Sleep, Part 3: Do You Dream?

Do you dream? Good question, especially if you are wondering about the quality and quantity of your sleep.  A “yes” answer is what we’re looking for.
Remember the four stages of sleep I discussed before? If you dream, that could be an indication that your body and brain are successfully reaching at least Stage Two. Stage [...]

Sleep, Part 2: Go to Your Room!

In my last newsletter, I described the ways that sleep deprivation affects the body’s essential functions. In short, sleep is a key component to health. Getting under 8 hours of sleep can lead to illness, obesity, and poor overall daytime performance.
Feeling trapped in a cycle of daily fatigue and nighttime wakefulness? Applying the 3Rs will [...]

Sleep, Part 1: Why We Should (and Why We Don’t)

What’s so important about getting those zzzzzz’s? Think about the last time you woke up after a really good night’s sleep. Remember how energized and refreshed you felt? Your body’s natural daily cycles of expansion, activity, and growth are taxing. Periods of nightly restorative rest and repair actually reverse that wear and tear. When allowed [...]

Find the Right Fuel: Food, Acid Reflux, and IBS

So you’ve read the material. You know the mechanics of your body’s engine, your digestive system. And now you know there are things you can do to take an active role in how your engine works. But maybe you’re still having a hard time taking that first step.
It’s true that changing our habits isn’t easy. [...]

Healthy Eating: Check-in Time!

It’s a new year, and many of us are feeling inspired to take on new habits—or abandon old, unhealthy ones. Is maintaining a healthy weight one of yours?
Now that the holidays are over, take a moment to reflect on how you kept yourself in good health, physically and emotionally, during the festivities. No doubt many [...]

Healthy Eating, Part II: Use Your Intuition

Who said you must lose weight to be healthy? They were dead wrong. It’s time to realize that you must get healthy in order to lose weight, not the reverse. The diet mentality doesn’t work because it offers false hope for losing weight quickly and permanently, often using recommendations that are boring, restrictive, and unsatisfying, [...]

Healthy Eating, Part I: Throw OUT the Diets

I’m excited about my new way of looking at eating. I’ve decided to totally eliminate the concept of “bad” foods. I refuse to feel guilty if and when I splurge. So far I’ve resisted the impulse to buy every tabloid that highlights a new fad diet modeled by a svelte, bikini-clad starlet.
I didn’t always have [...]

My NOT-So-Mainstream Acupuncture

Needles are good for you? Really?
A technique with more than 3,000 years of success behind it, acupuncture is gaining such acceptance worldwide that even Western doctors have begun to realize how powerful its application can be.
But what exactly is acupuncture, and how does it work?
Acupuncture is a well-established healing method in which a practitioner stimulates [...]

Stress and the 3Rs

In my last post, I discussed the fight-or-flight reaction as one way the body physically reacts to emotional stimuli. When your body reacts with fight-or-flight too often, though, the response can lead to tension and the damaging effects of stress.
Remember the 3R’s? They can work right alongside therapies such as NET to help you maintain [...]

Taking Control of Stress

Ever think that pain, discomfort, and other symptoms all feel worse when you’re stressed? You’re not alone…and you’re right on the money!
In fact, various studies have shown that anxiety, stress, and other emotional conditions can actually decrease the body’s immunity and leave us open to illness, from the common cold to heart conditions.
Psychologists have long [...]

Putting the 3 R’s Into Action

In my last post, I said using the 3 R’s can help you take control of your attitude, and attitude is what makes the real difference in our health and overall sense of well-being.
But you’re not just a hypothetical example; you’re a real living human being. It’s time to get personal. Are you up for [...]

Putting the 3 R’s to work in your life

The “3 R’s” I listed in my last post,–Recognize, Reframe, Reclaim–,sound great on paper, and using them has a positive effect on overall wellness, even for people with chronic pain. But it takes work. Roll up your sleeves: here’s how to put these steps to work.
R#1 – RECOGNIZE the mind-body connection
Verbalizing positive thoughts has an [...]

