Alternative Health Care

5 Cleanses to Detox the Holidays Away

With the another holiday season full of gorging on rich, fatty food and binge drinking with friends and relatives, it might just be a good idea to consider washing away all that trouble we caused our bodies and start anew. Cleanse diets are pretty hip for weight loss, but really they're beneficial ... More >>

Dr. Andrew Weil's Integrative Medicine Plan for County Workers OK'd by Maricopa County Supervisors

Dr. Andrew Weil's Center for Integrative Medicine has found a major new funding source thanks to a deal made this morning with the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.The Tucson-based center, which controversially merges alternative treatments like acupuncture with conventional medicine, expects to ... More >>

Dr. Andrew Weil, Alternative Medicine Guru, Will Ask County to Cover Costs of Workers Who Visit Pseudo-Scientific Health Center

Dr. Andrew Weil, alternative medicine guru, will ask the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to cover employees who choose to visit his pseudo-scientific health center. Weil is the founder of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, and has helped establish medical ... More >>

James Ray: Prison or Probation?

James Ray is scheduled to be sentenced today after being found guilty of three counts of negligent homicide.​Oprah-approved "self-help" guru James Arthur Ray will be sentenced today after a jury found him responsible for the deaths of three people during a 2009 sweat lodge ceremony near Sedona.Ray ... More >>

James Ray Sentenced to Just Two Years in Prison For Sweat Lodge Deaths

James Ray's heading to the big house.​Oprah-approved snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray is going to prison.Ray, who was found guilty of three counts of negligent homicide, was sentenced this afternoon to two years in prison for each of the three people who died during a 2009 "self-helf" sweat lod ... More >>

James Ray Death Lodge Trial Nearing an End; Faces Nine Years in Prison For Sweat Lodge Deaths

New Times​The sentencing phase of the trial for convicted snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray is coming to an end as prosecutors urge the judge in the case to sentence the Oprah-approved "self-help" guru to the maximum: nine years in prison.Ray was convicted in September on three counts of neglige ... More >>

Should James Ray Go to Prison?

New Times​James Arthur Ray, the Oprah-approved snakeoil salesman responsible for the deaths of three people, is set to be sentenced next month after getting convicted of three counts of negligent homicide -- and he doesn't think he belongs in prison.Ray considers himself a self-help guru -- the th ... More >>

James Ray Vows No More Sweat Lodge Events. Umm...Good Call

James Ray faces up to nine years in prison when he's sentenced next month.​Oprah-approved snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray says he won't be hosting sweat lodge events anymore, which is a great decision considering the last time he did, three people died and dozens were injured.Ray is currently ... More >>

PETA Bails on Ad Campaign Comparing James Ray Sweat Lodge Victims to Dogs in Hot Cars

Turns out, comparing people tragically killed by a "self-help" guru to dogs left in hot cars is a bad idea.​Turns out, comparing the victims of snake oil salesman James Ray's deadly sweat lodge to dogs left in hot cars has ruffled a few feathers.Imagine that.People for the Ethical Treatment of Ani ... More >>

PETA Compares James Ray's Sweat Lodge Victims to Dogs Left in Hot Cars

PETA​As Oprah-approved "self-help" guru James Arthur Ray prepares for sentencing after getting convicted of negligent homicide for the deaths of three people at a sweat lodge ceremony, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are trying to capitalize on the publicity his case received -- by com ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, May 19, 2011

Joseph Wasneski at AZ88

​The Tender: Joseph Wasneski The Bar: AZ88 - 7353 E. Scottsdale Mall, 480-994-5576 The Pedigree: Five years ago, Wasneski stumbled upon AZ88 during a night of drinking. He fell in love with the place but had zero experience, so he spent a couple weeks at Tempe's Bartending Academy to build up his ... More >>

James Ray Death Lodge Trial Put on Hold

​The manslaughter trial of snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray has been postponed until next week, as the judge overseeing the case is allowing Ray's attorneys more time to conduct interviews about the construction of the sweat lodge that left three people dead and dozens injured.Ray's attorne ... More >>

