Turning to Alternative Treatments for the Flu November 20, 2009
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Many San Diego County residents sick with flu-like symptoms are heading to clinics specializing in Chinese medicine, 10News reported.Last week, University of California, San Diego junior Chris Gauthier came down with a high fever and other flu-like symptoms.”I was miserable,” said Gauthier. Instead of going to a doctor, she headed to Mission Hills to visit acupuncturist Gabriel Kesselman, who believes she likely had swine flu.Kesselman, licensed by the state of California in both acupuncture and Chinese medicine, sent Gauthier home with several anti-viral Chinese herb treatments and within days, she was well.Gauthier said, “It was a really quick turnaround for being as sick as I was Friday.”In the past few months, Kesselman has treated 10 others with flu-like symptoms. Read More…
Alternative medicine – A place in healthcare? November 17, 2009
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I was perplexed to say the least, since I have done medical writing and have been involved with some alternative therapy research that was shown to be highly effective.
Then, the next day an article “More insurers are covering alternative healing, at a cost,” with the same editor’s note staring you in the face before you read the article.
I am currently with no institutional backing to be able to do thorough research into recent clinical trials, but I was able to spend a few hours and find many clinical research journal articles that showed alternative therapies to be statistically significantly effective over either controls or conventional therapy. What bothers me is the technicality in that editor’s note about finding “cures.” That editor’s note has been worded to be manipulative through sensationalism. It shows obvious bias (which is why it is an editor’s note, I suppose) and is expressing that bias before the reader even gets a chance to read the article. You will not find a lot of “cures” in conventional medicine clinical trials either! Taking Lipitor for high cholesterol does not “cure” high cholesterol. Taking blood pressure meds does not “cure” hypertension. Read more…
Dangerous, Deadly H1N1 Vaccine Scam November 15, 2009
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- The World Health Organization (WHO) is spreading propaganda like the flu to convince people new, genetically engineered, live “mock” influenza viruses in vaccines are safe.
- On August 6, 2009, following news that more than half the world’s health professionals will refuse vaccinations this fall, the WHO issued a directive to governments to reassure people the new flu vaccines, still being tested, are “safe.” A major U.S. media blitz followed featuring Barack Obama telling Americans to get vaccinated, and network broadcasts maligning vaccination opponents.
- “From the White House to Oprah.com, H1N1 swine flu vaccine promoters and promotions, costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, are serving ‘BigPharma’ advancing a genocidal agenda,” reports public health expert and media analyst, Dr. Leonard Horowitz. “Dismissing harmful vaccine side effects that may sicken millions of people following injections of immune-system intoxicating chemicals, heavy metals, viral proteins, and foreign genetic materials reflects gross criminal malfeasance,” he says. Read More…
Alternative medicine is becoming mainstream November 13, 2009
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Leon Wittman tweaked his shoulder in 1994 while attempting to keep his basement from flooding during a thunderstorm by scooping water out of a window well with a bucket.
His left arm began to ache. He realized about a year later that he rarely used it anymore and could no longer comfortably sleep on that side. A physician said the only cure was surgery.
Wittman and his wife Charlene have always shied away from physicians, preferring to “maintain a good attitude, drink lots of water and figure things out on our own,” as he puts it. And so he opted instead to try a pain relief supplement that included acetaminophen, alfalfa, cramp bark and valerian root — which, he says, improved his shoulder within a month. The Shawnee, Kan., man now takes a glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM supplement. Read More….
Alternative Medicine – A Place in Healthcare? November 13, 2009
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On Monday, November 2, 2009 the Arizona Daily Star published an article, “Alternative-healing instruction in medical schools is questioned.” Right up front before the article, the following was seen: EDITOR’S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one part of an occasional Associated Press series on their use and potential risks.
I was perplexed to say the least, since I have done medical writing and have been involved with some alternative therapy research that was shown to be highly effective.
Then, the next day an article “More insurers are covering alternative healing, at a cost,” with the same editor’s note staring you in the face before you read the article. Read More…
Dreamhealer Series sold to Largest number of Countries: Penquin Books November 13, 2009
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This month, the 53-year-old author releases her third novel, The Disappeared, about a passionate affair between a Canadian and her Cambodian lover, set against the backdrop of Pol Pot’s killing fields. The book, published by Penguin Canada, got great buzz at last year’s Frankfurt Book Fair and has since sold in 16 foreign territories, including Spain, China, Greece, Romania, and Germany. According to Penguin rights and contracts director Lisa Rundle, the only other titles Penguin has sold in a larger number of territories are the popular Dreamhealer series of self-help tomes. “It’s highly unusual…. Fiction is always a tough sell internationally,” Rundle says. “Foreign publishers were coming up [to us during Frankfurt] and saying, ‘I need it right now.’ That’s where the frenzy started.” Read More….
Origin of the Universe: by Adam November 12, 2009
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Humans have always sought to understand the origin of the Universe, and the origin of Consciousness. How did the Universe originate? How did consciousness originate? Was consciousness there from the beginning, or did it evolve out of something else? Ever since man stared at the stars above, these questions have persisted. Discussing the origin of the Universe at first glance may seem like it is quite remote from healing, but in fact the topics are strongly linked. Read More…
Trevor Greene’s Recovery November 12, 2009
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It is heart-warming to hear Captain Trevor Greene speaking so clearly on CBC television for the Remembrance Day ceremonies. In 2006 he was attacked in Afghanistan with an axe blow to his head. His wife Debbie was told by the neurosurgeons that Trevor has a “severe neurological
deficit” and was in a “persistent vegetative state”. The doctors indicated that they did not expect him to regain consciousness.
As stated in the Maclean’s magazine article last year, “The Reawakening of Capt. Greene”, this was when Debbie contacted Adam by email urgently requesting distant healing. The subject line read: “Canadian soldier injured in axe attack needs your help” and the email ended with “We’re hoping for a miracle now.” Read More…
The Healing Power of Hope November 12, 2009
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Hope does not deny the present darkness, but it reminds us that dawn is coming”…Martin Luther King Jr.
While waiting at the lab for tests one day, I shared a journal entry with a lovely older man seated next to me. In anticipation of my next article, I had written,
We can never fully understand why things happen. Things happen for different reasons; reasons beyond our grasp; reasons perhaps unique to our soul’s code. For all of us, uncertainty is a reality of human life, but if we live in the apprehension of illness we surrender part of our lifetime to fear. The biggest challenge for all of us is to trust enough, to relax fully into life and embrace the healing power of hope through whatever pervasive concern is inviting our attention. Read More…
