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An article recently posted in Time Magazine has me a bit bent out of shape. It's titled, "Why Those Agonizing Hot Flashes May Not Be All Bad". It tells women having hot flashes is not a bad thing because it's going to reduce their risk for breast cancer. Yet, if you take a look at the study, that is not what it says. The researchers were examining associations between menopausal symptoms and risks of different types of breast cancer among postmenopausal women. That's not the only part Time misrepresented. The researchers even stressed that the implications of their findings, are far from certain. This is the first study to look at this, said the senior author, Dr. Christopher Li of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. We tried to do the best we could. We want to see a replication of the results to see if they hold up before we can make any strong inferences. Oops. the Time article failed to mention that! When you are looking for a menopause trea...

Our medicine has survived 2000 years. Beginning with Chinese herbs and expanding into points on the body connected to pathways we call meridians, or highways, Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine has a rich past of healing mankind. This short video gives you a little insight as to what Acupuncture can treat.

We can create better nutrition through science, right? We can isolate green tea extract and mix it into our processed cereal to create a heart healthy product, right? We can remove the curcuminoids from curcumin (which originates in herbs like turmeric) and add it to a chocolate bar to help reduce cholesterol, right? Through chemistry we can isolate every health polysaccarides, saponin, polyphenol and trace mineral and put them into a drink, a food bar or any other new product formulation and call it a "natural product", right? Technically speaking the answers to the above questions are yes. But are we missing the forest from the trees. We have no long term historical use that eating chemically extracted and combined super foods is actually good for the human body. Scientists/product developers are continually trying to improve upon nature for new natural product formulations for sleep, energy, hot flashes, well being, or you fill in the blank. But maybe, just maybe, our bo...

We can create better nutrition through science, right? We can isolate green tea extract and mix it into our processed cereal to create a heart healthy product, right? We can remove the curcuminoids from curcumin (which originates in the spice turmeric) and add it to a chocolate bar to help reduce cholesterol, right? Through chemistry we can isolate every health polysaccarides, saponin, polyphenol and trace mineral and put them into a drink, a food bar or any other new product formulation and call it a "natural product", right? Technically speaking the answers to the above questions are yes. But often we can't see the forest from the trees. We have no long term historical use that eating chemically extracted and combined super foods is actually good for the human body. Scientists/product developers are continually trying to improve upon nature for new natural product formulations for sleep, energy, hot flashes, wellbeing, or you fill in the blank. But maybe, just maybe, ...

Three weeks into the new year and you've got it figured out right? I'm talking about your weight loss diet plan of course!! Judging by the calls and emails, lots of folks are looking for that proverbial Chinese herb or herbal remedy that will help them lose weight. No matter how many million of weight lose web sites and diet plans you read , this simple fact remains. What's eating you, is much more important, than what you're eating. Since your body is a mirror of all your thoughts, your diet starts in your head. When you feed your body the wisdom of self love and self respect, you will never eat anything that doesn't match that intention. Simple as that. What I find ironic is that all fad diets from Weight Watchers, to Jenny Craig to Atkins spend so much time focusing on what you eat, they often miss out on focusing on what's eating you? How much food do you consume mindlessly? All the contestants on the Biggest Loser when asked why they gained so much weight,...

To increase fertility naturally, in terms of philosophy from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), both men and women should take the responsibility instead of blaming either side. This makes sense as many couples would become anxious and moody once they really wanted a baby but just failed though trying to get pregnant for so many times. Mental state can directly affect the chances of getting pregnant. So, as for increasing fertility naturally, the couples need to take the right way to regulate the imbalance of their bodies and state of minds as well, especially in those cases of unexplained infertility. General principles on how to increase fertility naturally When it comes to how to increase fertility naturally, kidney is the most mentioned visceral organ in TCM. It is no exaggeration to say that, to some extent, it always comes down to tonifying kidney no matter it is to increase male fertility or increase female fertility. Traditionally, as for specific assisted reproductive practic...

