Case Study Issue 150: Naturopathic Approaches to IBS: Two Case Histories
by Michael Franklin

In this article which focuses on Irritable Bowel Syndrome, the author says that of all the chronic illnesses with unpleasant symptoms, IBS more often than not gets treated less effectively than any other condition by the NHS.

Case Study: A Shoulder/Hand Mystery Solved with the Bowen Technique
by Janie Godfrey

This column focuses on the Bowen Technique. The author demonstrates the positive effects of this treatment on a 55-year-old man suffering pain in his right hand and lacking movement in his right fingers and wrist.

Case Study: My Journey of Self-Healing – Back from ME to Me
by Pamela Marsden

In this column the author presents her journey back to her heart and the heart of nature from ME / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. She provides some insight into how this condition affected her at all levels and the awareness she gained through it, such as the importance of living in the present, letting go of the past.

Case Study 147 The Power of Crystal Therapy
by Lettie Vantol

This column focuses on the power and positive effects of crystals used for healing. The author presents the case of a 59-year old woman with lower back pain. Despite being on the maximum painkillers, the woman continued to experience excruciating pains until she was treated with crystals.

Case Study Issue 146: 10-Day Detoxification Program Including Colon Hydrotherapy
by Katherine Ung

This case study is of a 30-year old lady who presented with a variety of symptoms. Over six months she had gained ten pounds, she was stressed, had irritable bowel syndrome, abdominal spasms, flatulence and constipation.

Case Study 145: Psychosomatic Eye Disorders
by Liz Middleton

Through the use of two case studies the author explains to us that in some cases eye disorders may have their roots in psychosocial situations, as opposed to medical problems. The first case study is a young boy of ten who presented with deteriorating eyesight. Upon investigation by the author it was revealed that the problem related to the recent divorce of his parents. By claiming to be unwell the boy was able to bring his parents back together, albeit only temporarily.

Case Study: Infertility – A Nutritionist’s Personal View
by Midi Fairgrieve

In this Case Study about infertility, the author shares her own journey and treatment programme to fertility which included correcting her nutrient levels;  taking several different mineral formulas to remove the high lead content in her body; supplements like aloe vera, flax oil, coffee enemas; and complementary treatments such as acupuncture and homeopathy, Chinese herbs, counselling and inner work.

Bowen Technique for Back Pain and Other Conditions
by Liz James

The author concludes that many of her clients who have presented with long-standing complaints find great relief after just a small number of treatments. It is, she adds, a therapy that produces maximum results with minimum intervention.

Case Study Issue 142: Learning to let Go
by Amy Hassinger

In this article the author presents her personal account and experience with yoga and its effect on her pregnancy.  An avid practitioner, the author says she taught herself through BKS Iyengar’s Light on Yoga book which offers suggested courses one can follow.

Case Study: Hypnotherapy to Banish Blushing
by Kathy Stephenson

In this article the author explains how hypnotherapy helps with erythrophobia, the fear of blushing, a common condition which is said to affect one in ten people.

Case Study: Rhythmical Massage Therapy for Crohn’s Disease
by Orla Liddy

In this article on Crohn’s Disease, a condition affecting between 30,000-60,000 people in the UK, with over 3,000 new sufferers diagnosed every year, the author presents her case history with this condition and treatment with Rhythmical Massage.

Case Study: Reishi Mushroom as a Hayfever Remedy
by Dale Pinnock

In this column the author presents the case of a 23 year-old suffering from hayfever since the age of eight, and how he was able to remedy her condition with Reishi Mushroom (Ganoderma Lucidum), based on his past successes with mushroom therapy.

Case Study: Eliminating Schizophrenic Voices by Healing Prenatal Trauma
by Grant McFetridge

This article describes, in brief, the radical new psychological treatment that eliminates the most common type of ‘voices’ that many schizophrenics suffer from.  Known as Silent Mind Technique™, this treatment also eliminates most ordinary ‘mind chatter’ in the average healthy person.

Case Study Issue 137: Nutritional Preconception Care – John and Tracy
by Maria M. Griffiths

The author presents the case of a couple (John in his late 40s and Tracy in her late 30s) who opted for nutritional remedies after several failed attempts of trying to conceive through IVF, on hearing about the work of Foresight (Association for Pre-conceptual Care) and their success rate with sub fertile couples.

