College of Medicine born from ashes of Prince Charles’s holistic health charity

Prescribing homeopathic pills and other complementary therapies on the NHS makes integrated health, supported by the Prince of Wales, controversial. Photograph: Alix/Phanie/Rex Features Senior figures at the Prince of Wales’s complementary health charity, which closed amid a criminal investigation this year, are opening a college to promote holistic medicine in the NHS. The College of Medicine aims to raise the acceptance of “an integrated approach to health” among doctors, politicians and the public by running... [Read More]

Home Remedies For Acne

Want to try some home remedies for acne? Of course you do! Why should you spend hundreds of dollars on products that don’t really work, not long term anyway, not to mention the possible side effects from some of these products! Many acne sufferers have found relief by using simple home remedies to treat there acne and these have proved to be very effective. Most of the items mentioned below you may already have in your home or garden. If not, then they can be bought at very little cost. Here are some you might want to try. Try some lavender!... [Read More]

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