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Tom Ferguson, MD, Founder of Modern Medical Self-Care Movement & Healthworld Advisory Board Member, Dies On April 14, 2006
HealthWorld Online today honors the passing of our good friend and original advisory board member, Dr. Tom Ferguson. "DocTom" as he was affectionately known to us, was a true visionary and virtually single-handedly led the medical self-care movement starting back in the 1970s with his breakthrough Medical Self-Care magazine. Later, with the advent of the internet, Tom became the "online health informatics" guru and led the movement for reliable online information for consumers.

When HealthWorld Online launched in early 1996, many will remember the well-visited "Self-Care Central" icon in our online health village - a little cottage with smoke lazily curling up out of the chimney on the edge of the surrounding forest. This was Tom's brainchild - a virtual center to educate and inspire our visitors to take more responsibility for their health.

And it was Tom who personally introduced me to his good friend and wellness pioneer, Dr. John Travis, creator of the Wellness Inventory. Today, our online version of the Wellness Inventory, which focuses on creating a higher level of responsibility for our own health and wellbeing and bringing about a higher level of balance in our lives, is one of the centerpieces of the HealthWorld vision.

We will always remember Tom for his wonderful humor, vision, and creativity. We salute a life well lived that touched the lives of millions of people through his work, but especially those closest to him.

Click here to read Tom's obituary from the Austin American-Statesman

Ads For Unhealthy Foods May Explain Link Between Television Viewing And Overweight in Children
Researchers found that kids who spend more time watching television also eat more of the calorie-dense, low-nutrient foods advertised on television. Previous studies had demonstrated that children who watch more television are more likely to be overweight, but this is the first time a research team has found evidence for a mechanism explaining that relationship.

Ease Up On Pesticides In Your Garden
With the arrival of spring do you find yourself reaching for that bottle of pesticide to treat your lawn or garden? You may want to think twice. Traces of garden pesticide chemicals are showing up in children through drinking water and food because they tend to play on lawns where many people use pesticides. And whether you spray inside your home or outside in the garden, residual chemicals often find their way into the carpets, where small children also spend a lot of their time.

MORE HEALTH NEWS...
To keep up-to-date with news in the world of health and medicine, visit our Healthy News and our Healthy News Archive.

WANT MORE BALANCE, HEALTH & WELLBEING IN YOUR LIFE?

Rising healthcare costs and cuts to employee health benefits are driving us all to one conclusion - we must take a greater responsibility for maintaining our health & wellbeing. The Wellness Inventory helps you do just that. The online program helps you to focus on the areas of your life that you can make the greatest impact in creating a higher level of health and wellbeing, and supports you in making those changes. Bring more balance into your life! To learn more, go to www.mywellnesstest.com/HealthyUpdate.asp

Continuing Our 12-Stage Journey to Wellness
This week our journey focuses on FEELING, the 6th of 12 keys to wellness in the Wellness Inventory. We experience feelings and emotions from well before the event of our birth. They can be intense, or frightening, or wonderful. They can also be the most misunderstood, and consequently mistreated, gifts we have as human beings. We judge them, repress them, discount them, drug them, worship them, and run from them. Yet, what a bore to be without them! Life fully lived is life filled with feeling!

Healthy Computing
Sitting all day, either at the computer or in meetings, and constricting leg movements can contribute to leg discomfort, a common complaint amongst computer users. In "Squeeze" Erik Peper, Ph.D. and Katherine Hughes Gibney give you some strengthening exercises you can use throughout the day to wake up sluggish legs and prevent discomfort when you squeeze.

ALL NATURAL HERBAL SWEETENER - ZERO CALORIES, ZERO CARBOHYDRATES, ZERO GLYCEMIC INDEX, AND ZERO CHEMICALS

Artificial sweeteners are born in a test tube - Stevia is born in a rain forest. Used worldwide as an no-calorie herbal sweetener, the leaves of the Stevia plant has a refreshing taste that can be 30 times sweeter than sugar. SweetLeaf SteviaPlus is now available in convenient packets or powder form. Also try SteviaClear liquid for sweetening beverages and cooking.

Nutritional Medicine and Longevity
Vitamin B12 does not fit the mold of the deficiency diseases theory, or the one-disease-one-drug model of medicine that is taught in medical schools. The most important medical fact about vitamin B12 is that deficiency does not show up only as anemia. In "Vitamin B12: Under Appreciated" Richard A. Kunin, M.D. details important facts, including nerve and brain symptoms which need to be treated promptly or the damage may be permanent.

Healthy Alternatives
The history of homeopathy combines the high drama and intrigue commonly found in the best efforts of the silver screen. In "A Condensed History of Homeopathy" Dana Ullman, M.P.H. gives you an interesting brief overview and his perspective that the future growth of the popularity of homeopathy will be as consumers learn to self-prescribe homeopathic medicine for common acute conditions and will probably demand homeopathic care from their physicians for more serious medical conditions.

Women's Health Detective
If you have arthritis there are other therapies you can, and should, use as well – no matter which form of medication you take. In "Beyond Arthritis Pills Other Therapies That Work" Nan Kathryn Fuchs, Ph.D. stresses the importance of becoming more educated about your disease and gets you started with a varieties of options.

Holistic Healthcare For Children
Allergies affect about 38%of all Americans, and about 5% of the US population has asthma. The highest proportion of asthma is among children age 5 to 14, a total of 5 million children. In "Allergies And Asthma In Children" Randall Neustaedter, O.M.D. presents the case that allergies can be significantly improved, and even cured, with holistic treatment options, such as homeopathy, nutrition, and Chinese herbs. Plus, the important connection between emotions and the immune system should not be neglected.

