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‘All the benefits of ancient holistic practices are being shouted ...  -  24 Mar 2008
ic Wales,Complementary therapy continues to grow in popularity as people search for alternatives to ‘traditional’ medicine. Charlotte Nock, from Gaia Complementary

Author, Fitness Pro and Healer Carolyn Cooper Announces New ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
PR Web (press release),Carolyn Cooper's Calyco Healing training is now available to the public. The training teaches easy-to-learn energy therapy techniques.

Omega-3 therapy cannot replace traditional dry eye treatments  -  Mar 14, 2008
OSN SuperSite (subscription),Therefore, he said, "omega-3 treatment should be used as complementary therapy to tested treatments for light and moderate dry eye, but cannot replace it.

Here we glow  -  Mar 6, 2008
South China Morning Post (subscription),...lifestyle and points them in the right direction, whether it's dietary and exercise change, or complementary therapy such as acupuncture, reiki or yoga.

Cancer unit’s £60k revamp  -  Mar 16, 2008
York Press,Patients under the care of the hospital can enjoy six free complementary therapy sessions from the centre - including massage, aromatherapy, acupuncture,

New therapy firm arrives in town  -  Feb 27, 2008
Whitby Today,Reflexology and Hopi Ear Candling, a complementary therapy, has become increasingly popular in the last 20 years. For more information call Judith Watson on

Call for artists to join festival  -  Mar 21, 2008
Worcester News,To contact the Fold, an environmentally-friendly community centre comprising a cafe, complementary therapy centre and artist workshops, e-mail Will Tooby at

American Red Cross heroes breakfast  -  Mar 21, 2008
Beverly Citizen,She also serves as a volunteer Reiki practitioner, providing hands-on comfort to hospice patients through this ancient complementary therapy.

The first glimpse of city's new university  -  Mar 21, 2008
Peterborough Today,...including construction and engineering workshops, hair salons and complementary therapy spa, a brand new restaurant, theatre and performance studios,

Feet first  -  Feb 24, 2008
ic Newcastle.co.uk,It was these civilisations that first developed the complementary therapy we know today as reflexology. Imported to the West at the start of the last

Meditation myths dispelled  -  Mar 11, 2008
Manchester Evening News,In addition to standard care, the centre also offers more than 75 complementary therapy programmes, including meditation, to help manage cancer-related

Play your cards right for charity  -  Mar 19, 2008
Sheffield Telegraph,Entry is £15 with money raised going to the charity which provides emotional support and complementary therapy to cancer patients. People must register with

Celebrating 60 years of charity care  -  Mar 6, 2008
Bradford Telegraph Argus,Mrs Rai is taking advantage of the centre's complementary therapy by having regular reiki treatment for her back-ache. "We also make things here," she said.

Yoga – Improves Your Mental and Physical Health  -  Mar 5, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,Yoga is a complementary therapy that has been used with conventional therapies to help treat a wide range of health problems, but it is not a cure for any

Take at look at £75m college plans  -  Mar 16, 2008
Peterborough Today,...with the latest industry-standard equipment and resources, including construction and engineering workshops, hair salons and complementary therapy spa.

Scanlon a ‘Hero’ for work with Hospice  -  Mar 12, 2008
Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle,In this role, Scanlon provides hands-on comfort to Hospice patients through this ancient complementary therapy by using specific hand positions that fall

Around the Region  -  Mar 12, 2008
Modesto Bee,The free, 10-week series is part of the Complementary Therapy Program presented by Cancer Services of Memorial Medical Center. It helps participants attain

NHS Alliance chief in 'Polyclinic of the future'  -  Mar 10, 2008
Pulse,Dr Dixon is among 10 PMS GPs who will be working alongside the complementary therapy unit, an Alliance /Boots pharmacy, a private cancer treatment firm and

Food for thought for picky eaters  -  Mar 10, 2008
Irish Independent,The growth of our complementary therapy culture is a key factor in the spread of orthorexia. As we look beyond conventional medicine to keep us healthy,

Advisers Help Liz to Find Feelgood Factor  -  Mar 6, 2008
Black Enterprise,The complementary therapy uses reflex points on the soles of the feet, which are massaged to relieve stress and bring the body into a state of balance.

