By Laraine C. Abbey-Katzev, RN (emeritus), MS, CNS Hospital patients dying of organ failure from serious infections are walking out of the jaws of death time after time thanks to courageous individuals who refused to accept the status quo failing treatments. Instead, thinking outside the…
By Melinda Cafferty Surgeries to correct hernias are a burgeoning industry because more and more Westerners are being struck with them due to lifestyle factors. In fact, there are over 1 million hernia surgical procedures performed each year. Although 800,000 of these are for inguinal…
By Joshua Krause Most people try to avoid the thought of what their lives would be like if their health failed. But for those who are brave enough to have those thoughts, they probably don’t have an accurate perception of what it’s really like to be…
By Dr. Scott Graves The Consciousness or Emotional Factors of Vitiligo – Part 4 Every disease or health problem has consciousness. What this means is that there are very specific emotions, thoughts and belief systems that contribute to someone having vitiligo. The mind is far…
By Dr. Scott Graves Chinese Medicine – Healing Vitiligo with Ancient Health Wisdom – Part 3 Bai Dian Feng or White Patches Wind or White Enemy Wind, as it is know in Chinese is the modern equivalent of vitiligo. The Chinese have been helping people…
By Dr. Scott Graves Whole Food Supplementation – Helping the Body Heal Vitiligo Naturally and Produce Pigmentation – Part 2 In the first part of the series we discussed the basic physical health practices that are needed to give your body the foundation to promote…
Symbolic representation of Vitiligo By Dr. Scott Graves Have you been told that you can’t heal from this condition? Has this condition had a major impact in how you live your life? When you look outside of Western medicine, not only is there promise of…
Finding suggests that ‘Western’ lifestyle may be driving diseases like asthma, diabetes, obesity By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 17, 2015 (HealthDay News) — In a discovery that could eventually shed light on some diseases that plague modern society, a tribe in a remote…
By Heather Callaghan Unfortunately, many Americans simply skim headlines. They might even share information based solely on headlines. And it’s almost like both the media and research communities know this when they choose a headline. Especially when they choose headlines that have a deliberately opposite…
By Prevent Disease Times have changed. It used to be that an apple a day kept the doctor away. But three recent studies indicate this mantra could be changed to ‘a blueberry-avocado-cocoa-bean-smoothie a day’ keeps the doctor away–if the doctor is a cardiologist. Blueberries The new…
Extra vitamin E protected older mice from a bacterial infection that commonly causes pneumonia. Microbiologists and nutrition researchers from Tufts University report that the extra vitamin E helped regulate the mice’s immune system. The findings, published online in advance of print in the The Journal…
By Healthy Holistic Living Thanks to one of Healthy Holistic Living.com’s readers I have a new favorite salad dressing! this tastes wonderful and it’s medicinal to boot! Anti-Inflammatory Turmeric Dressing [do_widget id=text-16] Ingredients: 1 teaspoon of ground turmeric 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt 1/4 teaspoon…
by Dr. Scott Graves Recently, the ice bucket challenge for ALS has spread wildly across social media and the Internet. The purpose of the ice bucket challenge is to raise awareness about ALS and to donate for research to finding a cure for this awful…
New study compared warning and withdrawal rates for drugs released before and after the drug industry increased funding to the FDA to expedite drug approvals What’s safer: a newly approved drug or one that has been on the market much longer? Newer drugs have a…
These results conflict with a recent study published in BMJ’s Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggesting that seven or more daily portions of fruits and vegetables were linked to lowest risk of death. There is growing evidence that increasing fruit and vegetable consumption is…
New meta-analysis shows benefits of ancient Chinese method on today’s menopausal hot flashes CLEVELAND, Ohio—In the 2,500+ years that have passed since acupuncture was first used by the ancient Chinese, it has been used to treat a number of physical, mental and emotional conditions including…
“This study demonstrates that choosing food produced according to organic standards can lead to increased intake of nutritionally desirable antioxidants and reduced exposure to toxic heavy metals.” In the largest study of its kind, an international team of experts led by Newcastle University, UK, has…
By Heather Callaghan Who would have thought that hydration could be as personal as food preferences? At least if you venture online about the subject. Frankly, it’s been input overload for me. For instance, a lot of people are yelling about over-hydration and possible death….
One 15-minute focused-breathing meditation may help people make smarter choices, according to new research from researchers at INSEAD and The Wharton School. The findings are published in the February issue ofPsychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. People have trouble cutting their…
By Heather Callaghan With autism rates exploding in recent years and little to no effective mainstream treatments, families have turned to alternative treatments. So it was only a matter of time before researchers caught on to study them. There are no FDA-approved treatments for the…
