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Cell. Heal Thyself
Researchers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have described for the first time a web of inter-related responses that cells use to avoid becoming diseased or cancerous after being exposed to a powerful chemical mutagen. The researchers reported their findings in the May 19, 2006, issue of Science magazine.
The Trauma of Being Awake During Surgery
From whence comes the urge to suicide? Innumerable accounts by those in the experiential psychotherapies conclude that its ultimate cause is unprocessed birth trauma.
Second Chance Program
The Second Chance project came together to communicate some of the inspirational stories about people who have been saved by the heroic act of an organ donor.
Help for Sufferers
Of Chronic Pain, Illness, Inner Pain or Depression
Christian Comfort for People in Agony - Resources for Hospital Chaplains, Ministries to Nursing Homes, Retirement Homes
Vitals.com
Where Doctors are examined. Doctor Reviews. Find a doctor right for you.
HuffPost Healthy Living
The Internet Newspaper: News - Blogs - Video - Community
11 Causes of Dizziness
Dizziness and lightheadedness is the cause of over 5 million Americans to visit their doctor every year. There are more reports of women who have dizziness then men.
Snore Busting Implant Might Save Your Life
A snore busting implant might save your life. Loud snoring may keep your spouse awake and disturb your sleep, but also it is a signal that you may have sleep apnea, or you may suffer from daytime exhaustion and, even, a heart attack.
The Mystery of Smell:
The Vivid World of Odors
Humans "see" the world largely through eyes and ears. We neglect the sense of smell—and often suppress our awareness of what our nose tells us.
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS ) and Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES).
The Killers in your bathroom?
Both Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) and its close relative Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) are commonly used in many soaps, shampoos, detergents, toothpastes and other products that we expect to "foam up".
Alternative Medicine/Healing
List of branches of alternative medicine
This is a list of the Wikipedia articles included in the alternative medicine (CAM) series of articles.
These articles are either about fully developed systems of alternative medicine or they are about generic alternative methods of treatment.
What Is Complementary and Alternative Medicine?
Defining CAM is difficult, because the field is very broad and constantly changing. NCCAM defines CAM as a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine.
Free Acupressure Charts
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Reiki - The Usui Tradition of Natural Healing
A Manual of First Degree Reiki
U.S Government Acknowledges Cannabis as Alternative Treatment for Cancer
National Cancer Institute: The Cannabis plant produces a resin containing psychoactive compounds called cannabinoids which benefits in the treatment for people with cancer -related symptoms caused by the disease itself or its treatment.
Holistic Junction
Your Positive Pathway to Discovery
Home Remedies
20 Health Benefits of Turmeric
Long known for its anti-inflammatory properties, recent research has revealed that turmeric is a natural wonder, proving beneficial in the treatment of many different health conditions from cancer to Alzheimer's disease.
GreenMedInfo - Cannibis
GreenMedInfo.com - Where the evidence is sprouting up.
Heal Your Face naturally without surgery
Face reading tells us what parts of our body are not well. Heal those organs and your face improves. This is the real fountain of youth.
Dental Health
How to heal a cavity naturally and nutritionally without the need for 'drilling and filling'
Having a dentist drill out a tooth and fill it with composite, ceramic, or toxic amalgam is not the only way to deal with the onset of a cavity. Sarah Pope, a mother and Nutrition Education and Chapter Leader for the Weston A. Price Foundation, tells the story on her blog of how her young son's cavity was completely healed through one simple dietary, as well as supplementation with a combination of two powerful healing oils.
Emotional Wellness
How to Cope With an Emotionally & Verbally Abusive Husband
Emotional and verbal abuse -- forms of domestic violence -- wreak havoc on a marriage and may escalate into physical abuse. When a husband uses any form of domestic violence, it can leave a wife feeling frightened, lonely and ashamed. Additionally, abuse can lead to low self-esteem, trust issues, eating disorders, depression and even thoughts of suicide. It is vital for the wife of an abuser to maintain both her health and safety.
How To Block Unwanted Negative Thoughts: The True Source of Negative Feelings
http://www.youcansavethismarriage.com - This video defines the chain of events that cause negative thoughts. Once you understand what really causes your negative thoughts, only then can you begin to overcome them
5 Beneficial Side Effects of Kindness
When we think of side effects, the first thing that springs to mind are the side effects of drugs. But who'd have thought that kindness could have side effects, too?
Well, it does! And positive ones at that.
Panic Attacks, the Amygdala, and the Limbic System: The Paradox of Protection
Though the amygdala and our fear circuitry remain mega-mysterious, it’s commonly accepted that what we perceive as fear is produced by a very sophisticated two-way input system.
Anxiety Supoprt Groups
The way you think about any thing that happens, and the meaning that you attach to the event, creates in you a specific emotional response.
