Topic: Health & Healing

This tool was developed by the Russian space agency for use by their astronauts. Some medical professionals hope it will enable people to overcome many ailments without the need for a physician.

With health care costs on the rise, more people are looking to their medicine cabinets to save them a visit to the doctor. Over one-third of adults in North America have pursued some form of alternative treatments, according to the American Institute of Medicine's recent report on Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Newest Mercy Ship now operational in Liberia.

While many professionals are busy taking summer holidays, volunteer medical professionals are giving up their summer to live and serve onboard the world's largest non-governmental hospital ship. In exchange for working long hours in the OR treating patients, Mercy Ships volunteers receive no pay -- except the gratefulness of the Liberians they serve.

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The Africa Mercy, the world's largest non-governmental hospital ship arrives in Liberia to begin free surgeries.

Author Karla Brandau recommends that Americans celebrate the freedom from oppression as well as the freedom to be -- to lead a successful life.

Expert in success attitudes, Karla Brandau, author of Wake Up The Winner Inside (available on Amazon.coms) recommends Americans celebrate freedom from oppression this Independence Day as well as the freedom to be. The freedom to be is to take control of one's personal life as part of the fabric of success.

According to recent research, firstborns average IQ is 3-4 points higher than their siblings. Should parents worry about this? "Absolutely not," says one expert, "but there are three things they need to know and act upon immediately."

According to recent research, firstborns average IQ is 3-4 points higher than their siblings. Should parents worry about this? "Absolutely not," says one expert, "but there are three things they need to know act upon today."

While nasal rinsing has been around for thousands of years in a Yoga practice known as Jala Neti, one nutraceutical manufacturer has invented a new way to irrigate the sinuses resulting in powerful relief.

While physicians and pharmacists recommend nasal irrigation to fight off sinus infections and allergy symptoms, millions of people have only recently discovered the benefits of nasal rinsing thanks to a recent demonstration on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Over the past five months, drug stores and health food shops can barely keep neti pots and nasal rinse kits in stock. As nasal irrigation continues to grow in popularity, one nutraceutical manufacturer has created a brand new way to rinse your sinuses using of all things - the essence of hot peppers.

On June 14th, 2007 at Simon Fraser University, B.C. Skeptics Colloquium sponsored a lecture by Arthur Grollman, M.D., Professor of Pharmacological Sciences at the University of New York Stony Brook. Barry Beyerstein, PhD, a professor of Psychology at S.F.U. and head of the B.C. Skeptics Society, hosted the event entitled "The Pharmacology of Herbal Remedies and the Placebo Effect."

On June 14th ,2007 at Simon Fraser University, B.C. Skeptics Colloquium sponsored a lecture by Arthur Grollman, M.D., Professor of Pharmacological Sciences at the University of New York Stony Brook. Barry Beyerstein, PhD, a professor of Psychology at S.F.U. and head of the B.C. Skeptics Society, hosted the event entitled "The Pharmacology of Herbal Remedies and the Placebo Effect."

New feedback released that shows the benefits of using D-mannose as a treatment for cystitis and UTIs. It's a way of coating the bacteria to make them slippery - and it often works when antibiotics don't do the job.

Sweet Cures of York has released new feedback that reveals the astonishing success the company is achieving against antibiotic-resistant cystitis and UTIs with their product, Waterfall D-Mannose™. D-Mannose appears naturally in cranerry juice, and many brands of "standardized" mannose are available at health food stores.

Evidence-based article in prestigious infectious disease journal supports the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society's (ILADS) treatment recommendations.

The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) today announced that, for the first time, evidence supporting the ILADS position on the treatment of Lyme disease has been published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID), considered one of the most prestigious publications in the field of infectious diseases and microbiology. It is the first time that evidence supporting the ILADS position has ever been published in an American infectious disease journal.

Online TV show blends old world philosophies with contemporary style for balanced, healthful living.

From acupuncture and meditation to organic foods and eco-friendly homes, a new show called Zen Living debuts as a virtual health and wellness center with tips and advice on how to make everyday living more balanced, natural and healthy.

The “spiritual quality of food” is not a metaphor: food contains a light fiber energy which is as important to our sustenance as vitamins and proteins, but which is not susceptible to chemical analysis.

We all know that “you are what you eat”; and many of us are becoming aware that this maxim has a spiritual as well as a physical dimension. We know we simply feel better when we eat well – when our bodies, rather than our minds, dictate what we should eat or not eat. Many of us have experienced a complete change in attitude and outlook on life by simply changing our diets. Whole bodies of thought, such as the Jewish kosher laws and macrobiotics, have evolved to stress the spirituality of food, to emphasize its sacredness.

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