Roberta’s 3R’s: Three Steps to Ease Living with Pain

Are you living…or are you just existing? Pursuing a fulfilling life—even if you are in pain–can be a challenge, but “Roberta’s 3 R’s” below are positive steps you can take right now to direct the course of action pain has on your life and purpose. Neck, back, joint, and other pains and inflammation all can [...]

Your Perception is Your Reality and Your Health

Dr. Christiane Northrup, MD
Your thoughts and perceptions affect every single hormone and cell in your body. How many times have you heard someone say, “I don’t understand how she got sick. She always ate right and exercised.” On the other end of the spectrum, there is the person who smokes and drinks, and lives without [...]

Loving Each Day

John Roger
The Tao of Spirit
Sometimes you forget to declare things done, so there are little incomplete energies that just keep floating around and draining off a little energy every time they come up.
You may be going down the road, doing fine, feeling good, and all of a sudden sortie incident from the past comes up [...]

Self-Defeating Behavior Can Be Defeated

David J. Lieberman, PhD, Bottom Line Health
Self-defeating behavior inflicts physical and psychological harm. Yet we all persist in it. We may respond with inappropriate anger … feel excessively anxious … fail to be assertive … or succumb to hopelessness. The only question is why.
The answer is that, over time, self-defeating behavior becomes habitual. We [...]

NET Checklist

A common-sense list of commonly found entrances into what turn out to be “Core” issues.
I can trust myself.
I am.
I am safe.
I am alive.
I am OK
I am human.
I am OK being a (male, female).
I am here now.
I am OK with being courageous.
I am safe being me.
People (my husband, wife, etc.) are safe [...]

Enzyme Information from www.drellencutler.com

Dr. Cutler’s line of BioSET enzymes can be purchased through Roberta Robert’s Mittman at (212)-686-0939 or robera@robertamittman.com.
Why Enzyme Therapy?
Enzymes are complex proteins in the body that cause chemical changes in other substances in order to provide the labor force and energy necessary to keep us alive. They are energy catalysts that are essential [...]

From “Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom”

Christiane Northrup, M.D.
The Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique, known as NAET, is a very effective method of clearing allergies of all types, including those to foods. NAET was developed by Dr. Devi Nambudripad, an acupuncturist and chiropractor who discovered through personal and clinical experience that allergies are often
The Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique, known as NAET, is [...]

From “Winning the War Against Asthma and Allergies”

Ellen W. Cutler, D.C.
“After just a few treatments with NAET, I felt like someone let me out of jail. Six months into my treatment program with Dr. Cutler, I could eat any of my favorite foods again, enjoy wine, play with my St. Bernard, and resume all of my athletic activities. Dr. Cutler [...]

Identifying the Culprits Behind Mysterious Skin Rashes

Jane, a young teacher in Ohio, wanted a different look to launch her new job, so she dyed her light brown hair red. Although she received many compliments, Jane had second thoughts about her decision when her scalp grew itchy and inflamed.
Walter, a medical technologist in New York, enjoyed long stretches of time per- forming [...]

“Healing Children with NAET”

Roberta Roberts Mittman, L.Ac.
From birth to teenage years and beyond, allergies may play a significant role in a child’s physiological and emotional well-being. Defined as an abnormal reaction of the body to substances called allergens, an allergy is an overreaction of the immune system.
Millions, however, may be in the groups who have an intolerance or [...]

Creating an Allergy-free Landscape

Thomas Leo Orgen, M.S., Alternative Medicine
Everything is in full bloom-including your allergies. But it doesn’t have to be that way. My wife had severe asthma and hay fever, and as a horticulturist, I naturally wanted to create an allergy-free garden to ease her suffering and still beautify the landscape. To my surprise, there was little [...]

How to Allergy-Proof Your Home

Ellen W. Cutler, D.C.
The Facts: Substances which cause allergic reactions are called allergens. An allergic reaction is your body’s response to a substance that many people can tolerate without difficulty. Your allergic threshold can be compared to the liquid in a glass which will overflow if filled past capacity. A small glass, or low threshold, [...]

Banishing Allergies From the Home

Home may be the ultimate Comfort zone for many of us. But for the millions of Americans with allergies, home is where the sneezing, wheezing and coughing begin. That’s because houses and apartments are the favorite resting places for house dust, molds and other allergens.
The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), the organization [...]

