Category: Health/Natural

Does your back hurt? You may need a lifestyle adjustment!

Losing weight, changing dietary and exercise habits, and reducing stress may not seem like common prescriptions for treating those aches and pains that may ail your back - but these things often go hand in hand with successful treatment for back pain. This is why successful treatment for back pain means a patient often ends up with benefits way beyond simply a healthier back!

"Massage offers a drug-free, non-invasive and humanistic approach based on the body's natural ability to heal itself," reports Michele Merhib, who offers six reasons why massage can help expectant mothers to be..

If you're pregnant, or know someone who is, a prenatal massage might be just what the doctor ordered.

Partners in the UK-based innovative alternative health company, Sweet Cures of York, are leading a demand for drug trials to also test against natural remedies, both new and traditional, as well as placebo. The information revealed would be invaluable to our sum of knowledge about natural remedies, not only about what works, but about what doesn't work.

John Bremner and Anna Sawkins, partners in the UK-based innovative alternative health company, Sweet Cures of York, are leading a call for clinical trials of new drugs to also test the drugs against natural remedies, both new and traditional.

Recent research suggests that some lifestyle changes are more helpful than others for treating the symptoms of GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). Johns Hopkins Health Alerts tells you what you need to know about acid reflux, for prevention, pain relief, and minimal damage.

Johns Hopkins Health Alerts has just published a review of the new GERD guidelines, for safe, effective treatment of your acid reflux.

The April 2008 issue of the Harvard Health Letter takes a look at how to manage seven common conditions without taking medication. It takes some discipline, but in many cases, the nonpharmacological approach can do as much as pills.

We’ve gotten used to taking pills for everything that ails us, but medications have side effects and cost money. The April 2008 issue of the Harvard Health Letter takes a look at how to manage seven common conditions without taking medication. It takes some discipline, but in many cases, the nonpharmacological approach can do as much as pills.

In the good ol' hippy days we used to talk about "keeping in tune." Here, writer Wayne McDonald offers ten deceptively simple ways to "keep in tune" and promote good health.

1. Be Present - Live in the now. The past is gone. You can never go back and make it right. You can never re-live a life that was yesterday. Live positively in the present moment, no matter what is occurring. It is All right and perfect. Do not look ahead and dread what may come. Our mind creates a lot of chatter and makes us afraid in order to keep us safe. Tell your mind "Thanks for sharing" and affirm "I am here, I am present". You are always at choice and you know how to make this day beautiful.

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DreamBrands, Inc., a company dedicated to creating innovative, healthier and natural alternatives for the mature consumer, has announced the national introduction of two new all-natural formulations to help aging men and women increase energy, create inner harmony, and maintain a healthy, balanced and active lifestyle. These two new wellness products are formulated to help consumers "live life in balance "and "defy maturity," especially after the age of 40 when healthy aging becomes more challenging.

Traditional Martial Arts is principally a healing system that provides practitioners specific methods to improve health and build a foundation for longevity. Training techniques consider age, body type and condition, and provide a road map for the middle-aged student to purify mind and body, resulting in remarkable improvements.

After her stroke four years ago, Sylvia Smith, 62, thought many activities she had taken for granted would forever be beyond her reach. At the urging of her son, she began practicing Oom Yung Doe, a traditional martial art that has helped her, like many others, bring back much of her lost condition.

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"I feel better physically, mentally and surely spiritually than I did when I was 30 or 40." Oom Yung Doe practitioner Nancy Heilman, as seen on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

As consumers spend more time using hand-held electronics, tinnitus (ringing in the ears) is becoming more widespread.

An estimated 50 million people suffer from some degree of tinnitus that ranges from mild to severe -- so severe that it can have a huge impact on one's life. While the cause of tinnitus is not fully understood, experts say that it may be the result of an injury to the hearing mechanism caused by a sudden loud noise/explosion or repeated and prolonged exposure to loud noises (loud music, occupational exposure, etc.) Until recently, tinnitus was experienced mostly by those over 50.

Taking the supplement ginkgo biloba had no clear-cut benefit on the risk of developing memory problems, according to "Neurology," the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

A three-year study involving 118 people age 85 and older with no memory problems has shown no clear-cut benefit from using ginkgo biloba for keeping memory problems at bay, according to the February 27, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.