Alternative Medicine
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Suffering From Insomnia? - Try Meditation by eNotAlone.com For individuals who have chronic trouble getting a good night's sleep, the scientists from the United States recommend now to consider meditation which could be the ideal behavioral intervention to treat insomnia.
IBMT - New Meditation Therapy To Reduce Stress by eNotAlone.com Chinese scientists have unraveled a secret of a mind-body technique, adapted from traditional Chinese medicine, that significantly cuts down stress levels in just five days of practice. The practice - integrative body-mind training (IBMT) - is practiced
Massage Is Not Beneficial After Exercise by eNotAlone.com Massage after exercise does not improve blood flow to the muscle, and what is even more, it actually impairs the flow of blood, and therefore oxygen, to the muscle, according to Canadian scientists at Queen's University in Kingston, Ottawa.
Healing Through Prayer by eNotAlone.com Nowadays in the United States millions of Americans offer prayers on a daily basis to heal themselves, their families, friends, colleagues and even people they briefly know, considering it as the most common complement to medicine, vitamins, herbs
Acupuncture by eNotAlone.com Acupuncture has been a major part of primary health care in China for the last 5,000 years. The general theory of acupuncture is based on the premise that there are patterns of energy flow Qi through the body that are essential for health.
Alternatives
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Cholesterol: The Latest Natural Treatments and Scientific Advances in One Breakthrough Program by Stephen R. Devries, M.D., Winifred Conkling Heart disease is largely preventable, but conventional cholesterol management is often inadequate. According to university cardiologist and leading prevention specialist Dr. Stephen R. Devries, avoiding heart disease requires a far more comprehensive
Fat and Blood by S. Weir Mitchell, M.D. How to deprive rest of its evils is the title with which I might very well have labelled this chapter. I have pointed out what I mean by rest, how it hurts, and how it seems to help; and, as I believe that it is useful in most cases only if employed
Vitality Supreme by Bernarr Macfadden The physiological effects of the mechanical and mental processes involved in laughing are not generally understood and appreciated. The 'laugh cure' is a reality, for it is a remedy of very great value.
How and When To Be Your Own Doctor by Dr. Isabelle A. Mose, Steve Solomon I was a physically tough, happy-go-lucky fellow until I reached my late thirties. Then I began to experience more and more off days when I did not feel quite right. I thought I possessed an iron constitution.
Food Remedies by Florence Daniel While there is life - and fruit - there is hope. When this truth is realised by the laity nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thousand professors of the healing art will be obliged to abandon their profession and take to fruit-growing for a living.
A Complementary View of Fertility
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Getting Pregnant: Boost Your Fertility with the Best of Traditional and Alternative Therapies by Raymond Chang, M.D., Elena Oumano, Ph.D. If you're struggling to conceive, you may be surprised to learn that there are many simple fertility-enhancing strategies that are painless, health-promoting, and inexpensive-and can result in pregnancy.
Cellular Rejuvenation
Dr. Perricone's 7 Secrets to Beauty, Health, and Longevity: The Miracle of Cellular Rejuvenation by Nicholas Perricone, M.D. Taking a holistic approach that taps into cutting-edge science, Dr. Nicholas Perricone reveals how to rev up our cellular metabolism so that we can stay healthy, strong, and energetic, while keeping our skin soft, smooth, and supple.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy by Health Canada While hyperbaric oxygen therapy is recognized as an effective treatment for 13 specific conditions listed below, the operators of some private clinics claim it can also be used to treat such conditions as multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, cancer, AIDS
Ear Candling: No Health Benefits by Health Canada The practice of ear candling has recently become popular as an alternative therapy. Some promoters say it is an ancient treatment that can cure a number of medical problems. Don't listen: ear candling is dangerous, and has no proven medical benefits.
Safe Use of Natural Health Products by Health Canada More Canadians are using natural health products (NHPs). Health Canada has developed new regulations that will help ensure that natural health products are well prepared, safe to use, effective and come with instructions on how they are to be used.
Mental Health Alternative Treatments by SAMHSA An alternative approach to mental health care is one that emphasizes the interrelationship between mind, body, and spirit. Although some alternative approaches have a long history, many remain controversial.
Arthritis: The Disease, the Drugs, and Why Avoid Them
Healing Joint Pain Naturally: Safe and Effective Ways to Treat Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, and Other Joint Diseases by Ellen Hodgson Brown For the more than 43 million sufferers of arthritis and similar afflictions, a safe, effective, natural method for reversing such diseases without drugs or potentially harmful side effects.
A Brief History of an Ancient Practice
The Chiropractic Way: How Chiropractic Care Can Stop Your Pain and Help You Regain Your Health Without Drugs or Surgery by Michael Lenarz, D.C., Victoria St. George Manipulation and/or adjustment of the spine have existed since the beginning of human civilization. An ancient Chinese text indicates that manipulation techniques were being used in that country as early as 2700 b.c.e.
The Principles
The Chiropractic Way: How Chiropractic Care Can Stop Your Pain and Help You Regain Your Health Without Drugs or Surgery by Michael Lenarz, D.C., Victoria St. George Chiropractic has become America's most popular form of alternative health care, offering lasting relief from pain--and many other health benefits - to more than 25 million patients annually. Yet many people still wonder exactly how chiropractic heals
Unprepared
The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness by Jerome Groopman, M.D. Why do some people find and sustain hope during difficult circumstances, while others do not? What can we learn from those who do, and how is their example applicable to our own lives? The Anatomy of Hope is a journey of inspiring discovery
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| Advice & Discussions | is there a dr in the house? So I think im going to a dr but thought maybe someone else could tell me what is wrong.
I felt fine the day before yesturday didn't feel sick at all I woke up yesturday with a really bad cough...it is deep in my chest and you can hear a bunch of "junk" in there. | I'm a former anorexic who is now overweight. Hello everyone. I really need some help. I'm having a hard time dealing with this. You see, I am a former anorexic (5'5, 100 lbs), and have recovered. My psychiatrist gave me the drug Neurontin to help with my depression and obsessive compulsive disorder. | Constant Nightmares Some months ago (not sure how many, between 3 and 5), I started having bad dreams at night. Now, of course, I've had bad dreams before, but their frequency has increased to a point where I'm dreaming them very nearly every single night.
Now, I'm the sort of person who remembers their dreams, so this isn't entirely new to me, but now, when I wake up in the morning, I remember almost every single dream I have almost completely. | Guys...A Q about that muscle "down there". Behind the scrotum. Tha past few days it has been a bit sore, nothing really painful, but annoying. Does anyone know what could cause this?
Some history...
Not from masturbating, the A/D's I'm on make an O almost impossible, so I don't even try.
Had COMPLETE physical 45 days ago. |
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