In my two years of seeing an acupuncturist, I’ve mainly focused on the needle work; I’ve only rarely taken herbs, and when I did, I got these little pellets that were as easy to take as a pill. Recently, though, I’ve been having chronic inner ear/Eustachian tube issues, and my acupuncturist convinced me to try…

You may have heard about this case–a 13-year-old boy, Daniel Hauser, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and started chemo, but then his parents stopped treatment for religious reasons and said they’d be taking care of it naturally. Well, a judge ordered the boy to get an x-ray and do chemo if his tumor had grown; he and…

Doesn’t it seem like some days, news headlines are dominated by cancer?  Here’s what jumped off the screen today–two stories that highlight the tragedy and bravery, the horror and human triumph, of the disease: — A 10-Year-Old with Breast Cancer – Hannah Powell-Auslam is going through something no pre-teen ever imagines: treatments for breast cancer. …

“Move over, green tea? Recent studies indicate that coffee drinkers are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s, colon cancer, and diabetes compared to non-drinkers, and they’re also less apt to die from heart disease.”  So begins Dan Fields’ wonderful new Beliefnet gallery, “10 Hidden Health Secrets of Coffee.” As Fields points out–and as researchers are rightly…

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