Case Study: Natural Skincare Approaches for Chronic Atopic Eczema
by Amanda Hughes

This article focuses on atopic eczema, its causes, effect and the solutions. Said to be one of the most common skin problems today, the condition can be demoralizing because the itch is so aggravating that it is not only impossible to ignore, but also very painful.

Case Study: Reconnective Healing
by Dr Eric Pearl

In this article the author shares his personal experience with Reconnective Healing and how Dr Eric Pearl, the man behind this technique, helped to change his life forever, after he had given up all hope on his physical condition.

The Case for Balancing Hormones, Not Just Supplementing
by Alyssa Burns-Hill

The author cites a number of articles underlining the very complex interrelations of physical and emotional responses which are mediated by hormones. This means that it is not enough to identify a problem as an over- or under-supply of one hormone. The interactions between hormones must be taken into account.

Case Study: Recovery from Severe Illness with Zeolite and Glyconutrients
by Innesah York

The author describes suffering from a recurrent, severe bacterial urinary infection, initially treated by Ciprofloxacin (Cipro).  Under advice from Sweet Cures of York, she treated herself with D-mannose and D-xylose, which effected a prompt and apparently permanent cure.

Remission from Breast Cancer: Diet, Mistletoe, Carctol and Park Attwood
by Nicola Wicksteed

In this column the author shares her experience with Breast Cancer and treatment with mistletoe therapy at the Park Atwood Clinic.

Case Study: Hypnotherapy for Weight Control Problems
by Barbara Lewis

The author presents her case study of a 53 year-old woman who had problems controlling her weight…. first going on liquid diets for months to try and lose weight and then overeating to compensate. The patient’s diet pills also ceased to have any effect as she had been taking them for a very long time.

Case Study: Silver Toxins: the Acne Connection
by Dr Khush Mark

This column reveals the importance of teeth in relation to the rest of the body and its connection on acne through a case study.

Case Study Issue 128: Detoxification via Aqua Detox and Reflexology
by Lila Kirkland ND

This column looks at a specific case study – a thirtysomething who received reflexology treatments to help her (successfully) get pregnant, despite being diagnosed with polycystic ovaries and extensive endometriosis to the uterus and both ovaries. She had also previously been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease, which saw her lose hair, gain weight and water retention, amongst other conditions.

Case Study Issue 127: Reflexology for HIV and Kidney Stones
by Ros Seymour

This article details two HIV-infected case studies who used the services of a north of England charity that provides a wide range of complementary therapies to people with Aids and HIV.

Case Study Issue 125: Reversal of Brain Tumours
by Hillel Fridman

In this Case Study the author shares his sister Bernice’s remarkable survival of four rounds of cancer. About a year ago four tumours were discovered around Bernice’s brain stem with a total mass of 55mm. Subsequent MRI scans found them shrinking and then disappearing. Later another tumour of 30cm disappeared within three weeks.

Case Study Issue 124: Chronic Fatigue – A Healing Story
by Gitte Lassen

In this article the author provides a personal account of her experience with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and how she was healed from it.

Case Study Issue 123: Colonic Hydrotherapy for Intestinal Cleansing
by Emma Lear

Emma Lear, Founder of The Clifton Experience Colonic Hydrotherapy centre in Bristol describes how Colon hydrotherapy, colonics, or colon irrigation is an alternative health practice which gently cleanses the colon by flushing the large intestines with warm filtered water.

Case Study Issue 122: Successful Use of PDT for Vascular Tumour
by David Longman

The author David Longman is father to Louise Longman – a girl whose first 21 years of life have been blighted by a vascular tumour. In this article he tells about the dramatic new treatment which has left Louise tumour-free and with little chance of it returning.

Case Study Issue 121: The Case for Traditional Naturopathy
by Stewart Mitchell

The author puts forward a cogent and authoritative argument for using Naturopathy for healthcare. He talks about how Naturopathy can offer a solution to solve a health issue rather than just a cure for the symptoms. A Naturopath prefers to look at his patient within the context of everyday life, because they are concerned with a patient’s personal history as much as their medical history.