James Ray Death Lodge Trial: Mistrial Considered by Judge

​Attorneys for snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray have requested a mistrial in the "self-help guru's" manslaughter trial because they say prosecutors in the case failed for over a year to turn over an email that could help exonerate their client.Ray's pleaded not guilty to three counts of manslau ... More >>

James Ray to Death Lodge Participants: "You Have Faced Your Own Death"

​Prior to allegedly being responsible for the deaths of three people in a make-shift death tent, snakeoil salesman James Arthur Ray reportedly told participants of his "Spiritual Warrior" self-help retreat near Sedona in 2009 that when they emerged from the sweat lodge, they will have "faced [thei ... More >>

James Ray's Lawyers Want Trial Moved to Phoenix

​Lawyers for snake-oil salesman/"spiritual warrior" James Arthur Ray want the Oprah-approved "self-help" guru's manslaughter trial moved from Yavapai County to a court in the Phoenix area.Ray's attorneys don't believe it's possible for their client to get a fair trial in Yavapai County because of ... More >>

James Ray Trial: "Spiritual Warrior's" Attorneys Try to Keep Cult Expert From Testifying at Trial

Ray Stern​"Spiritual Warrior"/snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray -- accused of manslaughter in the deaths of three participants in a 2009 sweat-lodge ceremony in Sedona -- doesn't want the jury in his upcoming trial to hear what two experts on cult behavior have to say about his "self- ... More >>

James Arthur Ray's Death-Lodge Trial Will Stay in Yavapai County, Judge Rules

Ray Stern​The manslaughter trial for James Arthur Ray, the Oprah-approved "self-help" guru charged with killing three people in a deadly sweat lodge retreat near Sedona last year, will remain in Yavapai County, a judge ruled yesterday.Ray's lawyers had pushed to have the trial moved to the Phoenix ... More >>

James Arthur Ray's Lawyers Want Trial Moved to Maricopa County

​Lawyers for James Arthur Ray, the Oprah-approved "self-help" guru, who organized a deadly sweat lodge event near Sedona last year, want the motivational speaker's trial moved from Yavapai County to Maricopa County.Prosecutors, however, do not.Ray's been charged with three counts of manslaughter s ... More >>

James Arthur Ray Sweat Lodge Trial Vacated -- No New Date Set

​The trial for James Arthur Ray, the Oprah-approved "self-help" guru who organized a deadly sweat-lodge retreat in Sedona last year, won't begin on August 31, as originally scheduled.Court docs released yesterday show Ray's trial has been vacated and no new date has yet been set.The reason for the ... More >>

James Ray's Lawyers Want Autopsy Photos and Other Evidence Tossed From Sweat Lodge Trial

​Lawyers for Oprah-approved snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray, the leader of the sweat lodge fiasco that left three people dead and dozens injured last October, are asking a Yavapai County Superior Court judge to throw out some key evidence against the "self-help" guru in his upcoming manslaught ... More >>

New Arizona Sweatlodge Under Fire; Nobody Died This Time

www.drstandley.com This is what a real sweatlodge looks like.​There's a brand-new sweat lodge fiasco playing out in northern Arizona, but "spiritual warrior" James Arthur Ray has nothing to do with it and, thankfully, nobody is dead as a result. According to court documents, Adam Yellowbir ... More >>

Charles Kane Lectures at Valley Whole Foods Markets

Charles Kane really gets around! The local herbal medicine expert will be lecturing at four Whole Foods Markets tomorrow, Saturday, May 1st. His book is called Herbal Medicine of the American Southwest and Herbal Medicine: Trends and Traditions. ​ ​  

James Ray Subpoena Requests Quashed by Judge

"Spiritual warrior" James Arthur Ray​Requests made by "spiritual warrior" James Arthur Ray and his lawyers to subpoena emergency workers who responded to the Sedona sweat lodge that left three people dead and dozens injured, was quashed by a Yavapai County judge. Ray and his attorneys ... More >>

