Archives: 2006 October

Making waves

Doctors use them to check fetal development and movement and to look for signs of birth defects, but it's especially exciting for the parents because it yields the first printed images of their baby and information about its sex.

Balancing dietary fats

I am sure most of you are aware by now the importance of maintaining a balance between omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids.

Dry macular degeneration

Q: Is there a good product to treat, or even maybe cure, dry macular degeneration?

More proof that acupuncture works

Acupuncture is probably the one alternative treatment that both mainstream and natural medicine agree on — at least somewhat.

Managing Your Magnesium

Q: I read your letter the other day about how not getting enough magnesium can make your muscles weaker. But I thought I read something from you awhile back warning about not taking too much magnesium.

Cultivating a cancer weapon

A plant once used as a source for blue dye could one day help fight cancer.

Psoriasis relief

Nickel, combined with bromide, can substantially improve psoriasis and in some cases eliminate it all together.

Search and Destroy

I'm never sure whether to laugh or cry when I hear some mainstream researcher on the news talking about his latest "revolutionary" discovery that a natural treatment works better than a patented pharmaceutical drug.

Q&A: Heel Calluses

Q: I’ve had very thick heel calluses for most of my adult life. I’ve tried everything from lotions to scraping to soaking and nothing seems to help.

'Health' and beauty?

It should come as no surprise to you that the use of chemical-based merchandise can have dangerous effects on your body.

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