via Alternative Medicine and Natural Health

School cafeterias are not always known for their tasty, healthy food; however, many children end up buying their lunch in school anyway. A healthy lunch is essential for your child not only for dietary reasons but also because it can provide a solid basis for improved [...]

via Current Arthritis News and Research

Increasingly, younger men are experiencing aches and pains which were primarily associated with old age. Physicians at the University of Connecticut (UCONN) Health Center say “young” arthritis is a mounting health concern.
Hip conditions are often attributed to anatomical abnormalities that begin early in life or result from [...]

via Alternative Medicine and Natural Health by admin on 11/18/09

Men and women have different body types and biological needs so it stands to reason that their dietary requirements for the best health possible would be different too. Women tend to have a preoccupation with their diet and losing weight so there are [...]

via The Fitness Center by Audrea Huff on 11/16/09

My left calf stings a little with each step, and the muscles on the front of my shoulders refuse to let me reach behind my head.
But I love it.
I’m still sore from my workout from two days ago, a session with my personal [...]

Homeopathy is a form of holistic healing. It believes not in treating symptoms but in treating the individual as a whole.
Homeopathy aims to deal with the actual cause of a disease and not just the outward symptoms.
Homeopathy believes in the natural law of healing. This states that healing occurs from inside to [...]

I’ve always thought of fruit juice as a “safe” alternative to water — all natural, and full of nutrients.

But I didn’t realize there was an entire movement out there by researchers to dispel that widely-accepted belief.
“[Juice] is pretty much the same as sugar water. … There’s no need for any juice at [...]

By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) – Overuse of antibiotics in Europe is building widespread resistance and threatening to halt vital medical treatments such as hip replacements, intensive care for premature babies and cancer therapies, health experts say.
Dominique Monnet of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control's (ECDC) scientific advice unit [...]

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the Institutes of Health, will fund a one million dollar joint study by the Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention at Maharishi University of Management Research Institute and Columbia University Medical Center to determine whether the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique (TM) can help patients with coronary [...]

Researchers studied football players, linemen in particular, to determine whether they have greater high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high fasting blood-glucose levels — risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. The study was presented recently at the annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology in San Diego
The study included 69 [...]