Topic: Health & Healing

Before you get all upset and decide throw away your stash, be aware that tobacco smoking causes even worse damage.

Regular use of marijuana in young adulthood is associated with periodontal (gum) disease, according to a study in the February 6 issue of JAMA.

Niall "Jock" McLaren, M.D. takes the scattered, flawed and outdated theories of psychiatry to task in his ground-breaking book "Humanizing Madness: Psychiatry and the Cognitive Neurosciences, an Application of the Philosophy of Science to Psychiatry."

As anyone who has ever taken even the most basic, entry-level psychiatry course knows, the field of psychiatry is characterized by several contrary theories, running the gamut from biological to behavioral psychology. As a student, Niall "Jock" McLaren, M.D. was disturbed that one correct scientific model did not exist: each major theory of psychiatry was taught independently, as if all the others were irrelevant.

Dr. Barbara Sinor guides readers through inner child therapy with her self-help workbook "Gifts from the Child Within: Self-discovery and Self-recovery Through Re-Creation Therapy."

With the help of Dr. Barbara Sinor's recovery workbook, Gifts from the Child Within: Self-discovery and Self-recovery Through Re-Creation Therapy, individuals have the opportunity to successfully heal from childhood trauma using a proven therapy method.

You probably spend a lot of time in your living room. Here's ten Feng Shui tips to help you maximize this room to create harmony and a more healthful environment.

As any practitioner of Feng Shui can tell you, the single most important thing you can do to get the most out of your home is by paying attention to color. Color is the single biggest determining factor in attracting love and romance to your bedroom, education and peace to the room of your children and health and harmony to your living room.

The results of a new survey indicates that doctors and nurses prefer to store their supplements in the kitchen cabinet.

Where is home for your vitamins, minerals, and other supplements? Is it the kitchen cabinet, maybe with the oatmeal and peanut butter? How about the bathroom cabinet, possibly next to the toothpaste and dental floss? Or, perhaps it's your office desk, amidst your personal items and stash of granola bars and M&Ms for those rainy days when you just don't feel like going out for lunch.

You know that you're supposed to eat your fruit - but do you really know what goodness lurks within? You will after you read this article.

Looking for something to turn back your internal clock by increasing your vitality and improving your appearance? Of course there's no Fountain of Youth, but research suggests that nature has provided us with an answer that comes very close -- fruit. It almost seems too simple: Eat fruit; fool Mother Nature. Yet studies show that by eating four to five servings of fruit each day, you can improve your chances of staying healthy and vibrant as you age. That's because fruit is loaded with phytochemicals, which are natural compounds that may help slow the aging process and reduce the risk of many diseases.

Fibromyalgia, a disease affecting approximately 5 percent of the population, can cause pain that is truly profound and widespread affecting all aspects of the sufferer's life. Studies demonstrate that the use of magnetic therapy is an effective drug free means of alleviating this profound pain.

Fibromyalgia is a rather elusive disease characterized by widespread muscular and myofascial aches and pains. The most common sites are the back, shoulders and the joints, accompanied by pain and stiffness. Studies now show that those with the disease are experiencing drug free pain relief by using magnetic therapy to block pain receptors.

Here it is, all between two covers. Over 300 detailed therapy listings on complementary and alternative therapies.

With over 300 detailed therapy listings, Alan E. Smith's new book UnBreak Your Health: The Complete Guide to Complementary and Alternative Therapies is the most inclusive book on CAM therapies ever published.

Climate change's risks to health include heat waves, floods and wildfires, changes in disease patterns and the effect of worsening food yields.

Climate change will have a huge impact on human health and bold environmental policy decisions are needed now to protect the world’s population, according to the author of an article published in the BMJ on Saturday.

Drinking cranberry juice to prevent urinary tract infections, an old home remedy, has now been shown to be effective.

Evidence supports drinking cranberry juice — a familiar home remedy — to treat urinary tract infection (UTI), according to a new review from Scotland.