Positive Health Online

An Integrated Clinical Approach to Stress Management

by Eliana Harvey

Whilst following a course of particular therapy may be highly beneficial, better and more complete results can often be obtained by a unified approach with a combination of appropr...

Are You in Control?

by Susanna Dowie

In this column on stress and control, the author asks a small sample group of people what causes them stress and was surprised to discover that the one common thread running throug...

Case Study - Severe Stress

by June Butlin

Following on from last month's column that looked at the role nutrition has to play in dealing with stress, this month June Butlin looks at a case of severe stress that caused a ra...

Creative Writing for Health

by Sally Balfe

Graham Greene once said, "writing is a form of therapy". Today, this idea is being put into practice by a growing number of health professionals. Creative writing is successfully...

Fear and the Stress Response

by Mary Martin

This column provides a holistic perspective, through reflexology, to help a particular case study to overcome her chronic head pains, tinnitus, hypertension and sinusitis, due to f...

Folliculinum in Prolonged Stress

by Dr Angela Jones

Those of you who read this column regularly may remember the case of Colin, a middle aged man with arthritis in the neck. He was experiencing severe depression due to an ongoing si...

Herbal Support for Stress

by Anne McIntyre

The dynamics of the mind-body relationship are explored here in terms of the ability of negative thoughts and feelings to result in physical illness, and vice versa with physical s...

Holidays and Stress: 'Wind Up Syndrome' Affects Half of all Travellers

by Post Office Travel Services

The Holiday - the last vestige of stress-free escapism, is under threat from a new syndrome that is turning British travellers into holiday stress junkies according to new research...

Homeopathy and Hypertension

by Dr Angela Jones

Hypertension (high blood pressure) is the result of a combination of factors, such as inherited predisposition, unsuitable diet, kidney disease, pregnancy problems and stress. The ...

How to Increase Healthy Sleep and Reduce Stress

by Jeff Gardere, PhD

People with chronic sleep disorders affect people on many physiological levels including sleep issues often leaving them feeling tired, frustrated and cranky.

Inherent Weaknesses

by June Butlin

This article illustrates how an inherent weakness to stress can cause a multitude of seemingly unrelated symptoms. It relates how a teacher in her twenties had suffered from practi...

Noise - Turn Down the Volume of Daily Life

by Handan T Satiroglu

This article focuses on the true power of silence and how we can tune out all the noise that we are surrounded with on a daily basis. It also looks at why the world has become so...

Nutrition and Naturopathy: Stress Management

by Tricia Tikasingh

The author goes into some detail about the physiology of stress and the wide range of negative physical and emotional consequences which can develop.  She suggests that as stress...

Oxidative Stress and Thyroid Secretions – A Review

by Dr Mohan Krishnarao Kale

This article looks into the causes and consequences of oxidative stress, which arises when highly reactive free radicals produce oxidative damage to the macromolecular structures o...

Stress, Illness, Monks and Cab Drivers

by Jonathan McGookin

The author discusses the effects of stress, in a current population of very stressed people, either by their jobs, the fear of losing their jobs, or not having a job. But just as c...

Take a Deep Breath and Let Go of Stress

by Harry Dalford and Julie Kingston

The article gives examples of cases in which the importance of breathing is emphasised, including an anecdote about a woman who, when having a potentially fatal heart attack, foc...

Tibetan Bowls for Stress Relief

by Brian and Rosemary Hussey

Certain levels of stress can lead to better performance, but there needs to be a balance between stress and calm. This highlights the effects of unbalanced stress, which leads to p...

Touching Stillness to Assuage Stress

by Kay Zega

The author explains what causes stress and looks into holistic approaches to treating this condition, such as meditation which not only relaxes the mind  but can lead to profound h...