Case Study Issue 120: Natural Fertility
by Rumana Zahn

In this article the author, a practising Naturopath, focuses on natural methods to fertility, which many couples are now opting for via alternative route due to the long waiting list for IVF and the more controversial ICSI.

Case Study Issue 119: Continuing Success with Stabilizing Cancer
by Pat Reeves

The author provides an update of her success with stabilizing the cancer in her, through a naturopathic and living-food therapeutic lifestyle, comprising live and virtually raw foodstuffs, despite a grim prognosis with osteosarcoma.

Case Study Issue 118: Benefits of Shiatsu and Positive Thinking
by Geraldine McMahon

In this article, the author supports the benefits of shiatsu and positive thinking with a case study of a client predisposed to being negative about himself, his health and life in general and suffering from IBS, insomnia, headaches and a painful back, hip and stiff neck.

Case Study Issue 117: How Three Miscarriages Have Affected Me
by Kylie Holmes

In this article on miscarriages, the author provides some first hand insight into how her miscarriages (three in all) affected her emotionally and how she coped.

Case Study Issue 116: Deep Tissue Sports Massage
by Laurie Gee

This article is a case study of a dance enthusiast whose osteopath recommended she go in for deep tissue sports massage to better her musculature.

Case Study Issue 115: The Human Energy Field (HEF) and Chakras
by Dr Gauri Abhijit Oak

This article focuses on the human energy field and Polycontrast Interference Photography (PIP), a new scanning system that is already internationally recognised as an effective 'Energy Field Imaging System'. It reveals the interference of light patterns at and beyond the visible spectrum and shows energy dynamics at work.

Case Study Issue 114: Alexander Technique – Lessons for Life
by Tamar Dhiri

In this article the author gives a case study of a fourteen year old girl named Jenny suffering from a condition known as Hypermobility Syndrome, where even the most basic of activities was keeping her in a cycle of pain and distress. Jenny herself understood that her posture was exacerbating her condition and was keen to learn new postures to help put less strain on her joints and ligaments.

Case Study Issue 113: Cat Allergy Alleviated with Reishi
by Howell Lewis

In this article, the author presents the positive effect of Reishi on his 54 year-old brother who was suffering from cat allergy since his 20s. His symptoms included prickly eyes that needed to be washed regularly for some relief and dry, furry throat when exposed to cat allergens even when there was no cat around. At one time he used to suffer very fierce reaction within minutes of a cat walking through a room – symptoms in this instance included a torrent of mucus from nose, pounding headache, itchy and swollen eyes to the point of not being able to see.

Case Study Issue 112: How Our Emotions Are Connected To Our Muscles
by Geoff Hardy

According to the author, we live our lives in and through our physical body, and that how we stand, hold ourselves and so on, expresses our view of ourselves, or what we wish others to see. Most of this is unconscious.

Case Study Issue 111: Yoga Therapy for Attention Deficit Disorder
by Elizabeth Irvine

The author, a registered nurse, author and yoga instructress shares the effectiveness of yoga therapy on a highly emotionally and physically fatigued mother and her eight year old son who had problems going to sleep at night and suffered from Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).

Case Study Issue 110: Recovery from Life-Threatening Meningitis
by Maria D'Silva

This is the author’s personal account of her encounter with a strain of bacterial meningitis, a condition she nearly died of. All she remembers, before she blanked out for a few days and on waking up in hospital, was that she had been taking strong painkillers to ease the pain in her joints which had all ceased up, and was getting ready to go to the doctor.

Case Study Issue 109: Fibromyalgia – My Experience
by Angela Mathis

This case study is Angela Mathis’ personal experience with fibromyalgia (FM), a condition she discovered she had on experiencing bouts of memory loss and headaches, dizziness, fatigue, bodyache, weight gain, bloating, etc. Her doctor carried out various tests, such as Lupus, MS, Thyroid disorder, etc., while others, also finding nothing wrong, started prescribing medication for depression and psychological tests.

