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8 Steps to Reversing Diabesity
Dr. Mark Hyman shares a comprehensive 8-step plan for overcoming diabesity in all its forms.
21st Century Medicine: A New Model for Medical Education and Practice
Dr. David S. Jones, Laurie Hofmann, and Sheila Quinn with IFM recognize – and emphasize – that not only must we change healthcare and medical education (the primary focus of this paper), but over the next decades we must also change the practices and priorities of our political, social, and economic structures to achieve fundamental change in the public's health.
The Bad News Continues for HRT
Considering how much news comes out on the consequences of taking conventional HRT, I think it is important to stay abreast of the latest research on the subject. It's so compelling that I wanted to share some important new findings from this past year alone.
Beyond the Olive: Healthy, Delicious Alternatives to Olive Oil
Are you tired of just using olive oil in the kitchen? Dr. Susan Lark shares ideas of other oils you can use including macadamia, avocado, hemp, black current, green tea seed, pumpkin seed, argan and berry oils. Spice up your kitchen – and taste buds – with some of the lesser known healthy oils on the market.
The Bioecology of Cancer – Bio-Therapeutic Support
The Value of Nutritional Support and Cellular Detoxification
Dr. Jack O. Taylor, MD, has developed a program for nutritional support to prevent disease and address and reverse degeneratie diseases including cancer. An individualized Nutritional Assessment & Chemical Analysis is performed for each patient to determine an appropriate program.
Boost Your Brainpower Now
There are three main factors recognized to impair the aging brain: degenerative dementias such as Alzheimer's disease; vascular dementias due to clogged arteries and strokes; and so-called normal, agerelated cognitive decline. But this trio of threats does not mean that you are doomed to suffer from impaired ability to think, remember, and solve problems.
Buteyko Breathing Therapy
Occassionally FAIM will highlight a particular protocol. With the large number of asthma cases, it seemed prudent to share the Buteyko Breathing Therapy with our readers in this article by Eugenia Malyshev.
Can This Herb Completely Replace Drugs for Type-2 Diabetics?
Dr. Frank Shallenberger reports on his experience and two studies on the effects of berberine on blood sugar control and triglyceride levels and discusses berberine as an effective treatment for diabetes.
Cancer and Health Crimes Against Humanity
Burton Goldberg has long been known as the voice of Alternative Medicine, knowing what is at the forefront and what is politically urgent. Dr. Goldberg shares his opinions on cancer treatment in the United States.
Cancer Treatment in the United States: An Ongoing Travesty
Dr. Mark A. Rosenberg is a medical doctor and cancer scientist working on exciting therapies to treat and cure advanced stage cancer. "The results," he says, "are nothing short of remarkable."
Cardiovascular Health and CRP: Statins Are Not the Answer
Dr. Julian Whitaker addresses heart disease, cholesterol and the common blood test for inflammation, C-Reactive Protein and the use of statin drugs. Are they friend or foe?
The Core of ECHO
ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization) is a non-profit, inter-denominational Christian organization located on a demonstration farm in North Fort Myers, FL. ECHO exists primarily to help people working internationally with the poor be more effective, especially in the area of agriculture by offering education, training, seeds, and networking.
Cures for Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is one of the top – if not the top – complaints that most doctors hear about from patients. The good news is that the complementary medical community has a plethora of safe and natural therapies that work to alleviate pain. Dr. Susan Lark shares these with our readers.
The Dangers of the Digital Era
Dr. Susan Lark explores how electropollution (including cell phone exposure) affects us. It has been linked to such diseases as leukemia, brain tumors, inner ear tumors, Lou Gehrig's disease, Alzheimer's disease, breast cancer, accelerated aging, and depression.
Dr. Taylor's Breast Cancer Newsletter
Dr. Eldred Taylor travels throughout the United States lecturing about, Women's Health, Breast Cancer Prevention, Healthy Living, and Integrative Medicine. Now known as "The Hormone Doctor," Dr. Taylor combines his exceptional training in conventional Obstetrics and Gynecology and his experience with alternative therapies to provide comprehensive patient focused care.
Fifty Percent of Americans Suffer from Silent Killer: Diabesity
Dr. Mark Hyman says "one of every two people have a deadly disease that's making them fat, sick, and will kill them and 90% don't even know they have it." What's worse is doctors may not be trained how to find it and they are not even looking for it. It's called diabesity – the number one cause of obesity, heart disease, cancer, dementia and of course type 2 diabetes.
