Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
The National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the US also outlaid $700000 to show that magnets are no help in treating arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome or migraines. The centre spent $390000 to find that old Indian herbal remedies …
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Today is Haiku Theme Day for bloggers who are participating in the 2012 Blogathon. My first thought was “haiku on an alternative medicine blog? Seriously?
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Elemental Therapies Health Spa Adds Doctor of Naturopathy for Alternative Medicine Treatments. Elemental Therapies, a leading health spa in Burlington, …
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This is the first in a new health series on the Minted blog aimed at giving you a better look at alternative medicine. Today's topic: massage therapy. Western …
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Medical innovation is a constantly advancing frontier with more effective pharmaceuticals being developed, more convenient delivery systems introduced and new medical devices that provide alternative therapies for chronic conditions.
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German lawmakers adopted a bill Friday aimed at increasing the number of organ donors by allowing health insurance companies to regularly inquire if their patients are willing to become potential donors.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cancer treatment can sometimes lead to infertility, but young women are less likely than young men to be informed of that risk, a new study suggests. Swedish researchers found that of nearly 500 cancer survivors ages 18 to 45, most men — 80 percent — said their doctor had told them their chemotherapy could affect their future fertility. But only 48 percent of women said the same, the team reports in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. What’s more, women were far less likely to have received information about options for preserving their fertility. …
The maker of Tide Pods will create a new double-latch lid to deter children from accessing and eating the brightly colored detergent packets, a company spokesman said Friday.
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The FBI says it is investigating “intentional” fires that erupted this week at two Atlanta-area women’s clinics, one of which performs abortions. “FBI-Atlanta is seeking information regarding intentional fires,” the agency said in a statement. It said the first of the blazes occurred on Sunday morning after someone broke out the front window of a gynecological office and set a fire inside the building. “An incendiary substance was present,” the FBI said in its statement. “Laboratory results are pending. …
(Reuters) – After at least one child was hospitalized for swallowing its prettily packaged detergent, Procter & Gamble Co said on Friday it will make Tide Pods more difficult to open. A double latch will be put on the lid of Tide Pods tubs and should be in markets in the next couple of weeks, P&G spokesman Paul Fox said on Friday. The American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) issued a warning last week that people should keep highly concentrated, single-dose packs of detergent high up and out of the reach of children. …
GENEVA (Reuters) – The world’s health ministers have agreed to try to cut premature deaths from chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and cancer by 25 percent by 2025, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday. Heart disease, diabetes, cancers and chronic respiratory illnesses are the biggest killer globally, according to the United Nations agency. They account for 36 million deaths a year, or 63 percent of all mortality, and one-quarter of premature deaths under the age of 60. …