High Technology meets Ancient Medicine

by Tom Klaber
Introduction By Burton Goldberg
Introduction
A quarter century of intense research [...]

The Relationship Between Acupuncture And The Alleviation Of Anxiety

The Meridian Times
(Magnolia Goh is in private practice in Manhattan and on Long Island and is a member of the ASNY board of directors)
Subject: Our century has seen a burgeoning increase in anxiety in all populations, and many forms of therapy have been employed to alleviate it. Escalating interest in complementary/alternative modalities has fostered the [...]

Needling Ex-Spouses

Ellen Tien
Acupuncture Is so popular these days that the current Journal of the American Medical Association contains studies taking it seriously. People are going under the needles for everything from arthritis to nicotine withdrawal. But what if your most nagging pain is a former spouse? The Sirene Spa at 1044 Madison Avenue (79th Street) has [...]

Needle Work

Fitness
October 1996
Ten years ago, you used needles for stitching-not healing. These days, it’s a different story. Once on the fringe of alternative medicine, acupuncture-a 3,500-year-old Chinese medical procedure in which needles are inserted into points of the body to cure illness-has gone mainstream. Twelve million Americans now spend half-a-billion dollars a year on acupuncture treatments. [...]

Acupuncture Helps Some Quell Need For Cocaine

New York Times
August 15, 2000
Acupuncture appears to help some cocaine addicts escape their dependence on the drug, according to a report published today by researchers at Yale University.
Experts on drug abuse say cocaine addiction is one of the most difficult forms of drug dependency to treat. And while many treatment centers have been using [...]

All About Acupuncture

The Daily News
October 26, 1998
When acupuncture first came to the United States in the mid. 19th century, it was, largely the province of Chinese immigrants. Today, more than a million Americans rely on this ancient discipline to treat ailments as varied as poor vision, bronchitis, infertility, addiction – even arthritis in their pet dogs.
In [...]

Dancing With Doubters

Ann Cotter With Michelle Cottle
I first came into contact with complementary medicine as a dancer. I saw therapies like pilates and yoga help dancers with their movement problems. When I got to physical medicine and rehabilitation training and found that these therapies were not widely used or known about, I found out as [...]

Acupuncture Goes Mainstream

Brenda Biondo
At first the two dozen needles dotting Linda Prince’s back, shoulders and limbs didn’t do a thing for a year. But on the fifth visit to an acupuncturist, that changed: All of a sudden, the pain was gone,” says Prince, a physician’s assistant from Gaithersburg, Md.
Prince is among the millions of Americans who have [...]

New Studies Confirm Acupuncture Relieves Pain

Acupuncture Today
January 2000
MRI Scans Provide Objective Evidence that Treatment Works
For more than 2,500 years, acupuncture has been one of the world’s most popular forms of health care. Only in the latter part of this century has the practice of acupuncture gained acceptance in North America, but the profession appears to have earned much respect in [...]

Read This or We’ll Stick the Dog AGAIN

New York Times
April 12, 1998
A growing number of vets are using holistic therapies to cure Spot and Fluffy. Fido has arthritis, so the vet sticks him full of pins. Fido gets better. Fluffy is scratching the neighbors. A few doses of a solution made from the essence of flowers and Fluffy is [...]

The New Ancient Trend in Medicine

Craig Lambert, Harvard Magazine, March-April 2002
The 1950’s the American Cancer Society had a Committee on Quackery. Later that turned into a committee on “unproven methods of cancer management,” superseded by one on “questionable methods.” The names indicate a gradual acceptance of the unconventional; today the cancer society has a Committee on Complementary and Alternative [...]

Acupuncture Shortens Labor

Natural Health
January/February 1995
Acupuncture treatments given during childbirth can significantly shorten a woman’s labor, according to recent research published in Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation. Of 120 women, those who received acupuncture treatments were in the first stage of labor for an average of 196 minutes, compared with 321 minutes in the control group.
Acupuncture treatments given during [...]