Case Study Issue 108: Breaking the Migraine Pattern with The Bowen Technique
by Janie Godfrey

About two years ago, Nikke Ariff, a Bowen practitioner and member of the Bowen Therapists’ European Register, carried out a research programme into the effectiveness of the Bowen Technique on migraines. His results showed that 79.5% of those who volunteered reported a decrease in the severity and/or frequency of their migraines.

Case Study Issue 107: Recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) or ME
by Mary O' Dowd

This case study is Mary O’Dowd’s personal experience and gradual recovery, over the past ten years, from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS or ME), a condition many people, especially in the medical profession, still fail to recognize as an illness. During the early stages, she battled with mental lethargy and an inability to concentrate, make conversation or even meet with friends. She was constantly exhausted, slept long hours, lacked energy even when it came to tasks we all take for granted and became highly sensitive to light and sound.  Other symptoms included weight loss, fybromyalgia, joint pains and depression.

Case Study Issue 106: Tribute to Mrs Ann Warren Davis
by Joanne Masters

The author suffered a massive haemorrhage three months after giving birth. She required a hysterectomy  after which she went on to HRT. Her depression grew and her GP put her on Amitryptaline, a tricyclic antidepressant which was only supposed to work for six weeks. She took it for five years and became hooked.  At 51, she felt worse than ever. Her GP had undertaken blood tests but found nothing untoward.  He recommended she tried an alternative therapist. One day she remembered the name of the herbalist, Mrs Anne Warren which had been suggested to her.  

Case Study Issue 105: Overcoming Breast Cancer Through Macrobiotics
by Meg Wolff

This is a personal odyssey by a cancer victim who had first overcome bone cancer and then, at the age of 40, discovered a malignant lump in her right breast and recovered from that after a mastectomy. She was told by a naturopathic doctor that some women with breast cancer had been helped by a macrobiotic diet, which triggered the memory of a book she had read many years before about a man who had been similarly helped.

Case Study Issue 104: Buteyko Treatment for Asthma
by Janet Brindley

Buteyko treatment was developed in 1950s Russia by Dr Konstantin Buteyko Thirty years later, its benefits were recognized by the Russian authorities who approved it for use in asthma throughout the USSR.  Several clinical trials support it, most recently in a study reported in the New Zealand Medical Journal.

Case Study Issue 103: Bi-Aura Therapy for Osteoarthritis
by Lesley Gibson

The author reports the case of a 68-year-old woman, Anne, who was so crippled with osteoarthritis that she became housebound. She had suffered a progressive deterioration of the condition for two years before being seen by Lesley Gibson. After four one-hour sessions of bi-aura therapy, she was able to walk freely, do her garden and drive her car again. She was also able to reduce her co-praxomol analgesics by half.

Case Study Issue 102: The Tale of Two Left Feet
by Kath Morrell

This case history features a husband and wife, both in their seventies, both amputees for different reasons, both successes for reflexology practised by the author. Eva, the wife, had her right leg removed for lifesaving reasons after a groin thrombosis developed into gangrene. Her husband lost his in a motor cycle accident.

Case Study Issue 101: Healing for Second World War Trauma
by Michaela A Sorensen

A full time healer, Michaela often works with terminal patients and the very elderly. One such was an 82-year old ex-serviceman who had suffered from night terrors since he returned from the war in 1947. He was gentle and dignified, fit and healthy despite having lived with his suffering for almost 60 years without counselling. He had become desperate: "I can't live like this any longer" he said. He had a chronic feeling of hopelessness and helplessness.

Case Study Issue 100: Overcoming Advanced Invasive Breast Cancer
by Hazel Scade

This case study is Hazel Scade's personal testimony on how she recovered from advanced cancer of the breast. She was first diagnosed in April 2000 and told she should have immediate chemotherapy as the cancer was too advanced for surgery. As a registered nurse with a great interest in complementary health, she decided to have the chemotherapy but to use complementary therapies alongside it.

Case Study Issue 99: Manual Lymphatic Drainage for Congestion, Oedema and Stress
by Nina Pearson

In this study Nina Pearson cites the case of Joanna, a fifty-year-old client, who was a self-employed accountant. She was suffering from tiredness and stress and was getting very little sleep. She was also overweight, presented with chronic asthma which was controlled by drugs, had muscular pains in her limbs and shoulders and an aching in the lower spine where her vertebrae had begun to fuse. She had had a severe fall ten years previously. She had fluid retention in her legs, ankles and fingers.

