When Rosann Geiser used an energy-healing therapy to remove the hives covering parts of her spouse’s body, she was hooked. The practice of Healing Touch promotes physical, mental, emotional and ...

Researchers are pairing a complementary therapy known as Healing Touch with mild sedation to see if the technique truly calms patients undergoing minor procedures. Often, a gentle hand on your ...

Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease create moments of disconnection for sufferers and their families. Nearly 6 million Americans, more than 40,000 here in the Hudson Valley, experience this during daily ...

FOLKS WE TALKED TO SAY IT WORKS. >> USE A LITTLE FRANKINCENSE. MINDY: BARBARA JACKSON IS A BREAST-CANCER PATIENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND ESTATE JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER. THIS IS PART OF HER ...

Its been five years of touch starvation. I’ll probably have some more years of it. I’m not handling this well. Lisbeth continued, “I feel like I’m dying from touch starvation, y’all. I don’t get hugs.

Therapy dogs are common visitors to college campuses during periods of high stress such as midterms or final exams, but now more colleges and universities are including comfort animals and therapy ...

In therapy settings across the globe, dogs are trusted partners in healing. They sit beside children learning to read, comfort veterans battling posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and offer a ...