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The health and happiness of a family member is of utmost importance to most of us, and for those who live with pets, there is a similar sentiment.

Seeing pets falling sick or get injured can be difficult and heartbreaking, and one would do anything within their reach to help them recover.

Dr Juliet Decaestecker, a Belgian veterinarian who specialises in Chinese medicine, talks to HerStory about her love for animals, passion for treating them, and her journey so far.

Juliet is also the author of Healthy Dog, Happy You, a book in which she discusses the different ways pet owners can live in harmony with their pets.

Dr Juliet Decaestecker, who grew up in Flanders, Belgium, has always loved animals, especially her parrot, Koko, that her parents gifted her as a child. When her parents got divorced, she had to give Koko up to her father, because she wasnt allowed to own pets at the flat her mother rented.

A few months later, she heard that Koko had died, and it was then that she promised herself that she would always look after every animal around her. She went on to rescue every injured animal she came across, and worked hard to learn how she could help them.

Just before she turned 18, Juliet moved into a bigger house with her mother, and adopted a dog, Broel, whom she was very close to, and considered a great friend.

Soon after this, she made up her mind to pursue veterinary medicine, and moved to Liege in South Belgium.

Over the six years she spent studying, she also met her husband Jean Francois, with whom she has four children today.

After finishing her veterinary studies in 2006, Juliet worked on a farm for three years, practising on small animals. During her time there, she began to wonder why she needed to administer and sell so many different medicines, and questioned whether there was another way to treat animals.

She then approached a veterinarian she had been following for many years, who specialised in acupuncture. She began helping him out in his practice, observing how well the animals reacted to this alternative method.

Soon after this, Juliet spoke to Emiel Van de Bosch, a pioneer of Chinese medicine in Europe, and began learning acupuncture. She started her practice with human beings, and slowly moved to treating animals, eventually expanding to food therapy, Chinese herbs, western herbs and more.

In an interview with HerStory, Juliet talks about her journey so far, the experiences she has had as a veterinarian, and why she chose to practice alternative methods to treat animals.

Juliet Decaestecker: Im a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, with a postgraduate degree in Chinese medicine at IVAS (International Veterinary Acupuncture Society). I'm also a teacher at BEVAS (Belgian Veterinary Acupuncture Society) in acupuncture and Food Therapy.

I practice by myself or with independent colleagues.

JD: Hundreds, maybe thousands. Every day, I treat all sorts of animals from mammals to birds and other species. It goes from helping the neighbour's cat or dog to needling elephants and turtles.

JD: Its an array of things. I would say its about prevention of disease, rather the expression of imbalance, not masking the symptoms. Its also about lifestyle change, from locomotor problems to internal problems.

JD: Clients come through other clients or they find me because, unfortunately, all the allopathy treatments would have failed and their animals are already in a devastating state. Committed owners react very well but its often a big lifestyle change for them.

JD:

What is really important for me is that my family and I live as healthy a life as possible, and practice what we preach. We buy the same for ourselves and our pets, go out to green and clean spaces to spend time with each other.

We lead a simple life and don't surround ourselves with a lot of material things. Screen time is very limited, and we spend as much physical time together as possible, playing games, eating, or cooking together.

JD: There are so many ways a pet owner can make their pets life better.

Keep things simple, give them healthy wholesome fresh food (species-appropriate), take them out in the fresh air, make them exercise. Also, limit chemical and harmful substances on them.

It's also important not to overprotect or pamper them too much. Be firm but gentle so they know their place in the family.

JD: They are lost in the information available on the internet. They lack simple awareness. We live in a society where we want things fixed quickly. Real healing takes time and commitment. We also have to trust in nature again.

There are mainly two streams that pet owners fall into: first is the ultimate trust in technology and examinations through tests to find out what is wrong, and the other is where people start to ask themselves how they can simply prevent disease or treat it at the root cause.

Pet owners are advertised so many different solutions out there but it's often just a waste of money. There is no magical pill out there but there a lifestyle change is possible.

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Global Alternative And Complementary Medicine Market Overview:

The latest report on the global Alternative And Complementary Medicine market suggests a positive growth rate in the coming years. Analysts have studied the historical data and compared it with the current market scenario to determine the trajectory this market will take in the coming years. The investigative approach taken to understand the various aspects of the market is aimed at giving the readers a holistic view of the global Alternative And Complementary Medicine market. The research report provides an exhaustive research report that includes an executive summary, definition, and scope of the market.

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Alternative medicine involves the application of traditional methods of medication such as the use of herbs and other mind and body healing techniques that are mostly based on faith and belief. However, most of these techniques have no regulatory approval or clinical evidential backing. Many of the governments and regulatory bodies have put up efforts in finding clinical support for the incorporation of alternative treatments to help improve the market and treatment methods.Europe is the source of most revenue generation in the market owing to the extensive use of botanicals in the regions. Botanicals such as dietary supplements witness considerable demand in countries like Germany and France.On the other hand, Asia Pacific is set to grow at steady pace over the forecast years due to growth of medical tourism, expensive nature of conventional medicine and the fact that the region serves as the origin place for a number of key alternative medical therapies. The Middle East is transforming into a global hub of wellness medical infrastructure to become and is expected to be one of the rapidly growing regions in this market.

