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Health Tips: The Mindful Mother
September 1st, 2012Thanks to raging hormones, expecting mothers often experience an array of unpleasant emotions during pregnancy. In fact, one in five women go through major depression during these nine months, and many don’t like the idea of taking antidepressants out of concern for the safety of their baby.
Mindfulness yoga is here to save the day!
Health Tips: Herbal Tea Could Help Fight Breast Cancer
September 1st, 2012An herbal tea that contains the plant, Fagonia cretica, which is also known as Virgon’s Mantlem, has been traditionally used to treat women in rural Pakistan who have breast cancer. Up until now, this treatment has been regarded as something of a folklore remedy.
All-Natural Weapon in the War Against Ovarian Cancer
September 1st, 2012A study published in the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer shows that fermented wheat germ extract (FWGE) is effective in killing a wide range of ovarian cancer cells while simultaneously enhancing the cancer-fighting qualities of certain chemotherapy treatments.
Condition Spotlight: Combat UTIs Naturally
September 1st, 2012Current data estimates that over 450,000 women in the United States suffer from urinary-tract infections (UTIs). In the US alone, over seven million doctor’s office visits are made per year as a result of UTIs. Despite the name of this disorder (urinary-tract infection), problems can occur anywhere within the urinary system.
Four remedies to keep you UTI-free
Vitamin D Shrinks Fibroid Tumors in Rats
May 1st, 2012Treatment with vitamin D reduced the size of uterine fibroids in laboratory rats predisposed to developing the benign tumors, reported researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Health News: Probiotics and Calcium Build Bone Density
May 1st, 2012It turns out the calcium we consume through milk and supplements is not always absorbed or used to build bone. In fact, without a healthy probiotic population in the gut and the presence of other bone-building cofactors like vitamins D and K2, magnesium, zinc, and essential fatty acids, calcium can pass right through undigested.
Health News: NIH Study Shows Caffeine Consumption Linked to Estrogen Changes
May 1st, 2012Asian women who consumed an average of 200 mg or more of caffeine a day—the equivalent of roughly two cups of coffee—had elevated estrogen levels when compared to women who consumed less, according to a study of reproductive age women by researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
Fix Your Achy Breaky Heart
February 1st, 2012The key to heart disease prevention lies in knowing its causes, your risks for developing it, then doing all you can to reduce those risks. These same steps that reduce heart disease risk also demonstrate success in reversing it—often completely. Yet for many Americans, heart disease seems to take them by surprise.
Ways to care for your heart in order to prevent, and treat, heart disease.