Finding A Good Acupuncturist

Your knee shudders with a jolt of electricity every time you go down stairs, or your shoulder is tied up in knots again. You start thinking about seeing an acupuncturist. Before you do, however, let your doctor know what you’re up to. Most physicians will want to first rule out conditions that can’t be helped [...]

APM (Acupuncture Physical Medicine)

Mark Seem, Ph.D.
Acupuncture Physical Medicine is a modern American approach to classical meridian acupuncture that was developed by Mark Seem, Pb.D., L.Ac. over the past twenty years at the Tri-State College of Acupuncture that he founded and directs. Well known nationally and internationally for his several books and lively hands-on teaching style focused on clinical [...]

Questions and Answers about Acupuncture

Blue Poppy Press
Q: What is acupuncture?
A: Acupuncture is the insertion of fine needles into specific points on the body. These points have been mapped by the Chinese over a period of three thousand years. Recently, electromagnetic research has confirmed their locations.
Q: What problems can be treated by acupuncture?
A: The World Health Organization has said [...]

Acupuncture Checklist

Are you experiencing any of the following conditions?
Did you know that acupuncture can successfully treat any or all of these conditions?
Acne
Addictions
Allergies
Anxiety
Arthritis
Asthma
Back Pain
Bell’s Palsy
Bronchitis
Cigarette Smoking
Colitis
Constipation
Depression
Diarrhea
Earache
Eczema
Frozen Shoulder
Gastritis
Headache
Hemorrhoid
Hepatitis
Herpes
Hiccough
Hypertension
Indigestion
Insomnia
Menopause
Menstrual Irregularities
Nausea
Pain
PMS
Sciatica
Sinusitis
Stiff Neck
Stress
Stroke
Tendonitis
Tennis Elbow
Tinnitis
Ulcer
Vertigo
Weight Control

The Jaffe Mellor Technique: Advanced Energetic Healing of Chronic Disease Processes

Carolyn Jaffe, D.Ac., Dipl. NCCA and Judith M. Mellor, RN, C.Hrb., Journal of Energetic Medicine
November 2000
Carolyn Jaffe, D.Ac., Dipl. NCCA is an NCCA board certified doctor of acupuncture licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, a doctoral candidate in Naturopathy, and an advanced practitioner of NAET and NET and co-founder of the Jaffe-Mellor Technique [...]

Reversing Arthritis with the Jaffe-Mellor Technique

Alternative Medicine
November 2000
Today, after seventeen years of crippling rheumatoid arthritis, 50-year- old Linda C. has been completely free of pain for two years, and she no longer shows any signs of the joint swelling, inflammation and ankle edema she was plagued with for years. Her energy has returned, she enjoys a restful sleep each night, [...]

Mycoplasmas: The Missing Link in Fatiguing Illness

Alternative Medicine
November 2000
These mysterious microorganisms can play a major role in a wide range of diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia syndromes, multiple sclerosis, Gulf War Illness, Crohn¹s disease and other inflammatory bowel diseases, diabetes and even aggressive cancers. Without proper diagnosis and treatment of mycoplasma infections, curing these conditions can be [...]

More Evidence Links Viral Infection With Risk of MS

Epidemiology
2001
WESTPORT, CT – Late infection with common viruses is associated with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis, according to findings from a case-control study nested within the Nurses’ Health Study II.
Dr. Miguel A. Hernan, of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, and associates identified 301 women with MS and matched them with 1416 [...]

Roberta on TV Discussing Allergy Treatment – CBS HealthWatch

Testimonial-M.M, NY

Roberta,
I just celebrated my two years February 1st 2006 of being completely smoke free! I couldn’t dream of even smoking another cigarette. I feel better than ever! Thank you so much!
Love,
M.M., New York

Another reason not to smoke

Reuters
Male children born to women who smoke during pregnancy run a risk of violent and criminal behavior that lasts well into adulthood, perhaps be- cause of central nervous system damage, says a study out Sunday.
The finding is consistent with earlier studies that linked prenatal smoking by women not only to law- breaking by their offspring [...]

Consider the Alternative

Tina Johnson and Elaine Porterfield
In the beginning, Michael Schaible was anything but an enthusiastic convert to alternative medicine. In fact, when he was referred to Kent Community Health Center in Kent, Wash., outside Seattle, for acupuncture to help him beat his pack-a-day cigarette habit, he was highly skeptical-and, frankly, fearful of the needles. But [...]

