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CAMEXPO West the International Complementary and Natural Healthcare Conference and Expo will be held from November 10-12, 2006 in Los Angeles at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. Improve patient care with the most cutting edge complementary, alternative and integrative approaches and products. Conference areas of focus include Functional Medicine, Food-as-Medicine, Pediatric Heath and Women's Heath and feature the 9th World Congress on Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Choose from more than 40 sessions and earn up to 18.75 CME credits (certified by the Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY). To register, or for more information including a full conference schedule, visit www.camexpowest.com

Wait-and-See Approach Lowers Antibiotic Use for Ear Infections
A new study suggests that taking a wait-and-see approach before giving antibiotics to children with acute ear infections results in significantly lower use of antibiotics, with little difference in outcomes for the children. Resistance to antibiotics is a major public health concern worldwide, and acute ear infection is the most common reason for prescribing antibiotics to children, at a rate of approximately 15 million prescriptions per year in the United States.

Industry's Toxic Chemicals Poisoning Our Bodies
Modern chemistry keeps insects from ravaging crops, lifts stains from carpets, and saves lives. But the ubiquity of chemicals is taking a toll. Many of the compounds absorbed by the body stay there for years - and fears about their health effects are growing. Even though many health statistics have been improving over the past few decades, a few illnesses are rising mysteriously. From the early 1980s through the late 1990s, autism increased tenfold; from the early 1970s through the mid-1990s, one type of leukemia was up 62 percent, male birth defects doubled, and childhood brain cancer was up 40 percent. Some experts suspect a link to the man-made chemicals that pervade our food, water, and air. There's little firm evidence. But over the years, one chemical after another that was thought to be harmless turned out otherwise once the facts were in.

Over 1.6 Million Americans Use CAM for Insomnia or Trouble Sleeping
A recent analysis of national survey data reveals that over 1.6 million American adults use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to treat insomnia or trouble sleeping. Those using CAM to treat insomnia or trouble sleeping were more likely to use biologically based therapies, such as herbal therapies, or mind-body therapies, such as relaxation techniques.

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CONFUSED ABOUT THE VITAMINS AND MINERALS YOU NEED?

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Simply Well
Have you ever started a program of self-change, then discovered you were not keeping up with your ambitious plans? In "Heal with Compassion" John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., reports that it is natural to set high initial goals and then have to reevaluate their feasibility. Self-compassion is a way to handle disappointment and frustration and keep moving ahead with your efforts to change.

Keeping Fit
In "Better Approaches To Weight Loss" Wayne L. Westcott, Ph.D. details a basic exercise program that proved highly effective for improving the study participants’ body weight, body composition and blood pressure, as well as for enhancing a variety of fitness parameters (muscle strength, joint flexibility, balance, etc.). There were no significant response differences among the younger, middle-aged or older exercisers.

Conscious Relationships
Strange as it may seem, the divorce process is not focused on what went wrong in the marriage. In "The Cost Of Arguments: Increasing The Pain Of Divorce" guest author attorney David Seth Michaels points out that hurt feelings and anger are manifested as conflict about dividing up the assets of the marriage. The legal fees to deal with these arguments can be very high, and the assets to be divided are reduced by the cost of the parties' arguments.

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Understanding Homeopathy
Do you suffer from throbbing and burning pains in your sinuses? In "Sinusitis" Dana Ullman, M.P.H. describes the various types of symptoms connected with sinusitis in children and adults, and common conditions that trigger these reactions. He matches an appropriate homeopathic remedy for addressing each type of sinus condition.

Women's Health Detective
If you look and feel older than your years, it's possible your allergies are to blame. In "Are Your Allergies Getting Worse Each Year? Here's Why" Nan Kathryn Fuchs, Ph.D. explains that allergies are often a sign of a compromised digestive system. She offers options for cleansing and repairing your digestive tract. Reducing your allergies will not only help you feel better, but it can also help you roll back the clock.

