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Don't Shower Yourself with Germs
by Nora Nichols
It's a daily ritual ... the hot shower, the cool shower, depending in your personal tastes and the time of year. It cleans you off. It warms you up -- or cools you down. Morning people use it to wake up. Evening people use it to relax. It's one of the most person and kindest bits of self-care you can do for your body and your spirit.

The Pros and Cons of Caffeine
by Nora Nichols
Caffeine is a stimulant (which is why it helps with alertness and stamina) and in many ways acts as a drug. Use it with caution and common sense.

Treatments and Therapies
To Manage Sickle Cell Disease
by Tom Tate
There is no viable, widely available cure for Sickle Cell Disease. It is a chronic, lifelong condition. But there are ways to help prevent and treat its symptoms and complications.

The Aging Need Extra Love
and Social Connection, Too!
by Nora Nichols
Elderly people who maintain an active social life may be giving themselves some of the best therapy available when it comes to keeping their minds sharp and functioning well.

Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
And Be a Cautionary Tale for Those
with Brains Enough to Get the Message
by Nora Nichols
You just have to remember the headlines and the history. Now a new study from England confirms the obvious (as they seem to do so well.) Pop rock stars are more than twice as likely to die young relative to the general population.

Here's to Your Health
Xerostomia / Whiter Teeth
by Tom Tate
It's called xerostomia. It means essentially "dry mouth." It's usually caused by medications, many of them over-the-counter health aids you take for other problems.

Here's to Your Health
Daydreaming / Knuckle-Cracking
by Tom Tate
Daydreaming isn't just a waste of time. And cracking your knuckles won't cause arthritis -- they think.

Anemia
One thing to consider when a healthy diet
and more sleep don't help you feel better
by Tom Tate
Anemia is a physical condition in which a body does not have ... or does not produce ... enough red blood cells to function properly.

When It Comes to Food, You Have Choices
A choice to remember you are what you eat!!
by Tom Tate
The search for the one-perfect-diet continues ... and its elusiveness may prove what common sense has said is true all along.

Staying Abreast
Dispelling Myths About Breast Cancer
by Tom Tate
The Enchanted Sprite - Staying Abreast

The Top 7 Tips For Preventing a Heart Attack
by Syed Muzaffar Aqleem Tirmizi
Unfortunately, the incidence of heart attack and heart disease is on the rise. Many times, heart disease and heart attacks can be prevented -- even when heart disease is hereditary.

What Happens To Your Body When You Quit Smoking?
by Joan Yankowitz
What happens to your body when you quit smoking.

A Look at Alternative Medicine and Conventional Medicine
by Evelyn Lim
Alternative medicine and alternative therapies are therapeutic practices, which are currently not considered as an integral part of conventional medicine. Conventional medicine is the current mainstream medical system of diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Pistachios Are Good For Your Health
by Babak Vaziri
Pistachios are one of the oldest of all flowering nut trees. We humans have been consuming pistachios for thousands of years. The pistachio tree grows best in hot and dry climates and can be found growing in abundance in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.

The Concepts of Oriental Medicine
by Marion Heyeres
Eastern Medicine is viewing the body, mind and spirit as interacting systems. A balance between those systems results in a healthy body. There is more emphasis on maintaining health and prevent illnesses rather than attempting a cure according to the Western way, which is predominantly only a suppression of symptoms.

Discovering the Relationship Between Stress and Neck Pain, Back Pain, and Sciatica
by John Zajaros
Stress is associated with a myriad of symptoms and conditions to include neck pain, back pain, and sciatica. Stress is also responsible for many other disorders of the mind and the body.

Big Pharma
Marketing Itself Out of Business?
by Werner Knoepp
During the four year period between 1999 and 2003, thousands of Eli Lilly sales representatives converged on primary care physicians urging them to prescribe the Lilly drug Zyprexa for dementia. They bolstered this marketing effort with calls on nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

America's Pharmacist Gives the
Dumb Awards to Medicine For 2008
by Suzy Cohen
Sure some medications are useful, and very important, like painkillers, heart rhythm drugs, epilepsy drugs, anesthesia and medications used to prevent organ transplant rejection just to name a few. I confess however, that ridiculous stuff does happen in the health industry. So at this time, I'm offering you my First Ever Presentation of Dumb Awards.

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Fibromyalgia Natural Cures For Improved Health
by Carlyn McKinley
There are numerous fibromyalgia natural cures you can try to relieve many of the symptoms of this disease. The most common include lifestyle changes, adjustments to your diet, adding daily nutritional supplements and partaking in alternative therapies. To find out which ones might work best for you, let's take a closer look at these fibromyalgia natural cures.

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