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Anticancer and Antiinflammatory Activity of Uncaria Tomentosa (Cat`s Claw)
By Radoslaw Pilarski - 4/3/2009

Uncaria tomentosa (Willdenow ex Roemer & Schultes) De Candolle is a large woody vine indigenous to a number of central and South American countries. This species, also known as una de gato or cat?s claw, is widely used in folk healing as an immunomodulatory, anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory r...

Sports Nutrition Made Simple
By Dr Jeff Banas - 4/3/2009

Following these simple nutrition guidelines will allow you to lose weight, and an abundance of energy throughout the day. 1) Hydrate with water throughout the day. 2) Avoid processed foods 3) Eat plenty of lean meats (fish, poultry, and lean beef) 4) Avoid Starches and Sugar (breads, grains, pasta, ...

Massage Therapy Basics
By Kate Leas - 4/3/2009

What is massage therapy? Massage therapy is a manipulation of muscles, ligaments, tendons, skin, fascia, and joints in the body. It is a practice that has been around since the beginning of peopledom. In fact, ancient techniques are still employed in today?s modern world. The benefits of massage are...

Understanding Herbology
By Gabriel Foster - 4/3/2009

The use of herbs as early forms of medicine or healing aid dates back centuries, as far back as the Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, East Indian, Chinese, and many South American Cultures. Herbs are generally safe and like warm sunshine, natural and beneficial to mind, body and spirit, not to mention affo...

Horner`s Syndrome: A Medical Discovery from the American Civil War
By Gary Cordingley - 4/3/2009

Unequally sized pupils in combination with a drooping eyelid on the side of the smaller pupil and decreased sweating on the same side of the face is known as Horner`s syndrome, named for Johann Friedrich Horner, a Swiss ophthalmologist who wrote up a case in 1869. When present, Horner`s syndrome ind...

What`s Really Behind the Milk Diet?
By Mark Fuqua - 4/3/2009

The purpose of this article is not to scrutinize, vilify, or verify the so-called Milk Diet. There are a number of resources available both online and offline which can help you and your physician decide which of the several diet plans or personalized weight loss programs is right for you. No matte...

The Myth of What We Manage
By Chris Widener - 4/3/2009

Perhaps it is merely semantics, but an underlying problem I find that people have as it relates to the success in their life lies in a proper understanding of what exactly it is that we manage. Think about it. We have time management (In fact I have a seminar on this very topic, some of which is exc...

Are Your Co-Workers Making You Fat? Avoiding Unexpected Treats
By Kathryn Martyn, M.NLP - 4/3/2009

Taming the See Food Eat Food Response

What happens when you`re just minding your business and suddenly someone walks by with a delicious looking cake, muffins, or some other goodie you weren`t expecting. You weren`t hungry a minute ago but now you are suddenly ravenous. So you jump up and r...

Taurox SB: A Balanced Immune System Leads to Increased Energy
By Jeremy Maddock - 4/3/2009

Taurox is an excellent way to find true and healthy energy; a new, highly effective formula that boosts your vitality by strengthening and balancing your immune system. Taurox is a homeopathic formulation, composed of the amino acids taurine and beta-alanine, which helps balance the immune system?s ...

A Crash Course in Tarot #3: Card Spreads
By Samantha Stevens - 4/3/2009

Most Tarot decks consist of 78 cards: 22 Major Arcana, and 56 Minor Arcana cards. The Minor Arcana consist of four "suits?, just like a deck of regular playing cards. The four suits are, Pentacles or Coins, which deal with work/money/success issues, the Wands, or Staffs, which deal with more spiritu...

Complications That Can Arise From Crohn`s Disease
By Sarah Jenkins - 4/3/2009

Crohn?s Disease is a painful and arduous disorder in itself; however, when you also take into consideration the complications that may arise as a result, the full effect of Crohn?s may be overwhelming. The most common complication that arises from Crohn?s is, due to excessive inflammation, swelling,...

Different Types of Prescription Eyeglasses
By Tim Gorman - 4/3/2009

Prescription eyeglasses are glasses that have been prescribed by an optometrist to be worn by someone who has been diagnosed with a certain eye condition. Depending on the condition, a different lens will be prescribed. Prescription eyeglasses are broken down into four different categories. The Sing...

