Natural Medicine

Liver Damage May Be Prevented By Herbal Medicine

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living


A well-known Eastern medicine supplement may help avoid the most common cause of liver transplantation, according to a study by researchers at the Sta...

Heart Disease: Protect Yourself With Fresh Garlic

cnn.com | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living


Here's a new garlic discovery I hope you will make use of: researchers have discovered why freshly crushed garlic protects your heart....

Marigold Soothes Skin

nytimes.com | Anahad O'Connor | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living


Herbal advocates have long promoted extracts from the plant Calendula officinalis, also known as the marigold, as a substitute....

When Militarism 'Invades' Medicine...Doctatorship Happens

Dana Ullman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living


Dana Ullman

Our medical thinking has become totally militaristic. It is not just happenstance that doctors proudly assert that they seek to attack illness, combat disease, kill infective agents, and create a war on cancer.

More Insurers Are Paying For Alternative Remedies

health.yahoo.com | Marilynn Marchione | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living


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...

Whose Decision Is It, Anyway?

Dr. Sherri Tenpenny | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living


Dr. Sherri Tenpenny

When it comes to medical decisions involving children, physicians are charged with ensuring the medical standard of care, even over the objections of their parents.

Africa's Herbal Answer To Viagra

GlobalPost | Posted 11.08.2009 | World


SAN ANTONIO, Principe �" Viagra is not needed on this island. For erectile dysfunction, herbal healers prescribe a bit of bark to heat until soft, c...

What Is Work? Finding Your Path by Laying the Bricks

Sharon Glassman | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living


Sharon Glassman

There's nothing like asking someone about their work to distract you from the fact that they're sticking a dozen needles into your torso.

How To Stimulate Your Placebo Response

Dr. Frank Lipman | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living


Dr. Frank Lipman

After finishing my Internship at Baragwaneth Hospital in South Africa almost 30 years ago, I went to apprentice in a busy General Practice in Johannes...

Got Hot Flashes? Many Women Pursuing Natural Treatment

nytimes.com | CAMILLE SWEENEY | Posted 08.03.2009 | Living


AFTER six years on a prescription estrogen patch that alleviated her hot flashes, but did nothing to address her midlife 25-pound weight gain, Martha ...

Next Time You are Sick, Take out the Vinegar

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 09.06.2008 | Green


Mairi Beautyman

I recently was laid up with tonsillitis, which came with a very high fever -- it actually reached 105.4 (go to the hospital if your fever stays this h...