Healthy Alternatives
How safe are the so-called "combination remedies," containing mixtures of several homeopathic medicines and marketed for common complaints such as colds, flu, indigestion, and the like? In "Single Remedies, Combination Remedies: Options for Homeopathic Self-Care" Richard Moskowitz, M.D. addresses single and combination remedies, and offers key guidelines for self-care applications.

Holistic Healthcare For Children
In "Fast Food And Asthma" Randall Neustaedter, O.M.D. notes several studies that explored the association between fast food and asthma in children. Results showed that the more fast-food consumed the higher the incidence of asthmatic signs and symptoms.

Healthy Woman Update
Twenty-three percent of people living in developed countries at some point in their lifetime experience the symptoms of the most common and most treatable form of depression. Symptoms include feelings of apathy, dejection, loss of appetite or overeating, and disrupted sleep patterns. In "Fighting Depression The Herbal Way" Steven Foster explains synthetic and herbal treatment options.

Find an Alternative Healthcare Professional
Looking for a practitioner specializing in complementary and integrative health care? Search the Holistic Health Care section which includes the American Holistic Health Association and American Association for Health Freedom member databases in HealthWorld's Find a Practitioner Network. The network contains searchable directories with over 17,000 professionals from 20 leading professional associations in complementary/alternative and integrative medicine.

Healthy Bookstore - The Healing Power of Neurofeedback

Each year 260,000 people are hospitalized with traumatic brain injuries. While neuroscience has learned an enormous amount about the connection between brain trauma and personality changes, the methods proposed for resolving these alterations are generally limited to drug therapy or surgeries. "The Healing Power of Neurofeedback: The Revolutionary LENS Technique for Restoring Optimal Brain Function" by Stephen Larsen, Ph.D. explores a less invasive but highly effective technique of restoring brain function. The treatment works across a broad spectrum of human activity, increasing the brain’s abilities to adapt to the imbalances caused by physical trauma or emotional disorders--both on the basic level and in the more subtle areas of cognitive, affective, and spiritual processes that make us truly human.

Raw Food Materia Medica
There are a multitude of Summer Squash varieties that are closely related to the popular zucchini, including yellow squash, yellow crookneck, and pattypan squash. They are all in the gourd family, making them relatives of cucumber, pumpkin and watermelon. Summer squashes are alkaline, blood purifying, anti-inflammatory, and diuretic. They have been used to treat colitis, constipation, hypertension, indigestion, kidney and bladder disorders, obesity, and ulcers. Though less nutrient dense than the harder more orange colored winter squashes, summer squashes contain beta-carotene, folic acid, and vitamin C, calcium, and potassium.

Fabulous Functional Foods
Danish chef Oscar Umahro Cadogan brings us a fabulous recipe for "Rose Petal Pears with Maple-Lemon Sauce." This tasty, nutritious sauce transforms pears or apples into a delicious dessert.

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Mind Over Matter
Growing old isn't easy for most people. In our culture it frequently represents loneliness and abandonment as families grow apart. In "Depression: Key Insights for the Elderly – Part I" Barry Bittman, M.D alerts us that depression among the elderly is most often undiagnosed. The consequences of our inability to accurately recognize depression extends far beyond just psychological implications. It impacts the course of many diseases due to the mind-body connection which directly and indirectly links nervous, endocrine and immune function. As a first step learn the typical constellation of symptoms associated with depression.

Spiritual Wellness
In "The Spirit Of Writing" Philip Goldberg states that "What makes writing spiritual is not the subject matter." Whatever you write about and whatever form your writing takes, engaging in spiritual practice will enhance its quality and substance—and, in turn, the writing process itself can be approached as a spiritual practice.

FREE TELESEMINAR SERIES - STAYING HEALTHY WITH DR. ELSON HAAS

We are pleased to invite you to join Dr. Elson Haas, America's Detox Doc and noted Physician, Teacher, and Author, in the second of three Autumn Teleseminars, sponsored by Clayton College for Natural Health (www.ccnh.edu) and Green Foods Corporation (www.greenfoods.com).