Around the Region  -  Mar 4, 2008
Modesto Bee,The six-week series is part of the Complementary Therapy Program presented by Cancer Services of Memorial Medical Center. All moves can be modified for

Action Cancer open charity shop in Derry  -  Feb 29, 2008
Derry Today,...digital breast screening services, men's MOT health checks, counselling, complementary therapy, Listening Ear Service, health promotion and research.

Safer skiing  -  Feb 25, 2008
ChronicleLive,Connect provides physiotherapy and a wide range of associated services and complementary therapy clinics throughout the north of England and southern

Ten strategies to manage stress  -  20 Feb 2008
New York Daily News,...that “Music therapy…the use of music to encourage healing and promote a general sense of well-being …is a documented effective complementary therapy.

Benefits of Pregnancy Massage and Pregnancy Exercises  -  20 Feb 2008
American Chronicle,It's a popular complementary therapy during pregnancy for back pain, when choices for pain relief, such as medication, are often limited.

Complementary Therapies and the Management of Diabetes and ...  -  Jan 29, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),...the authors succeed in concisely describing each complementary therapy and frequently acknowledge the limitations of these therapies.

Hospice taster sessions in six-week course  -  Feb 15, 2008
News Guardian,The six-week course covers beneficial topics for patients, including complementary therapy, advice on benefits and entitlements, relaxation tips,

Vitamins May Help Cancer-Related Pain  -  Jan 29, 2008
CBS News,Also, tell your doctor if you are taking a complementary therapy because some remedies can make your cancer treatment less effective, Gunderson says.

Our true love ways  -  Feb 14, 2008
Belfast Telegraph,Project run by UCF will go towards developing a tailored fitness programme for cancer patients and will fund a full-time complementary therapy service.

Butterwick Hospice steps up appeal  -  Jan 24, 2008
GazetteLive,If successful, the charity will use the two-storey building to provide further family support and counselling as well as complementary therapy treatments

Use of sildenafil and nitric oxide in the management of hypoxemia ...  -  Feb 7, 2008
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgerySildenafil may provide both an alternative and complementary therapy in this setting. Sildenafil prevents the breakdown of cyclic guanosine monophosphate by

Ask Dr. Bhatti - 23rd January 2008  -  Jan 23, 2008
Galway Independent,The most successful complementary therapy for acne is acupuncture used in conjunction with herbal remedies. Your acupuncturist will assess the cause of the

Community Calendar  -  Feb 2, 2008
Toronto Star,Training: Visiting volunteers and complementary therapy volunteers needed to comfort and support terminally ill clients and families in their homes.

Grants boost for health projects  -  Feb 13, 2008
News Guardian,Services include a children's unit, in-patient unit, day hospice, day treatment, out-patients and complementary therapy.

Battle to combat high rates of multiple sclerosis in Ulster  -  Feb 1, 2008
Belfast Telegraph,..."It's been made very clear to me by members that they want greater access to physiotherapy services and indeed complementary therapy services," she said.

BIOTONE Announces School Community Outreach Award Program Winners  -  Jan 29, 2008
Centre Daily Times,...message to the massage industry and to the public at large about the role of massage as a complementary therapy for serious illnesses, such as cancer.

COUPLE CLIMBING HIGH FOR CHARITY  -  Feb 12, 2008
Banbridge Leader,...fitness programme for cancer patients to help reduce the debilitating effects of fatigue and to fund a full-time complementary therapy service to help

Pay for a day's care at hospice appeal  -  Feb 9, 2008
Bolton News,Inpatients have a wide range of food to choose from each day, fresh flowers are in all the rooms and complementary therapy is on offer.

Cancer bride dies 90 minutes after wedding service  -  Feb 7, 2008
This Is Lancashire,...job five years ago, she was a volunteer at the local Bury Cancer Support Centre where staff offer complementary therapy and counselling for patients.

