The Art of Healing

The Art of Healing supports a holistic approach to wellness with a focus on the individual, and provides solutions that assists readers to lead a more responsible, conscious, and mindful life. Our aim is to deliver reliable information on how to attain and sustain optimal wellness, using the most natural means possible incorporating the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social and environmental aspects of wellbeing.

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Better diagnosis to improve breast cancer treatment • Breast cancer patients will soon have a better chance of fighting the disease thanks to new pathology guidelines created by University of Queensland researchers. The guidelines allow pathologists to identify which patients have more aggressive forms of breast cancer, which means they can be classified appropriately and their treatment can be tailored.

Study finds 45 minutes of patient education improves chronic disease management • Just 45 minutes of patient education can improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases, according to a study in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.

Pema Chodron: A Buddhist Teaching on Loneliness, Rejection and a Broken Heart • “There comes a time when the bubble of ego is popped and you can’t get the ground back for an extended period of time. Those times, when you absolutely cannot get it back together, are the most rich and powerful times in our lives.”

Japanese Artist Hand-Cuts Intricate Octopus From Single Sheet of Paper

Inspiration from Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha

Science Says SILENCE Is Vital For Our Brains

11 Superfoods That Will Supercharge Your Body • A diet full of natural healthy foods is a guaranteed way to help the body maintain optimal function. Unfortunately however, the mass production of food means many live foods sold in supermarkets and stores are depleted of nutrients due to the overuse of chemicals in soil and during food production. Moreover, at times our bodies need a little extra help to clear away toxic debris that collects in the body from processed foods and environmental pollution.

What is Lifestyle Medicine and How Do I Get It From My GP?

Environmental exposures early in life modify immune responses – effects visible even in adolescence

Why Nutritional Psychiatry is the future of Mental Health Treatment

ONLINE PROGRAM an effective tool for overcoming anxiety

What Is The Difference Between Sorrow and Depression?

What’s All the Fuss about Medicinal Cannabis use in Australia? • The judicious use of medicinal cannabis which has been specifically cultivated or manufactured for the treatment of medical conditions and to promote wellness has become a hot topic in Australia and around the world. Ideally it is prescribed by an appropriately trained healthcare practitioner and is individualised to the patient. However, whilst many western countries allow access to medicinal cannabis, access in Australia remains difficult for a range of reasons including the current regulations required for prescribing medicinal cannabis, a lack of medical practitioners prescribing it, driving laws, and the prohibitive cost to patients. In this article, Associate Professor Kylie O’Brien, PhD explores the current state of play in Australia, including why the current regulatory system is not working.

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CONCLUSION

there is a 1 in 2 chance you will end up with chronic illness

IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS

Health Risks Associated With Long-Term Opioid Use • Opioids are medications that reduce pain and affect reward pathways in the brain. Opioids are most effective for short-term pain relief. Long- term opioid use can be highly problematic because it is associated with a host of health risks, some of...