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Complementary therapy for osteoarthritis sufferers by GoToSee Healthy Living Professional

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A form of Traditional Chinese Medicine called Qigong therapy has been revealed as a potential complementary therapy treatment for osteoarthritis, according to a new study. Arthritis is one of the common causes of disability across the world and increasingly more patien ... Read on »

Complementary therapy in childbirth proving popular by GoToSee Healthy Living Professional

... popular", according to a new report by the Association of Radical Midwives. Due to complementary therapy's increased interest, more maternity wards in the UK are now offering complementary therapies but experts say that this should be in addition to conventional treatments. "Complementary means 'in addition to' and the person using it or giving it ... Read on »

Eating disorders helped by complementary therapy by GoToSee Healthy Living Professional

... complementary therapy methods.To learn more about Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and find a therapist close to you click hereFind out more about eating disorders and other complementary therapies that can help hereRelated News:Study shows complementary therapy effective for child anxietyDiabetes management may be helped by psychotherapyGambling ... Read on »

Yoga as a Complementary Therapy by Diane C. Patient Expert

... ed out as being seen as an esoteric practice that was relegated to the hippie generation (and later defined as the sport of the affluent), yoga is now a force in the world of complementary therapy. Where the Chiropractic discipline once tread is now the stomping ground of yoga and yoga therapy (as well as meditation). Despite the fact that more and ... Read on »

Men with prostate cancer use complementary therapy by GoToSee Healthy Living Professional

... nearly 300 UK males with an average age of 70 who were receiving outpatient treatment for prostate cancer at a London hospital.Participants were questioned about their use of complementary therapies and researchers found that 25% reported using complementary therapy and half of those were using three or more.The popular therapies were low-fat diets ... Read on »

Alternative medicine and complementary therapy effective for fatigue conditions by GoToSee Healthy Living Professional

Over a third of patients suffering chronic fatigue conditions believe complementary therapy and alternative medicine is more effective than traditional medicine. The study carried out at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen found people with ... Read on »

Complementary therapy helping boy with rare disorder by GoToSee Healthy Living Professional

It’s probably not an alternative medicine and complementary therapy treatment that most of us have heard of but ‘Hippotherapy’ is helping a young boy from Wales with a rare genetic disorder overcome some of his problems.H ... Read on »

Gambling addiction clinic offers complementary therapy by GoToSee Healthy Living Professional

With an estimated quarter of million people suffering with a gambling addiction, the NHS have opened their first clinic to treat gamblers with complementary therapy and debt management.Opened in Soho, West London, The National Problem Gambling Clinic will run for a year with addicts undergoing psychotherapy sessions ... Read on »

Study shows complementary therapy effective for child anxiety by GoToSee Healthy Living Professional

... to improve the condition by 81%, CBT alone had a 61% improvement rate and drug therapy alone had a 55% improvement.The results highlighted the beneficial effects of drugs and complementary therapies working together as well as the individual positive effects of CBT on its own when treating anxiety disorders.Researchers were keen to show that all th ... Read on »

Diary/Complementary therapy/feeling sad by bluesilk

Feeling rather unmotivated today. It’s Halloween tomorrow; I like Halloween. Still feel sad. If I were standing outside myself I might come upto myself, grab myself by the shoulders, shake profusely, and bellow ‘what the hell is the matter with you?’ I have a feeling my response would be a subdued ‘don’t really know…’ One thing I’ve [...] Read on »