General Diet Recommendations for Optimal Health
Dr. Isaac Eliaz has been practicing integrative medicine with a focus on cancer and chronic illness for 25 years. Today, Dr. Eliaz is the medical director of Amitabha Medical Clinic and Healing Center in Sebastopol, CA, where integrative health practitioners work with patients to treat cancer and other chronic illness. Designing individualized, synergistic healing protocols that draw from multiple medical systems including Western allopathic, Traditional Chinese, and a wide range of holistic therapies, allows for the treatment of the whole person: body, mind, emotions, and spirit, rather than just addressing the symptoms of the disease. Nutrition plays an important role in his therapies.
Giving Energy Medicine a Chance: A Proposal
Medical crises of our times, such as the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the breakdown in pain medications show that the need for an institution to evaluate new and promising methods that are coming into widespread use but that are not well regulated or tested by existing institutions. James Oschman proposes the equivalent of the Underwriters Laboratory specializing in the evaluation of new medical devices and techniques.
Healing with Magnets
There has been a long standing argument whether magnets heal or not. Dr. Laux shares information regarding his take on what the science says about magnets and pain relief, body healing, stroke rehabilitation and urinary incontinence.
Health Properties of Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is uniquely different from most other dietary oils, and for this reason, has found use in a multitude of applications in food, medicine, and industry.Dr. Bruce Fife explains the physical properties, health benefits, and antimicrobial effects of this healthy oil.
Heart Failure Roundup: The CoQ10, Fish Oil, Statin Connection
Dr. Stephen Sinatra shares information on the role that CoQ10, fish oil and other supplements play in heart health. He takes a close look at statin drugs and cholesterol.
Holistic and High-Tech Energy Medicine Clinics, Norway and the World
HealthTech Sciences AS in Norway is behind the clinic concept for a total of 143 clinics in Norway, as well as some clinics in USA, UK, Holland and South Africa. There are three main technologies used at these holistic and high-tech energy medicine clinics, the ES-Teck developed in France, the Introspect developed in Russia, and the SCIO developed in Hungary. These ideal clinics use this most effective approach to deal with the primary causative factors, as well as the problem itself, and then support the self-regulating mechanisms to effectively resolve it.
Imerman Angels
Imerman Angels, founded by Jonny Imerman, is a not-for-profit organization that connects a person fighting cancer today (cancer fighter) with someone who has beaten the same type of cancer (cancer survivor) to provide one-on-one support.
Important Information When the Diagnosis is Cancer
David Getoff, Naturopath and Clinical Nutritionist, introduces ways to strengthen the immune system to help the body fight cancer.
Integrative Medicine and Oncology: The Path of Healing and Wisdom
Dr. Isaac Eliaz explains how cancer treatment using Integrative Medicine and conventional treatments, such as chemotherapy, together can have greater success. The Integrative Medical model provides the body with nutrients to restore vitality, boost immunity, modulate hormones, help the body detoxify, and much more.
Knee, Back, and Shoulder Pain Cured With Prolozone
Dr. Robert Rowen reports on his trip to India and treatment of patients with an injection of medical ozone resulting in fast and often permanent pain relief of long-standing, difficult-to-treat cases.
Making Beauty for Wounded Places
Radical Joy for Hard Times is a worldwide community of people dedicated to reuniting people and the places they love. Our mission is to give people the opportunity to deeply connect with natural places that have been damaged through human or natural acts.
The Newest in Breast Cancer Prevention
Based on research reported within the past five years, Dr. Susan Lark shares with you the best things you can do, starting today, to dramatically reduce your risk of developing breast cancer.
Of Enzymes, Worms, and Cancer
The medical writer Ralph W. Moss, PhD, has written or edited twelve books and three film documentaries, mostly on the question of cancer research and treatment. He has made his life's work independently investigating alternative cancer treatment and the claims made for them. He is known for solid, comprehensive, and meticulously documented reporting on the subject.
Prolozone for Pain Relief
Dr. Robert Rowen, editor of "Second Opinion," reports on his use of Prolozone in prolotherapy resulting in fast and often permanent pain relief of long-standing, difficult-to-treat cases.
A Promising Prostate Cancer Solution
Dr. Williams discusses the benefits of modified citrus pectin, an amazing product that can prevent and maybe even reverse prostate cancer.
