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HealthWorld Online in Faulkner & Gray's Top 25
Faulkner & Gray's 1998 Guide to Health Care Resources on the Internet named HealthWorld Online one of Top 25 Demand/Disease/Health Management Web Sites worldwide in the area of Demand/Disease/Health Management in the recently released Faulkner and Gray's 1998 Guide to Health Care Resources on the Internet. HealthWorld Online received the highest ratings in eight of ten categories. Based on HealthWorld Online's high rating, Faulkner & Gray invited us to contribute a eight page profile to the book, "HealthWorld Online: Promoting Healthy Living Via the Internet," in Chapter 8: A Consumer's Guide to Health Care and the Internet.

HealthWorld Online Medical Cybrarian Featured in November 1997 Harper's Bazaar
Hot off the Presses!! November's issue of Harper's Bazaar mentions HealthWorld Online's Medical Cybrarian Service, directed by Micaela Sullivan-Fowler, M.S., M.A. The article is "Medicine Online," by Marisa Fox, pages 120-122.

"Anyone who's attempted to track down a specific medical article online knows it's easy to idle away hours and still not walk away with the information you sought. For a small fee, you can let Micaela Sullivan-Fowler, a librarian formerly with the American Medical Association, do the work for you. The service offers everything from prepared bibliographic citations to links to Internet sites and tips for future researching."

Study Says Ginkgo May Help Those With Alzheimer's
An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that an herbal extract of ginkgo biloba can improve the reasoning ability and social behavior of persons with Alzheimer's disease. The researchers said the cognitive function and social behavior of dementia patients treated with the extract of Ginkgo biloba significantly improved, while the condition of patients given an inactive placebo deteriorated. There was no measurable adverse effect after a year of taking the extract, according to the scientists.

Dr. Galland's Integrated Medicine

Eating Safely in a Polluted World: You Don't Have to Choose Between Microbes and Chemicals!":
Part II: Maintain a Safe Supply of Food and Drink
Epidemics of parasitic infection from contaminated water and of bacterial food poisoning from chicken or hamburger serve notice that the U.S. food and water supply is not safe. Pesticides and preservatives provide no protection from the current crop of microbes and pose health hazards of their own. There are several simple, effective measures you can follow to protect yourself and those you love from the effects of eating contaminated food and water, avoiding both microbial and chemical contaminants in food and drink and building resistance to them if you are exposed. This second part of Eating Safely in a Polluted World provides guidelines that will significantly reduce your exposure to disease provoking microbes in food and drink.

News from the Village

Children's Health Update
Emotional upset-whether anger, sadness, or fear-is a normal response to different stresses in a child's life. Children may not be able to express in words exactly what it is they are feeling. Instead, they may show their feelings by acting out in anger, by withdrawing, or by displaying physical symptoms such as vague abdominal pain, fatigue, or headache. Physical signs of stress can also include dizzy spells; a racing pulse; sweaty palms, feet, or face, not associated with physical activity; chronic headaches; trembling; hives; and insomnia. In her article "Emotional Upset," excerpted from her book, Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child, Dr. Janet Zand outlines a comprehensive program for helping your child have a healthy emotional life, including guidelines for conventional treatment, as well as dietary guidelines, recommended nutritional supplements, herbs, homeopathic remedies, acupressure and Bach Flower remedies.

Women's Health Update
Many women suffering from fibroids and endometriosis complain of major stress along with their physical symptoms. "My personal impression as a physician who has worked with women patients for close to 20 years is that stress is a significant component of many recurrent and chronic health problems, including fibroids and endometriosis," states Susan Lark, M.D., in her article Stress Reduction for Relief of Fibroids & Endometriosis. "To discount the effects of lifestyle stress on illness is a grave mistake, adds Dr. Lark. "If the physician ignores stress as a contributing factor, the patient never receives the tools or insight necessary to modify her habits and behavior to better support good health and well-being." In this excellent article, excerpted from The Fibroid Tumors & Endometriosis Self Help Book, Dr. Lark offers a comprehensive program to deal with the stress component of these conditions.

Natural Medicine Research Update
Ray Sahelian, M.D. will provide a bi-monthly Natural Medicine Research Update for HealthWorld Online. His first update, "Melatonin Could Help Patients on Chemotherapy," reports on melatonin's ability to counteract chemotherapy-induced immune suppression in experiments on rodents. One of the serious drawbacks of chemotherapy has been the resultant destruction of many aspects of the immune system along with destruction of various blood cells.

New Releases in our Bookstore
Some may not know it, but there’s a revolution in consciousness presently underway around the world, a revolution that is changing everything. This new worldview pivots on two big, yet very relevant questions, "Who am 1?" and "What kind of Universe do we live in?" In Towards A New World View: Conversations at the Leading Edge Russell DiCarlo goes straight to the heart of the issue in this collection of 26 fascinating and inspiring interviews with some of the most respected and influential visionaries of our time, including Matthew Fox, Larrry Dossey, Willis Harman, Joan Borysenko, Caroline Myss, Stan Grof and Jacquelyn Small. It is a lively exploration of the new reality that will cause you to rethink your assumptions regarding what is possible for you to do and be in your lifetime.

Global Health Calendar -- Hot Picks
"Psychology of Health, Immunity and Disease Conference", Hilton Head, SC USA, December 8-14, 1997/ Contact: The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine - (860) 456-1153

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