Medicine
What the Pharmaceutical Industry Does NOT Want You to Know About Healing
Western medicine has made numerous advances in healthcare – especially in areas such as diagnosis, trauma care and surgery. At the same time, there are many other areas where it is limited to simply treating illness with drugs. These medications can be very effective . . . though sometimes they cause more problems than they resolve. In fact, prescription drugs claim over 750,000 lives every year. (1) This does not even include all the negative but non-lethal side-effects.
The Feds Finally Recognize The Anti-Cancer Potential Of Cannabis — 36 Years Too Late!
Scientific trials have for decades documented the anti-cancer properties of cannabis and its constituents. The National Institute of Cancer, a component of the U.S. government’s National Institutes of Health has acknowledged the herb’s therapeutic utility for patients living with disease or suffering from the adverse side-effects of cancer treatment.
GreenMedInfo - Cannibis
GreenMedInfo.com - Where the evidence is sprouting up.
Should everyone take an aspirin a day?
It’s the balance of benefits and risks that guides who should take aspirin for primary prevention — preventing heart attack, stroke, or another manifestation of cardiovascular disease in seemingly healthy people.
Mental Health
Causes of Morning Anxiety
It seems that there is a lot of interest in morning anxiety. I was curious about this because when my anxiety is the worst, its always in the mornings. So I decided to do a little research on my own. Interestingly, Jerry from rxlist says,
Help for Sufferers
Of Chronic Pain, Illness, Inner Pain or Depression
Christian Comfort for People in Agony - Resources for Hospital Chaplains, Ministries to Nursing Homes, Retirement Homes
Help for Adult ADD / ADHD
Tips for managing symptoms and getting focused.
What is Your Sanity Level?
Take the Sanity Score™ quiz, a mental health and wellness test that has been scientifically designed to help you figure out what's going on in your life and your mental well-being.
Alternative natural treatments for ADD and ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is a behavioral condition characterized by a poor attention span and may be accompanied by hyperactivity. ADHD occurs in both children and adults.
How To Get High Without Drugs
The desire to get high is a natural impulse everyone possesses buried beneath layers of
‘the acceptable ways to pleasure ourself.
Trauma
Its Physiology, stored memories and their release
Have you noticed that every time you experience a shock or trauma of any sort, you stop breathing - you catch (or hold) your breath?
Meditation found to increase brain size | Harvard Gazette
Researchers at Harvard, Yale, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found the first evidence that meditation can alter the physical structure of our brains.
High IQ linked to drug use
The "Just Say No" generation was often told by parents and teachers that intelligent people didn't use drugs. Turns out, the adults may have been wrong.
Addictions
Top 10 Drug and Addiction Related Sites
Websites which focus on the science, the politics, the personal stories, and the recovery side of Addiction.
The Brief Addiction Science Information Source (BASIS)
Many people are able to change their excessive behavior patterns without entering formal treatment. The Division on Addiction, Cambridge Health Alliance, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School has created a series of self-change toolkits.
Nutrition
20 Health Benefits of Turmeric
The active ingredient in turmeric is curcumin. Tumeric has been used for over 2500 years in India, where it was most likely first used as a dye. Here are 20 reasons to add turmeric to your diet:
List of items that probably contain MSG or other excitotoxims.
One of the things we tell people that they must learn to do is to read labels. It isn’t always easy, but you must practice until you can stand in an aisle in a grocery store and quickly go through the long list of unpronounceable names. If you don’t do this, then you will continue to ingest excitotoxins.
Healthy Eating & Diet
Losing weight with minimal effort sounds like a win-win situation. With ads promising that you can drink your way to a slimmer figure and detoxify your body to boot, liquid diets sound too good to be true -- and often, they are.
Foods that Feed The Pineal Gland:
Our pineal gland otherwise known as our master gland or the gland that governs over our third eye is the center of psychic awareness in the human mind.
Spiritual Healing
Beginning Yoga Poses - Yoga Child Pose [video]
The yoga child pose is a great beginning yoga pose for newcomers to yoga exercises. Learn the child pose in this free yoga video.
Forever - The Aloe Vera Company
Forever is a multi-billion dollar company operating in over 145 countries affiliated with the world’s largest grower, manufacturer and distributor of aloe vera.
Physical Symptoms of Anxiety Attacks and Related Chakras
It’s important to know the physical symptoms of anxiety attacks, and be able to tell the difference between physical symptoms of anxiety and what is more serious.
Women's Health
Pregnancy
Vision
Visual snow
Visual snow is a transitory or persisting visual symptom where people see snow or television-like static in parts or whole of their their visual fields. According to the notion of hallucinatory form constants by Klüver (1942) and Siegel and Jarvik (1975), it can be conceived as a variety of visual hallucinations of random form dimension.
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