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Sleeping well every day keeps the doctor away?
Mothers for millennia have exhorted children to get enough sleep to avoid becoming sick. But is there evidence to support mother's claim? And if we do happen to get sick, are the changes in our sleep beneficial? Links between sleep and the immune system are the topic of a study published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience. The article focuses on the means by which the immune system tells the brain that there is an infection and that we should sleep differently     View more

Sight: B vitamins help keep vision sharp as we age
Following on from our news story last week about how fruits and vegetables can help reduce vision loss in older age, a new study has found that vitamins B6 and B12 can also help preserve our eyesight as we get older.      View more

Touch: Energy healing can reduce pain, researchers discover
orm of energy healing that doesn't involve the touching of the patient has been proven to be a very effective pain-reliever. Non-contact therapeutic touch (NCTT) provided 'significant' pain relief to a group of 90 patients who were suffering chronic pain following surgery.      View more

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Simply Well - "Watch Your Words" - John W. Travis, MD, MPH
It is true that your words create your world. As you look around your surroundings, you are talking to yourself about everything you see. Your language structures your reality. In "Watch Your Words" John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., documents self-programming that heals - based on research in the field of psychoneuroimmunology that verifies that thoughts and emotions directly affect the strength of the immune system.      View more

Healthy Computing - "Daily Athlete" - Erik Peper, PhD
Computing is an athletic event. It requires the frequent use of certain muscles hour after hour, day after day. In fact, when we work at the computer we use our upper extremity muscles more than any world class athlete would. Thus, fitness is an important component in staying healthy at the computer. In "Daily Athlete" Erik Peper, Ph.D. offers you practical tips to improve your fitness and health.      View more

Holistic Healthcare for Children - "Fast Food And Asthma" - Randall Neustaedter, OMD
Dr. Neustaedter notes several studies that explore the association between fast food and asthma in children. Results showed that the more fast-food consumed the higher the incidence of asthmatic signs and symptoms.     View more

Integrator Blog - Nancy Gahles: Homeopathic Leader Reports on the 1300 Participant Integrative Healthcare Symposium, February 19-21, NYC
For many of us, this weeks' "integrative health policy week" in Washington, DC actually began with the robust Integrative Healthcare Symposium (IHS) in New York City last week where a multidisciplinary gathering of 1300 met to explore policy, practice, science and business issues. Nancy Gahles, DC, CCH, RSHom (NA), an advisory board member for IHS, offers her review of pros and cons of the meeting. She explores roadmaps-for-the-future policy panels which included Wayne Jonas, Josephine Briggs, Mary Jo Kreitzer, Bill Benda and others. Some of what she experiences she celebrates. At the same time, Gahles, president of the National Center for Homeopathy, challenges the MD-centrism of much of the content and wonders whether these roads will take us "back to Rome?" It's a thought provoking, homeopathic-centric review. If you attended, what did you think about the inter-disciplinary balance at the IHS?      View more
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Mind Over Matter - "Smoking Prevention: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" - Barry Bittman, MD
A study evaluating smoking prevention programs involved a comprehensive effort including motivational and self-help cessation materials, faculty training on how to encourage and support teen smoking cessation efforts, as well as posters and school newspaper advertisements with anti-smoking elements. Unfortunately, dedicated efforts to offer smoking cessation programs for our youth are a failure. Barry Bittman, M.D. challenges that teacher and peer influence in schools cannot be expected to effectively counteract family and societal influences in the long run.      View more

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