Category: Wellness

Tree, grass, mold and weed pollen levels have been high this year affecting millions of Americans with allergies.  Sneezes and sniffles shouldn’t compromise the enjoyment of spring time and outdoor activities!  ChicagoHealers.com Practitioner Dr. Kristen Bobik shares these tips to manage season allergies: Stimulate the Acupuncture point that controls the entire face and head. It’s [...]

Intuitive Guide and Music Composer Max Highstein wants you to relax — preferably, very deeply. Highstein is the author of bestselling guided imagery program The Healing Waterfall, and a series guided meditations, courses, and music CDs used by healers, therapists, clinics, and deep relaxers all over the world. (You can hear samples, and even download [...]

by Karen Erickson, B.S. Now that it is officially spring, it’s time to revive energy and gain new motivations by incorporating color into one’s life.  Color therapy, or chromotherapy, is a holistic practice that traces back thousands of years to ancient civilizations. This type of therapy has been documented to naturally affect physical, emotional, spiritual [...]

The Easter holiday marks the beginning of spring, which comes with many temptations. Choosing to lead a healthy life could prove to be a difficult task during a month filled with chocolate and alcohol. ChicagoHealers.com Practitioner Dr. Kristen Bobik, D.C., L.Ac. offers these tips and tidbits to stare temptation in the face and turn your [...]

By Dr. Stewart Bitkoff  To refuse the gift is to refuse the Giver. – A. Hussain Over the holidays, one of my maternal aunts visited and we had a conversation about how the ‘older generation’ visited doctors much less frequently than this generation. Sometimes, I find myself going to doctors 3 and 4 times a [...]

It’s Not Too Late to Make Good on those Resolutions! Let Your Spirituality Be Your Guide, Says Noted Doctor The new year is already well under way. Job deadlines – or job searching – has begun anew, and the stresses of bills, kids in school again, and the sometimes endless treadmill of daily life can [...]

by Ed Preston Sound healing has been practiced in cultures worldwide for thousands of years.  When most people think of sound, they are actually thinking of a range of vibrational frequencies, and more specifically most are thinking of the frequencies, between 20 and 20,000 cycles per second, that human ears can normally perceive. In order [...]

Pregnant women are trying to be healthier.  Many take all the right steps to promote the birth of a healthy baby, including eating right, taking vitamins and eliminating alcohol and nicotine from their lives. Unfortunately, all those efforts may be for naught if they are still being exposed to unseen chemicals in their daily lives. [...]

The end of the school semester means one thing for students: finals.  Students are bogged down with papers, presentations, exams and it can be tempting to reach for those fatty foods and high-caloric energy drinks to fuel long study sessions.  Though seemingly innocuous, these food choices can have detrimental effects on student’s cognitive performance.  Chicago [...]

Forget the green bean casserole.  Put the red skinned potatoes back on the shelf.  If you are looking for the perfect side dish for your Thanksgiving dinner, look no further than the sweet potato.  Not only do sweet potatoes pair well with the ubiquitous turkey, but they also pack quite the nutritional punch.  They are [...]

Halloween is just around the corner and a gaggle of witches, ghosts, vampires, and more are about to descend on neighborhoods around the country. For kids, Halloween is a dream come true: the chance to dress up, stay out late, and—best of all—fill their bellies with candy. For parents, though, Halloween can seem like more [...]

Most parents take great care to monitor their children’s sugar intake, but Halloween is the one time of year when the rules of dental care are often broken. The endless candy from trick-or-treating can wreak havoc on teeth, so when a dentist tells parents their children’s teeth show signs of decay it obviously comes as [...]