I spend most of my working hours reading or writing about general Health matters. Not just one specific illness or disease. For me the basics are to regain and maintain the very best of health that you can. And this means looking after all of you and addressing the whole range of problems that might befall. Prevention and treatment are at the heart of my work.

I've mentioned this because there are a lot of health sites that major on just one condition. And I wish them well in their quest for the best treatment for the sufferers of that particular condition.

I would rather take a more general overview of health by trying to help the section of the population that are sometimes called "the worried well" in addition to those people that are suffering from certain problems. That is to say that intelligent people with full and possibly stressed lives who may be concerned that ageing can produce a raft of health issues that might be avoidable with some judicious changes to their current lifestyle.

Or those sufferers of common conditions who wonder if their therapy could be made more effective if they employed an alternative therapy or even combined bits of several therapies to suit their particular circumstances.

The universal truth is that each of us is an individual and no single treatment option is going to suit everyone. Whatever your first choice of therapy, wherever you begin your search, the chances are it won't suit you.

Conventional treatment with drugs and surgery tends to be the first choice in the Western world. I can attest to the benefits of antibiotics and surgery. They have kept me alive and relatively healthy, especially through my younger years. However, as time has passed, I have come to understand the flaws and holes in the conventional system. More recent years have seen the glaring problems of hospitalisation - superbugs, queues, staff fatigue, drug side effects and so on. Hence the rise of the alternatives.

So what? Many of the alternative therapies have been widely used in other parts of the world for centuries. They, too, have faults and create problems. What's the answer?

My thoughts, for what they are worth, is that you should have an idea of just what these alternatives have to offer. Then you can make some kind of judgement of what is the best option for you - that unique individual, with your specific set of circumstances and concerns.

I believe that the best person to decide on your prevention regime or therapy is you, just as long as you have a reasonable idea of the choices available to you.

Where does that leave you?

First, you need to have an idea of what being healthy really means. Then how does that compare with you. The basics include diet, exercise, sleep, and stress. How might these be made to adjust and fit into your lifestyle? How could you add them to an already busy schedule? Is the busy schedule really necessary? What could I do to help you?

No one, least of all me, can tell you how to lead your life, and I have no intention of doing so. What I think will help is to provide you with some general information in a way that you can understand and in a form that you can access as and when you need it. Hence my posting articles here and sending you my newsletter.

And providing a series of useful booklets on subject such as STRESS, STOMACH ACID, ACUPUNCTURE, CHOLESTEROL, PAIN CONTROL and so on. They are designed to provide a clear and concise view of the condition, its cause and its possible treatment and cure using conventional and alternative therapies.

You may be surprised at just what the alternative therapies can do, given the chance. I know I was when I first started researching them.

The options are yours. Prevention, treatment and cure are out there if you know where to look and what to do. Why not take a look at my site at http://www.healthexplored.com and sign up for my newsletter? There is no obligation to buy anything. The newsletter give you a chance to check out my style and objectives at no cost to you.

It's then up to you to take it further if you wish. Ask me health questions, make suggestions for future articles, criticise my views, ... go on. Give it a try. Here's that link again http://www.healthexplored.com .

Thanks for reading this and all the very best of health to you.