High Flex Knee Replacement Allows Natural Function- Welcome Boon for South Indians with Knee Pain (14 Dec 2005)
Osteoarthritis of knees affects predominantly the senior citizen age group. Total knee replacement is a permanent solution to the aged suffering to provide permanent pain relief. The elderly become pain free and the quality of life improves. Howev...
Living Well with Chronic Illness (04 Apr 2006)
Living with chronic illness impacts one's physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Living with chronic illness often causes one to feel helpless and hopeless, discouraged and isolated. It can devastate one's career and finan...
The Number 3 Killer in America is Iatrogenesis (29 Dec 2005)
The number 1 killer in America? Heart disease. Number 2? Cancer. Number 3? Iatrogenesis.
Have you ever heard of iatrogenesis? The word doesn't even sound that harmful. It comes from two Greek words - iatros - meaning physician, and gene...
Body, Mind, Spirit - The Key is Whats In-Between (27 Feb 2006)
If you have a health problem with your body, go to a doctor. With your mind, go see a psychologist. With your spirit, see your pastor, priest or rabbi.
What could be wrong with that?
Do you know when most heart attacks occur in Ameri...
Enhance Your Aura for Better Health (07 Apr 2006)
Auras
The aura is a unique field of energy that surrounds all living things, reflecting the energy of the spirit in that body. Its colors, textures and patterns give information about the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual states of i...
Detox Diet (24 Jan 2006)
The phrase "detox diets" specifically refers to a class of diets that help in discharging toxins accumulated in the body. One of the major reasons for a detox diet is overeating during special occasions.
The human body is exposed to toxins o...
The Effectiveness of Spa Treatment (31 Mar 2006)
Spa treatment is gaining its importance nowadays. The benefits of spa are not limited to beauty purposes. It employs a magical way of reducing stress, soothes muscles and relaxes mind and body. Spa treatments have been proved effective and benefic...
Laser Eye Surgery? It Is Risky My Brother Says (08 Jan 2006)
I wear eyeglasses because when I was small I used to love reading books, still do but as a result, as my mum says, my eyesight is weak. My family members are lucky because they don't need any aid for vision. I have been called many names for weari...
Abstract Art as Therapy (08 May 2006)
Abstract art is not just a mixture of colourful meaningless patterns and arbitrary shapes.
There is, I believe, a definate therapeutic value to be found in most of the enigmatic marks made by the very different styles available today. What a...
Adult ADD - A Disorder or a Secret of Success? (28 Dec 2005)
According to the new book The DaVinci Method, the symptoms of Adult ADD are really the symptoms of abundant energy and creativity. The author, Garret LoPorto, points out that the vast majority of wildly successful entrepreneurs, great leaders, inn...
Aloe Vera - Is It Just A Laxative (Part II)? (14 Jan 2006)
This is the concluding segment of my two-part (Aloe Vera - Is It Just A Laxative?) article on the Aloe Vera plant which for many years was erroneously regarded as no more than a powerful laxative. Aloe Vera in actual fact is one of Nature's most p...
Aloe Vera - Is It Just A Laxative (Part I)? (29 Oct 2005)
Herbs have been used as medicines for thousands of years. Till recently people relied on traditional systems of medicine that were based on observational analysis, It is only now that scientific methods have evolved enough to allow experimental re...
Tai Chi Breathing: Qi And Channels (21 Jan 2006)
Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine, the concept of Qi is extremely important. Qi can be translated as energy. It's a form of life energy. Every living thing has Qi, even plants.
For us - human being, Qi plays a very i...
Wound Healing: Bed Sores, Lesions, Pressure Sores, Ulcers - Treatment Intuition & Energy Healing (10 Oct 2005)
Bed sores, lesions, pressure sores, chronic wounds, ulcers and abscesses are nasty looking, a real problem to deal with, and at times quite painful for their owner. Wound management is a traditional medical specialty unto itself. Integrative heali...
Acidophilus - How It Can Be Huge Benefit as a Part of Treatment for IBS (09 Apr 2006)
Why Acidophilus? How Does it Help Treat My IBS?
Acidophilus has long been used as a very important part of natural IBS treatment for a few reasons. Acidophilus is thought to help control and help correct bacterial imbalanc...
Olive Leaf Extract – Your Body Will Thank You! (04 Nov 2005)
Natural ingredients, such as olive leaf extract, are very beneficial to the human body. Every day scientists and researchers are discovering reasons why you should choose to use olive leaf extract daily as a preventative measure, and as an active...
Acupuncture Needles (26 Jan 2006)
Acupuncture, a procedure that invites healing through stimulation of anatomical locations on or in the skin, evolved out of Chinese medicine over 2500 years ago. There are a variety of approaches to diagnosis and treatment in American acupuncture...
Acupuncture and Back Pain (16 Nov 2005)
Research carried out in 2002 indicated that almost 80% of the world's population would suffer from some kind of back pain with lower back pain being the most common type. In addition to the high rate of incidence, back pain is also known to have a...
Yin and Yang in Traditional Chinese Medicine (29 Jan 2006)
The Yin-Yang symbol is a result of the Chinese Philosophy in regards to how the universe functions. The black and white shapes within the circle represent the interaction of two energies called "Yin" and "Yang"; they are not completely black or wh...
Are Your Clothes Becoming Intolerable? (31 Oct 2005)
Chemical toxins are a growing problem for everyone - you, me, your family, people everywhere. Dr. Dick Irwin, a toxicologist at Texas A&M University, stated that "Chemicals have replaced bacteria and viruses as the main threat to health. The disea...