In 2018, the global Alternative And Complementary Medicine market size was xx million US$ and it is expected to reach xx million US$ by the end of 2025, with a CAGR of xx% between 2019 and 2025.

This report studies the Alternative And Complementary Medicine market size by players, regions, product types and end industries, history data 2014-2018 and forecast data 2019-2025; This report also studies the global market competition landscape, market drivers and trends, opportunities and challenges, risks and entry barriers, sales channels, distributors and Porters Five Forces Analysis.

This report focuses on the global top players, covered

Pacific NutritionalHerb Pharm.Herbal HillsHelio USADeepure PlusNordic NaturalsPure encapsulationsIyengar Yoga InstituteJohn Schumachers Unity Woods Yoga CenterYoga TreeThe Healing CompanyQuantum Touch

Market segment by Regions/Countries, this report covers

North AmericaEuropeChinaRest of Asia PacificCentral & South AmericaMiddle East & Africa

Market segment by Type, the product can be split into

BotanicalsAcupunctureMind, Body, and YogaMagnetic Intervention

Market segment by Application, the market can be split into

Direct ContactE-trainingDistance Correspondence

The study objectives of this report are:

To study and forecast the market size of Alternative And Complementary Medicine in global market.To analyze the global key players, SWOT analysis, value and global market share for top players.To define, describe and forecast the market by type, end use and region.To analyze and compare the market status and forecast among global major regions.To analyze the global key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints and risks.To identify significant trends and factors driving or inhibiting the market growth.To analyze the opportunities in the market for stakeholders by identifying the high growth segments.To strategically analyze each submarket with respect to individual growth trend and their contribution to the marketTo analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market.To strategically profile the key players and comprehensively analyze their growth strategies.

In this study, the years considered to estimate the market size of Alternative And Complementary Medicine are as follows:

History Year: 2014-2018Base Year: 2018Estimated Year: 2019Forecast Year 2019 to 2025

For the data information by region, company, type and application, 2018 is considered as the base year. Whenever data information was unavailable for the base year, the prior year has been considered.

Key Stakeholders

Raw material suppliersDistributors/traders/wholesalers/suppliersRegulatory bodies, including government agencies and NGOCommercial research & development (R&D) institutionsImporters and exportersGovernment organizations, research organizations, and consulting firmsTrade associations and industry bodiesEnd-use industries

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For Sarah Underhill, mental health has been a lifelong challenge.

But rather than hiding in shame, the 41-year-old New Albany resident began talking to people about her struggles, often finding that her listeners struggled, too.

Those conversations gave way to volunteerism, which in turn has led Underhill to start a nonprofit organization, the Well-Being Connection, that will attempt to connect New Albany residents to local mental-health resources.

Underhill said her vision includes educating the New Albany community about mental health and creating a dialogue around it through multiple sources, such as a website, lectures and book talks.

Well-being commonly is defined as being healthy both physically and mentally. It has been a focus over the past few years in New Albany, with the New Albany Community Foundation regularly inviting mental-health advocates and experts to speak for annual Jefferson Series events and the New Albany-Plain Local School District launching a community-oriented Well-Being Initiative focused on students.

"I plan to promote and get people connected to what is already here and add more support, resources and education in ways that are needed," Underhill said.

In 2020, Underhill plans to start a website for the Well-Being Connection and register it as a nonprofit. Until the latter happens, Boundless, a Columbus-based nonprofit organization that helps people with behavioral disabilities, will manage money on behalf of the Well-Being Connection, she said.

The Well-Being Connection already has secured some funding, she said.

After presenting her plans to the community foundation at the board of trustees' July meeting, the board started a fund for the Well-Being Connection, Underhill said.

Keith Berend, chairman of the community foundation's board of trustees, said he and his wife, Cindy, decided to start a fund through the foundation to support and fund mental-health advocacy.

The Well-Being Connection will act as the primary conduit for developing and supporting mental-health initiatives in New Albany and central Ohio, he said.

Although some therapists and counselors are in New Albany, the city, central Ohio and the state as a whole lack adequate resources, Berend said.

"I think if we're going to be the healthiest community in America, we can't leave this behind," he said.

Underhill said she wants to use the Well-Being Connection website to promote resources that are available in New Albany. She said use of the website would be free of charge.

She said she also hopes to create a blog to express thoughts about her own mental-health journey and entries from local psychologists, psychiatrists and specialists in alternative medicine.

Five years or so down the line, Underhill said, she wants to open her nonprofit in a local building that would serve as something of a mental-health incubator, a place for support groups and classes for yoga or mindfulness practice, for example.

She said she hopes to work with New Albany leaders to provide space to rent affordably to therapists.

