MDs bone up on once-scorned remedies

By JULIE DEARDORFF Chicago Tribune
Twenty years ago, the mind-body connection was largely dismissed by U.S. doctors as a wacky concept in healing. Today it’s a staple of integrative medicine, the discipline that blends complementary and alternative medicine, or CAM, with conventional treatments, and places more emphasis on treating the whole person.About 75 percent of [...]

People Increasingly Taking Health Care into Their Own Hands

Motivated by frustration with conventional treatments, by economics and by self-empowerment, more and more people are taking health care into their own hands with alternative modalities such as Reiki and Aka Dua.
Temecula, CA (PRWEB) February 7, 2008 — With major hospitals such as Beth Israel Medical Center, Stanford Hospital and Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago [...]

personal battle against Alzheimer’s

 Wade VanRyzin says he’s been married to three women in the last 39 years who’ve all inhabited the body of his wife, Christine Baum VanRyzin.

“The first one took a lot of chances,” the Appleton man said of the high school sweetheart he married in 1969 who is the mother of his two children.

Then there was [...]

Dealing with dry mouth

Dr. Andrew Weil, For The Calgary Herald
Published: Monday, February 11, 2008
Q: No matter how much I drink throughout the day, my mouth is uncomfortably dry, and it’s getting worse. What causes this?
A: Dry mouth or “xerostomia” is due to insufficient secretion of saliva. This happens to everyone occasionally. You’re most likely to notice dry mouth if [...]

Acupuncture improves the success rate of IVF treatment

An analysis of seven scientific trials has shown that acupuncture increases the chance of success during in vitro fertilization (IVF).
In a study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the VU University Amsterdam it was found that acupuncture applied at the same time the embryo was placed inside the womb during [...]

Doctor Q&A: How can I relieve the sharp pain in my jaw?

Ask the Doctor: Alternative medicine expert answers questions from Register readers.
Orange County experts are available to field questions on health and medicine from Register readers. Najm of UC Irvine specializes in alternative medicine including: acupuncture, integrative medicine, dietary supplements and mind-body medicine.
Q: I am a 57-year-old male professional in excellent health. Three months ago I [...]

Calgary MD Unveils “Wellness Curriculum”

CALGARY, Feb. 12 /CNW/ - At a time when the public health system appears
to be suffering from its own aches and pains, a Calgary-based clinic says it
may have the solution to Canada’s health care crunch. Like Oprah’s Dr Oz, The
Hoffman Centre espouses prevention; treating the whole patient, not just
physical symptoms.
    The Hoffman Centre for Integrative [...]

One Drink Of Red Wine Or Alcohol Is Relaxing To Circulation, But Two Drinks Are Stressful

ScienceDaily (Feb. 13, 2008) — One drink of either red wine or alcohol slightly benefits the heart and blood vessels, but the positive effects on specific biological markers disappear with two drinks, say researchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre of the Toronto General Hospital.
Researchers conducted a real-time study of thirteen volunteers to determine whether [...]