Success Stories in Nutritional Counseling

Erin O’Donnell Natural Health
August, 2001
Misty Letner had battled migraines and fatigue for 12 years. Her symptoms were so severe that when she was laid off from her job shortly before her Natural Health makeover began, she had no energy to look for a new one. She was sleeping almost 14 hours a night and [...]

Common Virus Linked With Severe Bowel Disease

The American Journal of Gastroenterology and www.mercola.com
March 2001
A common virus may be the cause of many hard-to-treat cases of inflammatory bowel disease, researchers in Italy report.
More than one third of patients in a new study who had colitis that did not respond to steroids were infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV), the investigators found.
A form of inflammatory [...]

Tips To Quit Smoking

Mary McGowan, MD
To quit Smoking…
Change routines to quit smoking. If you smoke while driving to work, get to work a different way-in a car pool or by public transportation.
If you smoke before or after drinking coffee, switch to tea.
If you associate smoking a cigarette with the end of a meal, leave the table right after [...]

Scientists Work to Test Traditional Chinese Cures

Boston Globe
July 13, 2001
Kenneth Kwong never expected to dabble in ancient Chinese medicine.
A physicist at Massachusetts General Hospital, Kwong developed a revolutionary technology that gave scientists live views of the brain in action, opening new horizons in the study of memories, language and even the lure of cocaine.
Lately, however, Kwong also uses the machine, called [...]

A Muli-Vitamin Just For You

Here’s a bunch of information and copy discussing vitamins like you might find on: http://www.naturalsolutionsmag.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/articleSearch.article/articleID/15202/AMultiMadeForYou
The page then leads the reader to consider buying the custom-vitamin you offer in order to get the commission as an affiliate.

Tired of guessing what’s right for you? Ideal Health can do it’s part in helping you learn what your body [...]

Clearing the Smoke about Quitting

Alex Blau, Health Watch
Why on earth would anybody still [...]

Acupuncture May Ease Gag Reflex During Dental Work

Amy Norton, British Dental Journal
2001
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People who gag at the very thought of going to the dentist may find [...]

Testimonial – M.S., New York

In addition to the acupuncture treatments eliminating my allergies, changing my diet has had many advantages. I am exercising regularly and thank you to your nutritional guidance, I feel really healthy, physically and mentally for the first time in years.

Ready to Stop Smoking? Here’s how….

Acupuncture, Supplements, Homeopathics, Audio Tapes, and Behavior modification help diminish cravings to get you on the road to a healthier body.
Becoming a nonsmoker is easier and smoother with the use of a world-recognized acupuncture detox treatment. Most patients report successful control of their nicotine cravings in two to four treatments. Habits that previously triggered [...]

Testimonial

My treatments with Roberta Mittman have literally given me a turbo boost on the path to being pain free. Since I was sixteen, I have been plagued with chronic subluxations in my neck and jaw, along with TMJ, which turned into headaches on a daily basis, which turned into mood swings, which turned into a [...]

Why You Should Stop Smoking

More than four in five smokers say they want to quit. Each year about 1.3 million smokers quit successfully. With good smoking cessation programs, 20 to 40 percent of participants are able to quit smoking and stay off cigarettes for at least one year.
In 1992, the AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION reported that secondhand smoke caused heart [...]

To Quit Smoking

Mary McGowan, MD
To quit Smoking…
Change routines to quit smoking. If you smoke while driving to work, get to work a different way-in a car pool or by public transportation.
If you smoke before or after drinking coffee, switch to tea.
If you associate smoking a cigarette with the end of a meal, leave the table right after [...]

Testimonial-M.S.

Hi Roberta,
I just had to write to say thank you so much for helping me to breathe easier again. I began treatment on 2/26 and have now had 6 visits and feel a 180 degree change in my body and mind. When I first started came to visit you I suffered from severe allergies and [...]

Testimonial-C.B.

