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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Canine md: six ways your dog can save your heart
- Science has finally caught up with what dog lovers have known for years--that having a dog is great for your health. Here are six ways science has proven that living with a dog promotes better heart health.
Decreased cholesterol and triglycerides. Lower cholesterol and triglycerides reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease. Results
of a three-year study of over 5,700 people...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Busting acne myths requires individualized treatment and more research
- If you have acne, you know the deal- everybody has a cream or suggestion to help you get clear skin. But how do you separate myth, medicine and folklore to find an acne treatment that works for you? That's what researcher Parker Magin set out to do in a study entitled, A systematic review of the evidence for 'myths and misconceptions' in acne management.
Magin and co-researchers fro...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Breathing and relaxation techniques to sleep better...
- There are many breathing and relaxation techniques that you can learn to use to promote relaxation and relieve stress. The deeper and slower that you breathe the more relaxed and sedated you will become.
Sleeping with the window open will help the air to circulate in your bedroom and fill your lungs with fresh air. Relaxation techniques will help your body to wind down and prepare f...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Break a sweat to break your stress
- Are you swamped at work? Do you always feel one step behind trying to catch up on all the chores on your "to-do" list each day? Do you toss and turn in bed at night thinking about all the things you should have accomplished that day, but didn't? All of us have experienced a hectic set of circumstances in our lives at one point or another. Maybe you experience stress every day of your life. This st...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Boost the immune system the natural way part 2
- Copyright 2005 David McEvoy
Other than taking a decent amount of exercise and following a healthy diet, we may feel there is little we can do to help our bodies maintain themselves. However, it is possible to boost the immune system and encourage cell production through the use of supplements containing nucleotides ? the body's essential cell building blocks.
The body...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Beating the freshman 15
- Copyright 2005 Ardmore Internet Marketing, Inc.
It's a fairly accepted 'fact' among college age women that they will gain weight their first year away from home. It's so well accepted, in fact, that nearly anyone will know immediately what you mean when you refer to the 'Freshman 15'. The research doesn't quite bear it out, though. One study conducted 15 years ago found that incomin...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Beat stress and be healthy!
- Everyone knows that stress isn't good - that it can get on top of us and effect our wellbeing. What most people don't realise is that stress can effect much more than just our mood or mental state. Stress has been shown to have a detrimental effect on many parts of our body and indeed peoples health in general.
Stress is one of the most widespread afflictions in modern life - everyo...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Aromatherapy for stress relief at work
- Most people work a 40 hour week so we can estimate that we typically spend about 2,000 hours at work each year. And many people work even more than this. Yet we often don't take the time to ensure that our job setting is a pleasant place to be. Our jobs are often very stressful and stress is a known trigger for many common ailments and diseases. Many studies have been done on the relationship betw...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Are you tired of looking for the acne cure ?
- When it comes to zits and finding the acne cure it can be quite a difficult task. Everyone claims their product to be the one but are they. The acne cure is the product that works for you and what works for you might not work for someone else.
So how do you determine the acne cure that's right for you? Well I wish I could tell you it's very simple just buy product A or product B but...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Are you fit?
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Fitness refers to ability of the body to function with vigor and alertness. Nutrition refers to the nurturing of our body, in our ability to keep it healthy and functioning as it is supposed to do. Our ability to provide the body with all the necessary food, vitamins, and minerals so that we continue to thrive in our daily life processes. But do we know if we are really fit? How do we tell...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Are stomach ulcers serious?
- Does your stomach hurt frequently? Does the pain ever wake you up at night? Do you vomit undigested food or blood? If you can answer ?yes? to these questions or have experienced other symptoms associated with stomach discomfort, you may have stomach ulcers. These can be caused by many things, such as taking anti-inflammatory medication like ibuprofin or aspirin, among others. Ulcers occasionally d...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Anxiety attack management
- Do you experience unnecessary fears with raging heartbeat and/or difficult breathing? Are you daydreaming or imagining something catastrophic to happen, have scary thoughts like seizure, heart attack? Are you often worried about your own or loved one' death or feel an impending sense of doom? Getting into panic whenever faced by new problems or new situations? Are you afraid and going crazy? Are y...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Anxiety and depression
- are the emotional disorders of two different kinds. Anxiety is a type of an emotional disturbance caused due to imbalances in the body. Depression, on the other hand, is a psychological problem caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. In both the conditions, a person becomes lethargic and his or her appetite decreases.
Anxiety and Depression has a variety of symptoms. Feeling of...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Anxiety & panic disorder - signals that may suggest you are suffering
- Of course I am in no way condoning that you make a self diagnosis, as I strongly believe you should visit your doctor for a correct diagnosis. However I will show you a few warning signs that may signal that you have an Anxiety or Panic Disorder.
Firstly, these are a list of symptoms you may feel (but not limited to);
? Abdominal discomfort
? Diarrhea
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Ancient health science: how do tai chi and qigong work?
- Copyright 2005 Bill Douglas
Western medical science is only beginning to understand what T'ai Chi and Qigong offers us. However, just the tiny amount of research that has been done so far indicates that T'ai Chi and Qigong are very powerful health tools that can save each of us and our society a great deal of money and personal suffering.
