Massage therapists see the benefits of massage on infants firsthand. Carolyn Molloy, a certified infant massage instructor in the Peri-natal and Neo-natal Units at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, ...
Jury in on Indian Head Massage
Aromatica is celebrated as the first holistic school in Canada to offer Ayurvedic training in Indian Head Massage - the form of folk massage which originated on the Indian sub continent. This program ...
Avocados Help Raise Good HDL Cholesterol
Avocados are a great source of monounsaturated fat says a medical study. Avocados may actually help to raise levels of "good" HDL cholesterol while lowering levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol. They ...
Time for a Super Germ Fighter?
While the FDA may be fighting against claims about the benefits of Colloidal Silver, its history would hold promise (with adequate study) in a world where West Nile Virus, SARS and ...
Mount Sinai Studies
Aromatica’s Jeffrey Cottam was a regular commuter to Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital last year while completing 2 different advanced courses of study in Chinese Medicine: Obstetric Acupuncture and ...
Alternative Medicine Research launched in U.K.
The British Parliament recently announced and ambitious $1.3 million- pound research grant to study the health benefits of treatments such as acupuncture and homeopathy. Public Health Minister ...
Are Buddhists Happier?
The pursuit of happiness could lie in a monkish life. The brains of experienced Buddhists showed increased activity in the happy centre: the left prefrontal lobes, according to new research. The ...
Red Wine Helps Protect Your Heart
One of the most well-documented benefits of red wine is a heart protective effect. One to 2 drinks per day of red wine have been shown to increase HDL cholesterol by about 11-17%. This extra HDL ...
Probiotics Prevent Baby Allergies
Pregnant women who take probiotic supplements reduce the risk of eczema by 40 percent in their children for the first four years of life, according to a study published in May 2003. The study was ...
Tea Fights Infections
Researchers have discovered that regular tea-drinking can prime cells to secret disease-fighting chemicals. Tea contains alkylamine antigens, which are also present in some bacteria, tumour cells, ...
