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	ask the experts nancy gahles

Dr. Nancy Gahles is a Doctor of Chiropractic in family practice for over 24 years. Her practice is a holistic one combining herbs, nutrition, yoga and meditation along with structural correction for a variety of health issues.

Dr. Gahles became a Certified Classical Homeopath when, twelve years ago, her son developed allergic asthma. Searching for alternative treatments to daily nebulizers and steroids, she discovered the "constitutional" curative powers of homeopathy. While homeschooling her daughter, a learning disability was discovered and this likewise was cured with homeopathy, cranial sacral therapy and nutrition and she has been an ardent patient advocate of Complementary and Alternative Medicine since that time.

Dr. Gahles is a member of the Board of Directors for the National Center for Homeopathy and was recently elected as their President. She also chairs the Homeopathy Today committee, the magazine of the NCH. She has authored articles on a variety of health issues that have responded favorably to homeopathic treatment in this magazine. For reprints of these articles you can e-mail her at askDrNancy@aol.com. To find out more about homeopathy and to subscribe to Homeopathy Today, visit the National Center for Homeopathy website at www.homeopathic.org.

Dr.Gahles is the mother of two, a tween and a teen, and lives with her husband and family in the beachside community of Belle Harbor, New York. She is Founder and Director of Health & Harmony Wellness Education, a consultation and resource center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in New York City and Queens. She is the author of a bimonthly newspaper health column called Health & Harmony and has published articles for Big Apple Parent paper in Manhattan and Queens and in the American Homeopath, the Journal of the North American Society of Homeopaths as well as in the Digest of Chiropractic Economics.

Dr. Gahles is available for telephone consultations. To make arrangements, please e-mail her at askDrNancy@aol.com.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve more mothers. Knowledge is power and it gives us the freedom to make conscious health care choices..from strength not from fear and to role model this process to our children. As I continue to keep abreast of current issues in health care and their Complementary and Alternative therapies, I will be happy to answer any of your questions and concerns.