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- Urinary Tract Infection Treatment: Antibiotics vs. A Natural Treatment? - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2007 from Joe BartonDid you know that almost 10 million people visited the doctor last year for urinary tract infection treatments? Most of these people did this to relieve the painful symptoms associated with urinary tract infections which include: frequent urination; need to urinate but to no avail; frequent ...
Views: 747 - Acid Reflux Remedy: How an Apple Can Cure Your Heartburn - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2007 from Joe BartonIs there really a natural cure for acid reflux? If you are in the least bit skeptical of natural health remedies, I understand! My dad would have been just as skeptical as most until he accidentally discovered his first natural acid reflux remedy. Let me explain, my dad suffered from ALL of ...
Views: 3983 - Important Things You Should Understand About Sleeping Disorder - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2007 from Derson mcdeoWe are all know how important is sleep and the benefits of a great night sleep cannot be underestimated. According to the source, a good night sleep gives our bodies the chance to maintain and repair our cells. Cell growth and takes place to fight the affects of stress and depression. When we ...
Views: 755 - Overcome Daily Fatigue, Stress and Lack of Stamina with the Simplest of Resources - Water - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2007 from Duncan WhitmoreIt goes without saying that the pressures of modern living exert themselves on our bodies. We feel tired in the morning because that irritating alarm clock is telling us to get up and go to work. We may feel stressed because of financial burdens or family issues. We put on weight because we ...
Views: 622 - OPTIMAL HEALTH - by Without your good Health, nothing else matters. . .
OPTIMAL HEALTH IS ACHIEVABLE!
Never before has scientific evidence been so clear and strong that the greatest of all doctors is Mother Nature herself, and her medicines of choice are 100% safe vitamins, minerals and supplements. This remedy ...
Views: 941 - Natural Pain Relief Safety and Benefits - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2007 from Jennifer KaysPain can be experienced as a result of old age, physical illness, extensive exercise, overwork, heavy lifting, strained muscles or broken bones. Pain triggers a region of the brain known as the lateral occipital complex, reducing a person's ability to concentrate and accurately recognize images, ...
Views: 930 - Born Aliens - by Neonates have no psychology. If operated upon, for instance, they are not supposed to show signs of trauma later on in life. Birth, according to this school of thought is of no psychological consequence to the newborn baby. It is immeasurably more important to his "primary caregiver" (mother) ...
Views: 1125 - Is cheap cigarette the cause of flight attendant’s sinus? - by Cheap cigarettes
Here’s an unbelievable, but true news story making the rounds of websites on cigarette. Ever wonder what causes sinus? An American Airlines flight attendant thinks it is secondhand tobacco smoke.
Cheap Cigarettes and common cold
Secondhand cheap cigarette smoke! Geez, be ...
Views: 1415 - Facts about tobacco - by Tobacco used to make cigarettes is a tall, leafy annual plant, originally grown in South and Central America, but now cultivated throughout the world, including southern Ontario. There are many species of tobacco; Nicotiana tabacum (or common tobacco) is used to produce cigarettes.
Nicotine, a ...
Views: 873 - Healthy Tips for Sound Sleep - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2007 from shilpa DSleep is the most important aspect for maintaining both Health and Wealth in the life of the human beings. When does a man sleep? He sleeps only when his inner mind or his soul, his sensory organs like ears, eyes, mouth, etc., stop their daily functioning. Sound sleep is one which is had at the ...
Views: 594 - Sleep Yourself Thin and Healthy - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2007 from Ben WIlsonSleep yourself thin and healthy When it comes to losing body fat most people are obsessed with calories they consume versus calories they have burnt. Sadly it is not that easy, if it were the obesity rate would be significantly lower. As I have said numerous times throughout this site the way ...
Views: 732 - Herbs And Vitamins For Better Memory And Longer Life - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2007 from Abdul DixonIt is becoming increasingly popular to take supplements containing herbs and vitamins for better memory and longer life. Not only are well known traditional remedies for specific aging problems being used, but there is a lot of investigation and research being carried out in Asia and Europe on ...
