General Health Articles

  • What is the value of being sick?
  • This may seem to be a strange question. No one really wants to be sick. Being healthy is very important in order to live a full life. When we become ill, it is natural that we want to just get over it and carry on our lives...
  • Are natural products that good for you?
  • There are so many products available today that promise so many benefits that it is very difficult to know what is good, and how much of what is good is actually good for you...
  • The Cost of Travel
  • In the last few months, there have been a series of articles on the possible dangers of long distance air travel, especially for those in coach class. The health danger is in the formation of clots due to cramped seating and inactivity.
  • The Connection between "Flu" and chemtrails in the sky
  • The worlds population has always experienced flu epidemics. Each year in winter, certain strains of flu affect populations throughout the world with some years having much more serious strains than others...
  • Natural products and the profit factor
  • thought to carry on from the topic of last month's article, in discussing the financial implications of the huge interest in natural products. I mentioned that many people are expressing concern in the quality of many "natural" products...
  • Cell Phones - How safe are they?
  • How many people now own a cell phone. Apparently, more than 90 million people have accounts in the US today. In europe cell phones have been popular for years...
  • It's the Season again
  • The fall is with us, the weather is changing, children are back at school. Now is the time when people are being told to get their flu jab. Last year, I wrote an article on flu vaccine, questioning the tendency for many people to get the vaccine...
  • Are menstrual periods natural?
  • An article in the November issue of Working Mother discusses the research and ideas behind using the birth control pill to totally suppress menstrual periods. The normal procedure has been to take the pill for 21 days...
  • Fluoride - how much do we need?
  • For many years now, fluoride has been known to help prevent tooth decay. It has been put into much of the water supply and is found in most toothpaste. However, a larger question looms as to the amount of fluoride that should be ingested...
  • Chemical and Biological Warfare: its history and development
  • The First World War was the first time that biological weapons were used on an extensive level in war. The use of mustard gas was one of the many terrible aspects of that war, which killed and maimed thousands of soldiers on both sides...
  • Fear is bad for our health
  • We live in uncertain times. Since 9/11, the country has been thrown into a great sense of insecurity and fear. When we are faced with fear individually or collectively - it tends to bring out a variety of responses. We can get frozen in the headlights of fear and feel paralyzed to act...
  • Health Freedom
  • The balance between the right to choose ones own course in life and the obligations and responsibilities to the society in which a person or group lives creates the friction that determines our laws and the relationship between private and public enterprise...
  • Health and Independence
  • One of the foundations of holistic thinking is the concept of autonomy, that is, giving the body and mind the capacity to maintain health without dependence on drugs or other props...
  • Consciousness and Health
  • What exactly is consciousness? According to Websters Dictionary, the term conscious denotes 1. an awareness of ones own existence, sensations and environment, or capable of thought, will or perception, or, awake. 2. Subjectively perceived. 3. Deliberate...
  • The Silent Epidemic
  • Eating disorders are one of the most common and tragic afflictions that millions of young people face today. The statistics on the incidence of eating disorders are mind numbing...
  • What is SARS and is it really a "new" disease?
  • Given the turbulent times we live in, with the cloud of fear of terrorism and apparent imminent threats to the "homeland" and on top of that the war on Iraq, the last thing we need is some kind of modern day plague, which SARS is being identified as...
  • Unwinding the Belly
  • For those of us involved in homeopathy, we are steeped in the awareness of the bodys own healing power and we have confidence and experience in the ability of homeopathy to aid in the innate healing power of the body...
  • Water - the Key to Wellness
  • All humans are made up mostly of water. It is key to our survival. It is a major economic and political factor of our lives in California and dominates the agendas in many other countries, most clearly seen now in the Middle East...
  • Water Water Everywhere But Not A Drop To Drink
  • Perhaps the greatest need for good health is clean water. We take for granted that we can turn our taps on and clean drinkable water will come out. This is a basic necessity of life. The greatest leap in the health of societies throughout the world has been when a clean water supply is available...