Healthy Woman Update
While "The Wai'anae Diet Program" is ostensibly written for Native Hawaiians, the principles espoused are just as applicable to anyone. Michael Traub, N.D. reports that a pilot study included no increase in exercise and participants ate more food but fewer calories. The diet contained 7-12% fat. Degree of satisfaction was relatively high throughout the program. It included Hawaiian healers to teach spiritual, mental, and emotional as well as physical health. Modern equivalent foods and recipes were also taught, such as the incorporation of whole grains, pasta, corn, beans, potatoes and other root vegetables.

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 colonics? The Colon Hydrotherapy section includes the International Association of Colon Hydrotherapy member database.

Healthy Bookstore - Natural Medicine, Optimal Wellness

Imagine having respected holistic physicians right at your fingertips to answer some of your most important medical questions. With " Natural Medicine, Optimal Wellness: The Patient's Guide to Health and Healing" by Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D. you can. Inside, these two renowned physicians give you up-to-date, accurate information on natural treatments for today's most common medical conditions. For each condition, you'll have the opportunity to sit in on a consultation between Dr. Jonathan Wright and a patient who has come seeking advice. The illuminating and often lively exchanges between doctor and patient bring to life questions and common concerns you and your loved ones may have. By the conclusion of each office visit, you'll have a more complete understanding of the reasons behind the natural treatment Dr. Wright prescribes. Then, in a separate commentary, Dr. Alan Gaby follows up with a detailed, balanced analysis of the scientific evidence behind the treatments discussed.

Raw Food Materia Medica
Apricots are members of the Rose Family, making them a relative of apple, peach and plum. Apricots are laxative, due to their fiber and pectin content, nutritive and considered alkaline. Apricots are neutral, sweet and sour. They make an excellent midsummer fruit, moistening the lungs, and providing the body with yin fluids. Apricots are antioxidant. They have been used to treat acne, anemia, asthma, bronchitis, catarrh, constipation, hypertension, toxemia, and tuberculosis. Apricots are rich in fiber, beta carotene, vitamin C, copper, iron, magnesium, potassium, silicon, and cobalt. They contain a trace amount of lycopene, which is being researched as a cancer preventative.

Vegetarian Recipe
Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine offers you a vegetarian recipe for "Hummus Sandwich Spread."

DR. ANDREW WEIL'S MIND-BODY TOOL KIT

The evidence is overwhelming: you can tap the power of your mind to directly influence your health, using clinically proven tools that anyone can master. With Dr. Andrew Weil's Mind-Body Tool Kit, listeners join Dr. Weil along with three renowned colleagues and friends - all leading specialists in alternative medicine - to experience a potent prescription of self-healing practices. This information-packed "integrative medicine chest" includes an in-depth 52-page interactive workbook and 25 Mind-Training Cards designed to support a daily practice.

* Breathing * Meditation * Guided Imagery * Sound Therapy program.

Echoes of Silence
In "Touching Life In Silence" Robert Rabbin states that we just have to recognize that thoughts are thoughts, and we are not those thoughts. In this recognition, we make direct contact with life, we open to life, and as we open to life, life opens to us, life reaches towards us and touches us right in the center of our heart.

Mind-Body-Spirit
To talk interpersonally--that your consciousness can have an effect on other persons and events--is a major paradigm shift. In "Prayer as a Healing Force" Larry Dossey, M.D speaks as one who believes in the connection between body, mind and spirit. He quotes the famous study tracking heart attack patients. The prayed-for group had fewer deaths, faster recovery, less intubations, and used fewer potent medications.

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HEALTH PRACTITIONERS & LIFE COACHES
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Third Line Press (Nutritional Medicine CD) -
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GLOBAL HEALTH CALENDAR

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Lohas Forum
Los Angeles, CA USA
April 26-28, 2006
Contact: LOHAS Forum - 303-222-8263

AOMAlliance 13th Annual Conference and Expo
Keystone, CO USA
May 3-10, 2006
Contact: Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Alliance - 253-851-6896

Eliminating Interference Patterns of DNA - with Margaret Ruby
Los Angeles, CA USA
May 6-7, 2006
Contact: Possibilitiies DNA -888-711-9962

2006 NHWPC - National Health Wellness and Prevention Congress
San Francisco, CA USA
May 8-10, 2006
Contact: Transmarx, LLC - 804-266-8122

2006 CDHCC - Consumer Directed Health Care Conference
San Francisco, CA USA
May 8-10, 2006 
Contact: Transmarx, LLC - 804-266-7422

Holism in Action: Building Integrated Health Care
2006 AHMA & AHNA Annual Conference
St. Paul, MN USA
June 7-10, 2006
Contact: American Holistic Medical Association & American Holistic Nurses Association - 505-292-7788

Food as Medicine
Baltimore, MD USA
June 10-16, 2006
Contact: Center for Mind-Body Medicine - 202-966-7338

The Cutting Edge of Subtle Energies & Energy Medicine
ISSSEEM 16th Annual International Conference
Boulder, CO USA
June 22-28, 2006
Contact: International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies & Energy Medicine - 303-425-4625

NNFA 2006
Las Vegas, NV USA
July 14-16, 2006
Contact: National Nutritional Foods Association - 714-460-7732

31st Annual National Wellness Conference
The Power of Supportive Relationships
Stevens Point, WI USA
July 15, 20, 2006
Contact: National Wellness Institute, Inc. - 800-243-8694

For more leading health events visit www.healthcalendar.com

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