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Infographic | Eastern vs. Western Medicine
There is often a large barrier between those in favor of eastern medicine and those in favor of western medicine. Methods of healing are drastically different, with western medicine being much more ‘unnatural’ than eastern. Eastern philosophy uses whole-food formulas to nourish the body’s natural healing abilities while western philosophy isolates and forces therapeutic actions to ‘treat’ disease.
Scientists Prove You Can Think Your Way to Wellness
Sometimes it really is the thinking that makes it so. Spend your days focusing on your vibrant health and you will be vibrantly healthy. In contrast you could make it known that you lack a healthy lifestyle, and as a result you will continue to live an unhealthy lifestyle. While this belief is held by many, a recent study has come out with even mainstream scientists proclaiming the very real power of thought.
Proof that Your Own Thoughts and Beliefs Can Cause Self-Healing
If you are struggling with any major health concern, it is important to realize that your mind can sometimes be your own worse enemy, or it could be the main reason for treating a problem. Increasingly, it is being recognized that a ‘mind over matter’ approach can actually produce noticeable results in your health. The power of the mind is immense. Its influence can literally bend reality to match its perspective.
Apple or Pear a Day Protects Brain Health
A new study has found that consuming fruit with a white interior, such as apples and pears, can protect your body against strokes — adding to the pile of research that suggests fruit consumption can help slash your risk of disease.
366 Million Worldwide Have Diabetes
In a shocking new report, health officials have announced that an estimated 366 million people worldwide currently suffer from diabetes. In addition, 1 person dies as a result of diabetes every 7 seconds.
The Cancer Cholesterol Connection
Generally considered to be an indicator of poor heart health, mainstream medical science suggests that increased cholesterol levels are a sign of poor health — particularly heart health. A new study unveils an interesting finding surrounding cholesterol levels.
Volunteering Found to Better Health
Performing selfless acts of volunteering for others may result in a longer life, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
The Guilty Pleasure that can Boost Your Overall Health
Chocolate may be your “guilty” pleasure, but you shouldn’t feel very guilty at all about eating it quite regularly. A new study has found that chocolate can actually help to improve the health of your heart, but its benefits don’t stop there.
Shocking Report: Every Hour of TV Watching Shortens Life by 22 Minutes
According to a new shocking report by the University of Queensland, every hour of TV watching shortens your life by 22 minutes. Furthermore, anyone who spends 6 hours per day watching television is shortening their life by a total of 5 years.
9 Strange But True Health Tips
Did you know that you can recover more quickly from a fever by using your armpits? How about the fact that “positive” initials (initials that spell out words like J.O.Y. or W.O.W.) live nearly 4 1/2 years longer.
Government Announces Plan for Free Birth Control
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced a plan that calls upon health insurers to cover select birth control pharmaceuticals for women beginning on or after August 1, 2012.
Military Veterans Win PTSD Health Settlement
A legal dispute between the federal government and a group of disabled veterans ended in lifetime health-care benefits to more than 1,000 veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who were discharged.
Optimism Reduces Stroke Risk, Improves Health
According to a new study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, optimism may be the key to stroke prevention in addition to improving overall health.
FDA Wants to Regulate Smartphone Health Apps
If you are using smartphone apps that act as blood sugar monitors or digital stethoscopes, that may soon change. The Food and Drug Administration is aiming to regulate these medical assistants in a similar manner to ultrasound machines and heart stents. According to the FDA, such applications could pose a potential risk to users and soon may have to meet FDA medical devices standards before being approved for use.
Wrinkles May Reveal Bone Health
A woman’s worry lines could make her clinician fret about her bone health, researchers said here. In a cross-sectional analysis, having more wrinkles was associated with having lower bone mineral density (BMD; P<0.01), Lubna Pal, MBBS, of Yale, and colleagues reported during a press briefing at The Endocrine Society meeting. “For the older patient, her bigger concern is what is happening to her skin.
Overuse of Antimicrobials in Livestock Risks Human Health, Warn Experts
Excessive use of antimicrobials in livestock promotes resistance and risks the future health of both animals and humans, warn experts in an editorial published by Student BMJ on June 1, 2011. Jørgen Schlundt and colleagues at the National Food Institute in Denmark argue that the routine use of antimicrobials can be reduced substantially, while maintaining profitable animal production, and call for their use to be monitored in all countries.
Improve Mood and Total Health with Pomegranates and Other Key Nutrients
Pomegranate reduces body fat; resveratrol prevents overeating; and quercetin helps reduce body stressors that lead to fat gain. Together, they give the body a powerful boost that results in reduced body fat and improved energy levels. Unlike countless weight loss drugs that have been pulled off the market for links with serious conditions including death, these nutrients work synergistically with the body to strengthen and improve it.
What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You: 9 Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore
The body is a magnificent machine. When things go awry, it generally doesn’t just shut down without warning, like an incandescent light bulb popping its filament. Instead it sends us little signals (think of them as gentle biological taps on the shoulder) letting us know that something is amiss. “Physical signs and symptoms are ways your body tries to alert you to deeper imbalances,” says Elson M. Haas, MD, a San Rafael, Calif., physician with a natural-medicine approach and author of Staying Healthy with Nutrition (Celestial Arts, 2006).
DDT Pesticides Sold to Uganda by US Leading to Health Consequences
Bosco Acope was a self-made man. Growing up as a child here along the muggy, isolated plains of northern Uganda, life was not easy. His parents were poor. He did not attend secondary school. Many of his friends died from bouts of malaria, a scourge that has plagued this agrarian society. Mr. Acope, 49, survived. At 19, he became a small-time farmer, with one acre of land. He married. He sowed.
The Most Important Food for Healthy Eyes
Do you have any idea what causes wild Pacific salmon to have its color? It is one of the hottest new nutrient discoveries from a marine algae called astaxanthin, which is a far more powerful cousin of beta-carotene. If farm raised salmon don’t eat this or are not given artificial colors, they are a dark grey fish. Also, you might not know that baby flamingos are born white and they don’t become pink until they start eating food with astaxanthin in it.
