Topic: Health & Healing

In some countries, physicians are well trained in alternative medical techniques, and are able to refer their patients to complementary practitioners. In the USA, however, this is very hit and miss.

Some physicians have a hard time in identifying alternative medicine treatments because they were not taught them at medical school. They must learn to rely on the text from various researchers who have made it their life work to study such things as the therapeutic alternative medicine treatments that come from herbs, and those that come from various massages.

This new cookbook offers holiday meals from many traditions, and includes offerings for everyone from the strictest vegan to the most devout meat eater.

A unique collection of healthy recipes and menus catering to diverse "flexitarian" palates is being published just in time for the upcoming holiday season. Myra Kornfeld, author, chef and teacher, believes that holiday meals should be richly nourishing as well as an indulgent celebrations of life. The Healthy Hedonist Holidays: A Year of Multi-Cultural, Vegetarian-Friendly Holiday Feasts serves up fifteen healthy and festive menus and an international smörgåsbord of naturally satisfying recipes.

This article provides an overview of Ayurvedic Medicine, one of the oldest medical systems in the world. Ayruveda principles are rooted in living in balance with nature and the earth.

Ayurveda is an ancient and holistic system of medicine, which originated in India more than five thousand years ago. The word Ayu means life (span) and Veda means knowledge i.e. knowledge of life or the science of life. One of the basic tenets of Ayurveda is that life is meant to be lived in balance and in harmony with nature. Illness happens when we move away from a life of balance to excesses or deficiencies of any kind, whether it is the way we eat, sleep, work, exercise, think or feel. Ayurveda believes that one has to live in harmony with the seasons, the time of day, the place you live etc.

Author Tom Wootton has announced the publication of his second book, "The Depression Advantage," a bold departure from the accepted theories on the depressed state and its treatment. The new book celebrates the advantages of spiritual, personal and social growth possible through the experience of depressed states.

Tom Wootton, author of The Bipolar Advantage, has just announced the release of his second book, The Depression Advantage, a stirring and sometimes controversial look at the depressive condition and its potential benefits for depressed people. Wootton is the founder of Bipolar Advantage, a company dedicated to spreading the message that people with mental conditions can lead full and productive lives.

Surprise! Surprise! Meditation is good for you and reduces stress! Film at eleven.

A team of researchers from China and the University of Oregon have developed an approach for neuroscientists to study how meditation might provide improvements in a person's attention and response to stress.

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Yi-Yuan Tang of China's Dalian University of Technology, left, and
Michael Posner of the University of Oregon are researching the
mechanisms behind meditation and well being.

"The Trinity of Health" by psychologist Carmen Harra shows how seven guiding principles can produce a richer, longer and more fulfilling life.

Written by renowned clinical psychologist, metaphysician, and radio personality Carmen Harra, The Trinity of Health is a manual that guides readers into reestablishing real health by illustrating how to reconnect with themselves and their world.

According to a new study conducted in the UK, there is no evidence to suggest that tailored herbal treatments work. Although this hasn't been our experience, we thought we'd pass this on...

There is no good evidence to suggest that individually tailored herbal medicine treatment works well, suggests a study in Postgraduate Medical Journal.

A book that "Yoga Journal" calls "essential for any serious student of yoga" already doubles yearly goal, just four months after release.

Leslie Kaminoff knew yoga practitioners would find his book, Yoga Anatomy, insightful, but neither he nor publisher Human Kinetics expected to sell 31,000 copies in the first four months. Conservative forecasts had placed its yearly sales at half that mark, and its sales strength continues, with 8,000 copies sold in September alone.

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Yoga Anatomy provides an x-ray view insideevery pose.

Although the U.S. government continues to fight tooth and nail against any attempts to legalize commercial hemp in this country, the Canadians are finding plenty of uses for the plant that was once a major agricultural product here in the states.

Despite misconceptions about hemp, an increasing number of horse owners are finding that the plant's nutritional properties reduce inflammation and increase the overall well being of their animals (all warm-blooded animals can benefit). "Hemp is emphatically not a drug. It is a natural product that is absolutely safe with no side effects," says Lana Tatarliov, who has launched Hemp for Horses. "Feeding hemp to horses provides them with a combination of essential fatty acids not found in other oils."

Think vinegar is merely an ingredient to enhance meals? Think again. From removing laundry stains to repelling insects, a new online survey reveals consumers utilize vinegar for a variety of household chores.

Think vinegar is merely an ingredient to enhance meals? Think again. From removing laundry stains to repelling insects, a new online survey reveals consumers utilize vinegar for a variety of household chores.