http://www.healthnews.com/natural-health/alternative-medicine en http://www.healthnews.com/natural-health/alternative-medicine/you-may-want-rethink-use-medical-marijuana-954.html <p>Are you suffering from a condition that lends the option to use marijuana for medical treatment? As helpful as it may be, there may be a new reason to think twice about using the substance. While there are now a dozen states that offer the substance for medical use, patients have recently been denied organ transplants because of their previous use of the drug, even though it may have been legally obtained and approved for treatment.</p> <p><a href="http://www.healthnews.com/natural-health/alternative-medicine/you-may-want-rethink-use-medical-marijuana-954.html">read more</a></p> Alternative Medicine Mon, 05 May 2008 07:07:00 -0700 heather_hajek 954 at http://www.healthnews.com http://www.healthnews.com/natural-health/alternative-medicine/can-resperate-help-lower-blood-pressure-817.html <p>Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the most common form of cardiovascular disease in the United States. It affects nearly one in three adults. Left untreated, high blood pressure increases the risk of heart attacks, kidney disease and stroke. While some are able to control or lower their blood pressure by adopting healthy lifestyle behaviors (weight loss, quitting smoking, decreasing salt intake) and/or by practicing relaxation methods (yoga, meditation), there is a new player in town that could make it all a bit easier.</p> <p><a href="http://www.healthnews.com/natural-health/alternative-medicine/can-resperate-help-lower-blood-pressure-817.html">read more</a></p> Alternative Medicine Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:07:00 -0700 madeline_ellis 817 at http://www.healthnews.com