How to Turn Grief into Joy
By RobinRenee Bridges - 4/3/2009

I was with my daddy when he died. Excuse me, I was with my daddy when his spirit left his body. I drove him to the emergency room because he was having chest pains. He said that they weren?t too bad, and his color was good. He was still walking. In fact, Daddy walked into the cubicle in the ER and h...

Baldness
By Damian Sofsian - 4/3/2009

The scientific name for baldness is alopecia. In the simplest of terms, it is typified by the absence of hair where hair would normally grow. It occurs in human beings as well as its closest cousins the primates. Baldness in human beings is usually of a progressive type, meaning that growth becomes ...

The Atkins Low Carb Diet - Heart Attack City or Weight Loss Heaven?
By Gene D. Millen - 4/3/2009

One of the big stories in the weight loss world is the recent acceptance of the Atkins Diet by an increasing number of recognized researchers in the medical field. This is a remarkable turn of events. For nearly thirty years Dr. Atkins has been described as a fraud, charlatan and quack by the medica...

Weight Loss Tip #2: How to Pick a Good Personal Trainer
By Lawrence Cole - 4/3/2009

One of the major benefits of the YourBestBodyNOW Program and several other programs like it is that you can lose weight and meet your fitness and weight loss goals even if you have neither the time nor money to get a personal trainer. At the same time, if you do ultimately decide to hire t...

Quick Tips On Making Change Work For You
By Ed Smith - 4/3/2009

Facing a change and want to make it work for you? Edward W. Smith, motivational speaker, author and TV show host, who specializes in quick tips on how to move your life ahead even faster, offers the following advice. Change will come our way regardless if we want it or not, the key is looking for th...

Empower Your Shopping Experience
By Antoinette Mc Donnell - 4/3/2009

Healthy living begins with healthy eating and healthy eating begins with healthy shopping... Regardless of what nutritional program you are following - whether it is low fat, no-sugar, low carbohydrate, or based on some other method - there are always healthier choices that can be made when you are ...

Keeping the Dream Alive
By Thelma Mariano - 4/3/2009

Like the song by Linda Ronstadt, ?a dream is a wish that your heart makes." To lose a dream is to die a little yourself. It means closing down the part of you that can soar above the reality of your current life to see new and exciting possibilities. Whenever she walks down a street, a friend of min...

Mysteries of Syndrome X Revealed
By Emily Clark - 4/3/2009

?I?ve put on 40 pounds in one year!? ?It doesn?t matter how much I workout, I can?t lose weight.? ?My doctor must think I?m eating pizzas in the closet.? With nearly 4 million Americans weighing in at over 300 pounds, is it any wonder the above cries are heard each and every day by countless frustra...

Common Hemorrhoid Symptoms
By Josh Riverside - 4/3/2009

You should take the following credo to heart: Any irregularity you detect in or on or coming out of your body that does not go away for good, pretty much by itself and fairly quickly, should be checked out by a doctor. The symptoms of hemorrhoids can very easily be mistaken for other, much more seri...

Bottled Water Coolers
By Elizabeth Morgan - 4/3/2009

A bottled water cooler is an independent device that can be used to dispense water from removable 4- to 5-gallon plastic bottles usually positioned on top of the unit. Bottle coolers can be cold units that can dispense only cold water, hot and cold units that can dispense both hot and cold water, an...

Blueberries: Healthy and Easy on the Tummy After WLS
By Kaye Bailey - 4/3/2009

All of my life I believed the best way to eat blueberries was with a muffin wrapped around them. No way could plain off-the-bush berries taste good. Well, lo and behold, I`ve been eating blueberries by the handful and they are fabulous! I can tolerate them with my gastric bypass system, I don`t over...

Planning Ahead Of Everyone Else To Win
By Martin Lemieux - 4/3/2009

What does it take to plan like a champion? Well lets take a look into our minds a little bit to answer this question. OK, I need you to be honest to yourself with these next questions. If you lie, you will only lie to yourself and will have learned nothing...
  1. Do you regularly plan ahead?
    Walking - The Perfect Stress Reducer
    By Gary Gresham - 4/3/2009

    An excellent stress reducer can be something as simple as walking or doing any form of physical activity. Physical activity has the ability to calm jangled nerves and improve bad moods. It can have a calming effect, enhance self-esteem and even combat depression. Stress reducer physical activities t...

