tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104619192009-05-20T08:08:38.370-07:00Natures bounty and common sense can work wonders.sharonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01839566058583097884noreply@blogger.comBlogger229125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10461919.post-39099910932833019472009-05-20T07:52:00.000-07:002009-05-20T08:08:04.352-07:00

Just the Facts on the FluDuring the flu epidemic of 2003-04 about 36,000 people died. Most of the deaths were in the older than 65 age group, but some were in the 50-65 range and 143 children were in the reported statistics. What is important to note is that the number of deaths and hospitalizations were not significantly more than in previous epidemics. In fact - an epidemic of flu occurs

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Why must we fight about this. Alternative therapies can go hand in hand with the modern medical world. They can complement each other, they can enhance the benefits of each.Your job, right now today, is to get and maintain the healthiest body possible. If at some time in the future you have a problem, see a medical professional. Find one that believes in both therapies and work with that

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As usual it has been an interesting week at my house. Monday was the ER with my daughter and a severe gall bladder attack. They contemplated taking the gall bladder that day but decided not to as it was her first really painful attack. Her surgical consult is not until May 18, first available day but should she have another similar attack they would take it then. Finals at her college are

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It is one thing to read about the Swine Flu in other parts of the country or other countries. It is quite another to have it affect schools and towns right in your own backyard.It was officially announced on the evening news that the Schertz, Cibolo, and Universal City schools would be closed this coming week due to concerns about Swine flu. There were 2 confirmed cases in the Schertz school

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If you are so afraid of mainstream medicine and your experiences with physicians has been so uncomfortable, you may ignore that area of expertise. I have been to doctors who totally misdiagnosed my condition. It is to say the least upsetting.But you have to remember that the members of the alternative medicine group can be just as inefficient. If it seems that the alternative practitioner is

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We all want to look younger, unless we are younger. Strange that people always want what they don't have. Instead of considering what wonderful things we have available today, we wish for tomorrow and some miracle to make "it" all better.I remember vividly watching a face lift video. Back then it was not called a video but was an educational film. Still gives me the shivers. The film also

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Reading an article about Medicare costs next year - or should I say the potential costs since nothing yet is set in stone.Seniors May Pay More for Medicare PlansSenior citizens may pay more for their health plans next year, as the Obama administration tightens terms for insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans and cuts payments to them, The Wall Street Journal health blog reports. Some 10.5

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I have been working on the website lately. Because it is almost Easter, I wanted to point you to an old article on Easter and Pets. Easter_Old_Pets_and_New_Pets.htmlIt would seem to be infection time, so thought these were worth sharing.Tips_on_Preventing_Infection.htmlRSV_and_How_to_Prevent_this_Disease.htmlProtect_Yourself_from_a_Pedicure_Spa_Infection.htmlBedbugs on the rise??? Is that

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What a month this has been. A very expensive month. The travel, the plumber and today the vacuum - motor started smoking.When you have 2 dogs and a cat a vacuum is an absolute necessity.We have certainly done our share to improve the economy.Here are five food safety tips from a Business Week article titled "The Truth About Food Expiration Dates."1) "Sell by" is generally a guide for grocers (

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I've been visiting relatives. We just got back from Hobbs, NM visiting my husband's parents. Two different houses so we had to shift back and forth for visits and sleeping on air mattresses. Both parents are not in good health but his dad is really getting bad. We went specifically for his 77th birthday.It is so hard to see your parents failing health. It is even more difficult trying to

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Please share this with everyone your know. It is that important. You must know the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest. The wrong emergency treatment while you are waiting for the professional could kill. HeartAttackCardiacArrest.htmlOh boy am I excited?? I received an email this morning from the FBI and Homeland Security confirming that the 7 million dollars in the Nigerian

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There was some interesting reading in my email today. It started with the peanut butter recall and a condemnation of the health inspectors and went on to honey.We all know to eat local honey. It helps with allergies. I have been using local honey for years but will buy honey on trips from local road side vendors. I love the different tastes.Now is appears that a big percentage of the honey you