The series, Staying Healthy with Dr. Elson, has its final teleseminar on October 11, 2006 at 6:00 PM Pacific and 9:00 PM Eastern times. This is a great chance to Improve Your Health Right NOW.

TeleSeminar III: Holiday Health & Handling Stress: Balancing Personal Needs & External Demands

Aligning to our seasons in our locale is a key to Staying Healthy. Health Practitioners know that November and December are the most challenging months of the year in regards to our health. There are many things to watch out for and many other health factors to incorporate. Listen to the cycle-ologist and philosopher-physician, Dr. Elson Haas, and the wisdom of the ages guide you straight and strong along your path of health.

BOOK Guide: Staying Healthy with the Seasons

Learn more about this TeleSeminar Series and to hear about a special opportunity from Dr. Haas: www.guild42.com/Haas/TeleSem1.html

WELLNESS PRACTITIONERS & LIFE COACHES
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WELLNESS INVENTORY CERTIFICATION TRAINING
WINTER TELECLASSES

HealthWorld Online is offering Certification Training in the Wellness Inventory program this winter via a 13 week tele-class (phone teleconference).

Designed for wellness coaches, life coaches, wellness professionals, and health practitioners, the course is approved by the International Coach Federation for continuing coaching credit. The Wellness Inventory is a holistic assessment and life balance program that is licensed to coaches and wellness practitioners, wellness centers, spas, corporate wellness programs, hospitals, and educational institutions.

For more information on the Wellness Inventory and the fall trainings go to: wellpeople.com/Certification.asp

Or, contact Jim Strohecker at 310-823-9553 or [email protected]

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CAMEXPO WEST
Complementary & Natural Healthcare

Los Angeles, CA USA
November 10-12, 2006

The International Complementary and Natural Healthcare Conference and Expo (CAMEXPO) serves as a platform to bring together all of the individual communities of complementary, alternative and integrative medicine to influence the way medicine is practiced.

www.camexpowest.com

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NATIONAL HEALTH, WELLNESS & PREVENTION CONGRESS
presented at Consumer Health World

December 11 - 13, 2006
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC

The National Health, Wellness & Prevention Congress (NHWPC) is the year's most important forum on health management in the workplace and the nation. NHWPC delegates and faculty including leading emloyers, health plans, provider organizations, and health, wellness and fitness professionals, will be engaging to develop integrated strategies and programs to improve the health and productivity of employees. Attend the conference and learn:

* How leading employers are leveraging wellness, prevention and fitness programs to lower health costs, absenteeism and workers compensation claims.
* What employers need from their partners, health plans, providers and their employees to get the results they need

www.consumerhealthworld.com

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GLOBAL HEALTH CALENDAR

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-- FEATURED EVENT --
CAM Expo West Bringing the Entire Complementary and Natural Healthcare Community Together
Los Angeles, CA USA
November 10-12, 2006
Contact: Complementary and Natural Healthcare Conference and Expo - 207-842-5504

-- UPCOMING HEALTH & WELLNESS EVENTS --
World Health Freedom Assembly and Leadership Conference for Health Freedom Advocates
St. Paul, MN USA
September 29-October 1
Contact: National Health Freedom Coalition - 651-688-6515

Building Bridges of Integration for Traditional Chinese Medicine
Transformation: Spirit in Healing
East Rutherford, NJ USA
October 5-8, 2006
Contact: Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation - 888-TCM-6909

CancerGuides®
The only comprehensive training in integrative oncology
Bloomingdale, Il USA
October 9-15, 2006
Contact: The Center for Mind-Body Medicine - 202-966-7338 x241

I Can Do It
Orlando, FL USA
October 27-29, 2006
Contact: Hay House - 800-654-5126

The Science & Clinical Application of Integrative Holistic Medicine
San Diego, CA USA
October 28-November 3, 2006
Contact: Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine - 858-587-4404

Consumer Health World
(Conferences include: CDHCC, NHWPC, TETHIC, BoomerBusiness)
Washington, DC
December 11-13, 2006
Contact: Transmarx, LLC - 804-225-7458

For more leading health events visit www.healthcalendar.com

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