Views: 721 - Overcoming Our Heart’s Pain - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2007 from Dr. Kirk LamanEveryone suffers. Every single person is touched by experiences that challenge or confound them. It can be physical misfortune- contracting HIV, becoming incapacitated with arthritis, or developing actual heart disease. Recently in my cardiology practice, I took care of a nun who had battled ...
Views: 738 - Can Older People Get Asthma? - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2007 from Connie LimonMany people who develop asthma as adults had breathing problems as children. Asthma is a breathing problem that can start at any age. There are also people who have asthma as children and it goes away as they grow older. It may come back later in life. Some people get asthma for the first ...
Views: 751 - Living One Day at a Time: The Challenge of Coping with Infertility - by The process of infertility treatment can bring with it a lack of energy, hopelessness, and depression.
This issue of our newsletter will focus on ways to use cognitive restructuring to gain a positive approach.
***Moments are Magic Choices***
Every moment of time offers us a choice. We can ...
Views: 777 - How Your Face Reveals Your Health - by Your face is a road map of your mind (it shows your personality), and your health. The different parts of your face reveals the status of your health. Those parts also correlate with different organs of the body and their healthiness. Remember thesehealth conditions MAY be indicated, and not for ...
Views: 3590 - You Are Ruining Your Health - One Breath at a Time - by Did you know that the United States Environmental Protection Agency reports that:
Indoor air quality is on average two to five times more polluted, and sometimes 100 times more polluted, than outdoor air!
Well, I've lived my adult life by one simple rule: I don't put anything unhealthy into ...
Views: 1048 - One Step Ahead - by Well, it's that time of year again where we get ready to send our children off to school. I just saw my oldest manchild off to his 3rd year in college. At age 22 he's really a man, but he'll always be my child. So I lovingly refer to him as my "manchild". One thing Bible College has taught him, ...
Views: 611 - Vitamins and Herbs / What's the Harm? - by With each day more people are turning to herbs and vitamin supplements to ease their pain and/or enhance their overall health. People are taking control over their own health and we're telling the medical profession that they are NOT the only answer. We are pressuring our doctors to become more ...
Views: 578 - Fish Can Affect My Health? - by There's an increasing amount of focus these days on omega 3 and omega 6 oils. In fact omega 3 and omega 6 oils are instrumental in benefiting a number of health issues including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, heart disease, immune system weakness, mental disorders, attention deficit, and skin ...
Views: 640 - Lavender Aromatherapy Improves Health - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2007 from Jennifer KaysAromatherapy is the use of essential oils and other natural aromatic compounds from plants to affect one’s mental or physical health. Essential oils, are known as hydrophobic i.e. non-water mixing or volatile i.e. air mixing. Essential oils are sometimes referred to as an “oil ...
Views: 788 - Dust Mites Bites: The Vultures of the Insect World - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2007 from Tina MatsunagaDo I have dust mites? Do I need to worry about dust mites bites? Yes, you probably have dust mites. No, you do not need to worry about dust mites bites. Why? As crass as it may seem, dust mites are the vultures of the insect world. First of all, what is a vulture? Think about the ...
Views: 923 - What Are The Possible Causes Of Incontinence? - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2010 from Sandra Kim LeongDo you find yourself having occurences of sudden urges to use the bathroom and would even leak before making it to the bathroom? If this is a common experience of yours, then you may be having a case of urinary and/or fecal incontinence, whereby you have difficulty controlling your urination or ...
Views: 1133 - Insomnia in Pregnancy - A Survival Guide to Pregnancy-Induced Insomnia - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2007 from Michael LeeInsomnia in pregnancy is pretty much common, affecting around 78% of infanticipating women. Despite the fact that the unborn child is safe, insomnia in pregnancy can cause unimaginable discomfort for the soon-to-be mommy. It'll be nine eternities, er, months before you can go back to your ...
Views: 2467 - Getting Help For Hemorrhoid Symptoms - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2010 from Sandra Kim LeongWhen you understand more about your hemorrhoid symptoms, you will feel less embarrassed to seek for help. Hemorrhoid symptoms include painful bowel movements, discomfort if you sit or stand for too long or uncomfortable itchiness around your rectum. There is no need to feel too embarrassed ...
