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What does "organic" food mean?
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...product cannot lawfully be labeled "organic", unless the farm has been inspected by an agency authorized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the product meets precise standards. The USDA now owns the word "organic"...
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Losing weight for your new year resolution?
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When coupled with a healthy diet and exercise, acupuncture is an effective weight loss agent. Acupuncture facilitates the weight loss process in three significant ways:
- Acupuncture regulates appetite control and tames cravings...
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Chocolate Lovers, Rejoice! A portion of dark chocolate a day keeps heart attacks and strokes away.
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Do you remember numerous jokes about “chocolate is a vegetable”? Well, now science is dead serious about it. Dark chocolate derived from the plant (Theobroma cacao) is a rich source of flavonoids. Flavanoids improve the function of blood vessels and ...
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Pins and Needles Ease Migraine Pain
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Acupuncture may provide lasting relief from the pain of chronic headaches according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal.
Researchers found that acupuncture offers substantial benefits in preventing headaches...
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True Facts about French Fries Are Hard to Swallow
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French fries and other fried foods when cooked in vegetable oils like canola, soybean, safflower, corn, and other seed and nut oils - considered healthy oils because they contain polyunsaturated fats- have the opposite effect when overcooked...
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The Absolute Worst Foods: Doughnuts, Soda, and others...
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Some foods became so popular that the true facts about them seem hard to swallow.
Doughnuts, Soda, French Fries, Chips, and Fried Seafood.
Sound yummy, don't they. Let's look at them.
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Chicken Soup for Flu: Your Grandmother Was Right!
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Research by Dr. Stephen Rennard of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, published in the medical journal Chest in 2000, validates what chicken soup actually helps reduce the inflammation and mucus production...
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Flu season: the viral equivalent of the "perfect storm"
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In one week of December 2003 there were more proven influenza A cases in the USA than all of last year! We have widespread influenza A coupled with influenza B. On top of that, the strain has drifted genetically...
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Use Medicines Wisely
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According to a 2001 study there were 158 million medication-related problems reported in the United States. Robert J. Michocki, chairman of the department of pharmacy practice and science at the University of Maryland, offers the safety tips:
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What does "organic" food mean?
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...product cannot lawfully be labeled "organic", unless the farm has been inspected by an agency authorized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the product meets precise standards. The USDA now owns the word “organic”.
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Acupuncture for Kids: Laser is an Option.
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...It is sensible to use acupuncture laser on children instead of acupuncture
needles. The advantages are that this method is non-invasive, quick, absolutely
painless, very safe, and provides fast clinical results...
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Acupuncture: Positive Side Effects?
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...acupuncture treatment is not only safer than much conventional treatment, but the unintended effects of acupuncture treatment turn into advantage.
Over a quarter of all acupuncture treatments result in positive side effects...
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Infertility: Acupuncture can help.
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A study published in the April 2002 edition of the medical journal Fertility and Sterility found that acupuncture increases the chance of pregnancy for women undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) by a staggering 60 percent!
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Vitamin A.. The good stuff: the more the better?
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A new study published in the Jan. 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine finds that Swedish men with the highest levels of vitamin A in their blood also had the highest risk of breaking their bones (seven times likelier to suffer a fracture!).
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The "Kiss of the Dragon"
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The growing interest in acupuncture helps the public awareness about the benefits of acupuncture and curiosity about its potential. The popularity of acupuncture sometimes tempts the media and film makers to use it as a special effect...
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A New disease called SARS.
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As most of you are aware, there has been an outbreak of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in several areas in the Far East.
It has since spread to other countries. Here's a look at what is and isn't known about the mysterious disease:...
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What does a typical acupuncture session look like?
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For people unfamiliar to acupuncture the idea of sticking needles brings all sorts of dramatic images.
However, the best word to describe an acupuncture session is "UNEVENTFUL". Performed by a seasoned acupuncturist, it is so routine and...
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Weather and your health
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...Bad weather negatively affects your health.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) calls extreme weather conditions the Six Evils, more commonly known as: Wind, Cold, Heat, Dampness, Dryness, and Summer Heat. For example, TCM classifies...
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Hip pain
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I am having joint pain and stiffness in my hips.
What could be causing the discomfort in my hip joints?..
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Losing weight for your new year resolution?
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When coupled with a healthy diet and exercise, acupuncture is an effective weight loss agent. Acupuncture facilitates the weight loss process in three significant ways:
- Acupuncture regulates appetite control and tames cravings...
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Mixed nuts, shrimp and avocado.
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...A recent clinical trial finds that replacing dietary fat sources with three ounces of almonds significantly reduced artery-clogging LDL cholesterol, without affecting good cholesterol...
