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March 2010

  • Floaters: Natural remedies that help
    Floaters is a common problem of the eyes which results in small spots of light floating in the line of vision of a person, either regularly or occasionally. While floaters are not a painful or troublesome condition of the eye, they can bother normal vision. They can also be taken as signs of a serious eye ailment and thus, need immediate attention. There are various natural cures for the problem, which have proven to be quite effective.
     
  • Diet for healthy teeth

    Dental health while on the one hand depends a lot on hygiene and care; it also hinges largely on the foods we eat. Whether our diet is dominated by tooth damaging foods or those that are teeth friendly plays a vital role in determining the number of caries we are prone to have eventually.

  • Demand for Ayurveda nursing courses in Kerala shoots up

    With Indian Ayurveda reaching out its benefits to the world and growth in the number of Ayurvedic healing spas and relaxation centres; demand for Ayurvedic nursing as a career is on a rise, especially among the youngsters of today.

    Ayurvedic practitioners have been known to pass their knowledge from one generation to another, across many cities of South India. Kerala however, is the hub of Ayurveda practitioners and the Mecca of institutions which teach this alternate therapy of healing.

  • Scholars stress on relevance and importance of Vedas in modern life

    Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams and Sri Venkateswara Vedic University had organised a three day international vedic seminar. The purpose behind organising vedic seminar was to prove importance and benefits of Vedas in todays modern world.

  • 5th Annual AHPA Awards declared

    The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) declared the names of award winners of its Fifth Annual AHPA Awards recently. AHPA president Michael McGuffin  said that the  AHPA is very thankful to the winners for their efforts and major contribution to the herbal products industry. He further said that constant growth of the industry always depends upon the decisions and actions taken by the active members of the industry. 

  • Acupuncture has no effect on fertility: Report

    Acupuncture is one of the oldest therapies used across the world. It is believed all over the world that acupuncture therapy helps to cure most of the diseases. However, according to the fertility experts acupuncture therapy has no relation with the process of conception or conception itself. Women who are using acupuncture remedies to conceive are only wasting their money and time, experts reported.

  • Activists push for homeopathy under revised EU pharma law

    The supporters of the homeopathy feel that EU pharmaceutical law should cover the homeopathy as alternative medicine and should also allow access to homeopathy medication under the public health plan.

  • ‘Cigarette smoking prevents Parkinson’s risk’

    It is really hard to believe that cigarette smoking can be beneficial to us in any way. But in a study report released in the journal Neurology has reported that long time smoking may reduce the risk of Parkinson's Disease. The National Institute of Environmental Health Science has also confirmed the news and advised that even it appears to be true, nobody should start smoking to prevent Parkinson.

  • Herbal medicines as reliable as conventional ones

    In today’s world, many people have started believing the importance and reliability of the alternative treatments like homeopathy and herbal medicines. But at the same time, a majority of the population still find these ‘alternative medicines’ unreliable. There are people who claim that these herbal treatments are completely unfounded but the fact is that these herbal treatments cover a number of different types of remedies.

  • Call for statutory regulation for alternative system of medicine

    Lack of government regulation on alternative medicine practitioners, herbalists and naturopaths has become a major concern in Australia. Absence of legislation for these traditional treatments may prove dangerous for consumers as pointed out by Prof. Kerryn Phelps. She is president of an organisation called the Australian Integrative Medical Association that promotes coexistence of alternative and conventional treatments.