    Rigid Gas Permeables Comparisons - What Lens Is Best For You?
    By Charlie Cory - 4/3/2009

    The purpose of rigid gas permeables comparisons is really to find out which type of contact lens is really the best for you. Before entering into this discussion, perhaps we should be clear as to what a rigid gas permeable (RGP) lens is? What Are RGP Lenses? Gas permeable lenses utilise silicon, and...

    The Facts About Lung Cancer - Better To Be Aware
    By Jon Butt - 4/3/2009

    Keep yourself abreast of facts about lung cancer, as the statistics of affliction are staggering and in most cases, lung cancer can even be prevented. Cancer, the dreaded disease, is a malady marked by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells, which rapidly destroy healthy tissue. Although changes ...

    Endurance Training and the Common Person
    By Bonnie Murphy - 4/3/2009

    In August of 2004 I accepted a coaching position with the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society?s team in training (T`NT). I was to teach a group of people from all walks of life how to train to run or walk a marathon (26.2 miles). The task was challenging and daunting. Some of these people had not even jogge...

    Caste Out
    By Wayne Mitchell - 4/3/2009

    Direct Answers - Column for the week of September 29, 2003 I am a 28-year-old Indian lady. I am in love with a 30-year-old Indian guy for the last four years. We share many interests in common and get along well. We are both Ph.D. students. The problem is the different communities to which we bel...

    Early Spring Cleaning
    By Kandi White - 4/3/2009

    Has anyone noticed how fast 2004 is going? Hey, we are in December already. I really like December not only because people are nicer to each other and all the pretty decorations are around, but people stop and reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. Did you get that gift you wanted last year fr...

    What Does 60 Look Like?
    By Bonnie Murphy - 4/3/2009

    When you think about your mother at 60 how do you picture her? Was she old? Did she act decrepit? Was she serious all the time? How do you picture 60 today? When you hear about people in there 60?s do you think of Dolly Parton? Yes, she just turned 60 in January!! I know you are saying that Do...

    Christian Success - The Holy Spirit`s Amazing Holy Success School
    By Doug Firebaugh - 4/3/2009

    "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me" Matthew 11:29 It`s called The Holy Spirit`s Success School. It is the Christian Success PhD. (Perfect Holy Daystar.) It is a school that has a Supernatural Teacher, A Savior for a Headmaster, and a Holy Success Curriculum that is out of this world. We all tr...

    Change Your Thinking -- Change Your Life!
    By Laurie Hayes - 4/3/2009

    The only thing in life we have direct control over is our thoughts and our thoughts determine how we experience life. You may know of someone who has what appears to be a perfect life ... a loving family, a beautiful home, an amazing career ... but if this person is filled with negative thoughts, he...

    Exercise The Right Way - The Wrist Curl
    By Richard Mitchell - 4/3/2009

    Other articles in this series looked at a number of exercises, mainly from the perspective of developing a comprehensive muscle building program. Sometimes we take things for granted, especially when it comes to performing the basic exercises that constitute the core of most bodybuilders` training r...

    What`s On Your Shift List?
    By Keith Varnum - 4/3/2009

    The most happy and successful people on earth have a personal Shift List. They probably don`t call it by that name, but they have one. How do I know? Because these folks are enjoying their journey on our challenging planet! A Shift List is simply a list of activities and attitudes that have the powe...

    Are You Doing What You Want?
    By Garry Munro - 4/3/2009

    It?s important to be the person you want to be and to do the things you enjoy, regardless of what others may expect of you. Therefore, everyday take time out for you and find a quiet place where you can just sit for a while and think. Think about the things that really make you happy and the things ...

    How to Stop Bleeding Gums
    By Balaji B - 4/3/2009

    Bleeding gums can be one sign of periodontal disease, gingivitis, or other serious problems. Other symptoms like bad breath, toothache, and receding gums indicate poor dental health. Gum disease affects the tissues that surround and support the teeth. Bacteria affect the gum, which can turn into tar...

