Researchers Say B-6 Can Help Women Fight PMS
Up to a certain dose, vitamin B-6 may help ease symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), according to British researchers who reviewed the limited data on the vitamin's power against women's monthly woes. Since too much of the vitamin can cause nerve damage, however, the researchers stopped short of recommending its routine use for PMS. In a recent issue of the British Medical Journal, Katrina M. Wyatt and colleagues reported that the evidence that vitamin B-6 eases PMS is not strong enough to give "a confident recommendation" for its use.

The ABC's of Botanical Council's Herbal Gurus
If this garden paradise hidden away from the traffic on east Manor Roadin Austin, Texas was a cup of herb tea, it would be calming chamomile. The front porch rockers, chiming bells of a nearby Catholic church and greenery surrounding the Case Mill Homestead, a grist mill and home built in the 1850s, all evoke a soothing sense of well-being. But inside the restored Austin landmark -- the home of the American Botanical Council -- more than tea is brewing. ABC, an internationally known authority on herbs that has become a leading source of information for everyone from national media to doctors and pharmacists, is at the center of an explosion of interest in all things herbal: Sixty million Americans bought $4 billion in supplements last year.

Doctors Find Meditation May Help Heart Patients
A growing body of research shows that meditation helps patients fight with heart disease, by reducing heart rate and blood pressure, improving immune function and decreasing stress-hormone levels. In "Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease," meditation is given the same importance for improving heart health as diet and exercise. A 1995 panel at the National Institutes of Health found "strong evidence" that meditation and other relaxation techniques are effective at treating a variety of chronic conditions, from heart disease to migraines, lower-back pain and arthritis.

Dr. Galland's Integrated Medicine
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The Healer Within
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Keeping Fit with Dr. Wayne Westcott
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Global Health Calendar -- Hot Picks

Body & Soul. Chicago, IL. July 2-4, 1999. Contact: New Age Publishing and Omega Institute - 800-944-1001

Marketplace '99. Las Vegas, NV. July 8-11, 1999. Contact: National Nutritional Foods Association - 949-622-6272

Nutracon '99 (Nutraceuticals Industry Data & Trend Analysis) November 12-14, 1999. Las Vegas, NV. Contact: Global Business Research Ltd. - 800-868-7188

10th Annual American Herbalists Guild Symposium: Back to Our Future: Integrating Herbal Medicine with Modern Clinical Practice August 6-8, 1999. Pocono Manor, PA. Contact: American Herbalists Guild - 435-722-8434

World Expo for Complementary Medicine 1999. August 27-29, 1999. Suntec City, Singapore SINGAPORE. Contact: CPEC and Congrex Singapore - 65-438-3707