Underhill's foray into community mental-health advocacy started when she began volunteering at New Albany-Plain Local in 2016 as part of its Well-Being Initiative beginning. Her role was to create learning opportunities for parents, such as forums about alcohol and drug use, she said.

The Well-Being Initiative consists of trying to ensure the physical and mental health of local students, said Superintendent Michael Sawyers. Activities have included parent forums, programs for children, staff professional development and the R Factor, a training framework expressed as E+R=O, meaning that an event and one's response to it create an outcome.

Underhill's son, Bradley, is a 10-year-old fifth-grader at New Albany Intermediate School. Her other sons, 13-year-old eighth-grader Nathan and 16-year-old sophomore Will, attend Marburn Academy, a nonprofit independent school in New Albany that serves the educational needs of students with such learning differences as dyslexia and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to the school's website.

This past summer, at the request of a community member, Underhill worked with the National Alliance on Mental Illness to start a free addiction support group in New Albany.

The experience, Underhill said, made her realize she needed to begin working outside the school district to secure more community-based mental-health opportunities for residents. Many people, she said, have to drive outside the city to seek such resources as support groups and therapy.

Although Underhill no longer volunteers for New Albany-Plain Local, the Well-Being Initiative there continues.

The district has one full-time staff member dedicated to implementing the program, along with a part-time contracted worker, Sawyers said.

The part-time position is for well-being community liaison, according to the district. Diane Herman recently was hired to that post for up to $10,000 for monthly services on an annual basis, but she has volunteered for the initiative for several years, said district spokesman Patrick Gallaway. She started Nov. 1, he said.

Jon Hood, director of student services, safety and security, also works on the initiative and started at the district in the summer of 2018, Gallaway said.

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LifestyleChristmasChristmas and mistletoe is a bizarre pairing of holiday and parasite, which emerged from a melting pot of traditions and worldviews

Tuesday, 17th December 2019, 7:02 am

In Norse mythology, Baldur (younger brother to magic-hammer-wielding Thor), was the subject of a premonition from his mother Frigg, who could see the future: he would be killed. Frigg tackled this head on, extracting an oath from every object on Earth, to avoid harming her son. This was agreeable to all except mistletoe, which was overlooked.

Loki, the god of mischief, exploited this loophole and used mistletoe to create a toxin-laced dart, giving it to Hod (blind brother of Baldur), who he tricked into killing Baldur. It turns out that Baldur was practically invincible at this stage, and got his kicks by letting the other gods shoot arrows and darts at him. Of course, he hadnt factored mistletoe into his thinking.

The mythology scatters after Baldurs death, but in many versions of the story, Friggs tears became the pearlescent berries of mistletoe, which were hung over doors as a reminder and mark of respect.

Other versions recount that the gods were able to negotiate Baldurs release from Hel, the goddess of death. Frigg, keen to sweep her mistletoe faux pas right under the carpet, declared the plant to be a symbol of love rather than scorn, and vowed to kiss everyone that passed underneath.

It is thought that the Baldur incident, and later adoption of mistletoe as a symbol of fertility by Celtic druids, were responsible for the cultural collision of mistletoe with the modern day Christmas period, and its association with the act of kissing.

In the 1800s, the author Washington Irving wrote that young men have the privilege of kissing the girls under [mistletoe], plucking each time a berry from the bush. When the berries are all plucked the privilege ceases. The symbolism and act of privilege has become more nuanced since then, but the association remains.

Mistletoe steals from trees

As fascinating as the mythology and folklore around mistletoe might be, Im actually much more intrigued by the biology.

Mistletoe is a parasite it steals water and nutrients from trees. Technically, it is a hemiparasite, which means that it can generate some of its own resources through photosynthesis it just needs that energetic kick from the sun to fuel the biological siege and subsequent invasion of the tree. It must breach the trees defences in order to complete its life-cycle. Once inside the host, the vast majority of the mistletoes energy requirements are met by resources stolen from the host tree.

Most mistletoe seeds are spread by birds, which eat the berries and defecate on tree branches. If attached to a new host tree, the parasitic seed releases a compound called viscin, which dries to form a stiff biological cement. Many mistletoes will wait until the following spring before they germinate, and the viscin cement ensures that the seed is in it for the long haul.

Some species of mistletoe spread their seed by wind, and some are even able to disperse them explosively. Water accumulates in the viscin cells of dwarf mistletoe varieties, building pressure on the inside of the berry until it reaches a threshold point, splitting the berry and blasting the seeds up to 15 metres away, at a velocity of 50km/hour rapid!

Whereas most plants grow towards the light, and use gravity to inform their growth patterns, mistletoe does its own thing, and grows away from the light (towards the tree). It also ignores gravity so that it can infect the tree in any direction. The parasitic mistletoe also responds positively to mechanical stimulation (touch), and will develop a special invasive organ called a haustorium, which it will use to invade the tree branch. Once the parasite is inside, it will manipulate the host tree, and steal all the resources that it needs to grow, flower and reproduce.

Although parasites are by nature extremely selfish in their actions, mistletoe also provides some useful ecosystem services by attracting and providing food for birds during the winter.

