Aromatherapy

• Animoils - Qualified Essential Oil Therapist for animals who supplies custom and ready made essential oil products and offers consultations.
• AromaLeigh - Information on canine and feline aromatherapy.
• Aromatherapy - A Pomeranian breeder describes her use of aromatherapy with her dogs. Suggested blends and combinations are given.

• Aromatherapy and Pets - How essential oils work, and how you can use them for your pet.
• Aromatherapy and Your Cat - Discusses why cats cannot tolerate aromatherapy in the form of essential oils, and suggests safe use of aromatherapy hydrosols when doing aromatherapy around felines.
• Aromatherapy for Pets - How to use essential oils safely on or near your pets, including an article on toxicity to birds, cats and ferrets.
• Aromatherapy for Your Pooch - Article on how to use Aromatherapy on your dog.
• Essential Animals - Site devoted to educating animal owners in the use of aromatherapy for their pets' well-being.
• Good News for Pets - Aromatherapy for pets and their people by Steve Dale, including lavendar, geranium and peppermint.
• The Guild of Essential Oil Therapists for Animals - UK guild offers training and research into the safe use of Essential Oil Therapy for animals.
• The Lavender Cat - Information about using essential oils with cats, including safety education, veterinary charts, webguests and veterinary toxicology.
• Using Aromatherapy to Calm Your Frazzled Fido - Article on using essential oils to help dogs who are nervous and have anxiety related behavior problems.
• Veterinary Aromatherapy by Nelly Grosjean - Book review by AromaWeb of preceding title. The book contains information on qualities of essential oil, "super-action" and other ptoperties of essential oils, ailments in animals and their treatment, aromatic veterinary medicines, "key" aromatic blends and practical advice.

Health calendar for June 9 and beyond (Miami Herald)
Aromatherapy for Children: Rachel Markel explains how to use essential oils with children; 7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday; Miami Dade College-Kendall Campus, 11011 SW 104th St., Kendall; $35. 305-237-2161 or www.mdc.edu/kendall/ce.

60% of cancer patients try nontraditional med (The Shawano Leader)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is the second in an Associated Press series examining their use and potential risks.

In seeking a cure, some find only a scam MEDICINE: A resurgence (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE The Associated Press With much of her lower body consumed by cancer, Leslee Flasch finally faced the truth: The herbal supplements and special diet were not working. "I want this thing cut out from me. I want it out," she told her family.

60% of cancer patients attempt nontraditional treatments (Deseret News)
With much of her lower body consumed by cancer, Leslee Flasch finally faced the truth: The herbal supplements and special...