Case Study Issue 98: Ultrasound 3D for Treating Dental Cavitations
by Dr Graeme Munro-Hall and Dr Lilian Munro-Hall

This Case Study discusses the little-known problem of cavitations. These are chronic infections in the jawbones. They can be painful as Neuralgia Inducing Cavitational Osteonecrosis or more commonly as painless osteomyeletis. They are in fact holes in the bone filled with highly toxic anaerobic bacteria which are impenetrable by antibiotics or the immune system.

Case Study Issue 97: Caffeine Allergy, Masked Cerebral Allergy
by Ruth Whalen

This is a case study of a young woman who developed caffeine allergy. Her symptoms, similar to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), were memory impairment, loss of focus, intellectual depreciation, loss of judgement, impulsivity, hyperactivity and attention deficit. Over the next fourteen years doctors diagnosed a variety of disorders including premenstrual syndrome, sleep apnea, anxiety, hysteria and symptoms associated with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

Case Study Issue 96: ACMOS Quantum Medicine
by Naheed Brooking

In this article Naheed Brooking describes the success of ACMOS Quantum Medicine on Susan, a young woman patient. The ACMOS method was invented by a French engineer, Dr Rene Naccachian in the 1980s. It is his own system of energy medicine based on Chinese acupuncture. He added a combination of other therapies, such as essential oils; herbs; homeopathy; seasonal remedies; minerals and colour therapy.

Case Study Issue 95: Shiatsu Treatment for Insomnia
by Katharine Hall

Katherine Hall, a Shiatsu practitioner, looks at the case of Rosemary. Rosemary is 57 and suffered from low energy due to lack of sleep, getting only about two hours of sleep a night. She was also managing the menopause, stressed from running a busy company, slightly overweight and was caring for an elderly patient.

Case Study Issue 94: Scenar: Treatment in Stroke Rehabilitation
by Pamela Nancarrow

It is generally still accepted by the medical profession that beyond six months after a stroke any clinical change in the patient is extremely unlikely. When I commenced this work a medical doctor shook his head and actually said those words "no change beyond six months". That is just not true.

Case Study: Joey Bull Recovery from Knee Injury
by Guy Holland

Joey Bull was set to achieve her dream of becoming a professional dancer, but a ski accident resulted in a horrifying knee injury, major surgery and a complete re-appraisal of her life and goals. This challenge eventually pushed her to win the IFSB National Fitness title, the EFBB British Championships and to become Miss Galaxy UK.

Case Study: Counselling, Psychotherapy and Spiritual Healing
by Patsy Wright

In 1993, William West formed the PsychoSpiritual Initiative (PSI) in the belief that counselling and psychotherapy methods could benefit from the inclusion of spiritual healing.

Case Study Issue 91: Recovery from Motorcycle Accident Using Magnotherapy
by Nigel J Iles

Nigel Iles discusses his experiences with magnotherapy, following a motorcycle accident.

Case Study: Dental Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis
by Mary Maguire

Mary Maguire was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1984. After severe head pains in 1994, her GP suggested her symptoms were caused by stress and recommended rest. After no improvement, Mary saw a psychiatrist who decided she was mentally ill and suffering from anxiety and depression – the prescribed drugs gave horrendous results. Neurology also failed to provide any answers.

Case Study Issue 89: Holistic Dentistry for Allergies, Skin Problems and Snoring
by Dr Ann Harris

This Case Study relates to a 14-year girl Claire suffering from rhinitis, sneezing, coughing, wheezy symptoms, lethargy, as well as acne which had scarred her skin.

Case Study Issue 88: Metabolic Typing for Thyroid and Infertility
by Dr Khush Mark

Nutrition and metabolic typing consultant gives the case of a 31-year-old woman suffering from Grave’s Disease, an autoimmune disease of the thyroid that causes overproduction of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). When she presented, she had been treated with propylthiouracil (PTU) tablets for 18 months but her symptoms had been worsening in recent months.