Dear Roberta:
This letter is a long time in coming – my problem in writing it was to thank you in a short space for all that you’ve done for me. Specific examples number too many to recount, so I hope this will do the job.
A few years ago I was introduced to a colleague of [...]

Testimonial-L.A.

Before I saw Roberta, I broke out in skin rashes, acne and excema after
eating the most benign types of foods. The allergies were often impacting my social life because I always had to bring my own food whenever I went out with friends & family. Roberta systematically targeted the allergies eliminating them with [...]

Testimonial

My son suffered from allergies. Under Roberta Mittman’s care he no longer experiences the runny nose and congestion he previously had. The dark circles under the eyes also disappeared. She is a warm, caring person which reflects her work.

Testimonial-P.Z.

Dearest Roberta,
You have been such a lifesaver not only to our daughter Kate who has been plagued with food & animal allergies since she was 10 months old (probably longer, due to starting her life with 6 solid months of colic!).
Your miraculous treatments not only have given Kate physical relief of symptoms such as asthma, [...]

Association Between Chronic Asthma, Chronic Infection Delineated

Reuters Health
May 23 2002
A substantial number of patients with chronic stable asthma have Mycoplasma species, Chlamydia species, or both in their airways, researchers have found.
Dr. Richard J. Martin, of the National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado, and colleagues note that chronic infection may play a role in the pathophysiology of asthma. They used [...]

Testimonial-G.H.

Roberta is the best. She’s a terrific person, someone you really want to have as a practitioner. The main thing to keep in mind is that, as with everything, you must stick with it. I did feel an alleviation of symptoms on my first visit, but those symptoms returned after a few days. However, just [...]

C. pneumoniae Infection Tied to Asthma

Reuters
May 2002
An increased frequency of chronic infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae is seen in patients with asthma, researchers report in the April issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Michael Roth, who is currently at the University of Sydney in Campersdown, New South Wales, Australia, and colleagues in Europe note that there [...]

Viral Infection in Youth Appears to Prime CNS for Later Development of MS

Reuters
May 2002
Infections early in life with viruses that cross-react with central nervous system epitopes seem to prime individuals for development of multiple sclerosis, Dr. Robert Fujinami reported here at the General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.
Dr. Fujinami, of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, told Reuters Health, “We hypothesize that [...]

Testimonial

Dear Roberta,
Although I have only been receiving NAET treatments for a few months, I have felt steady yet dramatic improvement in my overall health. In addition to being able to eat a wider array of foods, the back pain that I suffered due to environmental sensitivities has been eliminated. My complexion has taken on a [...]

Scary Smoking Lies

From Glamour Magazine
March 2002
You’ve known that smoking is unhealthy since they passed around that icky black preserved lung in health class. But how much have you learned since? A recent survey of 1,000 U.S. smokers by the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, uncovered these myths:
MYTH #1: Really, I won’t get [...]

Covert Culprits

New York Resident
August 2001
Learn to look for clues of food allergens where you might not expect them, counsels a New York University Medical Center specialist.
A recent FDA report notes that many allergens cross over into supposedly allergen-free foods — often in the manufacturing or handling process — meaning that people with allergies have to know [...]

Success Stories

Erin O’Donnell Natural Health
August, 2001
Misty Letner had battled migraines and fatigue for 12 years. Her symptoms were so severe that when she was laid off from her job shortly before her Natural Health makeover began, she had no energy to look for a new one. She was sleeping almost 14 hours a night and [...]

‘Gut Feeling’ May Be Connected to Past Experience

Alan Mozes, Psychological Science
2001
Have a hunch that something’s about to go terribly wrong? It may just be paranoia. Or, researchers suggest, it may be an entirely accurate “gut feeling” based on subtle, unconscious comparisons with past events.
“The bottom line is that sometimes when people get a hunch, it’s not mysterious,” said study lead author [...]

That’s Why They’re Called Feelings

Tim Bergling
Health24News, June 2001
WASHINGTON — Maybe a broken heart really does hurt. A new study suggests evidence for an old idea … that emotions aren’t just expressions of the mind, but rather a series of palpable sensations.
Researchers at the University of Iowa College of Medicine looked at brain scans of 41 test subjects who were [...]

