AN ENLIGHTENING EXPERIENCE OF WELLNESS... AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

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Research Finds Nine Behavioral and Environmental Risk Factors Play a Major Role in Causing Deaths from Cancer Globally
More than one third of seven million cancer deaths are caused by nine avoidable risk factors. Researchers estimated mortality for 12 types of cancer linked to nine risk factors in seven World Bank regions for the year 2001. They found that of the seven million deaths worldwide that year from cancer, 35 percent were attributable to the nine well-known behavioral and environmental risk factors. The researchers also looked at how the risks, and the cancers they cause, were distributed over the regions of the world. This is the first assessment of the role of health risks in cancer deaths globally and regionally.

Global Vitamin Guidelines One Step Closer to Restricting Consumer Health Freedom
Codex Committee on Nutrition & Foods for Special Dietary Uses just completed the 27th session. This Committee, which started developing a global guideline on vitamin-and-mineral food supplements more than 10 years ago, was attempting at this year's meeting to address a number of additional contentious issues. Amongst others, these included the amounts of vitamins and minerals required for good health, the application of risk assessment to establish safe maximum dosages, the scientific basis of health claims, and the implementation of the World Health Organization's Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health.

Dupont Knowingly Poisoned Americans for 20 Years with Toxic Coating on Paper Food Packaging
One of the DuPont's top technical experts has revealed in detail how his former employer hid for decades that it was polluting Americans' blood with a hyper-persistent chemical associated with the grease-resistant coatings on paper food packaging. In the mid-1960s, DuPont negotiated with the Food and Drug Administration a weak standard for how much of the paper chemical coating, which is applied to give packaging grease or liquid resistance, could contaminate food. The FDA at the time normally required a two-year study for chemicals it wasn't familiar with, but agreed to base DuPont's approval on a 90-day test with a 1,000-fold safety factor added.

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Staying Healthly Tips
Don’t be in a daze these holidays. Follow the suggestions in "10 Tips on Staying Healthy through the Holidays" by Elson M. Haas, M.D. Shifting and balancing is vital to maintaining your well-being the demanding holiday season.

Holiday Tips
Don't panic about the upcoming holidays. Holidays do not have to be a time of feast or famine--you can strike a happy balance between gorging and self-sacrifice. In "Good Cheer for Holiday Dieting" the American Institute for Preventive Medicine and Don R. Powell, Ph.D. outline how with a good game plan and strategic planning you and your diet can not only survive holidays but you can actually thrive on them.

FOOD AS MEDICINE

June 10 - June 16, 2006 Baltimore, Maryland

The most comprehensive professional nutrition training program in the US, providing the equivalent of a semester's worth of nutrition curriculum in one week. Jointly sponsored by Georgetown University School of Medicine and The University of Minnesota. Partial scholarships and CME credits available. Visit our website for course schedule and complete details.

Dr. Galland's Integrated Medicine
The holidays are upon us and many are already worrying about the effects of stress from shopping and family gatherings as well as the weight gain from too many parties and heavy traditional holiday meals. However, there is a way to safeguard your health this holiday season according to Leo Galland, M.D. in "Five Steps to a Happier and Healthier Holiday Season" as he offers a world of invaluable tips for staying healthy and hearty through the holidays.

Healthy Alternatives
Pet owners are reminded to consider flower remedies should their cat need support responding emotional well-being. In "To Your Animal's Emotional Health (Cats)" Penny Case presents two actual situations and her recommendations.

Dr. Christine Horner's Natural Secrets for Breast Health
In "Breast Health Tip #12: Exercise" Christine Horner, M.D., F.A.C.S explains why if you exercise regularly during your teen years your risk of breast cancer will be 30% lower for the rest of your life. But it is never too late to begin exercising. If you start regularly participating in invigorating movements as an adult and keep it up, you can drop your risk of breast cancer by 30-50%.

Healthy Man Update
Men and hormonal changes? Yes, the times are changing in the field of men's health. "Prostate" is now a household word when barely a decade ago men didn't even know they had one. Considering the countless number of men who complain about prostate problems, it is time to rethink the subject and consider the facts. In "Optimal Prostate Health With Natural Medicine" Janet Zand, L.Ac., O.M.D. and Whitfield Reaves, L.Ac., O.M.D. provide a general overview, then identify a variety of options to consider when developing a program for prostate health.

