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ADHD and Iron Deficiency

ADHD and Iron Deficiency by: Anthony Kane, MDAbout 8% of children, ages 4 years and under, are deficient in iron. Between the ages of 5 and 12, the percentage rises to 13%, and then settles back to 8% in people above the age of 15. Anemia is the...

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Is Low-Carb Really The Way To Go?

Is Low-Carb Really The Way To Go? by: Jesse Cannone The latest trend in the area of weight loss is low-carb diets such as the Atkins Diet. With so much conflicting information out there on nutrition and weight loss, it’s difficult for the aver...

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Great Summer Workouts: Just Add Water

Great Summer Workouts: Just Add Water by: Lynn Bode With warm weather season now in full gear, exercisers want to take their workouts outside and breakout of their indoor fitness ruts. But, when temperatures reach record highs and humidity level...

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Holistic Junction Featuring School of the Week

Holistic Junction's featured school of the week is Clayton College of Natural Health. Clayton College, a Nationally-leading, distance learning school, affords students with education and training in becoming a natural health practitioner. Why? T...

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Bextra's Safety Questioned

An increasing number of Americans are relieved to learn there are non-drug ways to ease pain now that safety questions have been raised about another well-known and widely used painkiller, Bextra.Recent meetings of the FDA were preceded by a petition...

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Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness

As a physician specializing in psychiatry, I know that many emotional conditions such as depression and anxiety disorders are true medical illnesses with a biologic (physical) origin. Psychiatry has become more and more "biological" in its diagnosis ...

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Unmarried couples could defend their relationships.

A power of attorney is a legal document that allows you to dictate who you would like to make decisions on your behalf. While there are many useful purposes for a power of attorney, they are especially important to unmarried couples, which live toget...

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Diet Pills – Do they work Are they safe Which one should I use

Diet Pills are the fastest growing segment of the dietary supplement industry. Sales of diet pills and related supplements have been increasing 10 to 20 percent annually to the point where last year they reached $2 billion. Considering the fact that ...

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Mesothelioma Victims - True Stories

Mesothelioma is as serious of a condition as any possible. Diagnosis usually precedes an extended and painful death. New technology for treating the disease provides some hope for the victims, but with the skyrocketing cost of medical care in America...

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Clear Readers: Reading Glasses With an Invisible Presence

Clear Readers: Reading Glasses With an Invisible Presence by: Steve Cogger When faced with the reality of having to wear reading glasses some people will try anything to avoid them. There is another option that allows you to wear reading glasses...

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