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The Neuron Saga: Medicine's Fresh New Hope

You are what you are isn't as simple as it sounds. This is because who we are is based not just on our identities, but also our dreams, hopes, intelligence, memories, the world arou...more

The Prevalence of Aluminium in 21st Century Life – and the Role of Silicic Acid-Rich Water in Combatting It

Ground-breaking UK scientific research could enable practitioners to provide precautionary lifestyle advice that simply involves regularly drinking a unique mineral water.more

The Re-Balancing Potential of Seaweed

The author, founder of Seagreens, begins by pointing out that in the modern world we are not getting the nutrients we need. He goes on to describe the qualities of wrack seaweed, t...more

The Role of the Gut in Psychology

This article explores the link between illnesses such as autism, hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder and gut disorders.more

The Role of the Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) Gene

To understand the significance of any form of supplementation in a health care setting, practitioners should be aware of or investigate the biochemistry of any particular pathway t...more

Thyroid Function, Fluoride and Cholesterol: Part One

It is commonly taught that high cholesterol, in association with low thyroid function, is a cause of coronary heart disease. Many ‘authorities’ respond to this belief with choleste...more

Tomatis Listening Therapy – Your Voice is a Barometer of Your Health

Listening therapy works on the premise that effective listening - external, internal and vestibular - naturally leads to effective communication and that, except for pathological a...more

Touch the Forgotten Sense

Having been working with touch modalities for 25 years I witness constantly the power of positive, nurturing touch. At the end of just a single session, a client seems not just rela...more

Touch Therapy Training Programme For Children with Disabilities

The author shares her experiences of her involvement as both therapist/instructor and research assistant in the Touch Therapy Training Programme (TTTP) developed by Julie Barlow an...more

Toxic Roulette 2 – Proactive Solutions

We discussed this in detail in a previous article I wrote called Toxic Roulette - A new age challenge. There was a great deal of interest and we received many requests for more info...more

Vaccination Controversy: Safety and Side Effects

Dr Sharma, a medically qualified homeopathic doctor, addresses the argument, supported by a growing body of evidence, that vaccines are unsafe and ineffective. There is no evidence...more

Vibrational Healing - Harmonising

The premise of Vibrational Healing is that everything vibrates on a certain frequency. All objects, even wooden tables, are made up of molecules which vibrate to create their mass....more

Vitamin B12 – Are You Deficient?

Severe B12 deficiency is known to cause pernicious anaemia, an illness which has clearly diagnosable symptoms. However, there are a plethora of other symptoms which can be related...more

We Hunter-Gatherers Are Now In A Bad Way

Our Homo genus predecessors emerged some two million years ago (species variously labelled handy, busy, erect), and we ourselves about a quarter million.  Middle Africa, from which ...more

What Are the Effects of Hippotherapy on Children?

Hippotherapy is a therapeutic technique that involves supervised interactions between children and horses. It has evolved from its historical origins to become a vital component of ...more

What Is Social Anxiety, Anyway?

The question of what is social anxiety is a simple one to answer, yet the answer raises a great many new questions. At its core, social anxiety is a type of anxiety related to socia...more

When Vaccine Refusal is Not Unethical

There is an entrenched herd mentality and groupthink phenomenon on the issue of the morality of vaccination refusal by those who scratch the surface of the issue that requires a sp...more