http://www.healingartsonline.com Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:31:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The American Massage Therapy Association recently completed its 10th annual Massage Therapy Consumer Survey.  This survey quizzes consumers on their use of massage and views of massage therapy, and helps AMTA track the growth of massage as an accepted part of people’s routine health care and well-being. than 1 in ... http://www.healingartsonline.com/surveys-track-10-years-of-growth-in-use-of-massage by Carolan Evans  Craniosacral Therapy is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the most gentle and yet powerful forms of holistic healing. It is a relatively new therapy, having been developed from ... http://www.healingartsonline.com/craniosacral-therapy   BY CARA ANNA, Associated Press Writer Tue, May 9th, 9:31 AM ET ITHACA, N.Y. - "Can we trust you?" the girls asked. Samite Mulondo told them they could. Shyly, the three girls, who'd been sexual slaves for rebel soldiers in northern Uganda, asked if ... http://www.healingartsonline.com/former-refugee-provides-music-therapy The New York Times By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM CAROL HARADA lay on her back, eyes closed, on cushions strewn across the floor of a studio in Emeryville, Calif. Several people, some clutching musical instruments, quietly gathered around. It was her turn to receive a group healing. One person ... http://www.healingartsonline.com/whats-the-buzz-sound-therapy If Americans without health insurance were a nation, the population would be bigger than Canada -- plus Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire and Vermont. Canada, like other industrialized nations besides ours, provides universal health coverage. Contrary to myth, the United States does not have the world's best health care. It has the ... http://www.healingartsonline.com/time-for-health-care-for-all-on-medicares-40th-anniversary Though generations of dental students have been sold on the dental benefits of fluoride, studies over the last decade in particular have suggested a correlation with cancer. Studies conducted by the National Toxicology Program and the New Jersey Department of Health, have shown higher than normal incidents of cancer in ... http://www.healingartsonline.com/taking-a-closer-look-at-fluoride Kelly Preston | HuffingtonPost Parents are still largely unaware that these drugs are turning kids into walking time bombs. Eight out of the last 13 school shooters were taking prescribed psychiatric drugs, and only now is the FDA investigating the fact these drugs can cause violence. Legislators are still not waking ... http://www.healingartsonline.com/call-for-drug-violence-investigation-never-more-timely Paul Krugman | NYTimes The obvious model for those hoping to reverse the fattening of America is the campaign against smoking. Before the surgeon general officially condemned smoking in 1964, rising cigarette consumption seemed an unstoppable trend; since then, consumption per capita has fallen more than 50 percent. But it may be ... http://www.healingartsonline.com/free-to-choose-obesity The Second Chakra | DailyOM When we have gained a deep understanding of the body and soul, there often follows a desire to reach out, to grow, and to change. In the Vedic texts, the second chakra, the energy center between the navel and genitals, is the seat of life and ... http://www.healingartsonline.com/seat-of-life Alicia Priest | Whole Health From the perspective of the status quo, it was the kind of “news” that’s best ignored. So that’s exactly what most newspapers, radio, and TV outlets did—even though the revelation appeared in a respected, peer-reviewed science journal and the subject concerned the health of millions of ... http://www.healingartsonline.com/milk-the-not-so-perfect-food