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Beat Stress and Prevent Pain

For some chronic pain sufferers, avoiding the harmful effects of stress may be key to managing their pain.

Fruit and Veggies May Help Kidneys

Adding fruits and vegetables to the diet may help protect the kidneys of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with too much acid build-up.

This is reported in a study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Meditation for Chronic Pain Relief

People suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma — in which psychological stress plays a major role — may benefit from mindfulness meditation techniques, Continue reading »

A New Approach to Chronic Illness

by Dr. Frank Lipman

After 30 years of practicing Medicine, I have learned that for any chronic illness or ailment, treating underlying imbalances and dysfunctions is more important than making a diagnosis and naming the disease.

Mental Illness Awareness Week

Mental Illness Awareness Week is an opportunity to learn more about serious mental illnesses such as major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

Mental Illness Awareness Week

Oct. 2-8, 2011

In 1990, the U.S. Congress established the first week of October as Mental Illness Awareness Week to raise mental illness awareness.

Fighting Parasites

by Dr. Leo Galland

Testing for Parasites

Laboratories that specialize in tropical medicine or parasitology are more likely to find organisms in stool specimens than are general or hospital laboratories.