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Botanical (Herbal) Medicine

Botanical (Herbal) Medicine

There are many great, and varied, uses for an herbal liquid tincture. Read on for more information.

...The tincture might also have herbs for balancing blood sugar, sleep, or anything else affecting the patient. In fact, these powerful herbs have become necessary in my practice when it comes to balancing sex hormones, and especially as women are transitioning through menopause...

Cell Phones Can Cause Cancer In Rats

Cell Phones Can Cause Cancer In Rats

A new study from the NIH shows a low incidence, but an incidence none the less, of tumor formation in rats due to exposure to cell phone radiation.

...Even with this information we are, yet again, at a stalemate as to the safety of cell phones since the study in question only shows low incidences of cancer in the rats. However, let’s not gloss over that it shows an incidence of cancer in rats...

New Sunscreen Guide From EWG

New Sunscreen Guide From EWG

Do you know what is actually "protecting" your skin from the sun? If not, then read on...

...but the ones that I do use I should make sure they are the safest by making sure these products are not going to contribute to/cause cancer, mess with my hormones, or even cause allergic reactions...

Mom's Voice And Baby's Memory

Mom's Voice And Baby's Memory

A new study shows that mom's voice can have a long lasting impact on a child's memory.

"...But surprisingly little is known about how the brain organizes itself around this very important sound source. We didn't realize that a mother's voice would have such quick access to so many different brain systems..."

Mindfulness Vs. Antidepressants

Mindfulness Vs. Antidepressants

A new study sheds light on the effectiveness of mindfulness when compared to antidepressants in treating patients with depression and anxiety disorders.

The study showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy helped patients as much as antidepressants without the harmful effects that the medications can have.

Children And Music

Children And Music

A new study shows signs that exposing children to the rhythm of music may have tangible benefits.

...Patterns help us all learn, and the change to patterns also forces us to focus and learn as a result of pattern perception. It seems as though music can help us enhance our children’s recognition of patterns...

New Dirty Dozen List From The EWG

New Dirty Dozen List From The EWG

The yearly update to the Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen lists is out.

...When buying food it would be great if we all could afford organic all of the time, but that is just not always possible...

Teenagers And Sleep

Teenagers And Sleep

A new study sheds light on what is keeping teenagers up at night.

...Keyes and her team have noticed that sleep patterns have not gotten any better, but they also have not gotten any worse with the rise in technology use...

BPA & BPS, The Same Thing?

BPA & BPS, The Same Thing?

It turns out that some BPA substitutes, in this case BPS, are similar in how they harm the body.

...They then exposed them to different concentrations of BPS over a 14 day period. As a control other preadipocytes were exposed to dexamethasone as it has a known rate of fat cell formation. What was seen is that even the smallest amount of BPS increased the accumulation of lipids...

Cause And Effect

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Cause And Effect

Person to person and cause and effect relationships can be similar.

...The cause and effect connection sometimes will come around showing us who we have affected, or how we have been changed, and other times it does neither...

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