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World's First User-Generated Health-Based Online Community Set to Launch

Posted on: Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 09:00 CDT

herbalist.com, the Web's first user-generated health-based online community, announced today the launch of the company. herbalist.com is a natural-health online community with bulletin boards, chats, Wiki, friends, blogs, Sudoku, photos and other ways for members to express their questions, share their experiences and learn about good health. herbalist.com includes features and functionality similar to that found on some of the most successful websites such as MySpace and Wikipedia, but also includes vast amounts of information and expert analysis specifically targeted toward a natural health-minded audience.

"Our goal, at herbalist.com, is to present the most balanced of perspectives and to supply our members with the latest alternative medicine findings and how they relate to or effect traditional methods of medicine," said Adam Guild, president and founder of herbalist.com. "This unique community empowers its members, is open to MDs as well as master herbalists, chiropractors, acupuncturists and physiatrists (physicians specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation), allowing everyone to be better equipped to make informed decisions about their health and the health of their families. There are numerous diseases where there is a benefit to a combined approach of traditional and alternative medicine."

In order to communicate the most current natural health and alternative medicine breakthroughs, the news content on herbalist.com will be a user-generated community and will provide relevant health news, via a popular newswire feed, several times a day. All herbalist.com articles will be written by leading medical and health journalists who will work to bridge the gap between what is considered traditional healthcare and the growing field of complementary and alternative medicine. So, just because we are pro natural health does not mean all of our articles will take a natural health perspective -- it will be up to our readers' research and user-generated content to fill in the other side's perspective and vice versa. herbalist.com will be a safe and open environment for health.

Because of our popular demand we will continue with our free herbalist.com newsletter, which will send out headlines 2 times a week or whenever there is timely, breaking news - an efficient way for people "on the go" to keep up with the latest health updates.

"More and more of us in the mainstream medical community have been incorporating alternative medicine and herbal remedies with traditional treatments," said Dr. Stephen Siegal, MD, board-certified urologist. "I have personally witnessed the benefits of herbs such as saw palmetto when treating non-cancerous prostate enlargement. I think an informative Web community like herbalist.com will be a great benefit to its members."

The research and information on herbalist.com will be presented to members in several different categories, including General Health News, Seniors Health News, Men's Health News, Women's Health News, Environmental News, Lists Of Eco-Friendly Companies and Children's Health News. herbalist.com's Health Center will also offer an extensive library of research for individuals looking to treat specific ailments through alternative medicine. In addition to these articles and resource materials, there will be a section where readers can submit health questions to a trained professional.

About herbalist.com

herbalist.com is the first user-generated health-based online community. This exciting new community features cutting-edge holistic health news, games, user-generated profiles, polls, Wiki and a member-uploaded photo gallery.

Source: Business Wire

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