Category: Health/Natural

Bastyr University launches the nation's first randomized controlled pilot study of Qigong Therapy as a treatment for type 2 diabetes. Researchers to compare effects of Qigong to conventional care and mild exercise.

Diabetes affects 16 million individuals throughout the United States, and recent data released by the Seattle and King County Public Health indicates there are twice as many diabetes sufferers in King County as a decade ago. While it is proven that lifestyle modifications and medication can improve glucose control and delay the onset of diabetic complications, the rapid increase of cases and the potential health risks of some diabetes medications, suggest it is necessary to explore and develop complementary and alternative interventions to improve the management of Type 2 Diabetes.

This tool was developed by the Russian space agency for use by their astronauts. Some medical professionals hope it will enable people to overcome many ailments without the need for a physician.

With health care costs on the rise, more people are looking to their medicine cabinets to save them a visit to the doctor. Over one-third of adults in North America have pursued some form of alternative treatments, according to the American Institute of Medicine's recent report on Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

While nasal rinsing has been around for thousands of years in a Yoga practice known as Jala Neti, one nutraceutical manufacturer has invented a new way to irrigate the sinuses resulting in powerful relief.

While physicians and pharmacists recommend nasal irrigation to fight off sinus infections and allergy symptoms, millions of people have only recently discovered the benefits of nasal rinsing thanks to a recent demonstration on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Over the past five months, drug stores and health food shops can barely keep neti pots and nasal rinse kits in stock. As nasal irrigation continues to grow in popularity, one nutraceutical manufacturer has created a brand new way to rinse your sinuses using of all things - the essence of hot peppers.

On June 14th, 2007 at Simon Fraser University, B.C. Skeptics Colloquium sponsored a lecture by Arthur Grollman, M.D., Professor of Pharmacological Sciences at the University of New York Stony Brook. Barry Beyerstein, PhD, a professor of Psychology at S.F.U. and head of the B.C. Skeptics Society, hosted the event entitled "The Pharmacology of Herbal Remedies and the Placebo Effect."

On June 14th ,2007 at Simon Fraser University, B.C. Skeptics Colloquium sponsored a lecture by Arthur Grollman, M.D., Professor of Pharmacological Sciences at the University of New York Stony Brook. Barry Beyerstein, PhD, a professor of Psychology at S.F.U. and head of the B.C. Skeptics Society, hosted the event entitled "The Pharmacology of Herbal Remedies and the Placebo Effect."

New feedback released that shows the benefits of using D-mannose as a treatment for cystitis and UTIs. It's a way of coating the bacteria to make them slippery - and it often works when antibiotics don't do the job.

Sweet Cures of York has released new feedback that reveals the astonishing success the company is achieving against antibiotic-resistant cystitis and UTIs with their product, Waterfall D-Mannose™. D-Mannose appears naturally in cranerry juice, and many brands of "standardized" mannose are available at health food stores.

Individuals come to believe that illness, disease, sickness and injury just happen to us. Whoever said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure was absolutely correct and that age old axiom "If I’d known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself!" also applies.

It all starts with PREVENTION!

All too often, we as individuals come to believe that illness, disease, sickness and injury just happen to us and that some outside source forces itself upon us. It’s at that time that we decide that we must do something special to fight for our health. Sometimes it appears that whatever has happened will continue to plague us forever and perhaps it may.

A recent survey by the Ontario Hypnosis Centre in Toronto, Ontario Canada showed that in a group of 2,000 individuals with 74.4% women and 27.6% percent men, 69.8% had used or were currently using complementary health care practices.

A recent survey by the Ontario Hypnosis Centre in Toronto, Ontario Canada showed that in a group of 2,000 individuals with 74.4% women and 27.6% percent men, 69.8% had used or were currently using complementary health care practices. Of those in the study with ages ranging from late teens to 70 years of age, all had tried a wide range of complementary medicine with the majority 70.9 % using massage and 69.8% having used hypnotherapy. Following those were other modalities ranging from: Reiki, Chiropractic, Homeopathy, Chinese medicine and others.

Hints and tips for better sleep using feng shui in the bedroom. An expert feng shui consultant suggests how bed placement, sharp angles, electromagnetic fields, and objects that recall bad memories can affect a good night's rest.

Sleep is vital to your health and determines how well you function in your day. From a feng shui perspective, your health centers in your bedroom. While consulting, feng shui expert Marina Lighthouse offers her clients hints and tips for better sleep and feng shui in the home. "This is an area where you spend a good part of your life, so make sure you have everything you need to induce good rest."

The debilitating pain from Carpel Tunnel is caused by the swelling around the meridian nerve in the wrist and forearm and is generally treated with expensive drugs and then surgery. Since surgery has such a low success rate and often involves a secondary surgery to correct the problem, it is important to review what else is available.

According to quantum physics, we live in a world of energy. Moreover, physicists discovered that matter is not matter, as people have considered it for many centuries, but energy. Physicists also accepted the view that everything in the universe depends on our consciousness and attention to events and occurrences. Everything is energy and everything may be corrected with energy use. New understanding of the outer world and inner world make us able to control and manage the energy of everything consciously and “energetically.” The most interesting thing is that even ordinary people may do this.