If you've been suffering with PMS and menstrual cramps adding a 1 gram capsule of mixed essential fatty acids to your daily diet could help reduce your symptoms say's a group of researcher in Brazil. This is not the first research to link PMS and essential fatty acid (EFA) intake. Since our bodies can only produce fatty acids, (long chain molecules) from the foods we eat, when our diets are deficient than our bodies will also be deficient. Eating eggs, nuts, vegetables and fish daily should help a body produce enough. If not, a dietary supplement of flax oil or fish oils containing omega 3 and omega 6's are a very good way to supplement your EFA production. Essential fatty acids are well known for stabilizing the mood, reducing inflammation and pain, and aiding in the regulation of estrogen and progesteron. The researchers of this study do not make any recommendation about whether women should increase their intake of essential fatty acids or, instead they just say consult...

I just finished reading the most interesting article called Bamboo as MedicineBy Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Traditional Medicine, Portland, Oregon. Asia has over 300 specie of bamboo (Also known as Zhu Ru) and many different parts of the plants are used in Chinese Medicine. The leaves are used for fevers, the inside whitish-greenish middle is used for convulsions and vomiting. Dried sap from the joints of bamboo are used for fevers and coughs with phlegm and even epilepsy.The stem of small bamboo are used in Japan for urinary retention and blood in the urine. Bamboo leaves can also be made into a beer. (I'm not sure thats medicinal or not.) Most importantly bamboo contains known antioxidants. This article has excellent comparisons and characteristics on functions of different bamboo species, something I never learned in school. There are several species which are specifically for phlegm misting the brain, a term we generally use when referring to someone ...

I just finished reading the most interesting article called Bamboo as MedicineBy Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Traditional Medicine, Portland, Oregon. It's a must read for Acupuncturists and Herbalists. Asia has over 300 specie of bamboo (Zhu Ru) and many different parts of the plants are used in Chinese Medicine. The leaves are used for fevers, the inside whitish-greenish middle is used for convulsions and vomiting. Dried sap from the joints of bamboo are used for fevers and coughs with phlegm and even epilepsy.The stem of small bamboo are used in Japan for urinary retention and blood in the urine. Bamboo leaves can also be made into a beer. (I'm not sure thats medicinal or not.) This article has excellent comparisons and characteristics on functions of different bamboo species, something I never learned in school. There are several species which are specifically for phlegm misting the brain, a term we generally use when referring to someone who would b...

If you are eating a raw food diet, should you be drinking cooked Chinese herbs? This question seems to come up more often as more people are becoming raw foodies? My answer is always the same, yes, you should use cooked herbs rather than raw. (All our products have been cooked, or extracted.) Here's why. Many of the herbs used in Traditional Chinese medicine are roots which tend to be very fibrous. Humans don't necessarily have the enzymes to break down all this fiber. When the herbs are cooked, the medicinal value can be extracted from them and easily absorbed without eating all the fibrous materials. Even though plants do have a enzymes, they are preserved when cooked at a low temperature. One fairly common enzyme in plants called protease, it often begins a chain of reactions for breaking down proteins. The best known plant protease is papain, from the latex of the papaya tree, Carica papaya, is used commercially in the manufacture of meat tenderizers. I thought this was a ...

If you ever read about numerology today's date, 1.11.11 is a date which points to new beginnings all around. My new beginning is to get a bit more exercise. Yes, I know.. we've all said this one before. Good news though, if you workout and are feeling a bit to sore, ginger can help you feel less pain. According to a study recently published in the Journal of Pain, people who exercised and took a 2 gram ginger supplement (about 4 capsules) had 25% less pain than those who took a placebo. If you're not into popping the ginger pills, you could also add a little fresh ginger to your diet. Ginger root has been used in Chinese medicine for several thousand years. It's warming properties are quite famous and it's very good nausea, altitude sickness and overall good digestive health and great if you get a cough or cold with mucus. Below is a great winter soup recipe which includes ginger! It's delicious, warming and super easy to make. Whatever and whenever you choose n...

