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Healthy Alternatives: The Natural Health Advisor

Melanie Grimes will introduce you to the many types of alternative and complementary health practices and describe specific treatments for common ailments. Natural health can be yours through natural medicines.

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Alternative Medicine

Rescue Remedy

What Are Bach Flower Remedies?

Published: Friday, 21 November 2008

Bach Flower Remedies were created by British Physician Edward Bach (1886 to 1936). Bach was House Surgeon at the University College Hospital in London, where he trained. He also worked as a bacteriologist, pathologist, and in the fields of on vaccination and homeopathic nosodes. In 1930, he gave up his practice to devote himself to the new system of medicine he had been devising.

Alternative Medicine

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Is Alternative Medicine the New Mainstream?

Published: Friday, 14 November 2008

A study published in the Journal of American Medical Association way back in 1998 showed that visits to alterative practitioners increased from 34% in 1990 to 42% in 1997, in such disciplines as herbal medicine, massage, megavitamins, self-help groups, folk remedies, energy healing, and homeopathy. The probability of users visiting an alternative medicine practitioner increased from 36.3% to 46.3%, which totaled an estimated cost of over $21 billion, with at least $12 billion out-of-pocket, that is, paid by the patients themselves and not insurance companies. This increase was

Natural Health

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Mind/Body Fitness

Published: Friday, 7 November 2008

Want to stay fit? Total fitness requires care of your body, mind, and spirit. Since total health requires a workout for all aspects of our selves, a daily fitness routine must incorporate activities for your spirit and mind as well as for your body.

HOME EXERCISE

Women's Health

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Breast Cancer Prevention: Body, Mind, and Soul

Published: Friday, 31 October 2008

Mind-body medicine provides alternatives to complement medical treatment and prevention options for cancer-free living. Nutrition, exercise, lifestyle, as well as diet, and meditation all play a part. During this, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, women should take the time to familiarize themselves with lifestyle risk factors to keep their bodies in tip-top shape and reduce the risk of cancer.

Hormones

Natural Health

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Breast Cancer Prevention: Part One

Published: Friday, 24 October 2008

In honor of breast cancer awareness month, I am offering a two-part series on preventing breast cancer, and preventing a return of breast cancer.

Selenium

Skin Care

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Natural Wrinkle Remedies

Published: Friday, 17 October 2008

The skin is made of elastic fibers called collagen and elastin. As we age and stress our skin, the fibers stretch causing the relaxed appearance known as wrinkles. Wrinkles can be treated from the outside with creams and lotions and from the inside with nutrition and proper hydration. You can prevent wrinkles or reduce wrinkles with products found in nature.

Repair the skin from the inside out

Natural Health

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What Is a Healing Crisis?

Published: Friday, 10 October 2008

When your body heals, it does not do so in a straight line forward, increasing every day.  Instead, healing occurs in more of a zigzag pattern, two steps ahead and one step back.

Alternative Medicine

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Music Therapy Goes Mainstream

Published: Friday, 3 October 2008

Beth Israel Medical Center in New York uses music therapy to sooth their premature babies and trauma patients. The hospital finds that music eases patients' pain, lowers blood pressure, reduces anxiety and depression and allows patients to get well, faster and is less expensive than medication. Beth Israel is not alone. In 2007, nearly 600 facilities offered music therapy to their patients

Nutrition & Diet

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Vitality Food Sources

Published: Friday, 26 September 2008

Your grocery store is stocked with items that can increase your energy and your vitality. Commonly stocked items can boost your energy level, endurance, and overall health. Specific foods and their benefits include:

Natural Health

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Cayenne Pepper: Medicine or Food?

Published: Friday, 19 September 2008

Cayenne is used worldwide as a seasoning—in regional dishes as varied as jambalaya, chili, Szechuan chicken, pad Thai, and barbequed ribs. Cayenne adds flavor and heat to a meal, but it has also long been used as medicine in many cultures.

Ancient usage of cayenne tracks back to Greece, China, and the Middle East. It acts as a stimulant to blood flow, increases the action of mucous membranes, heals muscle aches, cleanses the body, and is part of the homeopathic repertoire known as a remedy for both acute and chronic disease.

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