Case Study Issue 87: Allopathic Medicine is Killing my Parents
by Catherine M Crawford

Catherine Crawford, is qualified in aromatherapy and nutrition, and is currently studying Australian Bush Flower Essences. She describes the case of her elderly parents who are both being treated with a long list of medications, which appear to be causing serious side effects.

Case Study Issue 86: Tomatis Listening Therapy
by Ella Williams

Ella Williams, Director of the Listening (Voice, Music and Language) Centre in London, describes the results of using Tomatis Listening Therapy (previously described in detail in Issue 70 of Positive Health) to treat 72-year-old Jenny, a trained musician who had not played or sung in public for 20 years.

Case Study Issue 85: 'Good' Grief – A Session with EmoTranceTM
by Tina Cooper

EmoTranceTM is a gentle therapy that deals with our present sensations without needing to dig around in our subconscious to discover how and where our feelings have come from. EmoTranceTM therapist Tina Cooper describes a case study of a woman suffering for a number of years from symptoms of distress, probably linked to unresolved grief over the death of a close relative. ‘Mariella’ described her symptoms as being weepy, being unable to breathe and feeling as if her whole insides wanted to explode out.

Case Study Issue 84: Reflexology for Aggravated Colitis
by Kath Morrell

Reflexologist Kath Morrell describes the case of a patient who had severe backache and inflamed left buttock muscles, which had been going on for nine years. More recently, he suffered from a withered leg after numbness and pain in it, rectal bleeding, inflammation of knuckles and thumbs and the beginnings of asthma. Allopathic medicine could find no cause. His only medication was painkillers.

Case Study Issue 83: Energy Field Therapy for ME
by Vincent MacNally

Vincent MacNally’s case study tells the story of the leaps and bounds recently made by ‘Gemma’, a woman suffering badly from ME, after treatment with Energy Field Therapy (EFT).

Case Study Issue 82: The Metamorphic Technique – The Life Force at Work
by Hazel Russo

Hazel Russo’s case study describes the experiences of Lynne, who became disabled after a simple insect bite, but whose condition has been improved profoundly by treatment with the metamorphic technique.

Case Study Issue 81: Spiritual Healing for Severe Eczema
by Chandrika Vaghela

This case study describes the spiritual healing performed on a 70-year-old man who had been diagnosed with eczema by his GP, having presented with a severe rash all over his body. In addition, he was short of breath, coughing and tired, with pale skin, and was finding it hard to walk.

Case Study Issue 80: Bosiger Energy Alignment Method (BEAM™) for Psoriasis and Back Pain
by Ingrid Saag

The Bosiger Energy Alignment Method (BEAM™) is an energy healing therapy, which makes diagnoses by examining the feet to reveal which meridians and which of the five elements (per Chinese medicine) are out of balance. Pressure is then applied using pressure pads on energy points on the feet by the BEAM™ machine to stimulate the reflexes connected to the relevant organs of the body, central nervous system and skeleton. In so doing, the blockages in the energy flow through the meridian system are released. Compression and magnets are also used to release muscle spasm and relieve pain.

Case Study Issue 79: Naji Malak – Acupuncture Maestro
by Alan Pillay

Showbusiness personality Alan Pillay gives a witty account of his experiences of acupuncture in which he sings the praises of acupuncturist and Chinese herbal medicine practitioner Naji Malak, founder of the London College of Traditional Acupuncture.

Case Study Issue 78: Howling Wolf, Crying Eagle
by Asaf Rolef Ben-Shahar

The author presents a detailed case study to illustrate the effectiveness of the innovative techniques of Integrative Massage Therapy (IMT), which combines bodywork, hypnotherapy and body-psychotherapy.

Case Study Issue 77: Gerson Therapy
by Rachel Matthews

This article gives a first-hand account of Rachel Matthew’s experiences of developing malignant melanoma, treated with surgical removal of the lymph nodes in the leg and groin, which left her with permanent lymphoedema, and her subsequent search for information about malignant melanoma and her choice and experiences of Gerson Therapy.

Case Study Issue 76: Crystal Healing
by Caroline Lawrie

This case study, written by a practitioner in reflexology, spiritual and crystal healing, vortex healing, space clearing, aura protection and stress management, describes the course of crystal healing treatment given to a South African woman with pain in her right shoulder and back, bowel spasms/constipation, a frequent sensation of something being stuck in her throat, and a cycle of abusive relationships.