Views: 1128 - Blood Pressure Meds are Fat Fertilizer - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2007 from Ken ArmstrongNot all prescription drugs are bad. Some are really bad, like the drugs used to lower your blood pressure. Among the top ten drugs prescribed in the U.S, blood pressure (hypertension) medications ensnare millions into the prescription drug trap. That trap kills 200,000 and injures close to ...
Views: 1760 - Liver Cancer: A Basic Understanding - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2010 from Sandra Kim LeongLiver cancer is the eighth most common cancer in the world. Without a good functioning liver, detoxification and many other important functions of your body cannot take place. If you do not detect liver cancer early enough, death is a possibility. Liver cancer develops when liver cells ...
Views: 1158 - Blood Pressure Basics - by Copyright http://www.health-care-information.org
There are no hard and fast figures which represent a normal blood pressure. And very often doctors and other experts cannot even decide between them what an ideal blood pressure range is for an adult.
However it is usually agreed that somewhere ...
Views: 596 - When You're Sick, But the Tests Show "Normal" - by Have you ever been to the doctor with a set of symptoms that concerned you and after completing the evaluation been frustrated and perhaps a little embarrassed when the doctor looks at you blankly and says all your tests are normal? “How could they be normal!??you think to yourself. You begin ...
Views: 2424 - Natural Weight Loss for Good Health and Well Being - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2007 from Jennifer KaysWeight loss is becoming an unhealthy obsession dealing with body images, but in some cases can improve health and fitness. When weight loss is a result of eating healthy, exercising and/or taking natural weight loss supplements in contrast to synthetic prescription drugs with the risk of harmful ...
Views: 989 - Nails Reflect Your Health - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2012 from Janet MartinThe color and shape of your nails provide important clues to your health. This important diagnostic tool was recognized as early as the 5th century B.C. when the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, known as “the Father of Medicine”, first described clubbing as a symptom of disease. ...
Views: 889 - A Prescription to Laugh: Healing Through Humor And Laughter - by A cheerful heart is good medicine."
- King Solomon (Proverbs 17:22)
King Solomon gave us one of the earliest recorded accounts regarding the healing power of humor and laughter. In the 1300's, surgeon Henri de Mondeville reportedly told jokes to his patients in the recovery room. In the ...
Views: 5730 - Alternative Approach to Meeting Special Needs Health Care - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2007 from Dr. Annalee KitayAlternative Approach to Meeting Special Needs Health Care By Dr. Annalee Kitay Paula and Jack had been long time patients and when Paula was pregnant she decided to go to England to have her child, Susan, delivered by midwives. It turned out that there were complications during birth and ...
Views: 1233 - UNTITLE - by We often hear of small actions that can make a dramatic impact on our lives. Here are ten such things which, if done with determination, will produce a revolution for you physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and financially!
1. Drink Pure Water
Our bodies are 70% water. Drinking ...
Views: 496 - Shingles Symptoms - and Treatments - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2007 from Ivan HinceI can remember quite clearly some forty years ago when a friend told me that her husband had Shingles, and how that he was in great pain, and covered in a terrible rash. At this point I thought nothing about it until recently I was reading an article which compared different types of pain, and ...
Views: 954 - Whole Body Health for Anti-Aging Sin Care - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2007 from Jennifer KaysOur skin is of vital importance to our health. Our skin is responsible for providing protection from environment, providing us with an emotional sense of boundary, creating sensual awareness to communication with the “outside” world e.g. feeling pleasure or pain signals that are ...
Views: 1000 - Menopausal Women - and Lepidium Meyenii (Macca) - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2007 from Ivan HinceIt’s a fact of life that women suffer with the menopause at that certain time of life. Some are as young as 30 years old, while others are considerably older. The hot flashes, the mood swings, the depression are just a few of the side affects. Until the last few decades the only alternative ...