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More about fat, “controversial” foods and surprises.
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...Chocolate is another surprise. Besides being a potent antidepressant and a tonic, chocolate and cacao beans are extremely rich in flavonoids, the same antioxidant compounds found in red wine and tea, and offer heart benefits...
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Essential fatty acids (EFA) and cholesterol.
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...Essential fatty acids (EFA), are the new buzzwords in medicine. "Essential" means our bodies can't manufacture these fatty acids on their own. EFAs are considered just as important as vitamins, essential amino acids and minerals...
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Hormone Replacement Therapy.
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...Recently researchers at the National Institutes of Health announced the findings of their long-term study that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does more harm than good. It is a major medical debacle when...
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Knee pain: surgical intervention or acupuncture?
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Texan scientists have recently disclosed results proving surgical intervention was actually no better than sham procedures performed in their study. Studies proved that knee surgery was found to be largely a result of favorable anecdotal experience...
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Can acupuncture bolster the immune system?
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...The study results showed acupuncture to be a very effective and safe method to support the immune system. In the subsequent years, a number of studies have confirmed that acupuncture...
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Shiatsu technique: is it a form of acupuncture?
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The “ancient” Shiatsu technique is not as ancient as it is commonly thought. It belongs to recent history. The father of Shiatsu, Tokujiro Namikoshi, was born in 1905 and introduced the technique in Hokkaido, Japan in 1925...
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Green Tea.
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...Green tea contains a large quantity of special chemicals called edcatechin polyphenols - powerful antioxidants, which contribute to longevity...
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Acupuncture Basics: Ancient Theories
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My acupuncturist talks about "chi" and "meridians". I am confused and embarrassed to ask her what she means. Can you explain?..
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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Irritable bowel syndrome is among the diseases and chronic conditions that can be helped with acupuncture. Acupuncture is proven to be very effective in the treatment of ailments accompanied by spastic reactions...
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Chronic back pain.
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Pain reduction is only one of the effects of acupuncture. Most importantly it reduces inflammation, eliminates muscle spasm, activates blood circulation and accelerates the regenerative process. This makes the effects of acupuncture last.
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Acupuncture Modalities Part 2
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Last month we discussed acupuncture modalities. The list can be very long, and not to be annoying, I will focus only on the most common and effective: ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE, CUPPING, TUI NA and LASER ACUPUNCTURE.
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Acupuncture Techniques Part 1
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Acupuncture point can be engaged by needling or by other means of physical stimulation: thermal (heat – moxibustion), electrical (electro-acupuncture), barometric (suction -cupping), magnetic, mechanical (acupressure, massage), light (laser acupuncture
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Anxiety, depression and insomnia.
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...Anxiety, depression and insomnia are always on the top of the list of conditions that are successfully treated with acupuncture. The first thing acupuncture will do is to restore your normal sleep pattern...
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What is Ear acupuncture?
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"Is Acupuncture a kind of psychological treatment?..
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Acupuncture on animals?
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Acupuncture for skin conditions: psoriasis.
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Acupuncture for "instant face lift".
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A few of the many myths we commonly hear.
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Acupuncture hurts a lot.
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I will bleed from the needles.
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I will look like a porcupine.
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Acupuncture is not covered by insurance.
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Acupuncture is a sort of religion.
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Ginseng. What does it do? Is it safe?
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Can acupuncture help with cancer treatment?
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What can be treated with acupuncture?
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Low back pain.
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What is acupuncture? Is it about sticking needles?
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Recently I was asked the same "old" question:
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Acupuncture and professional sport.
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What is the best time of the day for acupuncture treatment?
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Is acupuncture effective for substance abuse?
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What is the best time of the day for acupuncture treatment?
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Is acupuncture effective for substance abuse?
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Is Acupuncture of Chinese origin?
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Is Acupuncture of Chinese origin?
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Is acupuncture covered by medical insurance?
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Is acupuncture covered by medical insurance?
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Acupuncture role in cancer treatment.
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Can acupuncture and herbs treat cancer?
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I have just been diagnosed with colon cancer. I will need ch ...
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Acupuncture for chemotherapy side effects.
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Acupressure bracelets for nausea.
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For headache, do you put the needles into the head?
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What does acupuncture really feel like?
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My ten year old daughter has asthma and we have visited the ...
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I quit smoking for my New Year's resolution, but I have been ...
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I am receiving chemotherapy for cancer and I suffer terribly ...
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I am trying to loose weight, but it is so difficult to stay ...
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I had back surgery for herniated disk a few years ago but I ...
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I have daily headaches and have been taking pain medication ...
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