Both T'ai Chi & Qigong are a ...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - An introduction to pilates -
- Pilates is a series of exercises designed to improve flexibility and strength through a variety of stretching and balancing movements. It was developed by Joseph Pilates, a prisoner of war during the Second World War, and has become increasingly popular.
From when he was very young, Pilates took inspiration from the ancient Indian art of yoga, Zen Buddhism, and physical exercises of...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Alternative therapies for acid reflux disease
- Acid Reflux Disease, or GERD, is a common disease which affects approximately 5-7% of the population. It occurs when acid from the stomach backs up into the esophagus, a long, thin, muscular tube, which connects the mouth and the stomach. This often causes a constant burning sensation behind the breastbone, which is commonly known as heartburn. Long-term or persistent heartburn should be evaluated...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - All you ever wanted to know about migraine headaches - by wendy brungardt
- To understand the worst type of headache, a migraine, it
helps to have a basic understanding of why we experience
headaches, what we can do about them, and what some of the
misconceptions about headaches are.
Headaches are most often the result of biochemical changes
in the brain. These changes are caused by a number of
factors, including chemicals...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - All about smoking and how to quit
- Why do we smoke?
Why do we smoke, when we all know that it is not good for health? There are very many reasons to it but in this article we will ponder over the biggest reason in today's times and that is to release STRESS. What is stress, can we remove it through smoking, if not then how can we remove it, lets talk a little in the light of these questions.
What is Stress?...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Alert: beware of dangerous free radicals
- Get the Antioxidant Power Punch of Perfor-Max
Alert: beware of dangerous free radicals
Think of your body as an energy-using, cell-building factory. Like all factories, your body generates wastes as it operates. These wastes are dangerous molecules known as "free radicals". There's no way of avoiding free radicals, not only are they produced by your body, they...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Adult acne solved!
- Acne has always been a dreaded occurrence in our life. Most of us have carried this burden in our teenage years and after almost seven teenage years we think we are finally home free. Then one morning in your twenty sixth, twenty seventh or even twenty eighth year of your existence you wake up with a huge zit on you face. And even worst, sometimes it is not just one but two or even three or even f...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Acne treatment: 7 things you must know!
- Let me ask you this...
Are you suffering from acne?
Do you know what is causing it and is there any effective acne
treatment?
Studies show that an estimated 80 % percent of people experience
acne at some point. No one knows exactly what the cause of acne
is, but there are a few theories.
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Acne myths, finally some facts
- Copyright 2005 George ForganSmith
Acne is a common skin condition, which can be extremely mild or quite disfiguring. Having had a rather bad case as a young adolescent, I know the kind of socially embarrassing consequences it can have for the victim but I also remember it being sore and painful, filling my life with discomfort. It lingered a long time until I went to a dermatologist...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Acne and stress
- Stress - Since your skin in your largest organ, how you live can sure influence how healthy your skin is. And stress, not necessarily "bad" stress, but rather certain external and internal stressors, factor into this health equation. So let's take a look at how to handle these stressors with regards to acne prevention.
External Stressors- A goal of acne prevention would be to keep y...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Acne and skin problem myths debunked
- Isn't skin a wonderful thing to have?
An obvious benefit of skin is that it protects our bodies' internal organs from harmful elements like dirt, insects, bites, toxic chemicals, nasty weather, and the like, and it certainly is more attractive than what's underneath.
When skin is healthy it's nice to look at, but when it's diseased, it can not only affect you physical...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - Abs: how to get a sexy six pack?
- There are many factors responsible for abdominal fat like processed food, refined sugar, lack of exercise etc.
But the following two invisible factors are mainly responsible for abdominal fat deposits.
1)STRESS
2)ALCOHOL
1)STRESS:
Stress has become part of daily life. Job pressure, financial insecurity, problems in personal relatio...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - A simple tip for when you're stressed
- This is a fantastic tip from Touch For Health to help you when you're stressed, angry, anxious or upset. Try holding your frontal eminences. These are bumps on your forehead that many people hold instinctively when they're upset.
For those of you who don't do this naturally, let me help you locate them. Feel up from the middle of your eyebrows going towards your hairline. Your foreh...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - A guide to female hair loss -
- Hair loss usually occurs because of hormonal factors. As a consequence, biological events like puberty, pregnancy and menopause that effect female hormone levels can also cause female hair loss. In the case of pregnancy, hair loss is simply a consequence of the stress the body undergoes during labor and should stop approximately 6 months after birth. Discontinuation of taking birth control pills c...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - A cure for erectile dysfunction and impotence - fact or fiction?
- Sometimes erectile dysfunction is also referred to as impotence. Having erectile dysfunction means that you are having problems achieving and maintaining an erection for sexual intercourse.
If you have such a problem, you should not be ashamed of it because it is actually quite natural and erectile dysfunction affects more men than you would expect. However, it is not commonly discu...
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- 2007-04-06 22:16:26 - 9 tips to stop food cravings and help you with your diet
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Most of us are "regular" people. We don't eat the perfect diet
all the time and have our struggles with food, same as everyone
else. But having an awareness of this fact and knowing a little
bit about our health and food nutrition can help when it comes to
making wise decisions.
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