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Essential Oil Contraindications
Essential oils are valuable healing tools, but like any potent medicine there are situations in which certain oils are not safe and should not be used.
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Fertility Drugs
What they are, what they are made of, side-effects and contraindications
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Osteoporosis Exercise
Osteoporosis exercise can help maintain bone density and prevent falls. These guidelines on exercising with osteoporosis can help keep your exercise safe and productive.
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Hot and Cold Therapy to Reduce Swelling
Alternating hot and cold therapies can be used safely after the first 48 hours of an injury to reduce swelling. A variety of hot and cold therapies can be used.
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Massage Therapy Intake Procedure
When a massage therapist works with a new client, it is important to have clear bodywork intake procedures to keep clear communication. Here are tips and suggestions.
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Why Should You Breastfeed?
Many new mothers defer breastfeeding, believing erroneously that they won't be successful. The benefits of breastfeeding are substantial, both for infant and mother.
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Hopi Ear Candling - How Does It Work?
Blocked nose, waxy ears, stuffed up sinuses; the answer could be a treatment with Beeswax Ear Candles; find out why here.
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Exercise Guidelines for Pregnancy and Postpartum
During pregnancy, women can continue to exercise and derive health benefits even from mild to moderate exercise routines. This article describes exercise guidelines published by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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Massage and Bodywork for Pregnancy
Prenatal Massage Therapy is a common modality used by expecting women during pregnancy, labor and postpartum.
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Reflux and Aspiration Pneumonia
This article discusses GERD and aspiration pneumonia in relation to children with HIE.
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Botox - Medical Treatment for Wrinkles
Medical treatment for skin wrinkles is discussed with information about how and where it works. Risks, contraindications and preparations for treatment are reviewed.
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Single Oil Look: Thyme
Single Oil Look: Thyme
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Team Approach to Health Care
Patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes or heart disease may find a team approach to managing their disease and preventing complications is a wise decision.
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Immunization Safety
Immunization Safety: Is it an oxymoron? Parents pray not each fall as we shuffle obediently, shot records in hand, to perform the yearly ritual of immunization updates.
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INTERACTIONS: Essential Oil Use & Pregnancy
Learn about the essential oils that should never be used while pregnant and why.
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January Blues
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More on Bronchodilators
A review of the two types of bronchodilators and which one is effective during an asthma attack. Also, a heads-up on the new, dual-action inhaler Advair.
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Strength Training for Women
Strength training myths, facts, and benefits for women.
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The legs form correction technology of Mikhail Yegorov
This article is a review of the legs form correction method, which was developed by Russian surgeon-orthopedist Mikhail F. Yegorov.
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Follicular Unit Hair Transplant Procedures
Considering hair restoration for alopecia (baldness) ? Results depend on technique. Learn about follicular unit transplant - the best method for natural hair restoration.
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I'm aloe-ver this!
Try aloe vera - it provides maximum healing of psoriasis with minimal risk.
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Echinacea
Echinacea, native to North America, is one of the most famous and effective herbs in the modern herbal pharmacopoeia.
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Eczema and Emollients
The aim of this article is to describe the varying types of emollients used in the treatment of eczema and how they work.
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Experience the Laconium Sauna
With roots entrenched in the pleasurable side of ancient Rome, the gentle Laconium sauna relies on lower temperatures to relax the body and soothe the soul.
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Foot Reflexology Case Study
Believe it or not, your feet really do tell a story, particularly to a Reflexologist.
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Home Remedies for Back Pain
There's no reason you should live with constant pain, especially in your back. With that being said, here are a few ways you can deal with back pain at home.
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How Reflexology Works
What does sinus congestion have to do with my toes, and how can pressing on a reflex clear my sinuses or make the pain go away?
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Infertility Treatments
Infertility is one of the endorphin deficiency states. LDN increases endorphin levels and helps the immune system heal, factors that increase and enhance fertility.
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Slippery Elm's Medicinal Value
There are many uses for this safe and effective herbal treatment. From a poultice to a twice a day capsule, it can be very beneficial.
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Springboard Fun
An overview of Springboard modules shipping right now and a quick peek at modules still to come.
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Water and physical therapy
For centuries people was using water for healing. Today is same situation with some improvement. Read about hydrotherapy, aquatic therapy and hydrothermal therapy.
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What Ever Happened to Last Year’s Wonder Drug?
News of new drugs is always hot. But, sadly, you rarely hear reports of these drugs after the inevitable side effects and complications begin.
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So You Want To Be An Egg Donor?
What egg donation is, who can donate, legal issues around it, the process of donating eggs, written by an egg donor.
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Auriculotherapy Part 2: The Theories
Part 2 of a series of articles on the subject of auriculotherapy. This article discusses the theories behind how auriculotherapy works and why it is a valid clinical tool.
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Natural Therapies - Part two
A few examples of traditional herbs used for healing common ailments. All of these can be easily grown in a small herb garden with no special requirements, and a medicinal plot will be alwasy at your disposal.
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5-HTP Helps with Ecstasy Addiction Withdrawals
Ecstasy addiction leads to depression and insomnia. This alternative medication helps with the drug withdrawal symptoms.
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Astragalus
Astragalus has been used for thousands of years in China to treat colds, flu, and more.
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British Versus French Aromatherapy
Are essential oils safe for internal use? That depends on whether you were trained in the British or French model of aromatherapy. The history of the 20th-century divide.
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Butcher's Broom
Butcher's Broom is returning to the limelight as a safe and effective treatment for weakened blood vessels and capillaries, among other things.
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Cat's Claw
Cat's Claw was used for over 2000 years in the Amazon rain forest before being discovered by the International health care market.
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Feverfew
Used for thousands of years and then forgotten, Feverfew has returned to the front line in the war on headaches.
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Goldenseal
Goldenseal is used sparingly by most herbalists due to its rarity and intense effects.
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How Reflexologists Use Auricular Therapy
Reflexologists use Auricular Therapy in the form of Ear Reflexology to encourage relaxation, improve circulation and bring about wellness.
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How to Choose Herbal Remedies
Herbal remedies provide support and healing for a variety of ailments, but the quality varies widely among manufacturers. Learn how to select the best herbal remedies.
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L-carnitine for Graves' disease
L-carnitine effectively inhibits the activity of excess thyroid hormone and reduces symptoms of hyperthyroidism.
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Lobelia
Lobelia is a potent antispasmodic recognized by Native Americans as crucial for treating asthma, bronchitis, and more.
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Low Libido
Various symptoms in autoimmune diseases, including endocrine imbalances and pain, contribute to low libido in autoimmune disease. Help is available.
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Massage for Low Back Pain
Back pain is a very common symptom for which there are a number of different treatments. Massage has been shown to be a simple and effective therapy for this condition.
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Milk Thistle
From ancient Greece until the present day, Milk Thistle has treated a variety of liver and gall bladder issues.
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Mugwort
Regarded as a sacred and magical herb by many cultures, Mugwort also enjoys a place in the herbal pharmacopeia.
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