In hopes of giving people in the area one place on their computers to search for articles about both traditional and alternative therapies, Danbury chiropractor Dr. Julius Sanna has launched a free newsletter — Danbury Health Online — that gives its readers a place to explore about 500 articles, as well as quick links to local weather, movie and TV schedules.

"That’s really what it’s all about,’’ said Sanna about providing people with information to help themselves. "All the information is updated every few weeks.’’

The Web site — info@danburyhealthonline.org — is the brainchild of Dr. Sigmund Miller, a Flemington, N.J., chiropractor who now provides the basic site to about 170 medical practitioners in the United States.

"It’s been huge,’’ Miller said of the site’s success.

Each of these practitioners, — like Sanna — tailors Miller’s site for their own communities, adding articles with local interest.

"We screen what goes in and Sig Miller also helps screen it,’’ Sanna said.

The Web site provides people with a wide range of articles — about dentistry, diet, exercise and nutrition, chiropractic, mental health, men’s and women’s health, even pet health. There is a separate menu for alternative therapies, such as acupuncture, herbal medicine and homeopathy.

It also lists nine local medical practitioners — a nutritionist, a psychologist and alternative therapists — who, along with Sanna, have agreed to sponsor the site. If they want, people can sign up for free, and have the site sent to their home computers twice a month.

Miller said he launched the Web site — his business is called Healthy Practices — because more than half of all Americans now go online regularly and about 45 percent have an e-mail address.

"Of all the information people are gathering on the Internet, about 35 percent concerns health care,’’ Miller said.

"A Harris poll showed about 43 percent of Americans said that what they read on the Internet about health care influences their health practices.’’

The service will be good advertising for doctors like Sanna, who edit the site for local use and give people access to it. But the main objective is to provide free information about healthy living, Miller said.

"We want to empower people, to help them improve their health and make better decisions,’’ he said . "It enhances their choices.’’

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To visit Danbury Health Online, and to sign up for the twice-monthly newsletter, go to info@danburyhealthonline.org

Contact Robert Miller

at mailto:bmiller@newstimes.com