Category: Health/Natural

This study is unique in that it shows Transcendental Meditation to be effective in reducing high blood pressure compared to other stress reduction programs.

People with high blood pressure may find relief from Transcendental Meditation, according to a definitive new meta-analysis of 107 published studies on stress reduction programs and high blood pressure, which will be published in the December issue of Current Hypertension Reports.

This holiday season, you can give the gift of health. Here's a list of ten gift ideas that are sure to bring health and wellbeing to those who receive them.

Searching for the perfect holiday gifts? This year, give your loved ones the gift of health. Saint Louis University doctors have 10 unique gift ideas that are sure to please even the hardest-to-shop-for on your list.

How drinking more coffee to stay awake and get everything done this holiday season might mask more serious sleep problems.

With the holiday season’s hustle and bustle in full swing, most of us will race to our favorite coffee shop to get that caffeine boost to make it through the day. However, that daily jolt that we crave might be the reason we need the caffeine in the first place.

In this article, excerpted from the book "The Body Has a Mind of its Own," we learn about the effects that touch has upon the brain - and on the body.

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Acoustic trauma is on the rise in America, and it can bring about permanent hearing loss. This has long been a problem in modern society, but the advent of devices like the iPod are only making it worse.

Call it acoustic trauma or noise-induced hearing loss. By any name, it’s the most important preventable cause of permanent hearing loss. Up to 28 million Americans have impaired hearing; for as many as a third, acoustic trauma is a significant contributor, reports the December 2007 issue of Harvard Men’s Health Watch.

Evidently, Cannabis sativa isn't just for smoking or baking into brownies anymore.

A compound found in cannabis may prove to be effective at helping stop the spread of breast cancer cells throughout the body. That’s the finding of a new study published in the latest issue of the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.

Like many "alternative" treatment types, aromatherapy is often derided by mainstream medical professionals. Nancy Wellington points out that it's time for the medical community to sit up and take notice.

Modern medicinal, therapeutic use of essential oils is finally being recognized in the US as a valid tool to compliment a diverse natural health, wellness and fitness program. There is still a significant amount of resistance to this science, mainly from 'quackwatch' type individuals, but it is suspected their true backing is from companies marketing synthetic chemical concoctions to address every conceivable ill. "Big Pharma," for example, is the industry with the highest average profit margins on earth, and is dedicated to producing, patenting, marketingd selling new, unnatural chemical compounds that are supposed to answer every need of health and wellness. With some formulations they do remarkably well; with others they appear to act with a total disregard for human safety and welfare, concentrating only beating Wall Street analysts' profit estimates for the upcoming quarter, and moving stock prices ever higher. How effective, really, are essential oils in treating stress and disease in humans, and how can you learn more? Let's review the current state of affairs, and see how you might investigate their use in your own natural health and wellness lifestyle.

Naturopaths have been saying for years that most knee problems can be avoid through proper footwear. Now rheumatology researchers have discovered that this is indeed so.

The shoes you wear may have significant effects on your osteoarthritis of the knee, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, Mass.

The website SharpBrains announces a new whitepaper featuring 11 interviews with leading neuroscientists, psychologists and experts in the USA, Japan, Israel and Sweden.

Leading neuroscientists and practitioners debunk common myths related to health and fitness of the brain in a new whitepaper from SharpBrains, Inc. The 11 experts help illuminate the growing research on the role of "brain exercise" for brain fitness, one of the promising areas being discussed this week during the 37th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego.

Acupuncture, one of the oldest medical therapies in the world, is steadily gaining popularity in the United States. The November issue of "Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource" offers a fresh look at this ancient practice and how it is being incorporated into Western medicine.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, vital energy flows along specific pathways within the body, called meridians. The belief is that one way to unblock energy flow -- and promote the body’s ability to heal itself -- is to insert hair-thin needles to various depths at strategic points along this meridian. That process is called acupuncture.