Valerian, a perennial native plant to North America, Europe, and
Asia, contains a root stock which harbors many active compounds
that herbalists believe give this plant an amazing medicinal
value. Valerian's effects can be both positive and negative,
however, so we'll talk about both the health benefits of
Valerian and possible side-effects of Valerian in this article.
First and foremost, Valerian's root stock has been shown to help
fight insomnia in several cases. Promoting sleep, many ...
Read the rest of this entry » Posted on March 24th, 2012
Excerpted from the book "Your Right to Be Beautiful: How to Halt
the Train of Aging and Meet the Most Beautiful You" by Tonya
Zavasta. The book is available at: http://www.beautifulonraw.com
Jean Kerr, American author and playwright wrote: "I'm tired of
all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep
enough. What do you want an adorable pancreas?" Jean Kerr was
closer to the truth than she might have realized. Every outside
organ of the human body is eligible to be called ...
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I feel blessed to have had the chance to create health and
wellness in my life, after years of battling disease. I have
studied natural health for many years, as a way of managing
lupus/SLE. In 1995 I began coaching others to greater health and
I have developed some beliefs along the way.
Here are two of my beliefs on creating more wellness into your
life. One is to focus on the health goal and the other is that
health is a mental, emotional, spiritual and physical balance.
It does not do ...
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Air purifiers come in many different shapes, sizes, and colors.
They also come with a wide variety of technology in which they
purify or sterilize the air. They can cost any where from 60 to
1600 dollars and eliminate many different types of air born
pollutants, chemicals, odors or allergens.
Air born contaminants can be very bad for your health. According
to the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease,
they are a major cause of disability in the U.S. There is no
cure for ...
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Did you know approximately 12 percent (34.7 million) of the U.S.
population is African American (3). Compared with white
Americans, they are less likely to have private or
employment-based health insurance, more likely to be covered by
Medicaid or other publicly funded insurance, and twice as likely
to be uninsured, even though eight of 10 are in working
families. A disproportionate percentage of African Americans are
employed in jobs that do not provide health insurance. Many
African ...
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As you begin to get older, many men begin to wonder about their
prostate health. Prostate health is all over the news and media,
and you may even know someone that has been diagnosed with
prostate cancer over the past few years. If you are worried
about your prostate health, or want to find out ways to help
protect it, you have come to the right place. We will go over
what this important gland does, and discuss the different
options that you have in protecting your prostate health.
First, you ...
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OLIGOMERIC Proanthocyanidins or OPCs are a natural compound of
antioxidants found in abundance in grape seeds. They are
powerful antioxidants which neutralise free radicals and protect
cells and DNA from destruction. OPC helps:
* lower LDL cholesterol levels, thus reducing the risk of
cardiovascular diseases, (heart attack, stroke, thrombosis)
* reduce platelet aggregation, thus reducing the risk of
atherosclerosis
* increase the strength and elasticity of blood vessels,
protecting against ...
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The fat types and their effects:
High consumption of fat or of the combination fat and
carbohydrates causes obesity, heart disease and other health
problems.. However the different types of fat have very
different effects on the health. Here is a survey of the
different fat cathegories and their effects:
Mono-unsaturated fat - This type of fat prevents heart disease
and circulatory disease in moderate amounts.
Omega-6-poly-unsaturated fat - This fat type prevents heart
disease if you do not ...
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i>"I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their
problems are not disclosed to me that the world may
know."(1) This excerpt from the modern Hippocratic Oath to
which every doctor swears by; it was set to ensure that each
patient's information and condition is kept private.
The communal spaces of a clinic pharmacy or hospital often don't
mirror the tenet for medical privacy. For example, standing in
line waiting to ask the pharmacist a personal question can be an
embarrassing and even ...
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