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What’s for breakfast? The selection is huge. The menu can include such items as waffles, pancakes, omelets, bagels, fruit bars, power bars, protein shakes, a piece of fruit, sausages, or cold cereal. With all this to choose from, which items will best fuel the brain of your growing child or an aging adult? You guessed [...]

Tags: best breakfast, breakfast, diabetes prevention, food, heal your heart, health benefits of grains, healthy eating, whole grains

One of the keys to being a healthy vegetarian/vegan or raw-fooder is correct information.  According to this story reported (here) many young vegetarians may have problems from binge eating. Here is a definition of binge eating (more here): * Frequent episodes of eating what others would consider an abnormally large amount of food. * Frequent [...]

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The article below outlines some of the challenges that are thrust on a child when a parent is sad or depressed. Homeopathic care (with a qualified homeopath) can offer solutions to those seeking an alternative to allopathic care. Homeopathy is of help for the entire family and as the article below suggests, health services must [...]

Tags: healing depression, how sadness effects children, sadness

It is estimated that asthma and other allergic diseases affect 20% of the world’s population. The number of sufferers in the United States exceeds 15 million. In the last 20 years, the number of asthma hospitalizations has increased by 50%. In the past ten years the number of asthma death cases has doubled! Dr. Ilan [...]

Tags: causes of allergies, healing asthma

Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, which can damage a woman’s reproductive organs. Even though symptoms of chlamydia are usually mild or absent, serious complications that cause irreversible damage, including infertility, can occur “silently” before a woman ever recognizes a problem. Chlamydia also can cause discharge from [...]

Tags: chlamydia, ovarian cancer, sexual health, std's

American children are three times more likely to be prescribed psychotropic medications for conditions such as ADHD and bipolar disease than European children are, a new study finds. Differences in regulatory practices and cultural beliefs about the benefit of medication for emotional and behavioral problems may explain this dramatic difference, the U.S. researchers added. “There [...]

Tags: ADD, ADHD, children mental health, Prozac, psychotropic medications children, ritalin, stimulants

Apparently the experts are at odds with one another, but have come to some agreement regarding assessing the risk of future heart problems developing in children who take stimulant drugs. Pediatricians don’t consider it necessary for heart screenings for children prescribed stimulant drugs. The American Heart Association initially recommended heart screening for children taking stimulant [...]

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Meditation is an ancient practice which all spiritual paths promote.  The art of quieting the mind produces many benefits for the practitioner.  Improved concentration is one. Modern research is again catching up with an ancient truth, read on… Penn researchers demonstrate improved attention with mindfulness training Philadelphia — Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say [...]

Tags: attention, benefits of meditation, concentration, meditation research, reduce anxiety, reduce stress, why meditate

Centers for Disease Control Gardasil reporting, here A Homeopathic Perspective, here Gardasil Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine On June 8, 2006, the FDA licensed Gardasil®, the first vaccine developed to prevent cervical cancer caused by certain kinds of human papillomavirus (HPV). Since then, more than 12 million doses of Gardasil vaccine have been distributed. In 2006, [...]

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As if it is not hard enough in itself going through a deep sadness, for those who take anti-depressant medication another risk is surfacing, brittle bones. This is a rather serious problem. In the model of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) the kidneys are the rulers of the bones. The kidneys are involved in water metabolism, [...]

Tags: bone health, bone loss, osteoporosis, problems with antidepressants, Prozac, sadness