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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Northfield Week in Review: Outlaw Run, Controversial Diet Aid, Prayer Walk

Northfield Patch recaps the happenings of the past week.

PEOPLE • Northfield Legal Center to Assist War-Crimes Victims • Wounded Warriors Roll Into Northfield as Part of Ride 2 Recovery • Northfield Graduate is Princess Kay Finalist at Minnesota State Fair • Northfield Will Be Well-Represented at State Fair • Northfield Area 4-H'ers Set for Minnesota State Fair • The Most Recent Northfield Deaths  COMMUNITY • VIDEO: Outlaw Run Rides Through Warsaw • VIDEO: Fourth Annual Northfield Historical Society Outlaw Run • Northfield's Just Food Co-op Carries Controversial HCG Diet Aid • A Look at Northfield Medicine: Is Reiki Right for You? • Northfield Churches Weathering Economic Storm • VIDEO: Prayer Walk for Northfield High School • Northfield Commons Group Seeks Support for Greening Plan • Clean-Up …

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

A Look at Northfield Medicine: Is Reiki Right for You?

Reiki masters say they have healing at their fingertips.

There’s a quiet revolution going on in medicine, and southeast Minnesota is at its epicenter. While a national debate rages over health care options and costs, many here are quietly turning to what is often called alternative medicine to supplement, if not supplant, more conventional therapies.           Partially driven by consumer demand, such venerable medical establishments as the Mayo Clinic have begun incorporating aspects of integrative medicine in their treatments, and spreading the word via their websites and newsletters. Last year the second, updated edition of The Mayo Clinic Book of Alternative Medicine was published. Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, regularly spreads the gospel to his …

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