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Category Archives: Complementary medicine
Food Therapy: Different Ways To Treat Illnesses
I love the fall and the colors of the seasonal changes. The kids are actually able to enjoy a little more time outdoors with the cooler temperatures. I’m not crazy however, about the onset of stuffy noses and coughing that … Continue reading
Life-breath, just breathe
An interview with an anesthesiologist Dr. Isabel Legarda, via NPR. Dr. Isabel Legarda was born in the Philippines and moved to the U.S. in 1981. She is a graduate of Harvard University and New York Medical College, where her favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Complementary medicine
Tagged Allopathic medicine, alternative medicine, breath, breathe, spirituality
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Overheard at breakfast: cinnamon should be your new normal
For Cobbler Lovers … The easiest recipe on earth. Mmm…the smell of cinnamon! The written words alone are enough to evoke mouth-watering, feel-good sensations of delicious comfort foods. Odors and emotions are processed in similar brain structures, so this shouldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Complementary medicine
Tagged brain, breakfast, cinnamon, health benefits, herbs, recipe, smell
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Options in childbirth
“If you don’t know your options, you don’t have any…” From A Good Birth, A Safe Birth The Bradley Method is one of several forms of childbirth education; another well-known option is Lamaze, which promotes a vision for the future … Continue reading
Posted in Complementary medicine, Women\'s health
Tagged health, hospital, natural childbirth, pregnancy, women
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Inspiration
This news from the FDA caught my eye because I take the drug Advair every day, and I have for years. I see the warnings that were given today were targeted at children. Serevent and Advair were the subject of … Continue reading
Horse therapy
I never met a horse I didn’t like. My father grew up on a farm with horses – I’ll get him to share a fond memory. I love a good horse story, too. I’ve been told that horse is a … Continue reading
An apple a day
There’s little on the web about Quercegen Pharma, based in Newton, MA, however yesterday, Appalachian State University (Boone, NC) announced reception of a $1.027 million grant by Quercegen Pharma to continue their research of the health benefits of quercetin. If … Continue reading
Posted in Allopathic medicine, Complementary medicine, Herbs and other botanicals
Tagged cancer, nutrition, research, Science, supplements
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Tonal language
Are you tonedeaf? Does it matter? [Well, it does to these people.] Music therapy is beneficial to health, if you are an active (musical) or passive (nonmusical) participant, according to a Los Angeles Times article today. It goes on to … Continue reading