For Needle-Phobics: A Look At Acupuncture

The very idea of having a needle, or worse, many needles inserted into their skin for any length of time sounds like torture to many people. But there is a good reason for the popularity and staying power of this alternative medicine practice. It has worked for more than 5000 years, and it continues to [...]

Your Diet And Alternative Medicine

One of the notions that practitioners of the alternative medicine industry support is that what you put into your body has an intense effect on your health. Many of these practitioners will recommend herbs, vitamins, and other supplements to assist the average person with occasional complaints but, for people with chronic or serious illnesses a [...]

What’s The Big Deal About Herbal Alternatives?

What is it about herbs and natural supplements that make so many members of the medical profession flinch? Is it because they’re actually not good for us, or is there some other reason they don’t want us to take them? While some in the medical profession are starting to support patient use of some herbal [...]

Do You Have a Disease Resistant Personality?

Researchers have recently been exploring the reasons why some people succumb to different chronic illnesses while others retain their good health.  There’s been a lot of discussion in scientific circles about the possibilities that there just may be a type of personality that is, in a very real way, “disease resistant”.
So how can this be [...]