self-care, health

An overview of the world of complementary and alternative medicine from the Mayo Clinic, showcases a broad spectrum of popular therapies, remedies, practices, and procedures--from acupuncture to yoga--to examine what works and what does not when treating common ailments and what can be combined with conventional medicine to promote overall health.

Thomas Goetz, editor of "Wired" magazine, discusses his ideas about healthcare, and encourages healthcare and medical professionals to give advancing technologies and scientific research a central role in making healthcare decisions.

The section on illnesses and conditions provides profiles for particular conditions. The therapies section shows you where to find alternative therapies for the conditions.

Here are invaluable at-home solutions to annoying afflictions as well as methods for coping with more serious problems.

Explore how and why people get sick, defining hygiene as the practice of doing things to stay healthy. Includes basics of infectious and non-infectious diseases, and a discussion of the immune system. Hands-on experiment investigates germ growth. Correlates to the National Science Education Standards for Life Science.

"A beauty guide with tips on hair, makeup and beauty in general by celebrity Lauren Conrad"--.