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When your doctor asks, "What Medications are you Taking," Do You Truly Know? © By Lena Sanchez What if you don't need heart medication and you are getting it anyway? How about blood pressure medication, maybe birth control? Think about the consequences! If you are drinking or bathing in tap water you may be getting prescriptions prescribed for someone else and you won't ever know it! The pharmacist isn't messing up nor your doctor, read on and see what prescriptions you are really taking! If ...
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The current health care crisis in the United States is the result of compound errors. The first, not understanding that what we call health care is not health care at all. It is actually a disease management system that treats symptoms and ignores causes, which remain unknown to the 20th Century medical establishment. In other words, medicine is not about health, it is about disease, or the absence of health. Most often, if disease is cured at all, and it usually is not, health is not a result ...
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The importance of clean and potable water can't be undermined in any way. We all know the importance of water and how essential it is for our survival. The fact that our earth comprises of 70% water is not enough to quench our thirsts as another fact that only a little portion of this huge percentage is actually fit for consumption. Availability of clean drinking water has become a luxury that not all of us are available to enjoy. The conventional source of drinking water has been tap water. ...
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Why Are So Many Children Getting Asthma? By Deborah Mumm Go to any grade school or high school sporting event! Take a peek at the sideline bench and note how many inhalers you see. Did you know that the number one reason children miss school is asthma? Why the explosion of asthma and respiratory problems in children? 4 Reasons Respiratory Problems are on the Rise! 1) 'Couch Potato Generation' ' kids weigh more, exercise less and spend more time indoors. 2) Too much antibiotic use - ...
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Water is a necessity and this necessity has given birth to another necessity that of making this water clean and potable. The need of clean drinking water has caused man to come up with something or the other every time to purify water. Various kinds of water purifiers have come and gone with the up gradation of technology. These days a very popular and successful one being the reverse osmosis water purifier. Osmosis is the diffusion of a solvent through a semi permeable membrane. In the ...
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Since chemicals are often the cause of problems, try to stay away from as many as possible. Note your reaction when you get exposed to them. AVOIDING ALLERGY-CAUSING SUBSTANCES Common sensitivities are caused by tobacco smoke, perfume and sponge rubber. Avoid sprays. Try baking soda for deodorant. Check children's toys for odours. Their markers, Playdough, etc. may be creating problems for them. The following are found to be used safely by many sensitive individuals: Baking soda: 2% ...
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One of the most important pieces of equipment that you need when setting up a freshwater fish tank is the filter.  With so many aquarium filter systems available today, the beginner may get confused as to what they actually need.  A good filter must provide multiple levels of filtration and be appropriately sized for the tank that it will be used in.  Beyond that, other considerations depend on aesthetics and budget. Any worthwhile aquarium filter will provide mechanical, ...
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Those who are on a raw food diet often find themselves not as thirsty they normally would. The main reason for that is because those who eat uncooked or unprocessed foods have higher moisture content in their body than those who do not. Uncooked and unprocessed foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables have high levels of moisture than cooked and processed foods. And once you go on a raw food diet, your body will then have the much needed water it needs. Raw food diet means you must eat ...
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