The Prostate Cancer Machine
Dr. David Williams explains Benign Prostate Hypertrophy, Prostate Cancer and PSA. Learn how to protect yourself when dealing with all issues related to the prostate.
Red Palm Oil: A Daily Dose of Vitamins from a Cooking Oil
Palm oil, particularly virgin or "red" palm oil, is a traditional fat that has been a part of the human diet for at least 5,000 years. For generations red palm oil has been revered as both a nutritious food and a valuable medicine. It was prized by the pharaohs of ancient Egypt as a sacred food. The oil was so highly valued that it was entombed with the pharaohs so that they would have access to it in the afterlife.
Remineralizing Soils for Optimum Elemental Balance
Remineralization of agricultural land, garden soils and the creation of nutrient dense food with 90-plus minerals is the goal of lifelong advocate of sustainable organic food production, Robert Cain who learned the technology called Sea Energy Agriculture from Maynard Murray, M.D.
The Root Cause of Your Autoimmune Disease — and why treating it can be easier than you think
All it takes is one look around the grocery store to see that gluten sensitivity is on the rise. Because of the increase in celiac disease, gluten-free foods are more in demand now than ever before. But did you know that even if you don't have celiac disease, you might be gluten sensitive and not even know it? Dr. Jonathan Wright explains.
Seasonal Spring Cleanse Protocol
Spring and Fall seasons provide the best opportunities for deeply detoxifying and cleansing the body of harmful impurities that have collected in our organs and tissues over the past months and years. Dr. Isaac Eliaz offers this protocol.
Spiraling Through the School of Life Book Review
Diane Ladd's book, Spiraling Through the School of Life, is an inspiration about life and folk wisdom. She has a keen sense about healthy living mentally, physically and spiritually from which everyone can benefit.
Telomeres: Major Discovery Reveals the Secret to Dramatically Slowing Aging
The telomere is the 'tail' of each chromosome in your cells. When you were young your telomeres were long. As you age, and your cells divide, all your telomeres shorten. Wouldn't it be great if we could slow your telomere shortening process, or activate telomerase? Well, there is a way.
The Therapeutic Use of Sound in Alternative and Conventional Medicine
Sound waves help to normalize imbalances and synchronize the cell's frequency back to its natural healthy state of vibrational resonance. Sound is a medium that is increasingly being used in both alternative and conventional medicine – through the use of both audible and inaudible frequencies. This article looks at studies, technologies, and methods of sound application.
Thermography for the Prevention of Breast Cancer
With over 97% accuracy, Donna Tomey reports, thermography has the ability to warn women 8-10 years before any other imaging method, that a cancer may be forming, alerting women early enough to begin the process of actually reversing this abnormal development before it even becomes a tumor.
Things You Probably Didn't Know About Coconut Oil
Dr. Bruce Fife, a naturopathic physician and certified nutritionist, exposes the truth about coconut oil to the general public and reveals the marketing strategies that gave coconut oil such a bad name.
Vetting Stem Cell Therapies
Dr. Christopher Centeno, stem cell expert, helps the reader assess stem cell clinics. He answers questions regarding stem cell sources and types, processing stem cells, and delivery methods. A link listing global clinics which have been surveyed by the International Cell Medicine Society (ICMS) is included.
What If There was a Cure for Alzheimer's Disease and No One Knew?
Dr. Mary Newport's husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at much too early an age. After much research, Dr. Newport reports on her experience with how MCTs and coconut oil have helped her husband in his return to health.
Why Can't We Use Our Own Stem Cells to Heal Our Bodies?
Today the discovery of the body's own repair and regeneration system -- autologous adult stem cells -- represents an incredible discovery. However, the FDA is keeping this life saving treatment, which is being used in many other countries around the world, from the American public. Read about how this has happened, what can be done, and the incredible savings it would bring to the healthcare system.
Why Osteopenia Isn't a Disease – And You Don't Need Drugs to Treat It!
Has your doctor given you the grim news: "You have osteopenia and you're heading toward full-blown osteoporosis"? In this article, Dr. Nan Kathryn Fuchs describes osteopenia as "the normal slight thinning of bones that comes with aging" and suggests ways to improve your bone health without prescription drugs.
Meet the Founder
Businessman and retired Congressman Berkley Bedell founded the Foundation for Alternative and Integrative Medicine in 1998. Learn more...
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