Dont eat the berries

Few parasites enjoy the cultural celebration of mistletoe. But beware of any claims of its value as an alternative medicine you should never consider self-medication with it, or any other medicinal plant. Always seek professional advice from your doctor.

Mistletoe does, however, contain compounds called lectins, which are being tested in clinical trials for cancer treatment. Even if the trials are successful, it could be some time before a safe form of therapy is developed. The berries are poisonous, so dont eat them. Great for birds not so great for humans.

Mistletoe was also used as a symbol of fertility by the druids, almost certainly because it is an evergreen plant, which can blossom in mid-winter. As it lives on deciduous trees, the contrast of its fertility and growth relative to the defoliated and barren host tree during mid-winter is quite stark.

So there you have it. Christmas and mistletoe, a bizarre pairing of holiday and parasite, which emerged from a melting pot of traditions and worldviews. Merry Christmas, indeed!

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Oprah Winfrey is probably the most famous and celebrated media mogul in America with an estimated net worth of $2.9 billion. She owns O, The Oprah Magazine and The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) which airs in more than 80 million homes in America.

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According to Forbes, she became one of the 500 richest people in the world, as well as becoming the first black female entrepreneur to appear on the list. She has also won dozens of awards in every arena imaginable. These are her richest friends that she hangs out with when she is not busy working full time and running her media empire.

CBS This Morninghost Gayle King and Oprah met in the 1970s when they were working as journalists at WJZ television in Maryland. Theirs was an instant connection and they quickly became best friends. King has been a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Showseveral times.

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When they had a road trip from California to New York City, their bond just grew stronger. Most recently, Gayle Kings professional manner during an interview with R. Kelly who has been charged with criminal sexual abuse, helped King to have a spot on the "Time 100 Most Influential People" list for 2019 as well as the cover.

Before appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Phil McGraw did not have a TV career at all. Soon after he started appearing on Oprahs show on a weekly basis, he got his own show called "Dr. Phil" in 2002. It became popular pretty quickly and was nominated for Emmy.

He still continues to address mental health issues and make positive changes in peoples lives. Not only have the duo been close friends since, but also have worked on the same projects many times. Oprah is also close friends with Phils wife Robin McGraw. Dr. Phil recently appeared in Oprah's Super Soul Sunday.

Oprah was friends with Barack and Michelle Obama even before Barack Obamas presidential election. The friendship got stronger in 2007 when she openly supported him on CNN's "Larry King Live and said that she believed in him. Her endorsement of him for president is what some feel is what got him elected.

In 2013, Oprah received the US's highest honor for a civilian, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, presented to her by then-president Obama. Oprah also interviewed former First Lady Michelle Obama many times about her book called Becoming.The Obamas receive advice from Oprah frequentlywhen it comes to the media. They remain close friends and continue to attend many events together.

When Meghan Markle, a former actress in the American TV series Suits, got married to Prince Harry in 2018, Oprah Winfrey was one of the few American guests who attended the wedding in London. Oprah is also friends with Doria Ragland, Markles mother. They meet for yoga on a regular basis at Winfrey's home and have lunch together.

Oprah recently defended Meghan Markle on CBS This Morningbecause she has been constantly chased by paparazzi and criticized wrongly by the English press. Oprah and Prince Harry have recently agreed to work together, and will produce a series about mental health for Apple TV.

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In 2013, she shared her personal life on Oprah's Next Chapterand talked about the documentary Beyonc: Life Is But a Dream. The two joined forces when Hurricane Harvey devastated many homes and appeared on a television special together "Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Harvey Relief" to raise money for the hurricane victims. Beyonc frequently posts Instagram photos of her and Oprah.

Julia Roberts, best known for her role in Pretty Woman, has been friends with Oprah for many years. She was a regular guest on The Oprah Winfrey Showappearing more than 20 times. Julia Roberts was one of the celebrities who attended the final season of the show, too.

Julia is very open about her friendship with Oprah and has spoken highly of her many times. In 2013, the two competed for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role at the SAG Awards. Recently, Oprah conducted an interview with Julia Roberts on her 50th birthday for Harper's Bazaar magazine.

Tyler Perry who is an American filmmaker has been friends with Oprah for many years, as well as business partners. Listed as the highest-paid businessman in the entertainment industry by Forbes, Tyler and Oprah had allegedly a brief break in their friendship when a focus group was hired by her to study one of the sitcoms Perry made. Gayle King, who is Oprahs best pal, denied the rumors instantly.

On October 5th, 2019, the mogul opened a major studio called Atlanta's Tyler Perry Studios and Oprah was one of the celebrities who joined the opening ceremony. She openly celebrated his success.

Oprah and Ava became friends when Oprah was deeply affected by Ava DuVernay, the director of A Wrinkle in Time, and decided to invite her and Avas mother to an event at her house. This is how the friendship started between the two. Ava is known to be an American film distributor and filmmaker who won the Best Director Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012 with her film called Middle of Nowhere.

