Inside Health & Medicine THE AYURVEDIC VIEW ON STRESS MANAGEMENT   Here is the ayurvedic view on stress management. Matt, a 42-year-old manager of an electronics sales firm, called himself a typical "Type A" personality. He spent a tremendous amount of energy trying to get everything done yesterday. Unable to wait in line at the bank or movie theater without getting impatient, he also carried extra weight, had high cholesterol, and smoked to relieve the tension. Love Is In The Air   Since the olfactory nerves (the nerves in the nose) are directly connected to the limbic system of the brain, their stimulation by the aroma of essential oils causes immediate, although perhaps subconscious, physical and emotional responses. When Worse Is Really Better!   From time to time I receive a call or email from someone who has started an herbal treatment for whatever their problem, and they are ready to take my head off because it made them feel worse, so they stopped the supplement. A BIG misconception on their part, but understandable. Why Are People Choosing Ill Health?   Why indeed? Great PR for one. Over the last fifty years TV & Radio has built that PR, paid for of course, by the pharmaceutical industry who, silently and without fanfare, took over the medical world about twenty-five to thirty years ago, while I watched and tried to warn people. THE POWER OF FRIENDLY BACTERIA   The article is about the importance of fruendly bacteria. In this article we will take a look at the benefits of having bacteria inside your body. It is generally believed that having bacteria in your body is harmful to you and that it will cause you to become ill, but this is not so. The truth is, your body needs bacteria in order to survive.