Orthopaedics: Plastic surgery A newly developed material should make it easier to mend broken bones Orthopaedics Dec 29th 2010 | from PRINT EDITION Tweet A message of hope MUCH of modern medicine is high-tech wizardry. Broken bones, however, are still dealt with in a clumsy, old-fashioned way that frequently involves screws, nails and pins. Even the simplest operation can result in infections and incomplete healing if those devices are not placed as they should be. In dramatic circumstances—for instance on a battlefield, where surgeons cannot use X-ray machines and there is no proper operating theatre—the need for so many bits and bobs can make effective surgery impossible. Thousands of soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, for example, have had limbs amputated after injuries that could have been treated at any hospital. It was with them in mind that DARPA, the research-funding agency of America’s Department of Defence, approached a group of scientists at the University of Texas, ...

Watch Video Play Video An unusual study by scientists in Singapore is trying to establish how the influenza virus is transmitted through the air. Using a special mirror and a high-speed camera, the scientists are recording the coughs and sneezes of volunteers to see how far air-flows - and the germs they carry - can travel. This man is putting pepper up his nose. Why? So he can sneeze. He's a volunteer in a study being conducted by scientists in Singapore who want to establish how influenza viruses are transmitted through the air. Key to their experiments are a specialized mirror and a high-speed camera, which together can record density variations in gases...ideal for watching a sneeze in action. Virologist, Dr Julian Tang, says the experiments could lead to new information to help doctors deal more effectively with viral outbreaks like the swine flu pandemic of 2009. Dr. Julian Tang, Singapore's National University Hospital, said, "Because during SARS and H5N1 and H1N1 p...

If you ever read about numerology today's date, 1.11.11 is a date which points to new beginnings all around. My new beginning is to get a bit more exercise. Yes, I know.. we've all said this one before. Good news though, if you workout and are feeling a bit to sore, ginger can help you feel less pain. According to a study recently published in the Journal of Pain, people who exercised and took a 2 gram ginger supplement (about 4 capsules) had 25% less pain than those who took a placebo. If you're not into popping the ginger pills, you could also add a little fresh ginger to your diet. Ginger root has been used in Chinese medicine for several thousand years. It's warming properties are quite famous and it's very good nausea, altitude sickness and overall good digestive health and great if you get a cough or cold with mucus. Below is a great winter soup recipe which includes ginger! It's delicious, warming and super easy to make. Whatever and whenever you choose n...

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There's a good website devoted to women over fifty called faboverfifty.com. It's a place for women to share ideas upon health, fashion, their becoming opposite bodies as good as good all a facts of life. Recently they hold a small contest. They longed for answers from their readers upon this question: "What do we do when you're having trouble descending defunct at night? Here's a winning post(there were about one hundred opposite answers, most desperately wanting a good nights sleep.) "When we can't nap it's regularly since we have toooo much in my head. we know we should stop operative before perplexing to sleep. But when we don't a small lavender necessary oil drops upon my sham as good as at a back of my ears starts a unreal process. If we arise up with my conduct buzzing with ideas, deadlines, projects etc. then we visualize. Each suspicion in my conduct is released upon a kite fibre as we sit upon my a one preferred beach in Hawaii watching a ...

As a single of a most renouned posts of 2011, we feel a need to stress this subject as well as have been therefore re-visiting this subject. Breast Cancer awareness should not be limited to a month of October. Pink ribbons have been a consistent sign which breast cancer is a single in every 8 lady at someday during their life. This is a horribly high statistic as well as it's clear from research finished by BreastCancerFund.org which a challenges lady face to stay full of health have been many. Our food, water as well as lifestyles have been fraught with chemicals as well as this bombardment wreaks havoc upon our immune as well as endocrine systems. The overkill of estrogen mimicking chemicals in our modern world causes estrogen dominance which perpetuates in to hormone imbalances as well as eventually malignant cells. (Check out our Breast Health Tea.) This article, written by a guest blogger, originated in a NY Times Science section, as well as shows which vital a full of health ...