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Why Is My Child Coughing? Part 2
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Many infants will have an RSV infection in the first year of life. But only about 1 percent of infants with RSV infections actually are hospitalized, and those are usually infants in the first 3 to 6 months of life, and usually because they need oxygen, IV fluids or other treatments available only in hospitals. [...]
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Why Is My Child Coughing? Part 1
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Cough is one of the most common reasons for a child to see a doctor, especially during the winter months. Coughing is part and parcel of just about every winter (and other season) “cold” or respiratory illness, of course, and it is often associated with fever and other signs of illness. But cough is also [...]
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Green Tea. Can It Help Prevent Cancer. Part 2
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
Another study reviewed the combined results from a variety of population studies of tea-drinkers, looking at the rates of stomach, colon, and lung cancer as well as cancer overall. Green tea showed some evidence of a protective effect against colon cancer, but none against stomach cancer or the total risk of cancer.
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Green Tea. Can It Help Prevent Cancer. Part 1
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
Tea—at least green tea—might be more than a soothing hot drink. Both black and green tea are made from the same plant, Camellia sinensis, which has been cultivated in China for centuries. The key difference is in their preparation.
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Triple Screen Test in Pregnancy
Saturday, April 28th, 2012
The triple screen is one of the tests commonly recommended in the second trimester of pregnancy. It is a measurement of certain substances in the mother’s blood that are important indicators of the health of the fetus.
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Pain Relievers Aspirin
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Common brand names for aspirin are Bayer, Bufferin and Anacin. Most chain pharmacies have their own labels of aspirin. These and other aspirin products are effective for relief of mild to moderate pain, such as headaches, toothaches, backaches and muscle aches.
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Berberis, Rhododendron, Convallaria. Part 3
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
A dream that one falls from great height, may be a warning for one dreamer as to his foolhardy character, with another, who thiQnks himself courageous, it may be a reminder as to his true hidden fears, in a third case it may point to habitual carelessness. For yet another dreamer this motif may point [...]
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Berberis, Rhododendron, Convallaria. Part 2
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
Here is an excerpt of the foreword, written by none other than Edward C. Whitmont, MD, the well known homeopath and Jungian psychologist, who also collaborated with the authors on one of the provings (Convallaria):
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Berberis, Rhododendron, Convallaria. Part 1
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
We all know that remedy provings constitute the main source of our Materia Medica’s body of knowledge. Looking back in history, it is not surprising, that a particularly active period concerning provings was during Hahnemann’s lifetime. From this period we have a large number of rich and multi-faceted remedy information, which has passed the test [...]
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Second Hand Smoke Is No Hoax
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency first published its 1993 report on the health effects of passive smoking, “Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking: Lung Cancer and Other Disorders,” the tobacco companies unleashed a campaign to minimize the report’s credibility. The campaign was very successful because, even today, many people doubt the EPA findings. But [...]