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Magnetic therapy is a form of therapy that has been used for many years for a variety of different purposes, including pain relief, prevention of aging and the relief of a range of symptoms from a range of ailments. The problems that the therapy helped to alleviate are still present in the modern...

• Date Added: 11/24/2005
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Crash, boom, bang, we begin the day…

Exposure to increased levels of noise causes serious ill-health

Living in metro cities is a feat that cannot be achieved by those with frail health. However, even the strongest of us at the end of the day remain human and are therefore susceptible...

• Date Added: 7/12/2006
• Views: 282

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I smoked my first cigarette when I was eleven years old. By the time I was thirteen I was smoking a pack a day. When I began to seriously attempt to quit in my early twenties I was often puffing down two packs, or nearly 40 cigarettes a day!

There were many unsuccessful attempts to stop...

• Date Added: 3/18/2007
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It is estimated that 5,000,000,000 condoms are used every year worldwide. So what's the dealwith this popular form of contraception?

Why do I need to use a Condom?

Condoms are the only form of protection which can both help...

• Date Added: 10/23/2007
• Views: 440

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If you're like many Americans, the rising cost of prescription drugs may be costing you your health. In particular, seniors living on a fixed income with no insurance are finding it difficult to pay for necessary prescriptions out-of-pocket, and as a result, may be failing to receive the treatment...

• Date Added: 2/19/2006
• Views: 386

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Many people in modern western society suffer from various kinds of sleep disorders, or even simply sleep deprivation. With our busy, always-on lifestyles, sleep is usually the first thing to go. We've all heard doctors, therapists, and our mothers telling us to sleep more – but sometimes that's...

• Date Added: 7/7/2006
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After years of trying different diet and exercise options, I was finally at my ideal weight. The only problem was that there were still some love handles, and I was unhappy with the bulkiness of my inner thighs and rear. I was
doing crunches three times a day and I was jogging, but nothing...

• Date Added: 6/25/2008
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When it comes to skin care, many people don't think about it until they start to see the first signs of wrinkles, usually some time in their thirties. Although paying attention to skin care is beneficial at any age, it is important to learn the basics of good skin care as early as possible, and...

• Date Added: 7/9/2006
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A recent study revealed that obesity has become the new global epidemic. According to the new figures Australia alone accounts for a staggering 2.4 million adults who are obese and have a Body Mass Index of 30 or higher. Americans boast of a staggering 37% of the children who are either obese or...

• Date Added: 5/12/2006
• Views: 407

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Have wheat refuse all day long for a ship-shape you

Refined tastes have all the appreciation from one and all. But when it comes to food, refined means more fat and more carbohydrates and less of fibre. If you have not known this basic fact earlier, let me tell you that fibre is a super car...

• Date Added: 8/10/2006
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In the fast paced lives of the present, health is not considered to be a priority. The hectic schedules, the junk food and the sedentary life styles top the list of the factors contributing to the deteriorating health standards! And to top it all, obesity is on the rise! The world is producing...

• Date Added: 8/24/2006
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Obesity is progressively becoming one of the world's greatest health problems, today. Bad eating habits, lack of proper exercise and an excessively sedentary lifestyle are some of the main reasons for this obesity explosion. We drive everywhere, eat greasy fried food and not enough vegetables, we...

• Date Added: 4/28/2006
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There is a popular saying that goes, "You can never be thin or rich enough". Well, being thinner is something we will discuss today. Wealth is a different story! But, "thin" is a deceptive word. Too many people today, and not just the young, are living with a plethora of eating disorders because...

• Date Added: 5/8/2006
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A new drug rehabilitation program that uses long-term nutritional and sauna-based detoxification – with no alternative drugs – is achieving high success statistics in a prison setting. Run by Rick Pendery, the national executive director of the Second Chance Centers, and Joy Westrum, the president...

• Date Added: 1/8/2007
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No, not poltergeists: Breast implants filled with silicone gel.

For women who've had a bad experience with implants, that news may be little better than a visit from an angry apparition. There are women around the world who hold

• Date Added: 3/19/2007
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A lot has been written about the importance of eating a healthy, balanced diet.  There has been quite a debate in the press, as of late, regarding the importance of a healthy diet in relation to breast cancer prevention.  Most would agree that maintaining a healthy diet is a good idea, regardless...

• Date Added: 5/2/2006
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Melanin is the pigment that gives colour to our skin, which is influenced by the flow of blood in our body. Melanin is mainly found in skin and hair. It not only exists in human being, but it is even found in plants and...

• Date Added: 1/4/2007
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One of the medicines utilized by the ancient Chinese for a good thousand of years for effectively treating allergies and asthma, is the now famous diet drug called ephedra. Now, ephedra has been dubbed as the most effective weight loss product here in the United States, the Ephedra Educational...

• Date Added: 6/5/2008
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FDA banned ephedra because it believed that taking ephedra based diet pills are far more harmful than carrying around excess fat day in and day out. But ultimately, the question is; do ephedra diet pills actually work?

The government, with all its wit and wisdom, has tried unsuccessfully to...

• Date Added: 6/5/2008
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If the thought of visiting your dentist scares you rigid then you definitely must read on. You see if you think about it logically it is in your dentists best interest to make your dental experience as easy going and calming as possible. You see he knows only to well that if he gives you pain he...

• Date Added: 11/10/2005
• Views: 406