    10 Trade Show Thanks for the New Year
    By Julia O`Connor - 4/3/2009

    To start out the New Year, we gave thanks for the people we love, the things we enjoy and made the obligatory resolutions for the New Year. Now, let?s get practical and give thanks to the people who make our industry function, make us look good and help us make money. 1. We thank the Show Sp...

    Smoking - What Is It?
    By Steven Harold - 4/3/2009

    Smoking tobacco has been something that people do for numerous reasons for centuries. It is the inhalation of smoke from the burning of tobacco. Originally at least that is what it was. The tobacco leaf was shredded and rolled up or stuffed in a pipe and lit. The fumes or smoke were then inhaled. Wh...

    Cialis And Erectile Dysfunction: Take Back Your Erections With Cialis
    By Ian Mason - 4/3/2009

    There?s always something the other guy has that you might want: a cool car, a great boss, an incredible job title, or a high-tech gadget. But no matter who you are, there?s one thing every guy has to deal with sometimes: the rare occasion where he can?t have or sustain an erection. In fact people wi...

    Time Management - The Ultimate Oxymoron
    By Jim Meisenheimer - 4/3/2009

    Get a grip. Is it possible to manage time? Can you make the clock run faster? Can you make it run slower. You have no control over time. Each of us begins the day with 86,400 seconds. It?s your personal inventory. You use the time or you lose the time. There are simply no alternatives. Each...

    Does Music Impact Epilepsy ? For Bad Or For Good?
    By Duane Shinn - 4/3/2009

    His name was Kung Tsu Chen. He was a Chinese poet in 1847 when he described a rare but very real phenomenon now known as ?musicogenic epilepsy?. With musicogenic epilepsy, the individual suffers from brain seizures that are triggered by music, and in his case a very specific kind of music. You se...

    Hair Growth Vitamins
    By Kent Pinkerton - 4/3/2009

    Hair growth is more in the first 30-40 years of a person?s life and much slower after that. It is very difficult to ensure good hair growth throughout though a balanced and proper diet would go a long way in promoting hair growth. Hair growth may be affected due to several factors like neglect, exte...

    Losing Weight: The Simple Science of Losing Weight
    By Carmellita Brown - 4/3/2009

    Are you committed to losing weight and keeping it off? Then, it is time to discover the science of losing weight. Losing weight is the result of a chemical reaction that takes place in the body where stored fat is used for energy. It is important to learn the science of losing weight. When we learn ...

    Health Spas: More than Relaxation
    By Ian W Anderson - 4/3/2009

    In the past, spas were primarily frequented by affluent women looking for a week?s worth of pampering. Many of the services offered included facials, massages and body treatments. But today a new trend is being seen in the spa industry. It is a trend of health. Today?s spa has become a center of hea...

    Self Esteem - How to Improve Yours
    By Pamela Joy - 4/3/2009

    Every moment of every day, you are creating your self esteem (for better or worse) by what you choose to think, do and say. And, yes, it IS a choice! That means that you and you alone, have the power to change your low self esteem and your self confidence for the better. There are literally hundreds...

    Gastric Bypass Surgery - What Are The Risks?
    By Beverley Brooke - 4/24/2008

    Although all of the risks involved in gastric bypass surgery aren`t fully known, there are many that are. These include possible infection, clotting of the blood, and the development of gallstones, a bleeding ulcer and even pneumonia. It certainly isn`t a simple procedure and complications may occur...

    What`s The Real Cause Of Acne
    By Houa Yang - 5/1/2007

    Most acne medications only mask the symptoms of acne and does nothing to stop the real cause of acne. This is why acne sufferers buy acne products month after month (year after year). And every time they stop using the product acne would come back again and again. What you need to do is find out ...

    Global Dumbing
    By Gary Whittaker - 4/18/2007

    I am beginning to wonder if scientists have been getting it all round. All this time, people have been worried about the Ozone, a giant asteroid, or some breakout of a bio-hazardous agent by a terrorist organization being the doom of mankind. We have spent all this time looking outward instead of in...

    Secret Training Tip #242 - Be 10% Stronger in Leg Curls Instantly!
    By Nick Nilsson - 5/6/2005

    This is a trick to be done on a leg curl machine. By simply changing where you grip your hands on the machine, you can increase your strength in the movement by as much as 10% instantly! Lie face down on the bench as you normally would when doing the exercise. Instead of gripping the machine on t...


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