Treating Skin Conditions with Traditional Chinese Medicine
Skin is the body's largest organ. It is also the most visible and vulnerable organ. Skin conditions are very common and the discomfort of conditions like acne, rosacea, eczema, psoriasis, and dry skin is often followed by distress over their appearance.     View more

Cough Remedies: They're more dangerous than you might think
Cold and cough remedies that we leave around the home could be a lot more dangerous than we realize. A new report estimates that around 7,000 children in America need emergency hospital care every year after drinking one of the over-the-counter concoctions.     View more

Cholesterol: Drug doesn't work, suppressed study reveals
The drug companies have been holding out on us again. This time they’ve been caught suppressing evidence about the cholesterol-lowering drug Zetia (ezetimibe), which demonstrates it is ineffective.     View more

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Ask Dr. Orloff About Intuitive Healing
You have guidance and protection all around you, from the moment you are born to the day you die. Call it your guardian angels, your ancestors, a higher power, or simply love, you are not as alone as you may think. In "Step Four of Intuitive Healing: Ask For Inner Guidance" Judith Orloff, M.D. presents tips for how you can request inner guidance. She cautions you to have fun and not to try too hard.      View more

From Fatigued to Fantastic
Inflammation is your body's response to what it perceives to be an outside invader or irritant. When caused by infections, the inflammation can sometimes be rather obvious as occurs with pneumonia. Other times, it can be very subtle. If you have excess inflammation, your body can often repair the damage over time, according to Jacob Teitelbaum, MD in "Inflammation - Natural Therapies". This means decreasing sugar and simple carbohydrates (keep chocolate but make it sugar free), increasing protein and healthy oils (e.g. fish, olive, nuts), and getting optimal nutritional support.      View more

Healthy Alternatives - Flower Remedies
The notion that stress can predispose us to physical illness has persisted for centuries. In "Natural Substances Offer New Hope For Stress Relief" Leslie J. Kaslof states that a less known option for those searching for safe, nonhabit forming alternatives to chemical drugs, natural stabilizing factors can be found in flowering plants. He matches specific emotional difficulties with various flower remedies.      View more

Understanding Homeopathy
Involuntary urination is ironically a problem experienced at both ends of a person's life, both during infancy and aging. Older adults have difficulty with bladder control usually because of either urinary tract disease, nervous system dysfunction, allergic response, ruptured disk, or psychological stress. Women tend to experience involuntary urination after childbirth, surgery, or inflammation of the urethra, while men tend to get it if they have a prostate problem. In "Homeopathic Medicines For Involuntary Urination" Dana Ullman, M.P.H. explains the common causes of this condition, and outlines homeopathic remedies that may resolve the problem, rather than just eliminate the symptom.      View more

Dr. Christine Horner's Natural Secrets for Breast Health
Significantly lowering your risk of breast cancer isn't difficult. In "Breast Health Tip #3: B Vitamins" Christine Horner, M.D., F.A.C.S explains how two types of B vitamins -- folic acid and B12 -- help to lower the risk of breast cancer by protecting your DNA from making mistakes that can lead to cancer.      View more

Find a Mind/Body Health Practitioner
Looking for a practitioner specializing in a mind/body approach? Search the Mind Body Health section includes the Academy for Guided Imagery, American Society for the Alexander Technique, and Focusing Institute 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 (CAM) and integrative medicine. Find Mind-Body Health practitioners

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Vegetarian Recipe
This week the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine offers you a vegetarian recipe for "Red Beans and Rice."     View More

Mind Over Matter
Living in a fast-paced society takes it's toll, yet isn't there more to living than simply existing? In "Feeling Good: Reaching the Top of Your Game" Barry Bittman, M.D. challenges you to make attitude adjustments and take time for introspection to uncover what is needed for the delicate balance that enables you to feel your best. Playing the game of life with greater ease and joy than you've ever imagined is certainly worth the effort.      View more

Echoes of Silence
Our conditioned, patterned way of living may be disrupted by the unexpected. An accident, a sudden reversal of fortune, or the death of a loved one. Another way in which disruption may appear in our lives is through grace, an encounter with someone who has been overwhelmed by reality and who naturally projects that inner state out into the world, where it is experienced by others. In "Welcome Epiphanies" Robert Rabbin shares a personal example of this.      View more

Wellness Inventory Certification Training - Spring Intensives
The Wellness Inventory Certification Training Intensive is a comprehensive weekend program providing competence in delivering the Wellness Inventory assessment and life-balance program. The intensive accelerates your own personal growth process, offering you an opportunity to make real changes in your life, while providing a unique coaching skill-set to maximize the program's effectiveness in helping your clients change their lives. Weekend intensives will be offered in Asheville, North Carolina February 20-22, April 13-15, and May 11-13, 2007.

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Consumer Health World
Las Vegas, NV USA
May 5-7, 2008
Organization: Consumer Health World - 804-266-7422 x7408

6th Annual Integrative Medicine for Health Care Organizations Conference
Phoenix, AZ USA
May 15-17, 2008
Organization: Health Forum - 312-893-6897

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Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine
Tempe, AZ USA
April 5-6, 2008
Organization: Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine - 800-252-0688

5th Annual Nutrition & Health Conference: State of the Science and Clinical Application
Phoenix, AZ USA
April 13-16, 2008
Organization: University of Arizona, College of Medicine and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons - 520-626-7832

18th Annual ISSSEEM Conference
Boulder, CO USA
June 19-26, 2008 
Contact: The International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies & Energy Medicine - 303-425-4625

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