SLIMMERS' STROLL IN THE NAME OF CANCER VICTIM  -  Feb 5, 2008
Express & Echo,Deborah, 49, who lost her husband four years ago to cancer, said: "The Force cancer support centre uses complementary therapy to help cancer patients and

Strange but true: Scotland’s wackiest business ideas  -  Feb 5, 2008
Allmediascotland,Veterinary surgeon Lesley Herd launched Pets A&E in 2005 providing emergency care, rehabilitation and complementary therapy for pets.

County A&E staff enjoy a moment’s relaxation  -  Feb 2, 2008
Dorset Echo,During the day participants also tried head massages, foot spas and Reiki healing, a complementary therapy thought by some to manipulate 'chi' or life

Pain in Your Feet? Try These Proven Techniques for Soothing Them  -  Jan 31, 2008
Diabetes Health (press release),It has established itself as a new treatment modality - "an educational intervention" - to be used as a complementary therapy to standard medical therapies

Library users turn over a new leaf at open day  -  Jan 30, 2008
Forres Gazette,...also teaches nutrition for fitness, health and exercise, exercise anatomy and physiology, and anatomy and physiology for complementary therapy.

Spinal column  -  Jan 28, 2008
ChronicleLive,Connect provides physiotherapy and a wide range of associated services and complementary therapy clinics throughout the north of England and southern

How giving can last all year round  -  Dec 27, 2007
Buxton Advertiser,A donation of £15 provides an arts and crafts therapy or complementary therapy session and a vast range of resources to support guests?

Cancer Care Center expansion project completed at BCHS  -  Dec 2, 2007
Battle Creek Enquirer,Allow me to pause for a moment and expand a bit on that term "complementary therapy." Complementary medicine, used in conjunction with a traditional therapy

Let’s face the music  -  Dec 21, 2007
Times Online,The method is the latest complementary therapy to be offered by the Trinity Hospice, in South London, where Davidson is an outpatient.

Acupuncture May Ease Cancer Pain  -  Dec 18, 2007
Online - International News Network,A recent study found that this complementary therapy reduced pain by 36% in people with advanced cancer. Acupuncture has been used in the United States for

College plan gets the go-ahead  -  Dec 24, 2007
Hereford Times,Additions including a complementary therapy centre and student accommodation will hopefully help it become a host venue at the 2012 Olympics and

In Search of Redemption  -  Dec 25, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),Various lines of conventional as well as complementary therapy have failed, and lately she has become increasingly symptomatic.

Aromatherapy and Migraines  -  Dec 13, 2007
American Chronicle,Most physicians agree that aromatherapy makes an excellent complementary therapy for migraineurs. Aromatherapy has not been shown to eliminate migraine

Castro Valley Entertainment Calendar  -  Dec 21, 2007
Castro Valley Forum,Learn the theory and techniques of Hypnotherapy and how this complementary therapy can assist you at a free class at 7 pm Friday, Jan.

Does your child still wet the bed ? A lifestyle change could be ...  -  Dec 6, 2007
Afriqu'Echos Magazine,...lifestyle one child in five can be cured, points out Dr Alova. For the rest a specific, complementary therapy may possibly be necessary.|Destination santé.

Minister sees young people at a turning point  -  Dec 3, 2007
24dash,...at Lambeth College, individual support, one-to-one counselling, benefits advice, careers guidance, personal mentor support and complementary therapy.

Helping hands at new hospital centre in Stockton  -  Nov 30, 2007
GazetteLive,It boasts an open-plan reception area plus private interview and complementary therapy rooms. It will also offer personal support in the form of befrienders

Charity offers life-line to seriously ill people in the Rye area  -  27 Nov 2007
Rye & Battle Observer,Throughout her two years of living with cancer Sara used complementary therapy to enhance her quality of life, ease symptoms and helps maintain her

ABI working on non-disclosure Christmas present to industry  -  27 Nov 2007
Money Marketing,It also provides access to services such as specialist nurse home visit, physiotherapy, cardiac rehabilitation, complementary therapy and counselling.

