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Cold, Happy Half Bath
“Traditionally, cold sitzbaths — also called happy half baths — have been recommended against hemorrhoids, varicose veins and infertility (of both sexes),” says board-certified internist and expert in...
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Paying for alternative treatments
Research is increasingly demonstrating the effectiveness of certain complementary/alternative treatments such as acupuncture, massage, tai chi, yoga, meditation and biofeedback for chronic pain,...
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Yoga for PTSD in a Military Hospital
How progressive of the US military to use yoga as a treatment for soldiers returning from Iraq with post-traumatic stress disorder. As reported in the May 6 Washington Post, the Specialized Care...
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Healing Arts for Marfan and Chronic Pain
I recently helped to organize a Healing Arts workshop for the National Marfan Foundation annual meeting, which was held in Boson this year. More than 30 participants heard and asked questions of a...
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Stories of Hope: “All I wanted to do was hug my children.”
One Sunday morning in February 1997, Jacqueline Miller was standing on a stool hanging curtains in her son’s room. The last thing she remembers before she found herself covered in blood on the floor...
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Strength and Serenity for Women With Cancer
In what appears to be a perfect union between Western academic medicine and complementary/alternative treatment, a Harvard Medical School oncologist is studying the use of acupuncture to help alleviate...
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The Medical System Gave Up On Me
In 1995 I woke up from routine heart valve surgery with the left side of my body paralyzed from a stroke caused by the surgery itself: A tiny piece of tissue had broken away from the valve, traveled...
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Swine Flu: Prepare, Protect, Pull Through
I asked integrative physician Alexa Fleckenstein, M.D., how to protect ourselves from swine flu, and what to do if we get it. Here is her response: NOTE: Advice on this blog in no way replaces...
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Healing the Soul: Shamanism and Psyche
Do you ever feel in the grip of anger, fear or sadness that are sometimes triggered by seemingly trivial events? That perhaps well up in you from the depths of your childhood and are sometimes...
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About Health, Life, and More
Whether you are curious about James Bond’s health secret, the need ( or not!) for vitamin pills, or the joys of playing the cello badly, you will find thoughts, information and tidbits to spark your...
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Healing Hands: Physical Therapy for function, mobility, and comfort
I have discovered a unique, highly effective form of physical therapy that combines the best elements of personal training with muscular therapy. Valerie Ruccia Eagan has developed her own brand of...
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