Find an Alternative Healthcare Professional
The Professional Referral Network contains searchable directories for 20 leading professional associations in complementary and integrative health care, with over 17,000 professionals. Looking for a healthcare professional specializing in bodywork? The Bodywork and Somatic Therapies section includes the American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia, Hellerwork International, and The Trager Institute member databases.

Healthy Bookstore - Tired of Being Tired

Loss of energy, weight gain, and decreases in health and vitality are not inevitable facts of life. In "Tired of Being Tired: Rescue, Repair, Rejuvenate" Jesse Lynn Hanley, M.D. and Nancy Deville explain that these are the results of the drive that pushes us to achieve. This results in adrenal burnout. The consequences of adrenal burnout include everything from fatigue to uncontrollable weight gain; from irritability to severe depression; from constant colds to life-threatening illnesses. Recommendations make it easy to rejuvenate a tired system. Unique herbal and supplement formulas help the reader get back on track, and an easy fourteen-day meal plan helps the body gain back the years it's lost due to hard work and striving.

Nutrition Tips
The good news is age doesn't have to mean forgetful days, heart attacks and brittle bones. In "To a Long and Healthy Life" Lauri M. Aesoph, N.D. reports that your need for certain nutrients rise as you get older, and explains what to do about this.

Fabulous Functional Foods
Sometimes, it's the simplest things in life that bring the most pleasure. Danish chef Oscar Umahro Cadogan brings us one of them. "Super Oatmeal" takes very little time to make and nourishes body, soul, and the tastebuds. The sesame and flax seed bring extra richness to the oatmeal and provide essential fatty acids with an almost 1 to 1 ratio of omega-3's and omega-6's.

HEALING DRUM KIT - CHRISTINE STEVENS

With a venerable history as a healing art, it’s no surprise that scientists are now finding measurable positive immune system changes following one-hour drumming sessions. With The Healing Drum Kit, internationally acclaimed music therapist Christine Stevens shows you how to use the art of drumming to ignite your creativity, release tension and anxiety, exercise the body, and communicate with a power beyond words.

The Healing Drum Kit includes: 10" Remo frame drum, 2 drumming CDs (2.5 hours), 78-page guidebook, 24 Rhythm cards.

Whether relaxing to the gentle lub-dub of a heartbeat, exploring sacred rhythms from around the globe, or simply drumming away stress, people of all ages will experience and enjoy the full spectrum of this ancient art, with The Healing Drum Kit.

Echoes of Silence
A kind of knowing we call wisdom, or insight, or realization, comes easily into the mind when it becomes still and falls into Silence. In "A Journey to Silence" Robert Rabbin explains that this kind of knowing is pure revelation, a clarity untouched by thoughts or words or images. When we allow this knowing into our minds, our very lives become as clear as this knowing, as quiet as this Silence.

Mind-Body-Spirit
Your spiritual nature is a psychological fact. It is the real and transformative force that empowers your life. In "Psychospiritual Integration" Jacquelyn Small, L.C.S.W. relates how this process begins to occur naturally when the ego and soul turn to focus upon one another.

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Botanical Medicine Sourcebooks & Textbooks

What Doctor's Don't Tell You (newsletter)

The Psychology of Health, Immunity & Disease Conference
Hilton Head Island, SC USA
December 5-11, 2005
Contact: The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine - 800-743-2226

XIII International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine
Las Vegas, NV USA
December 9-12, 2005
Contact: American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine - 800-558-1267

3rd Annual Natural Supplements: An Evidence-Based Update
La Jolla, CA USA
January 20-22, 2005
Contact: Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine - 858-587-4404

Mind-Body-Medicine Professional Training Program
Integrate the best mind, body, and spirit techniques into your practice
Berkeley, CA USA
January 29-February 4, 2006
Contact: Center for Mind-Body Medicine - 202-966-7338

Intutitive Healing Course for Health Professionals
With Judith Orloff, M.D.
Los Angeles, CA USA
March 2-5, 2006
Contact: Institute of Noetic Sciences - 310-277-7007

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