General News

News from the wider world of healing, healthcare and wellbeing

7th October 2016

This US report explains how the public are demanding, and getting, complementary and alternative practices because they perceive a benefit.  read more


10th August 2016

Seventy one medical students in Kwale have graduated from the Kenya School for Integrated Medicine.  read more


26th July 2016

NHS England has announced “a major transformation programme” for mental health care through improved services and funding.  read more


9th July 2016

The Organic Consumers Association is to sue Post Foods for claiming that Shredded Wheat, is 'natural' despite the fact that it contains glyphosate  read more


21st May 2016

The King's Fund has called for greater integration of gardening as a treatment in the health and social care system in a report commissioned by NGS  read more


22nd September 2016

Data presented at the 2016 World Parkinson Congress shows many patients seek complementary therapies and with good effectiveness  read more


26th July 2016

And would like to see it integrated into the national healthcare system  read more


20th July 2016

An antenatal education programme showing dramatic results has been published in the British Medical Journal Open  read more


4th July 2016

Very interesting news that a study of 582 paediatric GPs shows that 99% had prescribed or recommended a CAM for a child in the last year  read more


27th April 2016

A Manchester GP practice is prescribing yoga for patients - and even plans to create its own on-site studio to host classes  read more