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Oprah and Ava worked on several projects since then like Queen Sugar,Selma, and A Wrinkle in Time. Oprah was also a host in When They See Usa drama mini seriesNetflix event. AConversation With Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay can beseen on Netflix as well.

When Deepak Chopra appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the 90s, he was an Indian-born American alternative medicine doctor, author, and public speaker nobody knew about. When Oprah met him, she decided to support his new-age ideas like mindfulness and meditation.

Thanks to Oprah, he rose to fame quickly. Chopra is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California. Oprah talks about Deepak Chopra as one of the greatest leaders of our time. The two also worked together on the Oprah & Deepak 21-Day Meditation Experience, an online meditation program about mindfulness and meditation.

Oprah had considered Maya Angelou, the civil rights activist, and poet, as her mentor until the day Maya passed away. Winfrey has publicly spoken about the advice she has taken from Maya throughout her career and that she has learned so much from her in order to stay grounded.

The two met each other when Oprah was in her 20s and her career was just starting in Baltimore. It was in the 1970s when Oprah, who was working as a news reporter, interviewed Angelou. When they randomly met in Chicago in 1984, their friendship started. Maya Angelou won three Grammys and spoke six languages.

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Propolis Market: An Overview

The propolis market is expected to witness robust growth during 2018-2026. Propolis is a drug on the rise for a wide variety of assumed and proven benefits. Propolis embeds a special compound called pinocembrin. This flavonoid works as an antifungal with its anti-inflammatory properties and antimicrobial properties. The medicine is widely used for its ability to help heal major wounds. Studies continue to support the use of propolis to treat severe burn victims. The drug also trends popularly, thanks to its mythical properties arising from folk lore. Many people also believe it is helpful in curing cancer. While these beliefs are not yet confirmed with research, both the beliefs and actual benefits continue to drive significant growth for the propolis market.

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Propolis Market: Notable Developments

Wedderspoon, one of the largest honey brand in the United States has launched a new line of Propolis products. These health honey products are throat sprays are a new line of natural products which are rising in demand worldwide. The sprays are touted as functional well product lines. These sprays are marketed as soothing for throats, and supportive to growth of the immune system. The rising health consciousness, and rising demand for natural products like these are expected to create major opportunities for players in the propolis market in the near future.

An international team of researchers have made a significant discovery that can change the fortunes of several players in the propolis market in the near future. These researchers have found that adding 4kg-1 to the diets of fishes resulted in best survival rates in cold climatic conditions. This study published in Aquculture journal was conducted by researchers from the National institute of Ocanography and Fisheries.

The study experimented with Nile Tilapia fish. The rising demand for fish products, and growing threats of extinctions to various fish species is a major concern for the fishing industry worldwide. This study and potential of propolis use in the industry is a major potential upturn for the propolis market.

The Global Propolis Market: Drivers and Restraints

The global propolis market is expected to witness robust growth in the near future, thanks to rising demand for alternative medicine, growing demand for natural food products, and increased reliance on the substance for a wide variety of medical needs. The rising cases of burn victims due to rising instances of forest fires and urban fire outbreaks are also a major factor boosting demand in the propolis market. The demand from the healthcare sector for treating severe burn wounds is likely to rise in the near future. Additionally, propolis is also used for a variety of common conditions like treating sore throats, soothing voice chords, etc. The increasing reliance, the cost-effectiveness of alternative treatments, and increasing move by patients to prefer alternative healthcare options at retail clinics are expected to remain major drivers of growth.

The Global Propolis Market: Geographical Analysis

The global propolis market is expected to witness major growth in North America region. The growing demand for alternative medicine, growing demand for natural food products, and increasing awareness of the substance are expected to drive significant growth. The propolis market is also expected to register significant growth in Asia Pacific region. The significant rise in disposable incomes, large population, and traditional use of propolis in medicine are expected to register significant growth for the market in the region.

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Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic inflammatory joint disease that develops in some people with psoriasis. Psoriasis can affect the joints, skin and nails, skull, spine, fingers, or toes, causing them to become inflamed and painful.

It is a serious condition that can become steadily worse. If left untreated, psoriatic (PsA) can lead to joint destruction, disability, and impaired quality of life.

Although there is currently no cure for PsA, early diagnosis and targeted treatment plans may slow, or even halt, its progression.

PsA has traditionally been managed using a combination of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (), corticosteroids, and disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs).

Recent advances in understanding the bodys immune response to PsA has led to new therapies, including the use of necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFs).These have been shown to reduce the progression of joint damage in some patients.

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Drug treatments may control inflammation and relieve discomfort for people with PsA.

The current pharmacological treatment options for PsA aim to:

NSAIDs are used to relieve pain and reduce inflammation. They work by blocking the production of compounds known as prostaglandins. These signal the bodys immune system to trigger an inflammatory response.

The most common over-the-counter NSAIDs are ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) and naproxen sodium (Aleve). Stronger NSAIDs are also available by prescription.

