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Acupuncture Helps Nervous Dental Patients

Visiting the dentist can be very traumatic for some people and so dentists are always looking for ways to make it easier for their patients. A recent study looked at whether acupuncture could be of help to these nervous patients. The study looked at 20 patients, 16 female and 4… Read more

Alex Reid Visits Spiritual Healer

Alex Reid the husband of Katie Price has admitted he has been visiting a spiritual healer to help him deal with the pressures of fame. He is being treated with a course of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) as he struggles to deal with the bad press he has received because… Read more

Acupuncture May Help Fibromyalgia Sufferers

There was some information published recently on the 7thSpace that looked at how acupuncture affected people with fibromyalgia. The aim was to establish some evidence to go with the theory that many people hold that acupuncture is an effective treatment for people with fibromyalgia.   //   The study looked… Read more

Laser Therapy to Help with Weight Loss

With obesity one of the biggest health problems for the western world we are forever looking at ways to tackle the problem. Well the answer could be a new device that has recently been seen called the Zerona that uses a cold laser light in order to remove fat in… Read more

How Music Therapy can help Autism

There are literally hundreds if not thousands of alternative therapies that can help in a wide range of different ways. In this article we are going to look at music therapy and autism. We will firstly give brief information on what autism is and also what music therapy is. We… Read more

How Hydrotherapy can help Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a condition that often conventional medicine can do very little to help. For that reason many sufferers will look to alternative therapies in order to get help and one that could be of benefit is hydrotherapy. In this article we are going to consider what fibromyalgia is, what… Read more

Yoga Central – Intense Side Stretch Pose

This is the latest article in our yoga central series and today we will be looking at a pose known as intense side stretch pose or Parsvottanasana. We will look at how to properly carry out the pose, the benefits you can get from it and anything that you need… Read more

Martial Arts and Health Benefits

There are literally hundreds of martial arts available for you to practise and all of them can have significant health benefits for you. In this article we will consider possible martial arts you could consider and also just what health benefits you could get from regular practise of them.  … Read more