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Archives for 2008

Natural Allergy Relief

by Erin Steiner April 24th, 2008 | Diseases

While most of us are starting to long for the warm breezes and blooming flowers of spring, the allergy sufferers among us are doing silent cheers of relief. The longer it takes for spring to take hold, the less they have to worry about their springtime allergies. Sooner or later, spring will arrive in full force as will your allergies. If the cost of Claritin has gotten you down, you might want to consider some of these home remedies:


1. Drink tea! Green tea and chamomile tea both contain natural antihistamines. A couple of cups of either kind of

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Another Reason to Cut Down (or Quit!)

by Erin Steiner April 17th, 2008 | Diseases

Here is another reason to stop smoking and cut back on the drinking and fatty foods, reports recently released by the American Academy of Neurology have linked heavy smoking, heavy drinking, and high cholesterol with Alzheimer's disease.


What is heavy? Heavy smoking means smoking more than one pack per day. Heavy drinking means having more than two drinks per day. People who drank and/or smoked heavily in their 40s showed signs of Alzheimer's and dementia years earlier than those who did not smoke or drink heavily.


Scientists now think that Alzheimer's disease starts to build up inside

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Have a Bad Back?

by MPK April 15th, 2008 | Exercise
For so many Americans, back pain is a cause of discomfort, sleep loss, and work absences. To solve their problems many people turn to medicinal pain relief. While this can ease the pain, it does not help to fix the muscles that are injured or overused.

To help you feel better without taking medication, you should consider purchasing a Teeter inversion table. These machines work by stretching your body, allowing it to heal itself.

Teeter carries a full line of these devices, including Teeter hang ups inversion table, Teeter F5000 inversion table, and  Teeter f9000
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Pregnancy and Cancer Dominate Online Searches

by TK April 13th, 2008 | Health News
According to comScore, in the month of February 2008, the terms "pregnancy" and "cancer" were the dominate health terms that were searched for in search engines.

"Pregnancy" was searched 8.8 million times (with many looking for early signs of pregnancy), and "cancer" was typed in 7.7 million times.
Most Commonly Searched Health Conditions
February 2008
Source: comScore, Inc.

Pregnancy --- 8,841,000 searches

Cancer --- 7,718,000 searches

Flu --- 1,824,000 searches

Depression
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Drink Milk – Prevent Osteoporosis

by MPK April 5th, 2008 | Aging, Nutrition, Women's Health

When most women think of milk, they think of those small cartons served with school lunches or the milk they may pour over their morning cereal. Too often considered a beverage for children, milk can be vital for women’s health and the prevention of osteoporosis, the most common metabolic bone disease in the United States. What osteoporosis means is that with age, bones can become more fragile and easier to break. Twenty-eight million adults have osteoporosis in the US today, and women are four times more likely to suffer

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