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The Lunch Challenge: Acupuncture works, so who’s for humble pie?

There’s a fair bit of resistance in conventional medicine to the ‘energy medicines’, such as acupuncture. One specialist once remarked: “Show me the meridian points in the patient’s body and I’ll bu... more »

Natural ways to prevent back pain

An amazing four out of five adults will experience significant low-back pain at some time during their life. The most common reason, say experts, is work-related back injuries, but activities at home... more »

A chance read leads to cure

Some 10 years ago, I had an injury caused by a heavy fall when one leg fell into a rabbit burrow. That was the start of my nightmare. more »

Back pain treatments at a glance

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Back pain - The curve ball symptom

By treating back pain as a disease on its own, medicine has gone down many blind alleys. But many cases of back pain are only symptoms of disorders in other areas of the body including heart disea ... more »

Back pain: leave well alone

The best course of treatment for acute back pain may be to leave well alone and let it get better on its own, according to French researchers. ... more »

Back pain: the dangers of surgery - Epidurals and back pain

Epidural anaesthesia for pain relief during childbirth and for outpatient 'awake' surgery has been found to cause a high incidence of long-term back pain. more »

Back pain: the dangers of surgery - At the first sign of back pain . . .

If you have low back pain, instead of rushing to your own doctor, first try the most conservative management you can. Dr William Kirkaldy-Willis, retired emeritus professor of the Department of Orthop... more »

Back pain: the dangers of surgery - More westerners than ever suffer from low back pain, but conventional treatments-surgery, injections, anaesthesia-often make the problem worse.

At some point in our lives, 80 per cent of all of us living in the West will suffer from disabling low back pain. Every year, 12 million Americans make new-patient visits to their doctor for chronic l... more »

Back pain: no to steroids

The latest fad for chronic low back pain namely injecting steroids into the facet joints has just been proved useless. ... more »

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3 Nov 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

The poisoned generation

Perhaps the most underappreciated health scandal in modern times is the fact that, every day, we are all subjected to some 80,000 drugs—virtually all of which have not undergone a single regulat... more »

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Your good health is down to yo...

One thing is sure in this world: only you can establish total wellness and health. Unless you want it, and are sufficiently motivated to gain it and keep it, no amount of outside support will su... more »

1 Oct 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

DNA: it's not destiny

When we become ill, most of us lay the blame at the feet of our ancestors: my heart problem is like dad’s, who had a dicky ticker; I’m likely to get breast cancer because it’s what m... more »

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