Posted December 29, 2017
We can all use a little “reboot” every once in awhile – and so can our organs. While there are many ways to detox your body naturally, these tips will help you get started if you’re not sure where to begin. They are easy, fast, and powerful ways to give a little love to your organs of detoxification. These are the important organs and systems that are responsible for moving toxins out of your body on a daily basis. Read more.
Archives for December 2017
Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertising
Posted December 29, 2017
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) drug advertising, which began in 1997, has done a lot more than make Pharma arguably the most profitable industry in the world and a Wall Street success story. It has greatly increased the number of prescription drugs that Americans take. In 1992, five years before DTC advertising began, Americans took an average of seven prescription drugs a year. A mere 15 years later that number had nearly doubled to 12 per year. Read more.
10 Ways to Recycle Christmas Trees
Posted December 29, 2017
In the late 1800s, when decorating a tree for the holidays became popular, evergreens were bedecked with such Earth-friendly decorations as strings of popcorn, gilded nuts and luminous candles. Today, millions of people carry on this tradition by bringing Christmas trees into their homes, adding an element of splendor and festivity to their own celebrations — but also an element of waste. Read more.
10 Healing Benefits of Ginger
Posted December 29, 2017
Ginger is an ancient wonder spice and is given the status of a “natural medicine chest” in ancient Ayurvedic medicine. That’s because this wonder spice has time-tested, digestion-friendly properties, in addition to its numerous other health benefits. Read more.
Homeopathy is About to be Regulated Out of Existence, but Science Just Got in the Way
Posted December 29, 2017
Just when health authorities on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are activating plans to regulate homeopathic remedies and essentially make them drugs by having to prove their effectiveness, developing science says homeopathy may not operate solely by inducing a placebo effect. In what appear to be concerted efforts, both the U.S. Food & Drug Administration and the National Health Service in Great Britain are coming down hard on homeopathic remedies, enough to scare consumers completely away from what homeopaths have safely offered the public for decades. Read more.
How to Put Coconut Oil in Your Hair to Stop it from Going Gray, Thinning or Falling Out
Posted December 29, 2017
Coconut oil is very popular and frequently preferred as hair oil worldwide like this renewing hair serum by Niucoco. Before you start using this oil for its many beneficial, functions, perhaps you should find out what makes it so special, and why millions of people choose to use it. Read more.
The Vitamin Supplement Can Help to Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis, New Study Shows
Posted December 29, 2017
Vitamin D is considered an essential part of healthy living. From reducing the risk of asthma attacks, treating sunburns and even lessening the symptoms of depression, Vitamin D is frequently supported by medical experts for its many benefits. Read more.
How to Stay Healthy While Traveling
Posted December 29, 2017
Traveling can take a toll on the body physically, mentally and emotionally. While travel often involves excitement and anticipation, the experience can also trigger anxiety, stress and fear. Traveling disrupts our natural circadian rhythm while low oxygen levels, humidity and sudden changes of pressure all have varying levels of negative side effects. Luckily there are several ways you can minimize and combat the effects of flying and travel. Read more.
People Finally Noticing Insect Collapse
Posted December 29, 2017
There’s been anecdotal evidence creeping up on us for several years now. Drives out in the country or long freeway trips no longer covered the car with smashed insect guts. No more moths in the headlight beams. Of course, you have to be “of a certain age” to remember a time before the New Normal. Otherwise, the insect collapse would be invisible. If you never knew the experience of having to wash your windshield to get the bugs off every time you stopped for gas, you could be excused for not missing them. Even the gas stations, more often than not, seem to have empty reservoirs and missing squeegees these days. Read more.
Nearly Dying in Childbirth: Why Preventable Complications Are Growing in U.S.
Posted December 29, 2017
Leah Bahrencu’s kidneys and liver shut down. Samantha Blackwell spent a month in a coma. Cindel Pena suffered heart failure. Heather Lavender lost her uterus. Every year in the U.S., nearly 4 million women give birth, the vast majority without anything going amiss for themselves or their babies. But more than 135 expectant and new mothers a day — or roughly 50,000 a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — endure dangerous and even life-threatening complications that often leave them wounded, weakened, traumatized, financially devastated, unable to bear more children, or searching in vain for answers about what went wrong. Read more.