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Oh what a beautiful dayMonday, gray dreary misty. Yuck.How wonderful -- another day. Another day to try to improve, another day to spend with my friends and family. Another day to enjoy. Wonderful swirling mist with the bare winter trees peaking out. So serene. Moisture to easy my dry winter skin. Moisture after a month of none. Even the birds are quiet barely speaking to the day. My

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Do you know why you take that supplement? Yes, the one in your hand right now. Or is it just that you have taken it for so long that it is just part of your routine?Do you take a Lecithin supplement? You can take it in capsule form or sprinkle granules on cereals or soups. You get some naturally as part of your brewer's yeast, whole grains, legumes, fish and wheat germ.Can you take too much? I

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You are tired and just want to sleep. Morning is going to come early. You should have gone to bed an hour ago but the end of the show or game was too interesting. You can't sleep late so you will just have to suck it up.We have all been there and survived. In fact when we were young, that was the norm. Even if we had know that sleep would have an affect on our health when we were older --

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What is your Bright Shiny Goal? Is it better health, more money, a new job, a new mate, surviving the next operation or cancer treatment, or maybe to smile and laugh a little more.What, you thought I was gone never to return. No such luck. I'm still here with my own particular take on life. I took an extended vacation in my own little world with lots of family and holidays. I worked only on my

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Just read about an interesting study of asthma. It indicated that children born in the fall tend to have asthma more than children born any other time of year. OK. I have one child born in April suffers from allergies and one born the end of August and she suffers from asthma - not enough to slow her down much. But as she gets older she has more lung infections pneumonia and bronchitis. She

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I have heard a lot of reasons not to take a walk. They are reasonable reasons but not insurmountable reason. Once you apply a little out of the box thinking, they turn from reasons to excuses.Reason 1. I might have to go to the bathroom and with no bathroom readily available, I would have an accident.Valid -- Do you have a potty problem? It could be either bowel or bladder -- makes no

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It is big news in the medical world - doctors admit to prescribing placebos for some patients and those patients are not happy.That seems to me that those people were unhappy because they were not sick in body. For whatever reason they felt the need to be sick.On the other hand, what if they really were sick. Some doctors still scorn fibromyalgia in favor of hypochondria.In this world of too

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The dictionary defines philosophy as1. The inquiry into the most comprehensive principles of reality in general. or of some limited sector of it such as human knowledge or human values.2. The love of wisdom, and the search for it.3. A philosophical system: also, a treatise on such a system.4. The general laws that furnish the rational explanation of anything: the philosophy of banking.5.

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Guess what, there are only 63 days until Christmas. And that means --- dry winter skin is on the way.In fact, dry winter skin has already started even if you can't see it yet. Temperatures are dropping and humidity is dropping and that means your skin is already getting dry. Now is the time to get started on the habit of lotion. Every time you put your hands in water and then dry them - put on

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I was grocery shopping the other day and saw an elderly lady in a motorized shopping cart. She had on an oxygen tank and her hands and fingers were twisted with arthritis. There is an assisted living home near this store and it provides a bus to the store twice a week.Her small cart had a case of coke, cookies and shampoo. My first thought was that the coke was the worst thing she could do for

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If you are a fan of western movies you know that phrase. If not you may be under the impression that anything labeled good is actually good without any reservations.I was just sort of watching TV yesterday, you know when you are doing housework and stuff and the TV is on. A commercial caught my eye. Two teenage brothers are sitting at the breakfast table and the younger (nerd) is eating cereal.

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We have talked about sorting your supplements and prescriptions into groups with and without food, once a day and multiple times a day. You now have all those bottles sitting in their own little box marked with or without food. Or maybe you have several boxes - with or without food, morning or multiple times a day.May I suggest a simple system to easily identify what is which. It is a color

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Just because "it" is natural doesn't mean "it" can't kill or cripple you. Homeopathic remedies work because they are strong medicines that impact the body. Problems can occur when natural remedies are combined without consideration for the interaction of all those individual herbs. Most everyone already knows that you must be careful when combining a prescription drug and an over-the-counter

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