James Arthur Ray Refuses to Shut Up; Offers "Self-Help" Once a Week Online

www.jamesray.com​If you're compelled to seek advice on life from a guy who is about to stand trial for the "self-help" deaths of three people, you might as well jump in front of the next bus you see.James Arthur Ray, the "self-help" stooge responsible for organizing a "spiritual warrior" sweat lod ... More >>

Sedona Sweat Lodge Tragedy Autopsies Released; Heat Stroke and Organ Failure Were Culprits

​ Autopsy results were released in the cases of the three people who died during a sweat-lodge- ceremony-gone-wrong in Sedona last October, and if you guessed heat stroke or multi-system organ failure as causes of death, you win!The autopsies conclude that two of the three victims died as ... More >>

James Ray's Lawyers Say No Crime Was Commited During Sweat Lodge Deaths

www.twentysteps.com​James Ray, the snake-oil salesman who lead a self-help seminar that left three people dead and dozens injured, went out and got some lawyers and as you could probably imagine, they don't think he broke any laws.As part of hundreds of documents released yesterday by the Yavapai ... More >>

The Hottest Teas for Cold & Flu Season

​Everyone around us seems to be sniffling, sneezing or coughing these days. Right before the holidays, we were standing on a long, seeming never-ending line at the post office behind a woman who kept hacking up a lung in our direction. "I'm not contagious," she kept assuring. Uh-huh. Two ... More >>

Sweat Lodge Saga Continues; South Dakota Indian Tribe Suing James Arthur Ray For "Desecration of a Sacred Lakota Ceremony"

"Spiritual warrior" James Arthur Ray​The lawsuits are beginning to mount up against "spiritual warrior" James Arthur Ray and the latest suit is coming from someone who wasn't even at the sweat lodge retreat that left three people dead and dozens injured. A man in Pine Ridge, South Dakota ha ... More >>

Sweat Lodge Survivor Files Lawsuit; Claims Ray Barred Escape Before She Passed Out

www.successisascience.com​A survivor of the "Spiritual Warrior" sweat lodge retreat has filed a lawsuit against the organizer of the event, self-help guru James Arthur Ray.The suit, which was filed on October 30, came a day after the family of one of the three people who died filed a similar suit ... More >>

Sweat Lodge Guru Says He "Struggled to Respond the Right Way" in Days Following Deaths; Plans to Postpone 2009 Events

www.thestoreofinformation.com "Spiritual Warrior" James Arthur Ray​We've been checking the Web site of sweat lodge organizer James Arthur Ray just about every day, and it has proven to contain a never-ending fountain of insensitive comments. That said, even we were a little surprised today ... More >>

Sweat Lodge Organizer Deleted Morbid "Tweets" Posted During Spiritual Sweatshop

www.jamesray.com "Spiritual Warrior" and sweat lodge organizer James Ray. ​The "Spiritual Warrior" who hosted last week's tragic $10,000 sweat lodge getaway, apparently didn't want people to see some of the "tweets" he posted on his Twitter page during the two-hour sweat fest.  

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Danny Seo Columns Offer Tips for Living an Annoyingly Green Lifestyle

  The Arizona Republic, desperate for something to squeeze between the ads as more reporters get laid off, started running a new, syndicated column today by greener-than-thou marketer Danny Seo. Seo's like a cross between Heloise, Martha Stewart and Al Gore -- he wants to save Earth by sma ... More >>

Disgraced Doctor Arrested Following New Times Exposé

A New Times “Prescription for Disaster” story leads to an investigation of a homeopathic doctor while another doc relapses

Doctor Faces Potential Suspension After New Times Investigation

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Arizona's homeopathic board is the second chance for doctors who may not deserve one

Borrowed Time

The body Brooke Sterling works so hard to love was built to kill her

Prêt-à-Porter Ranch

Bikini-clad babes and horny white dudes pack Martini Ranch for its "Summer's End" fashion hoo-ha.

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