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Essential oils have been used for centuries to heal and treat ailments. There are essential oils for medical care, essential oils that can help to naturally clean your home or even make natural repellents. There are essential oils that can soothe symptoms to cold and flu viruses, or you even make your own beauty creams…
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  When you stop and think about it, the sounds people make when something strikes their funny bone are kind of odd; maybe even bizarre. But the whoops and snorts that sometimes constitute a spontaneous explosion of mirth is a science, researchers say. There are reasons for a good belly laugh that psychologists…
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Our mood is a transient frame of mind that influences how we think and view the world. It is influenced by events in our lives, the amount of sleep we get, hormones, even the weather. But what role does the brain play in shaping our mood? The limbic system Many regions fundamental to mood are…
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Imagine agreeing to have your child vaccinated as part of the typical pediatric process, only to have your little one suddenly come down with a mystery disease following the shots, for which you get falsely accused of child abuse. This is increasingly the case with “mystery” conditions like Kawasaki disease,…
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Don’t go to bed angry. Now there’s evidence for this proverb: it’s harder to suppress bad memories if you sleep on them. The discovery could reveal new ways to treat people who suffer from conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder, and reinforces an earlier idea that it is possible to suppress bad…
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  There was a petition at White House.gov asking the Obama Administration to raise awareness about the serious cancer risk from wireless technology radiation being emitted by cell phones, Wi-Fi in schools and public places, microwaves, smart meters and other “smart” technology appliances that are damaging our…
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  New research has revealed the extent of the damage smoking causes to human DNA – in the lungs as well as other parts of the body.The study, published Nov. 4, 2016 in the journal Science, was conducted by researchers from several institutions who analyzed more than 5,000 tumors from both smokers and non-smokers. What…
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  The debate over water fluoridation goes back to the 1940s when communities began fluoridating water to prevent tooth decay. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the fluoridation of water was one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. Fluoride is a natural mineral…
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  By the end of 2016, the American Cancer Society estimates that cancer had claimed over 595,000 lives: thatʼs 1,630 people per day, in this year alone – making cancer second only to heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States. In addition, over 1.6 million new cases of the disease are expected to…
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  Have you read The Peanut Allergy Epidemic by historian Heather Fraser? She begins by asking us why the peanut allergy epidemic is only found in Western cultures, where at least 4 million people experience the mysterious phenomenon, yet there are virtually no reported cases in India, where peanuts just so…
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