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Bright light therapy A meta-analysis of bright light therapy commissioned by the American Psychiatric Association found it to be more effective than placebo—usually dim light—for both seasonal affective disorder and for nonseasonal depression, with effect sizes similar to those for conventional antidepressants. For non-seasonal depression, adding light therapy to the standard antidepressant treatment was not [...]
There are many different ways used to treat loneliness, social isolation or clinical depression. The first step that most doctors recommend to patients is therapy. Therapy is a common and effective way of treating loneliness and is often successful. Short term therapy, the most common form for lonely or depressed patients, typically occurs over a [...]
Conservative For the vast majority of people, low back pain can be treated conservatively. A number of recommendations which may help alleviate symptoms include: applying heat or cold, physical therapy, and continued activity within the limits of the pain with bed rest being discouraged. Firm mattresses are less likely to lead to improvement when compared [...]
The management goals when treating back pain are to achieve maximal reduction in pain intensity as rapidly as possible; to restore the individual’s ability to function in everyday activities; to help the patient cope with residual pain; to assess for side-effects of therapy; and to facilitate the patient’s passage through the legal and socioeconomic impediments [...]
By therapy composition Treatments can be classified according to the thing used for treatment: ; by matter * by drug : pharmacotherapy, chemotherapy, mesotherapy * by medical device * by gene : gene therapy * by gold : chrysotherapy (aurotherapy) * by hormone : hormone therapy * by organism : biotherapy as ** by virus [...]
Chiropractic is a health care discipline and profession that emphasizes diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially the spine, under the hypothesis that these disorders affect general health via the nervous system. It is generally categorized as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), a characterization that many chiropractors reject. Although chiropractors [...]
Spinal manipulation, which chiropractors call “spinal adjustment” or “chiropractic adjustment”, is the most common treatment used in chiropractic care; in the U.S., chiropractors perform over 90% of all manipulative treatments. Spinal manipulation is a passive manual maneuver during which a three-joint complex is taken past the normal range of movement, but not so far as [...]
Is the daily stress or the permanent problems you have at work or at home getting to you, affecting your life, health and happiness? Then it is about time to consider some meditation exercises. Here are the basic things you need to know!
Many people are pretty polarized on the alternative health care debate. They are either completely for or completely against it. On the one hand, there are people who stand with tradition entirely and are unwilling to compromise. They believe that normal medical health is the highest level that the treatment of diseases has ever reached. They don’t believe in any alternative health treatment at all, viewing it as unscientific and probably unhelpful as well.
This article discusses how holistic medicine understands the process of healing and how it differs in its approach from standard medicine. You will learn how natural healing methods can give us a much greater chance at a healthy and happy life.
The instruction to performing the most revered and the most reknowned exercise Suryanamaskar have been given in this video. This exercise helps in reducing weight...
The person practising this Asana is advised to drink five to ten glasses of hot water before performing it. This Asana is sure to bring...
The benefits of Sarvangasana can be felt in each and every part of the body. It is especially useful for Asthamatic patients and people suffering...