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Latin American Tree Bark Improves Diabetes Markers: Extract Helps People with Type 2

Apr 28, 2017 11:47AM

Type 2 diabetics that ingested a dry extract of the bark of Hintonia latiflora, a tree grown in Mexico and South America, experienced a 25 percent reduction in fasting blood glucose levels, as well as improved cholesterol and liver markers.

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Heart-Based Leadership: Women Mobilize to Heal the World

Apr 28, 2017 11:47AM ● By Linda Sechrist

Around the globe, women are organizing to bring compassionate, collaborative and consensus-building solutions to critical social, economic and environmental problems.

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Chelation Cuts Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Removing Heavy Metals from Blood Improves Heart Health

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM

Heart-attack patients that underwent chelation therapy to remove heavy metals from their blood suffered fewer heart-disease events than a placebo group.

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Tai Chi Eases Chronic Neck Pain: Helps to Reduce Chronic Suffering

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM

In a Harvard Medical School study, patients with chronic neck pain that practiced tai chi won the same reduction in pain as those doing conventional neck exercises.

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Medical Massage: Targeted Therapy for Specific Ills

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM ● By Linda Sechrist

Seniors, cancer patients, athletes and babies each need specialized forms of therapeutic massage that take into account the unique aspects of their conditions.

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Mental Therapy is Part of an Overall Healthcare Regimen

Mar 01, 2017 03:37PM ● By Maria (Majet) Reyes

There should be no shame or stigma in seeking professional help when we are battling depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, self-harm, addiction or other issues due to ongoing relentless stress, overlooked life events, major life events, illness, loss of life, break-up/divorce, humiliating or disappointing experience or abuse.

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Eye Health Nutrients Also Aid the Brain: Double Benefit to Key Carotenoids

Feb 28, 2017 12:25PM

Older adults with higher levels of the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin nourishing their eyes also performed better on a cognitive test.

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Stress and Fatigue Abate with Combo Supplement: Nutrients to Help Reduce Anxiety and Tiredness

Feb 28, 2017 12:25PM

Stressed and fatigued individuals that took a supplement containing magnesium, probiotics, vitamins and minerals for 30 days saw sharp reductions in these symptoms.

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DHA Boosts Elder Brain Function: Improves Mild Cognitive Impairment

Feb 28, 2017 12:25PM

Researchers have discovered that regularly taking DHA improves brain function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment.

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Holistic Eye Care: Taking the Whole Body into Account

Feb 28, 2017 12:25PM ● By Linda Sechrist

How we eat and exercise, the environment we live in, our emotional and mental issues, and even our belief systems all affect how healthy our eyes are.

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