As presumably are the majority of Positive Health PH Online readers, I have been appalled and assaulted by the depressingly escalating violence and collapse of ancient civilizations and innocent peoples caught up in wars across the globe. As someone who has always valued human life (and health) above all else, the attraction to and escalation of brutal murder by brigands and forces in many nations, is incomprehensible to me. It is sincerely my fervent hope that the combined forces of political, military and humanitarian people and organizations engaged in attempting to stop the violence and killing will result in the restoration of peace and ‘normal life’ to the many millions of people affected.

Even after 22 years as Editor of Positive Health PH Online, it doesn’t get easier to tread the tightrope between the separate orbs of conventional and complementary / alternative medicine. Considering the wide spectrum / remit of article subjects covered in great depth on PH Online - from Healing / Mind/Body / Spiritual Consciousness, Hypnosis,  Nutrition, Herbal Medicine, Aromatherapy, Ayurvedic Medicine, Energy Medicine, Bodywork, Massage, Osteopathy, Cranial Osteopathy, Reflexology, Flower Essences, Environmental, Cancer, Heart Disease, many subjects don’t fit neatly into a specific category and many conditions have completely different treatment options from a holistic compared with a drug-based perspective.