Alternative Medicine

Weight-loss drugs are cosmetic, anti-obesity drugs are MEDICAL!

This article highlights 5 under-the-radar trends in the alternative healthcare industry that warrant consideration as part of your ongoing strategic planning and business intelligence process.

This article discusses whether an herbal supplement commonly taken for enlarged prostate can also keep hair from falling out.

Do you suffer from a crippling fear of speaking in public? Or know someone who does? Does that nerve wrecking feeling of being the centre of everyone's attention leave you feeling queasy, breathless and like your head is full of cotton wool?

Natural cures and supplements have been around for centuries. From ancient tribes, to modern day naturopathic doctors, even in the scientific circles, these alternatives are gaining a great deal notoriety.

Can herbal remedies help boost our immunity to common illnesses like colds and viruses? Read on to find out if a herbal remedy can improve your health.

Traditional medical practices including the use of pharmaceutical drugs greatly inhibit the body's ability to heal itself. They usually have only one action and often disrupt the body's natural balance of homeostasis. (That being the ability or tendency of an organism or cell to maintain internal equilibrium (balance) by adjusting its physiological processes.)

You have probably come across exotic-sounding terms such as chakra, prana, aura, and tantra in your course of reading books on spirituality, sex, and healing in the New Age literature section of the bookstore. But what's the real scoop behind these exotic vocabularies?

Heartburn is painful and is known as gastroesophageal reflux, a digestive disorder. It occurs when the esophagus valve weakens or does not work properly.

Do you suffer from migraines? Do you know someone who suffers from migraines? If you do, you are not alone!