Complementary Health Therapies

My best friend is pregnant! I’m so happy for her! We’re all very excited while she… the poor thing… just feels nauseated all day long.It’s so weird you know, the exact mechanism of nausea, especially nausea during pregnancy, has never been discerned. Some studies have shown that hormonal factors influence this condition; other studies have demonstrated that chronic microbial infection may play a role; while other studies attributed nausea to a dysfunction in gastric motility.Regardless of its...Read Full Story

Ever get so mad that you want to break something?Do pent up feelings have you twisted in a knot?Is your inner grief in need of an expressive outlet?Well, you might want to head over to Sarah's Smash Shack - where you can relieve such feelings by hurling breakables in specially designed "break rooms".  San Diego entrepreneur, Sarah Lavely, charges clients $10 and up to pulverize plates, grate glass, break bric-a-brac and express emotions. You can bring your own stuff to destroy or buy things...Read Full Story

I’m going to make a pretty outrageous claim here. In twelve months of using a wacky, New Agey healing technique in a totally random, undisciplined way, I have become healthier, happier, and eliminated the need for medication to deal with Seasonal Affective Disorder. No, I promise I haven’t gone nuts, run away to Sedona, Arizona and started meditating with my crystals for days on end! What I HAVE done is realized that, at least for me, some of this nutty sounding stuff seems to work. Read...Read Full Story

What would you do to save the life of your child? Would you die? Would you kill? Would you put your personal beliefs aside if it meant saving your child's life?In Minnesota right now there is a mother who may well be sentencing her son to death because of her beliefs. Colleen Hauser is the mother of 13-year-old Daniel Hauser who was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in January of 2009. Her son received one chemotherapy treatment and Ms. Hauser has since refused to allow her son to have...Read Full Story

Nutrition 4 All Health and Well-Being NewsletterEat Your Way to Better Health December 2007 - Boost Your Immune System The immune system! As every-one round about us starts to cough and splutter, it's in our best interests to make sure we do everything possible to boost our immune system - and to do the same for everyone else in the family. This month's article, stored on my website (below) gives some fascinating facts about the immune system. To boost my immunity I've been taking an exciting...Read Full Story