Doctors commonly prescribe NSAIDS to people who have mild symptoms of PsA:

However, NSAIDs increase the risk of and , bleeding, and kidney problems. People with a history of cardiovascular disease should use NSAIDs with caution.

Corticosteroids mimic the anti-inflammatory hormone cortisol, which is normally made by the bodys adrenal glands. They are either taken by mouth or administered as a local injection to provide temporary inflammation relief.

However, long-term use can lead to side effects such as facial swelling, weight gain, , and weak bones.

DMARDs and biologics, a subtype of DWARDs, work to suppress the overactive immune system but may also raise the risk of infections.

DMARDs, including methotrexate, sulfasalazine, leflunomide, and cyclosporine, are frequently prescribed alongside to NSAIDs.

They help to suppress the bodys overactive immune system, which causes persistent inflammation. They can take several weeks to take effect.

A new DMARD, called apremilast (Otezla), was recently approved by both the (FDA) and (EMA) for the treatment of PsA.

It works by blocking an enzyme that regulates immune and inflammatory processes. Clinical studies suggest that it is effective and generally well-tolerated.

Biologics are a special subclass of DMARDs. One group of biologics, known as TNF inhibitors, are typically only offered to people who do not respond effectively to other DMARDs. Examples include:

Biologics work by blocking a specific protein that is produced by immune cells and which signals other cells to start the inflammatory process.

Another biologic, called ustekinumab (Stelara), works by blocking two proteins that cause inflammation. Two other biologics block another pro-inflammatory protein, these are called Ixekizumab and Secukinumab.

While biologics can be very effective, they suppress the immune system and raise the risk of infections.

Drug therapy Impact of PsA on quality of life Mild NSAIDs (possibly with local corticosteroid injections) Minimal Moderate DMARDs or TNF inhibitors Impacts everyday tasks and physical and mental functions; does not respond to NSAIDs Severe DMARDs and TNF inhibitors Cannot perform everyday tasks easily without pain; heavy impact on physical and mental functions; does not respond to DMARDs or TNF inhibitors as monotherapy

The following non-drug management strategies are recommended in addition to drug therapy:

Many people manage their PsA using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in addition to conventional treatments. People with PsA should discuss these therapies with healthcare providers before trying them.

Among the most popular are:

Acupuncture and massage may help relax the muscles and reduce stiffness and pain in the joints.

Some people claim that an alkaline diet may reduce inflammation in the body. An alkali diet is one where the focus is on eating alkaline foods, such as whole fruits and vegetables instead of more acidic foods, such as meat and dairy products.

A healthful diet also helps to prevent , which is a risk factor for people with PsA.

Management of PsA usually involves a combination of NSAIDs, corticosteroid injections, or a combination of the two. DMARDs and biologic therapies are prescribed for people with more severe symptoms.

The best choice of therapy will depend upon the disease severity, prior treatment, other conditions that are present, access to therapy, and patient choice.

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When Brooke Brumfield wasnt battling morning sickness, she craved nachos. Like many first-time expectant mothers, she was nervous and excited about her pregnancy. She had just bought a house with her husband, a wildland firefighter who had enrolled in paramedic school to transition to firefighting closer to home. Everything was going according to plan until 20 weeks into Brumfields pregnancy, when she lost her job at a financial technology startup and, with it, her salary and three months paid maternity leave. After building a new business to support her family, she had clients, but childcare was limited, and her husbands schedule was always shifting. By the time her baby arrived, everything was beyond overwhelming, Brumfield says. I pretty much felt like a truck hit me.

Brumfield had heard stories from friends and family about a way to minimize the stress and emotional fallout of the postpartum period: consuming her placenta, the vascular organ that nourishes and protects the fetus during pregnancy and is expelled from the body after birth. The women swore by the results. They said their milk supply improved and their energy spiked. The lows caused by plummeting hormone levels didnt feel as crushing, they explained.

Brumfield enlisted her doula who, for a fee, would steam, dehydrate, and pulverize her placenta, pouring the fine powder into small capsules. She swallowed her placenta pills for about six weeks after delivering her daughter. She said they helped her feel more even, less angry and emotional. When her milk supply dipped, she says, I re-upped my intake and [the problem] was solved.

Social scientists and medical researchers call the practice of consuming ones own placenta placentophagy. Once confined to obscure corners of alternative medicine and the countercultures crunchier communities, it has been picked up by celebrities (Kourtney and Kim Kardashian, January Jones, Mayim Bialik, Alicia Silverstone, Chrissy Teigen) and adopted by the wider public.

Although there are no official estimates of how many women ingest their placenta after delivery, the internet is increasingly crowded with placenta service providers preparers of pills, smoothies, and salves to support new mothers in the slog to recovery. But the purported benefits are disputed. Depending on whom you ask, placenta-eating is either medicine or a potentially dangerous practice based on myth. How did this practice go mainstream, despite a lack of reported scientific or clinical benefits? The answer may say much more about the world new mothers live in than it does about the placenta.