Happy Thoughts May Prolong Life

Steve Bailey
Associated Press, May 7 2001
If you’re happy and you know it – you just may live longer.
New research released Monday stemming from a 15-year study of aging and Alzheimer’s disease in nuns suggests a positive emotional state at an early age may help ward off disease and even prolong life.
“It’s been known for years [...]

Anger, Depression Linked to Heart Diseases in Women

Will Boggs, MD
Reuter’s Health April 24, 2001
Women who harbor feelings of anger or depression are more likely to have heart disease risk factors such as high cholesterol and an unhealthy weight, a new study shows. Researchers say the findings add more support to the idea that physical and psychological factors conspire to raise an individual’s [...]

Stress Ups Risk of Catching Common Cold

Reuters, April 26 2001
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People who see the proverbial glass as half empty may be nearly four times more likely than their optimistic peers to come down with a cold, study findings suggest.
According to the report, psychological stress, particularly the chronic type that may accompany a neurotic and negative personality, is [...]

Fatty Acids May Play Role in Children’s Allergies

Allergy
2001
A perceived increase in allergies among children in the industrialized world has been blamed on everything from environmental pollutants to sanitizing products. Now, a team of researches from Finland suggests that diet may play a role.
Their study, published in a recent issue of the journal Allergy, found that children who eventually developed allergies ate less [...]

US Experts Probe Link Between Emotions And Health

Will Dunham
Reuters March 27, 2001
BETHESDA, Md. (Reuters) – Medical experts gathered on Monday at the US National Institutes of Health, the very embodiment of the medical establishment, to discuss a concept once derided as New Age fluff–how emotions shape human health and disease.
Leading researchers in medicine, neuroscience, microbiology, psychology and social sciences took part in [...]

F.D.A. Survey Finds Faulty Listings of Possible Food Allergens

Greg Winter,
New York Times April 3, 2001
An investigation of dozens of food companies by the Food and Drug Administration has found that in spite of strict labeling laws, as many as 25 percent of manufacturers failed to list common ingredients that can cause potentially fatal allergic reactions.
The mislabeling poses a threat to the [...]

The Serenity Prayer for Smokers

Copyright © 1999 Nicotine Anonymous World Services
God grant me serenity, to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.
As smokers trying to stop smoking, we cannot change the craving for [...]

There’s Something In The Air

Lisa Tsering,
Natural Health July/August, 1999
This Spring the city of Atlanta clocked a breath-catching pollen count: slightly more than 6,000 grains per cubic meter of tree and other pollen, the highest ever measured in that area. To the west, Tulsa, Okla., posted a count of 10,000. This is especially remarkable when you realize that counts above [...]

Losing Hostility Reduces Blood Pressure and Heart Risk

Health Psychology
July 1999
Patients with coronary heart disease can lower their blood pressure and reduce their heart risk by undergoing hostility-reduction intervention.
The study found that in persons who had heart disease, who were additionally having problems with interpersonal stress or aggression, that if they went into a group therapy, their blood pressure as well as [...]

You Might Be Allergic to Anything

Alternative Medicine
May 1999
There is hardly any human disease or condition in which allergic factors are not involved,” claims California chiropractor and acupuncturist Devi S. Nambudripad. ÒA substance under the sun, including sunlight itself can cause an allergic reaction someone.” In other words, you are potentially allergic to anything. if you check with enough people, as [...]

The Man Who Couldn’t Lift a Pea

Linda Weber, Natural Health
July-August 1998
ItÕs 8 a.m. and Dr Ellen CutlerÕs first patient of the day, husky Robert Peterson, lies face up on an examination table in CutlerÕs chiropractic clinic in Corte Madera, Calif. Standing to the side of Peterson, Cutler pushes against her patientÕs uplifted right arm, which remains strong an straight. [...]

Acupuncture Endorsed By U.S. Health Panel

The Herald
November 6, 1997
WASHINGTON – A panel of scientists at the National Institutes of Health confirmed something Wednesday the Chinese have known for thousands of years and many Americans are discovering: Acupuncture can work.
The panel, which included doctors who practice acupuncture and some scientists who were skeptical, agreed that acupuncture clearly works to treat several [...]