The Art of Healing

Given our recent celebrations of fifteen years of producing The Art of Healing magazine, I have been reflecting on how the world has changed since I started it in 2002 – specifically in the context of health and healing. When we began, the knowledge

The latest science is in on chronic inflammation, and although it is being used to promote a pharmaceutical solution, there are natural ways to stop this occuring in the body – a problem that is now linked directly to the top five killers on our plan

We cannot escape the reality that in developed nations, people are often overfed but undernourished — with damaging results. Vitamin B is a dietary powerhouse, boosting energy levels and enhancing performance of nearly every system in the body. B-vi

We really just don’t know what the long-term generational effects of such widespread use of ADHD medications will be on our society and the individuals who’ve been taking these meds their whole lives. There have never been longterm studies because th

A painful and often debilitating disease, eczema is a skin disorder that is suffered by millions. Frequently treated with steroids, the immune system is further compromised, inflaming the dermis and creating a vicious cycle that is difficult to break

Fast fashion has transformed the way we shop. Fuelled by the advent of more accessible and affordable fashion, consumers are shopping for clothes more than ever before. The number of garments bought by the average shopper each year grew by 60% betwee

Did you know that your cell phone technically microwaves your brain? And did you know that there are some natural substances which have proven radioprotective properties that can reduce your risk of adverse exposures? Cell phones and the communicati

Breakthrough research confirms two unique compounds extracted from seaweed have significant cancer-inhibiting properties. A series of animal studies undertaken at the prestigious McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center in H

The information on this page is taken from the Mental Health Services In Australia government website which presents information on prescriptions for mental health-related medications; both subsidised and under co-payment. Mental health-related medic

We’ve got to get away from looking at linear models of disease causation and look instead at the multi-factor array of causal mechanisms that translate through metabolic pathways and genes via complex networks. We’ve got to look not only at the cause

Typically we think of the healthcare system as being composed of healthcare providers like doctors and nurses, in primary (e.g. general practitioners, nurse practitioners) and secondary (e.g. specialist) care. But actually, we need to think about our

Walking into the supermarket these days, you are hit with so many choices on every food product, but none more so than the range of cooking oils currently available. In the past 50 years or so, many new cooking oils extracted from plant seeds and nut

Your digestive tract is home to trillions of microbes, that together make a colony termed the intestinal microbiome. Far from harming the body, this abundance of beneficial organisms carry out a myriad of useful functions, including regulating immuni

There are times when we find ourselves experiencing periods of melancholy; some are born with a melancholic temperament (like Eeyore from A.A. Milne’s books about Christopher Robin and Winne the Pooh). Sometimes it is there when you awake. Other time

In this article, Melissa Thompson looks at how yoga can assist people who have mental health issues and at the same time live with different levels of hearing loss. Melissa refers to the Deaf community in this article with a capital ‘D.’ The Deaf com

Samantha Coulson explains. To understand the significance of the gut microbiome and its role in health and disease, it is necessary to understand what the structure and function of the gut microbiome was before it was thought to be altered by modern

Firstly Manuela, where were you born and can you talk us through your education? I was born in Milano, Italy. The high school I attended was the exclusive ‘class liceum’, a school which is dedicated to the teaching and learning of subjects such as

The ‘powers that be’ say that keeping medicine at arm’s length is all about self-preservation, about not getting too close and allowing yourself to be too affected. It’s quite the opposite for me. If I were to see 35 patients a day and not go within,

In the first part of the film Becky meets some older women at a local retirement village to get a sense of what domestic violence was like in their day. She learns that when they were younger they didn’t intervene in other people’s affairs. Domestic