complementary therapy could treat iop-independent risk factors  -  Nov 13, 2007
OSN SuperSite (subscription),...new orleans — complementary or alternative therapy could assist in treating iop-independent risk factors of glaucoma patients, but physicians must first

the natural way  -  Nov 22, 2007
Health24.com,...those on both sides of the divide seem to agree that complementary therapy and conventional medicine both have their place. it's merely a question of

healing touch therapy thrives despite skeptics  -  Nov 16, 2007
ABC News..."healing touch is not intended to replace standard treatment. it's a complementary therapy," said anselme, a registered nurse and healing touch

majority of aegon scottish equitable's claimants use red arc's ...  -  Nov 26, 2007
Insurance Business Review...cardiac rehabilitation, complementary therapy and counseling. simon bailey, head of marketing for employee benefits at aegon scottish equitable,

a one-stop shop for healthy living at eden  -  Nov 1, 2007
Athlone Advertiser,...the eden training centre also offers complementary therapy training for practitioner and post-graduate training courses, itec training courses,

aegon says 88 per cent of critical illness claimants use red arc ...  -  Nov 26, 2007
Money Marketing,...physiotherapy, cardiac rehabilitation, complementary therapy and counselling. aegon says the high take up of the service among its claimants proves many

guilt-free retail therapy at eden!  -  Nov 8, 2007
Athlone Advertiser,...in your pocket you are doing something positive for you and positive for the planet. combine that with the complementary therapy clinic upstairs and you

buddhist 'healer' works on after sex assault charges  -  Oct 30, 2007
Melbourne Herald Sun,..."because we're a complementary therapy, we're not seen as a threat to the public." mr waldron said he had been lobbying for tougher regulations for two

serena's healing hands  -  Nov 4, 2007
Weston & Somerset Mercury,..."i guess the complementary therapy with pets started when i got my collie-cross molly. she was brought in because the owner could not cope anymore so i

fishing for an answer  -  Nov 1, 2007
Lakeland Mirror (subscription),...*counseling, or any complementary therapy which helps the person to relax, accept their symptoms, and cope with their limitations, is extremely useful.

massages ease pain of surgery recovery, researchers find  -  Nov 1, 2007
Associated Content,...beginning in 2004, the group visited other hospitals and scoured existing literature about complementary therapy and its effects on patient recovery.

integrated medicines  -  Nov 1, 2007
Myrtle Beach Sun News,...homayounian has brought a form of complementary therapy to the myrtle beach area, offering her services as an ayurveda therapist through her company,

wholistic health at the emotional wellbeing clinic  -  Nov 1, 2007
Athlone Advertiser,...the emotional wellbeing clinic is a complementary therapy clinic based in mullingar run by sarah curran. a kinesiologist, flower essence practitioner,

sonnemann toon clinic delivers ‘hotel’ feel  -  Nov 22, 2007
Hospital Development,...a chemotherapy treatment suite, a complementary therapy facility, six consultation rooms, a haematology and biochemistry lab, an aseptic pharmacy suite

community party to assist women in need  -  Nov 7, 2007
Provincetown Banner,...women struggling with illness. we help with oil and utility payments, doctor’s bills, ambulance services, mental health and complementary therapy.

acupuncture aids pain relief for knee arthritis  -  Nov 20, 2007
Online - International News Network,..."acupuncture as a complementary therapy to pharmacological treatment for osteoarthritis of the knee is more effective than pharmacological treatment alone,"

samantha is lending her voice to charity  -  Nov 7, 2007
Belfast Telegraph,...life-saving services including digital breast screening services, men's mot health checks, counselling, complementary therapy, listening ear service,

help prevent heart disease  -  Nov 2, 2007
FemaleFirst.co.uk,...you may benefit from a complementary therapy such as acupuncture. first the good news: a moderate amount of alcohol can help protect against coronary

what you always wanted to know about dreams – questico has the answers  -  Nov 15, 2007
MediaSyndicate (press release)...the questico advisor elina, who completed an intensive training course in a complementary therapy, hnc (human neuro-cybernetics) some years ago and has

college pushes forward with plans  -  Nov 6, 2007
Hereford Times,...which includes a complementary therapy centre and additional student accommodation. but herefordshire council's central area planning sub-committee

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