by jodi | Nov 2, 2018 | Alternative Medicine
The stresses of everyday life may start taking a toll on the brain in relatively early middle age, new research shows. A study of more than 2,000 people, most of them in their 40s, found those with the highest levels of the stress-related hormone cortisol performed...
by jodi | Oct 4, 2018 | Alternative Medicine
When the federal government published its Dietary Goals for the United States in 1977, milk wasn’t included in its recommendations. The dairy industry subsequently pressured Congress to create a program in which producers financed marketing campaigns to promote milk...
by jodi | Aug 10, 2018 | Alternative Medicine
Yoga Teacher and competitive ballroom dancer Tao Porchon-Lynch believes that anything is possible when you listen to your heart. Just before her 100th birthday, she shares her thoughts on living well and opting for joy. 1. I wake up before the sun rises because I...
by jodi | Aug 8, 2018 | Alternative Medicine
Do you know how to tell the difference between a cold and allergies? It’s easy to get them confused. Just ask Paul Ehrlich, MD, a professor of pediatrics at New York University. He’d been an allergist for years when he came down with what he thought was a...
by jodi | Jun 4, 2018 | Alternative Medicine
Adapted from Steve Rubinstein from the San Francisco Chronicle Six therapeutic llamas came on Friday to bring therapy to UC Berkeley in the fourth llama confab in campus history. A therapeutic llama may look like an ordinary llama. It isn’t. It’s been specially...
by jodi | May 12, 2018 | Alternative Medicine
Spring has blossomed in Marin County along with sneezing, itchy eyes and other cold-like symptoms that are allergies. Here are some remedies that can keep reduce allergies so you can appreciate the natural beauty of our flowers and trees without dreading their pollen...
