Topic: Health & Healing

John Izzo suggests that if you just ask yourself three questions at the end of each and every day, you can start getting your life on track.

As a young man, I attended a Protestant seminary and studied ancient Greek and Hebrew. In the Bible, the word "sin" comes from an ancient Greek word taken from the sport of archery. The word literally means "to miss the mark," as in your arrow missing the target. The greatest sin is to miss the mark of what you intended your life to be. This is why Wordsworth, the great English poet, could write in The Prelude that he must become a poet "else be sinning greatly." In this way, living with intention means asking: How close is my life to the bull's-eye?

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.

Start un-cooking your way to a healthier well-being. That is the concept behind the e-book by Marie "Mayat" Heriveaux that emphasizes eating more fresh fruits and vegetables.

It's the delightful process of preparing food without heat. In The More Greens the Merrier, a recipe e-book by Marie "Mayat" Heriveaux, the author takes you on a journey of adding more fresh fruits and vegetables to meals. Most of the greens in her recipe are considered "Super Greens" because of their nutritional value. These greens therefore work for you instead of against you. They are prepared using no heat, it's like un-cooking your way to great health!

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.

Infidelity expert Ruth Houston reveals factors to consider when deciding whether or not to take back a cheating spouse or significant other and give them a second chance.

Under what circumstances should a cheating spouse or significant other be given a second chance?

Johns Hopkins Health Alerts' recent Prescription Drug Health Alert reported on new research regarding the reason why grapefruit juice can potentially cause a dangerous interaction with certain of the medications you take.