FENG SHUI HOME STUDY COURSE

If you're like most people who've tried Feng Shui, you've probably realized there's a lot more to this ancient Chinese art than clearing away clutter and rearranging the furniture. But with all the resources on the subject, have you ever wondered where should you turn for guidance you can trust, changes you'll actually make, and the tangible results you want? The answer is the Feng Shui Home Study Course- the first ever comprehensive audio curriculum for transforming your home environment into a place of peace, prosperity, health, and harmony.

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Cancer Scare Over Toothpaste And Soap
A range of antibacterial soaps, washing up liquids, deodorants and toothpastes are being removed from sale over fears that they might expose consumers to cancercausing chemicals. The suspect products all contain the chemical triclosan, which has been used as an antibacterial agent in household products for more then 30 years. It is also used in many liquid detergents in hospitals.

Think First Before Asking for Another Drug
But isn't it time to question what is happening in our country? Shouldn't we hesitate to take a new prescription rather than clamoring for them and pestering our doctors to give us one more pill to add to our arsenal of pills? Being as educated a patient as we can be is the only real way to see that our health is really being taken care of. Should we, for instance, just roll over and take a pill as soon as we think our health does not meet new and tougher guidelines? Or should we, instead, more carefully weigh the pros and cons of taking yet another prescription?

Forget Counting Sheep, Music Is the Key to a Good Night's Sleep
Sleep disorders are blamed for causing tiredness, fatigue, depression, greater anxiety, irritability, pain sensitivity, muscle tremors and a lack of daytime alertness. Scientists have found that the key to getting to sleep is to listen to music. They claim that listening to 45 minutes of soft music before bed can improve sleep quality by almost 40 per cent. In some cases music helped lessen sleep problems such as snoring and restlessness.

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To keep up-to-date with news in the world of health and medicine, visit our Healthy News and our Healthy News Archive.

AN AUCTION TO BENEFIT VITAMIN RELIEF USA CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS

The Healthy Foundation has launched a Bids For Kids Auction to provide vitamins to at risk children. "Every $36.50 raised in the auction provides daily vitamins for a year for a homeless or poor child in America," according to Healthy Foundation's Executive Director Michael Morton.

Items up for bid include luxury travel packages to Europe, Australia and Hawaii, time with celebrities, natural products, jewelry, gift certificates, and sports memorabilia. "We are very pleased that this new fundraising venue allows us to extend an invitation to all of our supporters across the country. In this way, they can easily help to improve the quality of life of undernourished children in America. I am confident that all who participate will get great deals and have fun in the process," says Morton.

As a sponsor of the Bids for Kids auction, we at HealthWorld Online heartily encourage your generous participation. - Ed.

CONTINUING OUR 12-STAGE JOURNEY TO WELLNESS
This week our journey focuses on SENSING, the third of 12 keys to wellness in the Wellness Inventory. It is through the senses--seeing, touching, smelling, hearing, tasting--that we come to know and enjoy the world. Our abilities to work, to feel pleasure, to communicate with others, and to impact the world are directly related to our abilities to appreciate and use our sensory input efficiently and creatively.

Ask Dr. Orloff About Intutive Healing
Intuition is something that can be taught. The magic of intuition is that it insists you live in the moment with no expectations, a continuing freshness. In "Five Steps to Intuitive Healing" Judith Orloff, M.D. brings you five steps that can be applied to any issue you'll ever confront from healing your body, to riding a roller-coaster of emotions to sexual awakening. These five steps can bring you the joy and clarity you've been searching for.

MOVIES THAT INSPIRE, HEAL AND TRANSFORM

The SPIRITUAL CINEMA CIRCLE offers a service that's unique and deeply needed. The CIRCLE gives you a way to bring hours of inspiring entertainment into your life each month, while making an important contribution to the world. In addition, it's an incredible bargain. If, like me, you love movies, but you find it harder and harder to go to theaters because of the violence, emptiness and overall lack of quality and imagination that most of the current crop represents, The CIRCLE is a wonderful opportunity.

Nutritional Medicine and Longevity
Autism diagnosis is based on lack of language development, lack of social interaction, and stereotyped and repetitive behaviors. Some require that you start from scratch, while others, especially tablets or capsules, are available ready made.In "Autism: Children Who Can't Speak" Richard A. Kunin, M.D. discusses a number of possible causes of this condition, and the preventive role of vitamin A.

Healthy Alternatives
Traditional Chinese medicine has been an extremely helpful and growing trend in athletics. In "Acupuncture Scores Points with Athletes" Carrie Elizabeth Sklar relates a number of cases involving professional athletes. Oriental medicine and sports medicine techniques focus on proprioception - the muscles' awareness communicating to the central nervous system, and acupuncture is one of the quickest ways to restore muscle balance.

