THE SCIENTIFIC WAY TO STAY SANE UNDER STRESS

Are you sometimes so stressed, you feel as if you’re going insane? Use these 6 tips and science-based tools to keep stress out of your life and away from your business. Setember 04, 2013. As many as four in 10 adults in each region of the U.S. report that their stress levels have increased in […]

HOW NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS ARE PROVING THE VALUE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

13.6.12 John Weeks Huffington post   “In the mid-1980s, leaders of the reemerging naturopathic medical profession faced a tough challenge. They had to make the case for a scientific basis for their field prior to any history of federal support for naturopathic research. The naturopathic physician authors of such pioneering volumes as the Textbook of […]

DO YOU TAKE SLEEPING PILLS?

In a study just published, ‘Hypnotics’ association with mortality or cancer: a matched cohort study’ 27.2.12, it was established that medications commonly prescribed for insomnia, such as zolpidem, temazepam, eszopiclone, zaleplon, and other benzodiazepines, barbiturates and sedative antihistamines, significantly increased the risk of premature death and cancer. The key messages from the study include: * […]

Raising Mentally Healthy Kids

One in Seven Children Experience Mental Health Issues. Here’s How You Can Support Your Kids According to Michael Grose (Sunday Mail, 10.10.10:22): “A significant number of Australian children experience mental health difficulties. According to the Australian Psychological Society, one in seven Australian children experience some type of mental health issue, with ADHD, anxiety and depression being […]

The Physical Affects Of Stress

Stress is one of those commonly used terms that can mean many different things. From a physiological point of view, the body’s mechanism for responding to stress involves three components that are all part of the endocrine (hormone) system. In the brain, the hypothalamus gland releases chemicals that affect the pituitary gland. The pituitary in […]