÇÖs Wort, touted as a remedy for depression, can cause serious side effects when it is taken with … Read More→
_ Alternative Health Cancer Center Dental Health Magnolia Compound May Combat Head and Neck Cancers By article According to a growing number of studies including one from the Veterans Affairs Research Communications and the University of Alabama … Read More→
_ Alternative Health Stress-Busting Strategies From a Reiki Practitioner By article ┬áBy Eve Marx Life, as we know it, is filled with stress. In our younger days, like when we were … Read More→
_ Alternative Health Roseroot Herb May Effectively Treat Depression By article Scientists have found that Rhodiola rosea (R. rosea), or roseroot, could be an effective treatment for major depression. The researchers … Read More→
_ Alternative Health FDA: Bee Pollen Products Can Have Dangerous Ingredients By article Products labeled to contain bee pollen that promise to help you lose weight or reshape your body could actually harm … Read More→
_ Alternative Health Stress-Free Living The Benefits of Meditation and Waking Up By article by Barb Schmidt, author of THE PRACTICE Waking Up is a daily morning meditation that helps you tap into your … Read More→
_ Alternative Health What Is Reiki and How Can I Benefit From It? By article Reiki (pronounced Ray-Kee) is an ancient hands-on healing technique involving an intelligent healing energy that flows through the hands of … Read More→
_ Alternative Health Keep Your Health Resolutions in 2015 By Jane Farrell article If youΓÇÖre one of the millions of Americans who will make a promise to improve yourself this New Year, thereΓÇÖs … Read More→
_ Alternative Health Hepatitis C and "Natural" Treatments By Jane Farrell article Approximately 3.2 million people in the U.S. suffer from Hepatitis C, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC), … Read More→
_ Alternative Health Warning Issued About Chinese Wolfsbane Remedy By Sondra Forsyth article EditorΓÇÖs note: Although this item describes a case in Australia, the information could be valuable to anyone who goes to a Chinese herbal medication practitioner. A preparation prescribed by a Chinese herbal medication practitioner in Melbourne, Australia for back pain resulted in life-threatening heart changes, prompting a team of intensive care and emergency physicians to call for appropriate patient education by practitioners who prescribe complementary medications.
_ Alternative Health Alternative Treatments for Fibromyalgia By Jane Farrell article People who suffer from fibromyalgia, a chronic disorder with symptoms that include musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and tenderness, often seek relief from alternative-health practices. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) part of the National Institutes of Health, talks about the research:
_ Alternative Health Needed: A Better Understanding of Chinese Medicine By Jane Farrell article Although millions of people in the West use Chinese medicine, including acupuncture and herbs, there arenΓÇÖt enough physicians who have Chinese-language training so they can understand the nuances of those methods. Researchers from UCLAΓÇÖs Center for East-West Medicine say that there are only a few U.S. schools that have Chinese-language training. Additionally, only a few Chinese medical texts have been translated into English.
_ Alternative Health St. John's Wort & Drug Interactions By Sondra Forsyth article St. John's wort is the most frequently used complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatment in the U.S. for depression and similar psychiatric disorders. The many commonly prescribed medications that St. John's wort can interact withΓÇösometimes with serious consequences such as life-threatening ΓÇ£serotonin syndromeΓÇ¥ or heart diseaseΓÇöare reviewed in the July 2014 issue of The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine and on the web site.
_ Alternative Health Finding A Good Alternative Health Practitioner By Jane Farrell article There are so many ΓÇ£alternativeΓÇ¥ or ΓÇ£complementaryΓÇ¥ therapies available today that it can be hard to tell which ones are effective, donΓÇÖt work at all or can do you harm. ItΓÇÖs just as much of a challenge to choose a complementary health practitioner. Should you want to go to one, itΓÇÖs best to do the research beforehand or you may end up paying money for ΓÇ£treatmentsΓÇ¥ that donΓÇÖt work. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is part of the National Institutes of Health and an authority in the field of alternative medicine.
_ Alternative Health My Acupuncture Treatment By Jane Farrell article Earlier this year I completed a six-week trial of acupuncture to see if it would banish the pain in my butt from Piriformis syndrome, an inflammation of the sciatic nerve. It didn’t fix that, but it did do something else that I hadn’t experienced with massage or chiropractic treatment (and certainly not with ibuprofen). And I did feel better.