BRING MORE BALANCE INTO YOUR LIFE

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Study: Yoga Effective For Low Back Pain
Most people have experienced back pain at some point in their lives. Researchers report that yoga appears to be more effective for low back pain than conventional exercise or getting a self-care book, according to a first-of-its-kind study. People interested in learning yoga for relief of low back pain should choose an instructor who is experienced working with students who have this condition.

Nation's Drinking Water Contains 140 Different Contaminants With EPA Asleep At The Wheel
The first ever nationwide compilation of tap water testing results from drinking water utilities shows widespread contamination of drinking water with scores of contaminants for which there are no enforceable health standards. Examples include the gasoline additive MTBE, the rocket fuel component perchlorate, and a variety of industrial solvents. The pollution affects more than one hundred million people in 42 states. The problem appears to be the EPA's failure to establish enforceable health standards and monitoring requirements for scores of widespread tap water contaminants.

Campaigners Deliver Anti-GMO Petition at WTO Meeting
A petition was delivered to World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Pascal Lamy during December trade talks that took place in Hong Kong. The petition opposing the WTO trade dispute over genetically modified (GM) food filed by the United States, Argentina and Canada was signed by more than 135,000 people from 100 countries and more than 740 organizations representing 60 million people. The WTO is expected to issue an interim ruling on January 5, 2006. In line with WTO secrecy, the draft ruling will only be made available to the countries in the dispute. This will form the basis for the final ruling expected in March or April.

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CONTINUING OUR 12-STAGE JOURNEY TO WELLNESS
This week our journey focuses on EATING, the 4th of 12 keys to wellness in the Wellness Inventory. Most Americans' eating patterns represent a public health crisis. If a new disease erupted that was one tenth as destructive as most people's diets, there would be a massive public outcry to find the cure. The way many people eat is the result of a lifestyle that glorifies immediate satisfaction and neglects the long-term consequences.

Staying Healthly Tips
The Holiday Season is a time that has inherent biological and seasonal conflict. Our body wants to be conservative with food and minimize indulgences, yet there are great demands for family time, shopping, and parties. Follow the "10 Tips on Staying Healthy through the Holidays" from Elson M. Haas, M.D. so that you are less likely to become ill with colds, flus, and other maladies.

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Understanding Homeopathy
Are you interested in experimenting with homeopathic medicines? In "Ten Common Homeopathic Medicines" Dana Ullman, M.P.H. selects a well-rounded assortment and explains how each is used. His list includes Allium cepa, Arnica, Chamomilla, Hypericum, Ignatia, Magnesia phosphorica, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla and Rhus tox.

Healthy Alternatives
In "To Your Animal's Emotional Health (Dogs)" Penny Case presents two case histories which demonstrate how homeopathic remedies can help your canine pet resolve a wide range of problems from overcoming emotional trauma to being able to let go of unacceptable behavior.

Dr. Christine Horner's Natural Secrets for Breast Health
In "Breast Health Tip #14: Avoid Alcohol" Christine Horner, M.D., F.A.C.S advised you to avoid alcohol and drink "health-promoting drinks" like organic fruit juices, green tea, and purified water instead. Why? Researchers have found one drink a day can increase your risk of breast cancer by 11%; two drinks a day by 22 to 40%; and three drinks a day by 33 to 70%. Your body has an amazing capacity to heal. The moment you drop unhealthy habits and adopt healthy ones, your body will begin repairing itself. Enjoy your holidays – and at the same time honor your health. 

Healthy Man Update
We all know that caring for a child's health begins before birth. Prenatal health care has become standard protocol in the field of preventive medicine. Some experts are now saying that the mother--and father--need to pay attention to their health before conception occurs. If you are considering a pregnancy in 2006, in "Want A Healthy Baby? Moms And Dads Get A Head Start" Lauri M. Aesoph, N.D. advises that you start now to work on enhancing your nutritional program and reducing the stress in your life.

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 a progressive approach to dental care? The "Dentistry section includes the Holistic Dental Association member database.

Healthy Bookstore - A Year to Live

In "A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as if it Were Your Last" Stephen Levine teaches us how to live each moment, each hour, each day mindfully--as if it were all that was left. It is an exercise that gives us the opportunity to deal with unfinished business and enter into a new and vibrant relationship with life. Levine provides us with a year-long program of intensely practical strategies and powerful guided meditations to help with this work, so that whenever the ultimate moment does arrive for each of us, we will not feel that it has come too soon.

Nutrition Tips
Although we reach for the coffee or tea cup hoping to boost our energy, studies show that we are actually inducing a state of stress. Caffeine drives the adrenal glands to produce stress hormones that can remain in the blood stream up to 18 hours after consumption. In "The Hidden Link Between Stress, Aging and Caffeine" Caroline MacDougall sheds new light on lifestyle practices that ultimately lead to fatigue, plus tips for kicking the caffeine habit.

Vegetarian Recipe
Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine offers you a vegetarian recipe for "Black Beans with Marinated Tomatoes."

MOVIES THAT INSPIRE, HEAL AND TRANSFORM

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Echoes of Silence
There is so much order, intelligence, and fullness in the creation that we are. There is so much beauty, so much love, so much tenderness. This is what reality is. We find ourselves in this loss of self, in the opening to mystery, in seeing the luminous presence that brightens all things. In "Eating Eternity" Robert Rabbin affirms that we are this silent beauty, that we do live as the living presence in all things, that we are love.

Music and Wellness
Deep within the essence of who we are there's a sound, a vibration, an emanation that expresses life from every cell. In "Deep Within: Drumming as a Healing Strategy" Barry Bittman, M.D. shares how he offers music as a therapeutic intervention to his patients suffering from some of the most challenging illnesses imaginable.

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Sounds True (Audios - Wisdom for the Inner Life) -
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Teeccino (Caffeine-Free Herbal Coffee) -
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GLOBAL HEALTH CALENDAR

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3rd Annual Natural Supplements: An Evidence-Based Update
La Jolla, CA USA
January 20-22, 2005
Contact: Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine - 858-587-4404

Mind-Body-Medicine Professional Training Program
Integrate the best mind, body, and spirit techniques into your practice
Berkeley, CA USA
January 29-February 4, 2006
Contact: Center for Mind-Body Medicine - 202-966-7338

Intuitive Healing Course for Health Professionals
With Judith Orloff, M.D.
Los Angeles, CA USA
March 2-5, 2006
Contact: Institute of Noetic Sciences - 310-277-7007

The International Complementary and Natural Healthcare Conference and Expo
New York, NY USA
March 3-5, 2006
Contact: Diversified Business Communications - 203-656-2001

2006 NCH Annual Conference
San Jose, CA USA
April 7-11, 2006
Contact: National Center for Homeopathy - 877-624-0613

LOHAS Forum
Los Angeles, CA USA
April 26-28, 2006
Contact: LOHAS Forum - 303-222-8263

13th International Symposium on Functional Medicine
Managing Biotransformation: The Metabolic, Genomic and Detoxification Balance Points
Tampa, FL USA
April 19-22, 2006
Contact: Institute for Functional Medicine - 800-228-0622

AOMAlliance 13th Annual Conference and Expo
Keystone, CO USA
May 3-10, 2006
Contact: Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Alliance - 253-851-6896

For more leading health events visit www.healthcalendar.com

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