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In any doctors office or primary care setting, a provider treating a patient will often mention new research that supports a recommended treatment. A pregnant woman diagnosed with preeclampsia, for example, might learn from her health care provider that low-dose aspirin has been shown in recent studies to reduce serious maternal or fetal complications. But the basis for placentophagy, a practice that lies beyond the boundaries of biomedicine, is a 16th-century text.

Li Shizhens Compendium of Materia Medica, or Bencao gangmu, first published in 1596, is a Chinese pharmacopoeia and the most celebrated book in the Chinese tradition of pharmacognosy, or the study of medicinal plants. It appears on the websites of placenta service providers and in the pages of the standard references for practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), a millennia-old medical system with a growing global reach.

A physician and herbalist, Li drew on his empirical experiences treating patients but also on anecdotes, poetry, and oral histories. His encyclopedia of the natural world is a textual cabinet of natural curiosities, according to historian Carla Nappis The Monkey and the Inkpot, a study of Lis life and work. Containing nearly 1,900 substances, from ginseng and peppercorn to dragons bone and turtle sperm, Lis book describes dried human placenta as a drug that invigorated people, and was used to treat impotence and infertility, among other conditions. For advocates of placentophagy, this book serves as ethnomedical proof of the long-standing history of the practice and by extension, its efficacy and safety.

But like many claims to age-old provenance, the origins of placentophagy as a postpartum treatment are disputed. Sabine Wilms, an author and translator of more than a dozen books on Chinese medicine, scrutinized classical Chinese texts on gynecology and childbirth and told me theres no written evidence at all of a woman consuming her own placenta after birth as a mainstream traditional practice in China, even if formulas containing dried human placenta were prescribed for other conditions, as described in Lis book.

Beyond Lis 400-year-old encyclopedia, evidence of postpartum placenta-eating is nearly impossible to find in the historical record. Womens voices are notoriously difficult to unearth from the archives, and even in the 19th century, the details of childbirth and what happened to the placenta went largely unreported. But when two University of Nevada, Las Vegas anthropologists pored over ethnographic data from 179 societies, they discovered a conspicuous absence of cultural traditions associated with maternal placentophagy.

The earliest modern recorded evidence of placentophagy appears in a June 1972 issue of Rolling Stone. I pushed the placenta into a pot, wrote an anonymous author, responding to the magazines call asking readers to share stories from their personal lives. It was magnificent purple and red and turquoise. Describing her steamed placenta as wonderfully replenishing and delicious, she recounted eating and sharing it with friends after delivering her son.

Raven Lang, who is credited with reviving the oldest known and most commonly used recipe for postpartum placenta preparation, witnessed placentophagy while helping women as a homebirth midwife and TCM practitioner in California in the early 1970s. These women lived off the land, she explained, and might have drawn inspiration from livestock and other animals in their midst.

It wasnt long before placentophagy made its way beyond Californias hippie enclaves. In 1984, Mary Field, a certified midwife and registered nurse in the U.K., recounted eating her placenta, an unmentionable experience, to ward off postpartum depression after the birth of her second child. I remain secretive, Field wrote, for the practice verges on that other taboo cannibalism as it is human flesh and a part of your own body. She recalled choking down her own placenta. I could not bear to chew or taste it.

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The rise of encapsulation technology, developed for the food industry and picked up by placenta service providers in the early aughts, put an end to visceral experiences like Fields. No longer must women process their own placenta or subject themselves to its purported offal-like flavor. Tidy, pre-portioned placenta pills resembling vitamins can be prepared by anyone with access to a dehydrator, basic supplies, and online training videos.

The boom in placentophagy highlights a longstanding puzzle for researchers. Almost every non-human mammal consumes its placenta after delivery, for reasons that remain unclear to scientists. Why did humans become the exception to this nearly universal mammalian rule? For Daniel Benyshek, an anthropologist and co-author of the UNLV study that found no evidence of placentophagy being practiced anywhere in the world, the human exception raises a red flag: It suggests the reasons that humans have eschewed placentophagy arent just cultural or symbolic, but adaptive that theres something dangerous about it, or at least there has been in our evolutionary history.

Scientific data on the potential benefits and risks of placentophagy is scarce, but a few small studies suggest that any nutrients contained in cooked or encapsulated placental tissue are unlikely to be absorbed into the bloodstream at concentrations large enough to produce significant health effects. Whether and in what quantity reproductive hormones such as estrogen survive placental processing has been little studied, but ingesting them after birth could have negative effects on milk production and may also increase the risk of blood clots.

Yet placental encapsulation services which remain unregulated in the U.S. have found a receptive audience of American consumers. (The food safety agency of the European Union declared the placenta a novel food in 2015, effectively shuttering the encapsulation business on the continent.) Mostly small and women-owned, placenta service businesses position themselves as an alternative to a highly medicalized, bureaucratized birthing process that has often neglected the needs of women. Postpartum checkups focus narrowly on pelvic examinations and contraceptive education. One survey of U.S. mothers found that one in three respondents who received a postpartum checkup felt that their health concerns were not addressed. In contrast, placenta service providers speak the language of empowerment.

