Insider's Health Launches New Natural Health Series: Free Conference Calls with Famous Doctor

SANTA MONICA, CA., January 12, 2009 -- The Insider's Health today announced the launch of a dedicated educational health series called "Acceleration Health" featuring leading health expert Derrick M. DeSilva, Jr., M.D. The new health program and its schedule can be found at http://www.insidershealth.com/freecall. It is a series of free, 1-hour conference calls each Tuesday (7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST) hosted by Dr. DeSilva. Everyone is encouraged to sign up at Insider's Health and ask the doctor questions about particular health topics. The first show, this Tuesday January 13, will focus on "Weight Management for Lifelong Health." It's like getting free medical advice without a doctor's visit.

Dr. Derrick DeSilva, M.D. is an expert on alternative health. He has his own radio talk show called Ask the Doctor and his own television show, Your Natural Health and he has authored the following books: Coping with Lyme Disease and Ask the Doctor. Besides radio, he has attained national television exposure has been attained in hosting medical segments on CNN and appearing as a guest on numerous national television programs, including ABC Night Line. Dr. DeSilva’s personal philosophy is to blend the best of Eastern and Western medicines. It promises to be an interesting and educational discussion.

InsidersHealth.com launched in August of 2008 and has since seen traffic, membership, and user-generated contributions steadily grow. Billed as the Web's first alternative health community with Web 2.0 functionality, Insider's Health (IH) directly competes with the well-known medical information site, WebMD, and features original editorial and user-generated content focused on natural health news, information and alternative healthcare solutions for consumers. IH hosts one of the Web's largest collections of alternative health articles, videos, and vitamin-supplement glossaries, allowing consumers to make informed decisions about vitamins, supplements, herbal remedies, minerals, enzymes and other natural products not directly regulated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).

"When we began mapping out the content for Insider's Health, we knew the expert component would become a very important feature as our subscribers were already asking Dr. DeSilva medical questions in his popular Q&A section," said Erin Jansen, Editor-in-Chief and founder of the well-known Internet dictionary, NetLingo. "Now that we're incorporating a conference call, our members will increase their knowledge by hearing his personable style, professional advice, and honest answers first hand." "The Acceleration Health series is congruent with our mission of giving people the opportunity to learn about alternative health solutions instead of relying solely on western medicine or drugs," added Robert Riess, President. "It's like getting free medical advice without a doctor's visit."

Insider's Health also sends a newsletter twice a week to its growing and loyal fan base. The site even has plans to allow its community the ability to link to other social networking platforms such as MySpace and Facebook. To view the website or sign up for the newsletter, visit http://www.insidershe alth.com.

About Insider's Health
Insider's Health is the online community and leading source for alternative health news, tips for healthy living and breakthroughs in natural medicine. Site visitors share knowledge and get access to original content on alternative health topics ranging from natural anti-aging solutions, ways to ease joint discomfort, tips to sleep better and much more. Partnered with well-known doctors, authors, and alternative health practitioners, Insider's Health is the only online source for content with a fresh perspective on nutraceutical industries such as anti-aging, joint repair, weight control, heart, cholesterol, sleep, memory, men's and women's sexual health, vision, and body-building. The free online news community also features one of the world's largest collections of alternative health articles, videos, blogs, community forums and product reviews. For information or to become a member, sign up at http://www.insidershe alth.com.