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Doctor holding X-ray for health bones, not osteoporosis

Healthy Bones

Osteoporosis is a clinical condition which is characterized by a high susceptibility to bone fracture. It is due to excessive bone loss and decreased bone density. The "disease" occurs most commonly in post-menopausal women because of reduced levels...

Home Safety - Kid With Hurt Knee

Home Safety

Accidents are the leading cause of injury and death among children ages one to fourteen years. It makes sense to do everything you can to childproof your home against accidents. You may have thought of many of the suggestions contained in this...

Woman eating fruits and herbs for improved health

Herbal Programs for Women’s Health

Herbal and nutritional supplements have long been used traditionally in treating and enhancing women's health according to Janet Zand, OMD, L.Ac. Zand shows how premenstrual syndrome, menopause, and other difficulties can respond favorably to...

Motivated man running - Emotional Talent

Emotional Talent

We may understand the journey; we may even have a sound vehicle; but on any journey—whether through athletics or in daily life we need sufficient emotional fuel to get moving. Different from physical-vital energy, emotional energy creates the...

Diagram of the Endocrine System

Aromatherapy for the Glandular System

In his book The Holistic Herbal, David Hoffmann states: "It is in the complexities of our inner control systems that mind meets body most closely. If consciousness is seen as a faculty of the brain, then the partnership of nervous system and...

Healthy Aging Woman

The Five Myths of Aging

If you were an alien visiting our planet, you might think Earthlings never age. Even as awareness about aging rises, most major magazines and television stations still fail to display vital, older people. Medical journals, on the other hand, harp on...

Herbs and Natural Medicine for Stress on a Table

Herbal Programs for Stress

Stress seems to be an unavoidable part of life. Some people handle it well and others are more negatively influenced by it. Many react to stress in their lives with a myriad of nervous system complaints: insomnia, restlessness, nervousness, and a...

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