With thanks to MailOnline 21.9.10

Britt Ekland: Not only can I still run up the stairs, I can run up them backwards!

… last year, I visited a homeopath for repeated mouth ulcers. I was told to take selenium to help strengthen my mucous membranes. I also take iron with it, and I feel 110 per cent better.

Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress.

Helena, who is a fan of homeopathy, would have liked to have had a natural birth with son Billy but when it was all and said and done, the pain won out.

Actress Helena Bonham Carter, 41, is currently seven months pregnant with her second child by director Tim Burton, 49. The couple, who have a four-year-old son Billy-Ray, knew that they wanted more children but didn’t know the struggle that awaited them.

With thanks to the MailOnline 1.6.10:

The Grease actress and singer, 61, talks about breast cancer, depression and her love for white toast…

I used homeopathy, acupuncture, yoga and meditation in conjunction with my chemotherapy to help me get stronger again after the cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to the MailOnline 29.5.10:

Not everyone has a pet name for their eczema, but actress and TV presenter Nadia Sawalha called hers ‘my John rash’ after a mild attack was triggered as a 17 year old after she broke up with her boyfriend.

And as mysteriously as the skin condition arrived, it disappeared. But then, in 2002, at the age of 39 and six months after the birth of her first daughter Maddie with TV producer Mark Adderley, Nadia noticed tiny bumps on the little finger of her left hand. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to The Chicago Tribune 15.4.10:

Lesley Ann Warren 1946 – is an American actress and singer who has appeared in more than 60 movies including The Happiest Millionaire, Victor Victoria, Clue, Burglar, Cop, Color of Night and Secretary. She’s also had roles in popular TV shows such as Mission: Impossible, Desperate Housewives, Crossing Jordan and Will & Grace.

Part of what sustains her now is her 10-year marriage to marketing and branding agent Ronald Taft — as well as Chinese medicine, acupuncture and homeopathy. “That’s been very powerful for me,” she says. “I’m also a very spiritual person. I do believe in God, in a higher power.” Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to The Daily Mail 9.3.10:

Feverish, with a high temperature and a dreadful pain in her chest, Debbie Moore knew she needed medical attention, but the Pineapple Studios boss decided against seeing a doctor.

Instead, she went to her homeopath. He said she had bronchopneumonia – inflammation of the lungs and upper chest – and ‘prescribed’ various homeopathic drops, which she took daily for several weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to US Magazine.com 3.2.2010:

On Monday, Tiger Woods’ wife Elin lifted her sunglasses to reveal puffy, dark-circles under her eyes as she picked up daughter Sam, 2, from school in Orlando. As usual, Elin, 30, was not wearing her wedding ring.

Us Weekly recently reported that Woods’ behavior has taken such a toll on Elin that she has lost nearly 10 pounds and turned to homeopathic remedies to fall asleep. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to the Daily Telepgraph 22.6.09:

Aconite, gelsemiun, ignatia… just a few things you might want to have handy when Andy Murray steps out at Wimbledon this week.

For these homeopathic remedies can be helpful if, in respective order, you’re feeling anxious and fearful, suffering pre-match nerves in the stands at Centre Court or, worse still, concerned that you might be grief-stricken when the umpire calls game, set and match. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to Times Online 1.5.2008

This is rock’n'roll central – a penthouse office festooned with the relics of a classic band: platinum discs, signed posters, original album artworks and tour-bus photos cover the walls.

On a stuffed leather sofa sits The Who’s iconic frontman, Roger Daltrey, his compact frame taut with energy as he holds forth . . . about teenage cancer, running a gym, shunning drugs, country walking and the day homoeopathy saved his baby’s life. Read the rest of this entry »

Branson launches healthcare business

Virgin Healthcare clinics would offer a “one-stop-shop” approach to healthcare including services from homeopathy to therapy alongside typical general practitioner services.

Virgin would offer a range of additional NHS and private services to visiting patients, including dentistry, screening, a pharmacy, “And a range of conventional and complementary therapies…” Read the rest of this entry »