Where you give birth to your baby can be as important as who your care provider is and what kind of support system you have during labor and delivery. Being in an environment where you feel comfortable, whether that be a hospital with emergency equipment nearby or a more intimate, home-like atmosphere, can significantly affect your birth experience.
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Alternative Medicine, Post 7
So where does that leave us today? The mind-set of the population surveyed was that they felt they could not tell their medical doctor that they used natural supplements or care, and also felt they could not tell their natural health practitioner about the medications they took. They were afraid. People are starting to return to nature, and to begin taking responsibility of their own health needs. Read more »
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Hair Loss in Women. Part 3
Sawaya was an investigator in a recently completed study about minoxidil’s effects on hair loss in women. “I was very impressed with the results,” she said. By next year, she hopes the 5 percent minoxidil solution, which is now marketed as Rogaine Extra Strength, will be approved for women, too.
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Hair Loss in Women. Part 2
What should you do if you are one of the approximately 20 million women experiencing hair loss?
Major treatment options currently available include:
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Hair Loss in Women. Part 1
For the past seven years, Kathleen Brannon, 50, of Reno, Nev., has been one frustrated and bewildered woman. Her hair was falling out and she didn’t know why it was happening. Or how she could stop it.
As an artist, it wasn’t likely that Brannon would have all the answers. However, her problem was that the medical professionals she consulted didn’t, either. “I went to countless doctors, only to be humiliated and told ‘not to stress’ about it,” she said.
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Alternative Medicine, Post 6
There is a new awakening to the use of natural care again. People are slowly turning back to nature for their health needs. Natural care for health is being called “Alternative Medicine.” The implication here is that natural medicines are a replacement to “either-or” situation. Another word used for natural treatments is “Unconventional” with medical treatments being “Conventional”. Read more »
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Alternative Medicine, Post 5
The Healing Arts of Today
The Merck Manual is a quick guide to physicians to help determine a course of treatment. It has been used for over 100 years. The first Merck Manual was compiled in 1899, and was 192 pages. The most recently published Merck Manual was 2,655 pages, but it also included signs and symptoms of a disease and diagnostic methods. Many more illnesses were discovered over those 100 years. Read more »
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Cultivating Present Moment Awareness. Part 2
What I recognized almost immediately after settling in was that there are not many distractions in this community. No longer do I have to deal with grueling commutes on interstates, long lines at checkout counters and restaurants, and waiting lists for preschools. Read more »
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Cultivating Present Moment Awareness. Part 1
As I look out my office windows on this particularly bitter January day, I see an endless expanse of hardened snow. I realize that many would view this terrain as rock solid and frozen, yet I interpret it as transforming and fertile. In fact, I see this entire city as being spiritually ripe. Read more »
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Alternative Medicine, Post 4
With the advent of the first microscope somewhere between 1590 and 1600, science took on a whole new view of diseases. Now the focus shifted to the cells and the cause of disease on cells. People were no longer treated as a whole, but as a bunch of cells. Read more »
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