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Beneficial Oils for Your Health

If you listened to most doctors, you’d have to believe fish oils are fabulous. The problem with getting your essential fatty acids from fish oil is that you get more than you bargained for. Many fish oils, especially those derived from fish livers, are contaminated with dioxins, mercury, organo-chloro pesticides, and PCBs. These toxins can [...]

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First Aid Training – Insect Bites and Stings

Insect bites and sting are generally easy to treat at home. Still, the effects to individuals who have severe allergic reactions to such bites and stings can be serious and require emergency professional help. Common symptoms of insect bites and stings: • immediate pain, swelling, redness at the area and swelling • immediate muscle rigidity [...]

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Treatment of Vaginal Yeast Infections

Vaginal yeast infections, also called Candida infections, are typically caused by the Candida fungus. During her lifetime 75% of all women are likely to have at least one or more infections. Women tend to be more likely to get yeast infections it if their bodies are under stress from poor diet, lack of sleep, illness, [...]

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Late Signs of HIV

HIV, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is a virus which attack the immune system of the person it infects until the system is so damaged that it is unable to fight off the simplest of infections. In the early stages of the disease a person may find they have flu like symptoms, which disappear after 2-4 [...]

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Causes, Symptoms, Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Causes, Symptoms, Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a medical condition that causes the walls of the intestines and digestive tract to become swollen and inflamed. When nothing is done to correct this condition for a long period of time, then ulcers can begin to develop. Ulcers bring with them a whole host of additional problems including pain [...]

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Herbal Remedies for the Flu

Between 1918 and 1919 over 20 million people died from the influenza virus. There were not many ways known to treat the virus and as a result it spread quickly and killed many. The influenza virus is spread through respiratory secretions, from coughing and sneezing, and will usually run its course within one to two [...]

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Recipe 911 Using Herbs Made Simple

by Jennifer Skinner Do you have a bunch of herbs and spices in your spice rack that you have no idea what to do with? Print out this handy herbal reference – you’ll never have to guess again! (All herbs are in alphabetical order) Anise: More common in the seed form, the anise plant may [...]

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Drugs and Sleep Disorders

People who have sleep disorders – whether rare or quite common – know how frustrating it can be to not get a good night’s sleep. Sometimes it is true that the rarer the sleep disorder, the less that is known about it, and therefore treatment may be ineffective or hard to come by. Many people [...]

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Alzheimer research

Alzheimer research is important to continue to explore options for treatment protocols as well as potentially implicate causative factors that will lead to better preventative measures and early diagnosis. Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease that has significant impact on the lives of those it touches not only the patients but also their friends and relatives. [...]

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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death in the world from bacterial infection. It affects approximately 1.8 billion people every year, which is equal to one third of the entire world population. In the United States, tuberculosis is currently on the decline with a total of 13,293 cases reported in 2007. This is the lowest [...]

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