Healthy Woman Update
Stress in fibroid and endometriosis patients can arise over such issues as job security and performance, money worries, relationship problems with family and friends, overwork, and a host of other common problems. In "Stress Reduction for Relief of Fibroids & Endometriosis" Susan M. Lark, M.D. describes a variety of relaxation methods including focusing, meditation, muscle relaxation, affirmations, and visualizations.

Find an Alternative Healthcare Professional
The Professional Referral Network contains searchable directories for 20 leading professional associations in complementary and integrative health care, with over 17,000 professionals. Looking for a healthcare professional specializing in homeopathy? The Homeopathy section includes the Council for Homeopathic Certification and Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians member databases.

Healthy Bookstore - Stevia Sweet Recipes

"Stevia Sweet Recipes: Sugar-Free-Naturally" by Jeffrey Goettemoeller is a complete recipe book using the herbal sweetener, Stevia - an herbal sweetener which, in its extracted form, is over 200 times sweeter than sugar! This book provides over a hundred recipes, developed in the Goettemoeller family kitchen, using Stevia as the sweetener. Learn how to incorporate this amazing herb into your own recipes, and begin to sweeten your cookies, cakes, pies, puddings, jellies, jams, sauces and more the natural way -- with Stevia!

All HWOL Books 10% off!

Nutrition Tips
Grains are the most commonly consumed foods worldwide. They are the main human fuel and a good source of complex carbohydrate - slower burning and with more sustained energy than simple sugars. In "Grains" Elson M. Haas, M.D. details how whole (unprocessed) grains provide a healthy amount of B vitamins, vitamin E, and many minerals. He discusses research on health benefits of grains and addresses the nutritional value of ten specific grains.

There's a Yogi in the Kitchen!
To most Westerners, curry or "curried" refers to anything that is made with curry powder. In "Lessons in Curry" Siri-Veda Kaur Khalsa teaches us that curry is actually a special dish, while what we call "curry" is really just the normal way of preparing vegetables in India. Learn what spices to use, along with how to buy, prepare and store these spices to have on hand for other curry recipes.

THE WHOLE PERSON ASSESSMENT PROGRAM

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The Healer Within
The basic technique of self-applied massage for the hands is the same as for the feet. However, the hands are much easier because they are so easy to reach. Without sitting down or having to remove your shoes you can go right to work. You can do this any where at any time. In "Self-Applied Massage of the Hands," Dr. Roger Jahnke explains how to do self-applied massage to the hands.

Mind-Body-Spirit
Your spiritual nature is a psychological fact. It is the real and transformative force that empowers your life. In "Psychospiritual Integration" Jacquelyn Small, L.C.S.W. relates how this process begins to occur naturally when the ego and soul turn to focus upon one another.

OLA LOA - A NUTRITIONAL BREAKTHROUGH

Ola Loa Energy is an effervescent, great tasting multi-vitamin vitamin powder that provides quick recovery from stress, sports and the rigors of daily life, with all the natural energy boosters and a doctor's selection of strategic nutrients providing greater absorption. Designed by renowned nutrition pioneer, Richard A. Kunin, M.D., Ola Loa is so gentle on the body it can be taken anytime. Just place Ola Loa Tropical Power Powder into an empty glass, add a few ounces of water or juice, and watch it stir itself. Enjoy the Ola Loa feeling!

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HEALTH PRACTITIONERS & LIFE COACHES -
Whole Person Wellness Program for Your Practice
Are you looking for a tool to:
* Build your practice
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* Set up personalized wellness programs
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The Wellness Inventory may be your answer.

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What Doctor's Don't Tell You (newsletter)

Holism and Family Health - 2005 AHMA Annual Scientific Conference
Philadelphia, PA USA
May 11-14, 2005
Contact: American Holistic Medical Association - 505-292-7788

Medicines from the Earth
Symposium on Botanical Medicine
Black Mountain, NC USA
June 4-6, 2005
Contact: Herbal Educational Services - 800-252-0688

The 13th Annual Congress on Women's Health
Hilton Head, SC USA
June 4-7, 2005
Contact: Journal of Women's Health and University of South Florida - 800-5-BIOCON

Journey Into Healing
An Exploration of the Mind-Body Connection
La Costa, CA USA
June 8-10, 2005
Contact: The Chopra Center - 888-424-6772

Food as Medicine
Integrating nutrition into clinical practice and medical education
Berkeley, CA USA
June 19-25, 2005
Contact: Center for Mind-Body Medicine - 202-966-7338

15th Annual ISSSEEM Conference
Science, Mysticism, and The MIND: Transforming Life As We Live It
Colorado Springs, CO USA
June 23-29, 2005
Contact: International Sociey for the Study of Subtle Energies & Energy Medicine - 303-425-4625

Cancer as a Turning Point
Greenville, SD USA
June 25-26, 2005
Contact: Healing Journeys - 800-423-9882

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