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Jan 4
1000 years ago in Europe pre-Christian tribes originally had a Goddess culture - a matriarchy where the earth and nature and their cycles and secrets were revered. In pre-industrial societies illness was not seen as a 'random assault from outside' but as a deeply significant life event integral to the sufferer's whole being - spiritual, moral, physical and life course - past, present and future. Dis-ease was interpreted as packed with moral, spiritual and religious messages as one of the many ...
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Jan 3
Sinus infections that have graduated to the chronic stage deserve the honor of being treated with the right type of antibiotic. Sinus problems may be caused by a number of different factors which include environmental and food allergies (allergic sinusitis), chronic sinus infection, and chronic colds. This problem is further aggravated if the sinuses get plugged trapping mucus inside which serve as breeding grounds for harmful microorganisms like bacteria. The usual symptoms of acute sinusitis ...
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Jan 2
Do you wear your hair natural? No lye? As many will tell you, once you make a change to go natural your hair regimen must also change. This frequently includes an adjustment to the types of products you use on your coils. A number of your old stand-bys may no longer lend you the same results on your kinks as they did on your straight hair. Product junkies will agree -- you can spend hundreds of dollars testing out the numerous products available on the market, many of which are supposedly ...
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Jan 1
A positive attitude may bring good health and success. If you have ever read any book about success you will discover how an optimistic attitude will keep you healthier and tremendously increase your chances of success. An optimistic attitude has dramatically helped me improve my life in every single area. I overcame severe scalp psoriasis without a doctor and prescriptions. It's a fact that I wound not have overcome my psoriasis without a positive mental outlook. But you may be a skeptic. I ...
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Dec 30
According to Olga Brunner, founder of A Good Daughter, Inc., (www.agooddaughter.com), based in Margate, FL, has assembled a team of eldercare experts that allow for a unique understanding what adult children are facing in coping with their elderly parents declining health and well-being, particularly those suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Carol Caughran, the firm's counselor/therapist is a specialist in Lewy-Body form of dementia, currently serves on the board of the National Association. ...
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Dec 29

Is Milk Giving You the Zits?

iconDecember 29th, 2011

A study published in the February 2005 edition of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology re-ignites the acne diet controversy. The study's director, Clement A. Adebamowo, MD, and his team reported finding a positive association between acne and milk consumption. Dr. Adebamowo based the study on a 1998 high school diet questionnaires completed by 47,355 women, and data collected from physicians who, in 1989, diagnosed teenagers with severe acne. Dr. Adebamowo hypothesized that the ...
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Dec 27
Natural Breast Enlargement is a much safer and cheaper way to enlarge your breasts. In fact, breast enlargement surgery can cost $10,000 or more. There are many alternative, natural breast enlargement options on the market today for you to choose from though. Let's look at some of the most popular herbs included in these and why... Feneugreek Seed Extract contains some of the highest concentrations of the plant elements recommended by herbalists for breast enlargement. Also hormone regulator ...
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Dec 26
Mold can grow anywhere there are damp conditions--from a windowsill to a bathroom, to a whole house. While the health effects of most common molds are minimal, the chemicals we commonly use to remove the unsightly growth can harm our health. Mold cleaners can contain toxic chemicals such as pentachorophenol, which can be harmful through skin absorption or inhalation, and formaldehyde, which can cause cancer as well as irritate eyes, throat, skin, and lungs. Many mold cleaners carry the 'DANGER' ...
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Dec 21

Home Health Care Kit

iconDecember 21st, 2011

Home Health Care Kit The home is where all, if not most personal health care activity takes place. With this in mind, it makes sense to have a well stocked health care kit at home. This kit will contain all the appropriate tools and medications you will need. All these items should be stored in one central location and be inaccessible to small children. You should keep the following items in your health care kit: Cold Pack - These are the blue bags of gel that you can buy for your cooler to ...
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Dec 20

Herbal Menopause Treatments

iconDecember 20th, 2011

Herbal Menopause Remedy Menopause is a transition that marks the stop of menstruation. Although this is a life change which should be embraced as another stop in life's natural stages, some women's experience with menopause has more to do with pain and discomfort. Since the 1960's physicians have prescribed estrogen supplements to reduce hot flashes and other menopausal problems. However, as with most drugs, hormonal therapy is not without risk. There is, in fact, an increased incidence ...
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