http://www.alternative-therapies.org Mind, Body & Soul Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:03:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Brain development may suffer as early as 17 weeks Charity urges supportive environment in pregnancy Stress experienced by a woman during pregnancy may affect her unborn baby as early as 17 weeks after conception, with potentially harmful effects on brain and development, according to new research. The study is the first ... http://www.alternative-therapies.org/?p=330 Stress during pregnancy can have unfortunate consequences for children born under those conditions - slower development, learning and attention difficulties, anxiety and depressive symptoms and possibly even autism. That such stress during a mother's pregnancy can cause developmental and emotional problems for offspring has long been observed by behavioral and biological ... http://www.alternative-therapies.org/?p=327 With swine flu spreading rapidly across the county, with sometimes fatal consequences, it is more important than ever before that you take all reasonable steps to reduce the risk to yourself and your family. This is even more critical as the UK Government has recently confirmed that swine flu vaccinations ... http://www.alternative-therapies.org/?p=322 A Healthday article entitled ‘Caffeine may offer some Skin Cancer Protection’ explains how caffeine might one day be used as an ingredient in sunscreen.  Researcher Dr Paul Nghiem, an associate professor of Dermatology at the University of Washington in Seattle led a study on the effect of caffeine on human ... http://www.alternative-therapies.org/?p=313 The first choice you will have to make is whether to choose a particular treatment or a particular practitioner.  You could choose a particular treatment based on its technique, conceptual framework or its belief system or you might decide that you would prefer to choose a particular practitioner, based on ... http://www.alternative-therapies.org/?p=308 Detoxification is the process of removing toxic substances from the body.  In conventional medicine this is done through techniques such as dialysis.  In alternative medicine there are other techniques for detoxification such as nutritional, herbal, electrical or electromagnetic treatments. The main types of detoxification therapies are: fasting, specific diets, vitamin therapy, ... http://www.alternative-therapies.org/?p=306 Scientists at the University of Kuopio, Finland in collaboration with Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and the National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland have found that midlife coffee and tea drinking may help to protect against late-life dementia. The study found that coffee drinkers at midlife had lower risk for dementia and ... http://www.alternative-therapies.org/?p=303 In ancient times it was not uncommon for Chinese and Hindu doctors to tell patients suffering from various conditions to have two orgasms and come back in the morning.  A good sex life has long been recognised as being integral to a person’s health and happiness.  The word “yoga” comes from ... http://www.alternative-therapies.org/?p=301 Light Therapy has been used since ancient times as a medical treatment.  In ancient Egypt and Greece the healing power of natural sunlight was noted and used but at the time there was no scientific explanation.  Nowadays we know that our bodies transform light into electrochemical energy, which activates biochemical ... http://www.alternative-therapies.org/?p=296 A new UCLA study has found that drinking at least three cups of green or black tea a day can significantly reduce the risk of stroke.  Lead author Lenore Arab, a a professor of medicine in the division of general internal medicine and health services research at the David Geffen ... http://www.alternative-therapies.org/?p=291