John Campanelli's blog: Science and the alternative can mix
Reiki, yoga, acupuncture, herbal therapy, massage, reflexology — they all fall under the umbrella of “complementary and alternative medicine” or …
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Year: 2014
Women and stress: The big, fat, bad news
Adopt a lifelong "eating plan for good health" rather than a "diet for weight loss". That way, you will be able to keep the cravings at bay for good!
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Three health experts suggest books to help you meet your dietary New Year resolutions
A frequent response to the question “What's your New Year's resolution?” is “To lose weight.” Add in “Eat healthier,” “Eat fewer processed foods” and …
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Alternative treatments now part of mainstream medicine
PORTSMOUTH — Acupuncture, Reiki, aromatherapy, massage and other treatments once considered “alternatives” are becoming more and more …
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Marlborough expo features everything from reiki to herbal medicine
MARLBOROUGH – Increasing curiosity about alternative medicine and healthy living attracted thousands of people to the eighth annual Natural Living …
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India seeks to cash in on global demand for ancient remedies
… it seeks to cash in on the multi-billion dollar global market for holistic medicine. … on its traditions as the world has woken up to alternative medicine.
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Exercise and Manual Therapy Improve Pain and Function in Osteoarthritis
Patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis may improve their pain, stiffness and physical function with sustained physical exercise, manual therapy or both, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.
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Minnesota author Mark Meissner inks 'helpful exercise tool'
In his pictorial anatomy and exercise guide, Meissner provides readers a tour of 141 major muscle exercises of the body complete with anatomical …
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Simple Exercises can provide Great Benefits to Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
Two studies unveiled that patients having chronic kidney disease (CKD) can be greatly benefitted by doing simple exercises. The first research was …
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Sierra Leone frees journalist detained over Ebola criticism
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Authorities in Sierra Leone have freed a journalist arrested 11 days ago for making supposedly disparaging comments about the country’s effort to fight Ebola. Local rights groups and British parliament had criticised the detention of David Tam-Baryoh, who was arrested under emergency measures put in place to combat the worst Ebola outbreak on record. Sierra Leone is one of the three West African nations worst hit by an Ebola outbreak that has killed at least 5,177 people in West Africa. U.N. …
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Congo declares its Ebola outbreak over
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo declared its three-month Ebola outbreak officially over on Saturday after 42 days without recording a new case of the disease. Congo's outbreak, which killed 49 of the 66 people infected in the remote northwestern Equateur province, is unrelated to the outbreak in West Africa, where at least 5,177 people are known to have died in the worst Ebola outbreak on record. "No new cases have been registered since Oct. 4," Health Minister Felix Kabange told reporters in Kinshasa. …
Sierra Leone doctor with Ebola evacuated to U.S
FREETOWN (Reuters) – A Sierra Leonean doctor who caught Ebola working as a surgeon in a Freetown hospital was evacuated on a chartered flight early on Saturday morning, medical and airport sources said. Dr. Martin Salia, a 44-year-old permanent U.S. resident, was chief medical officer at the United Methodist Church's Kissy Hospital when he was confirmed on Tuesday to have contracted Ebola. Eustace Williams, head of operations at Freetown airport, said the plane that is due to take Salia to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha left at around 0400 GMT. …