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Long before winter comes, black bears in the forest spend all their time eating everything they can sink their teeth into.

During the summer, bears eat and eat and eat, trying to get as fat as they possibly can, and when the weather turns cold, they look for a place to curl up and then they...

• Date Added: 2/26/2006
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Few diseases scare us as much as Alzheimer's does. Alzheimer's disease robs the victim of memory and thinking, and the sense of self, leaving behind a shell of a body. The world is poised on the brink of an epidemic of Alzheimers as many countries face an aging population.

Alzheimer's is...

• Date Added: 3/7/2006
• Views: 501

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Do you take any addictive, mind-altering drugs?

You probably would answer "no", but you if you drink tea or coffee, you should be answering "yes"!

Many sober, law abiding people who would never dream of knowingly ingesting a mind- altering drug, actually consume one every...

• Date Added: 4/22/2006
• Views: 506

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Is having LASIK surgery in Colorado less safe than, for example, having LASIK in California?

Many eye related complications can arise due to high altitudes. For example, people that live in high altitude areas have a difficult time wearing extended wear contact lenses. Although there are...

• Date Added: 6/20/2008
• Views: 108

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Carrot juices contain certain oils that work on the mucus membranes of the stomach and colon. This helps with digestion and starts your bowels functioning properly. Carrots are high in fiber and beta-carotene, an antioxidant, which the body converts to vitamin A. Carrots can make your stools...

• Date Added: 7/31/2005
• Views: 509

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There are substances which occur in nature that improve the working of immune system in the form of green leafy foods of plant origin and they are also available commercially in the form of herbal and vitamin supplements which contain chlorophyll and other antioxidants. These so called immune...

• Date Added: 7/17/2008
• Views: 126

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Parents always tell their children to take their vitamins. Every day, consumers are bombarded with vitamin advertisements, and it is common knowledge that vitamins are beneficial to the human body. Unfortunately, many people do not know exactly how vitamins are beneficial. Knowing how vitamins can...

• Date Added: 8/23/2005
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Most people believe that they are reasonably healthy. Exercise, having a solid diet, and keeping stress to a minimum is a great way to live a longer, happier, and healthier life. That being said, will taking vitamin supplements help you even more? Who should take vitamin supplements? Are vitamin...

• Date Added: 8/30/2005
• Views: 444

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"I killed one yesterday…"

"But I am scared to even touch them…"

"Oh but these creeps are back again…woke up in the morning and was astonished to see one mocking at me sitting on my cheek and the other snoring right at my nose! Gosh…I am tired of them…"

This is a usual...

• Date Added: 10/2/2005
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Acne is a problem for many people. There are a variety of products that are designed to get rid of or reduce acne. However, many people do not know that there are natural ways to reduce acne, or completely eliminate it. The best way to naturally get rid of pimples is to consider the causes of...

• Date Added: 12/4/2005
• Views: 540

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Pregnancy usually brings along with it a host of medical concerns which prompt behavioral and lifestyle changes. It is common knowledge that pregnant women should avoid smoking and drinking, not to mention some excessively physical activities. But there are also a host of other medicines and...

• Date Added: 1/15/2006
• Views: 523

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Western medicine is notoriously sophisticated when it comes to drug formulations and targeted medicine approached from a perspective based in deductive science. It has, however, been largely a failure when it comes to being open to solutions to medical problems which come from outside the realm...

• Date Added: 1/15/2006
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Acne can be both uncomfortable and embarrassing. When someone repeatedly receives acne breakouts, they often wonder what they can do to prevent them from happening again. Unfortunately, many times they are misinformed about acne skin care. In fact, many commonly accepted acne "facts" are nothing...

• Date Added: 11/5/2005
• Views: 757

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Botox treatments aren't used just for wrinkles, as they have been proven to work well in many other areas of the body.
One unique way in which Botox injections have proven efficient is when the treatments are injected into the prostate gland of men who have been diagnosed with prostatic...

• Date Added: 6/25/2006
• Views: 355

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Anyone in Ontario, with or without credentials, can hang up a shingle and call him/herself a psychotherapist. One group of psychotherapists belongs to a regulatory college, such as psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers. They are required to adhere to certain standards of education and...

• Date Added: 7/7/2008
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Millions of Americans are affected by thinning hair and hair loss, called alopecia. Typically we think of men with the most common form of hair loss, male-pattern-baldness, as having a trait that is inherited from family members. But hair loss is not just a male problem. Hair loss can also...

• Date Added: 2/2/2006
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Have you been feeling a little blue lately? Statistics claim that an estimated half a million people suffer each winter from a condition called Seasonal Affective Disorder. Sometimes this can bring on severe depression along with weight gain. For many of us it is only a re-adjusting time that...

• Date Added: 2/8/2006
• Views: 409

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Music, they say, soothes the savage beast and this is so true when we consider how music in its magical way works on our body rhythms bring harmony, literally, back into the body.

A story is told in the Bible of a King named Saul, who had an evil spirit that would torment him and make...

• Date Added: 2/8/2006
• Views: 382

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Imagine yourself in a warm, soothing tub of bubbling water, relaxing after a long day. What better way to spend the evening than soaking in the hot tub and in the comfort of your own home. Spas and hot tubs offer ways to treat a wide variety of medical conditions, injuries, or simply promote...

• Date Added: 5/30/2006
• Views: 389

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Eating disorders are among those modern conditions which aren't always taken seriously by the wider population, but which can have very serious effects for its victims. Indeed, far from being a minor problem which sufferers can solve simply by 'pulling themselves together', many of the eating...

• Date Added: 4/24/2007
• Views: 629