Archive of: Brief and HEALTH and NAPC and Natural Healing

	Title	Issue
	Meditation and Music Aid Memory in Early Stages of Alzheimer’s West Virginia adults with early symptoms of Alzheimer’s improved their memory and cognitive functions after three months of kirtan kriya meditating or listening to other music 12 minutes a day.	None
	Massage Relieves Chronic Back Pain Half of those with chronic back pain that participated in a study reported meaningful relief after 10 sessions of massage therapy, say Indiana University-Purdue University researchers.	None
	Natural Sounds Soothe the Brain British researchers found that listening to natural sounds led to relaxed brain patterns, while artificial sounds activated stress.	None
	Post-Stroke Exercise Improves Brain Function Cognition improves in patients after a stroke with as little as 12 weeks of aerobic exercise and strength training, University of Pittsburg researchers report.	None
	Combo Probiotics Ease Hay Fever A combination of two probiotics reduced spring allergy symptoms in adults in a University of Florida study.	None
	Itchy Ivy Lurking almost anywhere, poison ivy can cause nasty reactions if we come into contact with it—but natural treatments can soothe the itching and blistering.	None
	Latin American Tree Bark Improves Diabetes Markers Type 2 diabetics that ingested a dry extract of the bark of Hintonia latiflora, a tree grown in Mexico and South America, experienced a 25 percent reduction in fasting blood glucose levels, as well as improved cholesterol and liver markers.	None
	Tai Chi Eases Chronic Neck Pain In a Harvard Medical School study, patients with chronic neck pain that practiced tai chi won the same reduction in pain as those doing conventional neck exercises.	None
	Stress and Fatigue Abate with Combo Supplement Stressed and fatigued individuals that took a supplement containing magnesium, probiotics, vitamins and minerals for 30 days saw sharp reductions in these symptoms.	None
	Reflexology and Imagery Relieve Preoperative Anxiety Israelis facing surgery that received reflexology massages, acupuncture and guided imagery exercises beforehand experienced a 60 percent drop in anxiety levels.	None

Archive of: Brief and *HEALTH* and NAPC and Natural Healing

Archive of: Brief and HEALTH and NAPC and Natural Healing