That language can resonate with new mothers like Brumfield, who face overwhelming pressures to care for a newborn, nurse on demand, manage a household, and return to work amid anxieties about postpartum depression, dwindling energy, and inadequate milk supply.

In some ways, placenta consumption is motivated by a desire to perform good mothering, wrote scholars from Denmark and the United States in a paper on the emergence of the placenta economy. It reflects the idea of maternity as a neoliberal project, in which new mothers are responsible for their own individual well-being as well as that of their babies, they added.

Meanwhile, rates of postpartum depression keep climbing, maternity leave policies are stingy, and child care costs are often prohibitive. Its easy to see why many women would be eager to seek help, real or perceived, wherever they can find it.

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Daniela Blei is a historian, writer, and book editor based in San Francisco.

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A recent Forbes article discussed how minestrone soup could stave off growth of a particular type of malaria. No, this did not mean that we should forget about being excited about a potential new malaria vaccine or no longer take malaria pills when traveling to malaria-ridden regions. Nor did it mean that treating malaria would now become a gourmet endeavor for discerning palates. But the concept was interesting: a science teacher engaged students in an experiment, and found that compared to other soups (yes, soups), minestrone in particular had the strongest ability to prevent growth of the organism causing malaria. In a test tube, that is.

Other foods have also been found to reduce bacteria and stave off illness, but again, this has been in the laboratory, not necessarily in the gut, respiratory tract, urinary tract, or skin. Lets take garlic. Some like it, some dont. But using garlic in its pure form or as an extract has become increasingly popular, especially for those exploring alternative medicine options. Its potential uses have ranged far and wide, including treatment of chronic illnesses such as diabetes mellitus and heart disease, as well as infections ranging from bacteria, fungi, and cold viruses. The active antimicrobial component of garlic is allicin, which acts to inhibit enzyme activity necessary for bacterial growth and replication. While studies on garlics benefits have been extensive, and many both in and out of the laboratory have been positive, there continues to be need for longer term trials and placebo-controlled studies to assess its actions. The larger studies, to date, have been in the lab. Or perhaps in the kitchen. A study looking at the antibacterial effects of garlic on hamburger meat, specifically limiting growth of the bacteria staphylococcus aureus, demonstrated that adequate amounts of garlic extract added to hamburger meat kept these nasty bugs out for up to two months when refrigerated. If you like garlic-flavored hamburgers, then this is certainly a good way to go. Tasty, and staphylococcus-free!

Minced beef on a cutting board with spice on wooden background

Curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric, has also had its day in the limelight when it comes to various medicinal properties. Besides its potential benefit in reducing growth of cancerous tumors, it has also been investigated regarding properties including anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal effects. Many of the results regarding curcumins effects have remained in the laboratory, with clinical trials still pending. The most promising work in curcumins anti-bacterial effect has been in combating growth of helicobacter pylori, a bacterial pathogen which contributes to gastritis and gastric ulcers. But even in this setting, curcumin was found to be beneficial only when combined with existing medications to treat this disease.

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Probably the most storied food to help rid us of viruses in real time, not just in lab time, has been chicken soup. Most of us who grew up with chicken soup to treat colds and coughs probably never thought about its contents being studied in a lab. Grandmas kitchen perhaps, but never in a pulmonary and critical care department in a major hospital. But almost two decades ago, a group at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha took the soup to the lab. What they found was that the components of the soup, including the vegetables as well as the chicken, were able to reduce the activity of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell which becomes active and proliferative during infections. The inhibition of this type of cell may help to reduce inflammation associated with respiratory illnesses. Even more interesting, there was a substantial difference on impacting neutrophils from brand to brand. Some brands were almost as effective as just plain tap water, and some reduced the neutrophil count by almost 100-fold.

Chicken noodle soup (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)

Dr. Paul Krogstad, Professor of Pediatric Infectious Disease at the Mattel Childrens Hospital UCLA and Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has seen his share of antibiotic overuse throughout his career, and finds many of these in vitro (meaning in the test tube, not in the person) studies interesting. He notes that there may, indeed, be many food components that show such effects on neutrophil activity or inhibition of bacterial growth, including curcumins and garlics effects on bacteria. But if I have malaria, I am going to take the World Health Organizations advice and take a medication, Krogstad states. While we are in the throes of the negative results of antibiotic resistant infections, Dr. Krogstad notes that they still have their place, but only when absolutely needed: I use no antimicrobials when not needed, and prefer carefully chosen ones for illness. As for the soup, its a healthy food, and it cant hurt.

As so many foods are carrying claims of cure-alls, or at least cure-somethings, most of the investigative work thus far has been in small studies, many of which were sponsored by the food manufacturers themselves. The larger studies have been in the laboratory, not in the human. While there certainly can be real benefit from many of these consumed components, for now, stick to whats tested, and keep the soup as a healthy bonus. After all, according to an infectious disease specialist, it cant hurt.

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