10 Steps to Reduce Stress
Each and every day, we face stressors. Events, people, circumstances, concerns, and a certain amount of stress are part of our normal daily lives. Some…
Category: Complementary and Integrative Health
Aromatherapy for Insomnia
Essential oils may help you relax and get a better night’s sleep. Although many essential oils can be used to help you relax or make…
Caregiver Wellness–It’s Up to You
Caring for someone else can be rewarding and exhausting. Often, caregivers say, “My spouse is the one with cancer, but now I’m the one in…
Integrative Approaches to Depression
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one…
Vitamin E Supplements Increase Incidence of Prostate Cancer
According to the recent Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT), published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, vitamin E significantly increased…
Hormone Replacement: The Importance of Timing
Authors of the newest consensus statement on menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) have concluded that MHT is the most effective treatment for menopausal symptoms and that…
Patients Experience Less Pain, Increased Satisfaction with Integrative Care
A recent report commissioned by the Bravewell Collaborative surveyed 29 prominent integrative medical centers in the United States. The report, entitled Integrative Medicine in America…
Clinical Hypnosis and the Treatment of Postmenopausal Hot Flashes
In a recent study funded by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and published in Menopause: The Journal of the North American…
The Benefits of Meditation
You’ve probably heard about meditation and may wonder, What is meditation, and what can meditation do for me? Doesn’t it mean sitting all day in…
Make the Most of Menopause
Menopause occurs at the natural end of a woman’s reproductive cycle. So why not treat it naturally? Both aromatherapy massage and regular massage treatments may…
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