Case Study Issue 75: Deep Lymphatic Therapy
by Angela Heath

Angela Heath, who practises deep lymphatic therapy, remedial massage, aromatherapy and Reiki, presents a case study of a 50-year-old woman with a large tumour in her left breast, with associated symptoms of pain in her left axilla where there was a floating lump.

Case Study Issue 74: Homeopathy and Multiple Sclerosis
by Mike Bridger

Mike Bridger describes how a 28-year-old woman diagnosed with multiple sclerosis was treated successfully with homeopathy at a free clinic run by the Contemporary College of Homoeopathy in Taunton, Devon.

Case Study Issue 73 - Hypnotherapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
by Carol Squire

Research conducted over the last few years has shown hypnotherapy to be particularly effective in treating conditions of the digestive system such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), as well as in controlling nausea and pain.

Case Study Issue 72: Holistic Treatment of Hair Loss
by Jolanta Basnyet

Jolanta Basnyet, well-known qualified osteopath, aromatherapist, reflexology and trained in Indian head massage, has been in practice for over 20 years, and describes how a combination of these treatments, together with dietary advice, was used in the holistic treatment and management of complete hair loss.

Case Study Issue 71: Patient Case Study – Acid Reflux
by Paul McAuliffe

Paul McAuliffe describes how he took positive action to restore his health and turned to alternative medicine to assist his acid reflux, a condition in which stomach acid travels up the oesophagus and into the mouth, causing a burning feeling in the throat. This was aggravated by heavy smoking and drinking, too much junk food and high levels of stress as a result of bereavement and a destructive relationship. His condition was accompanied by heartburn and constipation.

Case Study Issue 70: Integrative Massage Therapy
by Asaf Rolef Ben-Shahar

This article tracks the progress of a young woman suffering from stress and depression, manifesting physically in chronic backaches and a rigid, armoured body, as she was treated with Integrative Massage Therapy monthly over a period of six months.

Case Study Issue 69: Reflexology for ME/Chronic Fatigue
by Kath Morrell

This article describes the successful treatment with reflexology of a seven-year-old boy suffering from ME/chronic fatigue/post-viral syndrome, a condition often difficult to treat with allopathic medicine.

Case Study Issue 68: Nutritional Therapy – Success With Stabilising Cancer
by Pat Reeves

Pat Reeves, a practitioner of nutritional medicine, tells her personal story of how she combated cancer, firstly in the form of a brain tumour diagnosed in 1984, then a knee tumour diagnosed in 1994 as a rare type of Paget's disease, and more recently tumours in her arms.

Case Study Issue 67: Reflexology for Psoriasis and Arthritis
by Kate McKennan

This case study illustrates the successful treatment of a psoriasis sufferer with reflexology.

Case Study Issue 66: Patient Cancer Study
by David Galsworthy

This article is written in the form of a case history of the author's personal experiences of diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.

Case Study Issue 65: Scenar Therapy
by John Halford

As published in Issues 44 and 60 of Positive Health, a Russian Radio-Engineering Institute worked on a device during the mid 1960s which was developed over the next twenty years. This device is now beginning to alter the way healthcare is delivered in Russia. ...The Scenar device became available not only in Russia but also in early 1999 in the UK.

Case Study Issue 64: Nutritional Therapy – Inability to Conceive
by Penny Crowther

Jane’s main reason for coming to see me was failure to conceive. She and her partner had been trying for a baby for two and a half years. She became pregnant once in that period of time but had suffered a miscarriage one and a half years ago.

Case Study 20: in Reflexology
by Ann Gillanders

A case study for cystitis, diabetes, frozen sholder, irritable bowel syndrome and laryngitis.

Case Studies Jo, mother and author relates her personal story on the healing process for her baby son
by Nigel Bergman

I have had asthma since I was 12, as a result of being allergic to grasses, tree spores, and most animals. In 1992 (aged 32) I went on holiday to New Zealand with my husband and I had several very severe asthma attacks due to the huge amount of tree spores in the air there.