Alternative

If you’ve quit smoking successfully, the chances are you’ve used complementary wellness methods to help you do it. Many a successful quitter has gotten through the pangs of cigarette withdrawal using techniques such as hypnosis,…

Complementary medicine is an expanding field, and one which could greatly benefit your wellness and well-being if you were able to get to grips with it. NCCAM is an organisation which covers the field of alternative and complementary …

When you are suffering from cancer, many people will advise you to take this supplement or that supplement, to try various different therapies and cite all kinds of complementary methods that they swear have been known to cure cancer. But…

If you are one of the millions suffering from chronic arthritis, then the news of dud painkillers and pseudo-drugs are not entirely encouraging. That being said, there are many ways to ease pain with less side-effects, reduced…

You probably know someone who has arthritis. It’s one of the most common health problems in the world, and while it is more famous as a condition that affects the wellness of older people it is actually common in every age bracket. It’s a…

A large proportion of people swear by alternative or complementary medicine. It is often seen as a ‘natural’ alternative to standard medicine that might use drugs or chemicals to help make you feel better. However, the fact is that…

Type two diabetes is a condition which affects more and more people every year. Some of the countries with the largest populations in the world have ten per cent of their adult population suffering from the condition. In China that’s…

The term ‘alternative healthcare’ has been around for a while now. It effectively refers to any form of treatment, medicine or techniques that are not considered to be a part of standard scientific healthcare. They are not taught at…

There are all sorts of herbal remedies for various things. You may snort and roll your eyes at this but a good number of them work a lot more effectively than any medicinal treatment we can come up with. I’m not talking about treating…

Traditional and complementary medicines are becoming more and more popular in the world today. The fact is that a lot of them really do show benefits to patients. These benefits tend to come without the crippling side affects which can…

Human Growth Hormone (HGH) is naturally produced in the body and stimulates growth while regenerating and reproducing cells. Its production in the body diminishes after puberty. A very complex hormone, HGH is usually prescribed for children…

A versatile nutritional supplement, whey protein is used by athletes and non-athletes alike to build muscle and increase strength. Whey is the liquid by-product of cheese making and because it has the benefits of milk without many of the…

A medical cure for cancer remains elusive but research continues to unlock the key to treating this most deadly of diseases. Patients diagnosed with the disease may, however, consider alternative, holistic therapies that claim to have some…

Conventional Western medicine does an outstanding job with medical emergencies. If your wellbeing is suddenly affected by a trauma or extreme, life-threatening event, conventional medicine has heroic intervention techniques and surgical…

When you are suffering the pain and discomfort caused by arthritis, you may feel complementary therapies can help ease the symptoms. But experts studying trial evidence have concluded that there are very few alternative treatments that…

For a country that revels in berating its weather, it is easy to dismiss the prevalence of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Nonetheless, this is indeed a medical affliction. According to BUPA, those aged between 18 and 30 have a greater…

Ever since the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine has been commercialised, people have been concerned about its affect on your overall wellbeing. The vaccine has had no long term testing, is injected into female children, and there have…

Giving up smoking is one of the hardest things for many people to attempt to do in their lives. It might seem like such a big deal, but try to imagine going without something that you literally crave every couple of hours or so – then…

With arthritis as with a lot of the other ‘big illnesses’ which infect the modern world, there are a lot of competing alternative and holistic treatment options. Some may work and have thousands of years backing them up; others don’t have…

You may not like to talk about sexual health concerns, but this is the first step in getting your relationship back on track. After you and your partner address these issues together, alternative practices can help to bolster your sexual…