Topic: Health & Healing

"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.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, Americans average as much sleep as they did 40 years ago, and possibly more, according analysis by University of Maryland sociologists. The researchers report that adult sleep averages have increased about three hours per week over the last decade, up from 56 to 59 hours.

Researchers report that adult sleep averages have increased about three hours per week over the last decade, up from 56 to 59 hours. They based their analysis on data from time diaries collected jointly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau. Respondents aged 18 to 64 were asked to report all their activities the previous day in chronological order.

Breast cancer and liver disease survivor Sandra Powers explains why she attributes her current state of health to an organic lifestyle in her new book "Organic for Health."

If added hormones, antibiotics, synthetic pesticides and reprocessed sewage are all things you'd rather not ingest on a regular basis, then you should consider eating organic, says author Sandra Powers in her new self-help, health book Organic for Health. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture standards, organic food may not contain added hormones, antibiotics, synthetic pesticides, irradiated components, genetically modified organisms or reprocessed sewage, but conventionally grown foods may, Powers says.