DHEA For Bone and Skin Health During Menopause – Controversial Steroid Hormone Offers Benefits for Some Women

(Flickr, photo credit) Despite some bad press about anabolic steroids, DHEA, a hormone produced by the adrenal glands, may improve aging skin and improve spinal bone density in menopausal women.…

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GABA: Increasing the Brain’s Own Calming Chemical

[caption id="attachment_3731" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Reducing stress by naturally elevating GABA levels"][/caption] Photo credit: Renjith krishnan Anxiety has become nearly a near epidemic as thousands of people today struggle with feeling…

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Fibromyalgia and vitamin D (actually a hormone) deficiency. Are they linked?

In 2008 the online site Pain Treatment Topics released a review of research on the potential benefits of vitamin D for patients with pain conditions, notably musculoskeletal and back issues.…

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Sleep cycle in teenagers disrupted by timing of exposure to light. Circadian rhythms affected.

Photo credit: Dundee Photographics Is your teenager staring at some form of a screen late into the evening? If so, she might be disrupting her sleep patterns. While most teens stay…

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A Natural Journey Out of Cancer and Into Healing

Guest blogger: Heather Von St. James Patient & Family Advocate Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance Mesothelioma.com On Facebook: www.facebook.com/mesotheliomacancer Your body, your health, your decision. You feel powerless. The doctor has just…

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11 Ways to Naturally Improve Depression or Anxiety

Photo credit: Digitalart While the pharmaceutical companies continue to promote expensive mood medications that come with a long list of side effects to manage anxiety and depression, in many cases,…

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Vitamin D Guidelines Spawn Debate, Advocates Insist RDA Still Too Low

   The Sunshine Vitamin (Photo credit, Maggie Smith) The surge in popularity of vitamin D has largely been prompted by the growing number of doctors recommending patients get their D level…

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Mesothelioma Treatments – Combining Conventional and Alternative Therapies

[caption id="attachment_3752" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Mesothelioma & asbestos cancer may respond well with alternative or combined therapies"][/caption] Photo credit:  Michelle Meiklejohn This late onset cancer primarily caused by exposure to a highly…

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