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Classically Trained: Tapping into the power of the voice
NEWPORT BEACH — There's no mistaking the aura of a small business about to open its doors for the first time.
Not yet dulled by writing, the tips of the pencils are still sharp. A pile of freshly printed business cards sits strategically placed....Tags: John Wayne, Opera (genre), Vocal Music (genre), Health and Safety at School, Holistic Medicines
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The case against funding studies on alternative medical therapies
As if Dr. Paul Offit hasn’t made enough enemies already by insisting (correctly) that parents put their kids’ health at risk when they refuse to get them vaccinated, now the infectious disease expert appears to be picking a fight with those...
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How to Make Every Bite Count
HealthDo you wish you could love every luscious bite of food and still lose weight--without dieting? Who doesn’t? While loving what you eat and losing pounds while you do it might sound mutually exclusive, it's not. The solution, say researchers at the... -
Alternative therapies for PTSD
When you think of soldiers, you probably don't picture a group of men doing yoga. But it's one of the interventions for veterans with PTSD.
The Veterans Administration is trying alternative therapies like yoga and acupunture to help patients rely less...Tags: Yoga, Drugs and Medicines, Drugs and Medicines, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Behavioral Conditions
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Hospitals are making room for alternative therapies
As hospitals elbow one another to attract patients, increasingly they're hoping to tap into Americans' interest in — and willingness to spend money on — complementary and alternative therapies such as acupuncture and massage.
According to a...Tags: Symptoms, General Practitioners, Stress, Health Treatments, Medical Research
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Letters: Many views of 'alternative' treatment
![The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ["New Age Cures Put to the Test," Jan. 23].](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67687605-27172233.jpg)
The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ["New...Tags: Herbal Supplements, Placebo, Dog (animal), National Institutes of Health, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Survey finds integrative medicine most useful for pain
A new survey of integrative medicine centers shows that the most commonly treated ailments are chronic pain, gastrointestinal conditions, depression and anxiety, cancer and chronic stress.
The survey was conducted at 29 centers, including the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Stress, Cleveland Clinic, Cancer, Medical Research
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More doctors going the alternative route
After a stressful day of seeing sick and sometimes dying patients, Dr. Aaron Michelfelder doesn't reach for a beer to decompress. Instead, this family medicine doctor at Loyola University Medical Center opts for acupuncture or self-hypnosis.
While...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Herbal Supplements, Suicide, Chemicals, Health and Safety at School
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Jeff Halevy
Jeff Halevy is a Behavioral Health and Fitness Expert and the CEO of Halevy Life, an integrative health and fitness company in New York. Halevy’s mission is to create life-long healthy change, both internally and externally, in his clients and the...Tags: CBS Corp., Elections, Michelle Obama, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health
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Federal center pays good money for suspect medicine
Thanks to a $374,000 taxpayer-funded grant, we now know that inhaling lemon and lavender scents doesn't do a lot for our ability to heal a wound. With $666,000 in federal research money, scientists examined whether distant prayer could heal AIDS. It could...Tags: Herbal Supplements, University of Pennsylvania, Breast Cancer, Stanford University, Health Organizations
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The power of light
It doesn’t look like much -- Janet Althen places what looks like a small flashlight with an inverted colored bulb on certain points of the body, holding it there for about 30 seconds -- but for Althen’s patients, as well as a growing number of...Tags: The Happiest News!, Health Treatments, National Institutes of Health, Behavioral Conditions, Lupus
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The power of meditation
To understand the impact meditation can have on the human mind, picture a glass of muddy water. If you stir it, the water stays cloudy and anything that might sink to the bottom is instantly sucked back into motion. But if you allow the glass to become...Tags: Health Treatments, Biofeedback, Behavioral Conditions, National Institutes of Health, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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