Views: 1066 - Leukaemia Care – Finding Treatment, and A Cure. - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2007 from Ivan HinceOn first looking at the subject of Leukaemia I began with three things in mind. First to establish what kind of care a patient can expect, and then secondly, and thirdly to find out what type of treatments, and to also see if there was any type of cure. When I first started my research I began ...
Views: 681 - Breast Cancer Symptoms - Things you should know. - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2007 from Ivan HinceJust recently I’ve heard about several cases of Breast Cancer, which has caused me to write about Breast Cancer Symptoms, and things a woman should know about spotting Breast Cancer in the first place. As with any Cancer early detection gives you a far greater chance of survival, and to make ...
Views: 649 - You Cannot Improve Your Posture Simply By Trying Harder - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2013 from Roy PalmerDo you think your posture is poor? Have you tried a course of posture exercises to correct it? Most people would say they feel their posture could be better but why does it become poor and what is the best way to improve it? Modern living means we probably are not as active as previous ...Do ...
Views: 1416 - Nutrition Facts and Basics - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2007 from Abdul DixonNutrition labels have revolutionized the way we buy food -- especially for people on special diets. Nutrition can affect more than just your weight. People who practice good nutrition, hygiene and exercise patterns develop a lifetime of habits that will keep them healthy for many years. Peanuts ...
Views: 721 - Kidney Stone Prevention! 10 Free Tips to Prevent Kidney Stones - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2007 from Joe BartonFive people out of every 100 develop a kidney stone sometime in their life. If you are or have been one of those five people, you will know that kidney stones can be a living nightmare. In fact, numerous women characterize the pain worse than childbirth. If you currently have a kidney stone, ...
Views: 637 - What is Wellness? - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2007 from Mark HolyWellness can be a difficult term to define. What one person considers wellness may differ greatly from another’s definition. Some may think only of physical health, while others may think of a more general and ambiguous feeling of overall well-being. Defining wellness is the first step ...
Views: 1340 - How To Treat Cat Bites By Yourself - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2007 from Natalie WilliamsEverybody who owns a cat knows that there will be times when a cat will bite you. A cat bite can result in anywhere from a tiny scratch to an open wound. It is important for cat owners and people who only have infrequent contact with cats to understand the gravity of cat bites and how to treat ...
Views: 1049 - Easy ways to avoid fungal nail infections - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2012 from Janet Martin“Be kind to your feet; they outnumber people two to one,” so goes the slogan used by the popular Happy Feet sandals back in the ‘70s. Unfortunately, not everyone follows this simple advice. Despite their usefulness, feet often take the lowest priority when it comes to health. ...
Views: 591 - Cancer Caused By The Environment - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2010 from Sandra Kim LeongMore people now believe that environmental factors can cause cancer. Yet there are others who say that it is difficult to prove the causal-effect link. Virtually any part of your body can turn cancerous. With increasing incidences of cancer, chances are high that you may have cancer or know ...
Views: 1316 - The Hidden Side of Type 2 Diabetes - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2007 from Alice GreeneType 2 Diabetes continues to be in the headlines as a health crisis because more people are getting the disease and not enough of them are doing what it takes to minimize the complications that come with it. This is hard for those around them to understand. Friends, family and co-workers ...
Views: 1116 - Back Pain Essentials- what do you need to do now! - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2007 from Graeme TeagueWhen you first suffer back pain, are you one of those people who wait to see how things go? Are you someone who lives in hope that your back pain will miraculously disappear overnight? Don't worry you are in good company as the majority of back pain sufferers do the same. It is a common thing ...
Views: 646 - Bad Breath Halitosis Cure! Try These Tips Before You Seek Help! - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2007 from Joe BartonBefore you spend the big bucks to visit the doctor and buy prescription drugs with dangerous side-effects that often don't work. Take a week or two and try some basic halitosis fighting tips. Most often, halitosis is simply caused by improper oral hygiene (not bushing, flossing, scraping and ...
Views: 835 - Today, Tomorrow and the Tomorrow After That... - by During the events of last week, I, like you, have experienced many emotions -- horror, sadness, anger, gratitude and deep concern for the brave and generous men and women who are doing the difficult work that must be done.
To those who have lost family and loved ones, I express my deepest ...
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