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Feb 20, 2012
Jeannie

Teas You Shouldn’t Drink During Pregnancy

Any herbal treatment or drinking tea during pregnancy can become a real danger to your unborn baby’s health.

Although many women find tea as an effective treatment solution, in reality many of the tea you during pregnancy can become a danger to the baby’s health but also for the health pregnant woman, because of the ingredients they contain. More importantly, you should know that consumed in large quantities some teas can cause miscarriage.

So here’s what you need to stay away from during pregnancy:
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Jan 25, 2012
Jeannie

Moms Like Makeovers

Upon becoming a mom, it doesn’t take long for your lifestyle to take a drastic turn. Suddenly nights are spent in your living room, cuddling with your cooing bundle, days are feverishly busy tending to the needs of everyone but yourself, and weekends become full of to-do lists and obligations.

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Dec 9, 2011
Jeannie

Alternative medical techniques for an easier pregnancy and birth

There are many alternative and complementary medical techniques that can help the mother during pregnancy. You need to be informed about them and if any interest you, talk to your doctor whenever you make a prenatal visit.

Alexander Technique is a quiet approach to movement, which can help to re-balance the wrong posture through awareness through movement and touch.

Aromatherapy uses fragrant oils extracted from plants that are added to products so that you can smell them — or they can beĀ  applied directly to your skin.

Acupuncture is the technique of applying thin needles on your body. They’re inserted in special body spots to channelizeĀ  energy throughout the body or for specific body organs. Acupuncture for pregnant women should only be performed by specialists with loads of experience in pregnancy. Research shows that acupuncture can bring many benefits, including changes in blood volume that reaches the brain, but also helping the body to produce its analgesic substances.

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Nov 17, 2011
Jeannie

Prepare Your Pet for Winter

Make sure you get your dog or cat used to the cold, and make sure you spend as much time outside. For your dog, the cold will trigger the change of hair. It will grow a row of short hair, while the longer one becomes thicker. Even so, both a dog or a cat can easily get hypothermia.

In mild cases, your pet will only shiver. Next stage is that its muscles are affected (blood not being pumped to the heart as good), his breath drops, and the animal does not respond to stimuli. If you notice these symptoms, your dog or cat must be heated and rushed to the vet.

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Nov 15, 2011
Jeannie

Doing Sports Helps Regenerate Bones

We all know that sport is similar with good health. Nothing is new — it improves circulation, stimulates metabolism and helps neuronal regeneration. But American scientists have discovered yet another link between movement and well being: stem cells.

According to a study published in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, movement causes a certain type of stem cells to turn into bone. According to certain stimuli, these cells change, naturally, in bone or fat.

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Nov 15, 2011
Jeannie

Home Fragrances: Major Cause For Asthma and Allergies

Scented candles, air fresheners and air fresheners spread of toxic chemicals that can cause allergy symptoms and aggravate existing allergies and asthma, warned speakers at the Congress of the American College of Allergy , Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI). As these products are gaining popularity and are present in various environments, especially at work sometimes, more and more people have strong reactions.

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Nov 15, 2011
Jeannie

New anticoagulant reduces heart attacks mortality rates

There is hope for patients with cardiovascular disease. People hospitalized for a heart attack or severe pain in the chest are at risk of relapse and mortality significantly reduced with a new anticoagulant Xarelto, Johnson & Johnson Laboratories and Bayer, according to results of a large clinical trial published this month.

Xarelto – which is the active molecule rivaroxaban – is administered orally in combination with a standard anticoagulant.

The authors of this study in the online version of the U.S. medical journal New England Journal of Medicine, said that Xarelto would still have a drawback: it would result in increased risk of major bleeding than other treatments to make the blood more fluid.

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Nov 15, 2011
Jeannie

What is the best method to detect HPV?

Pap testing (Papanicolau testing) is one of the mandatory annual medical examinations every woman should do it, whether or not infected with HPV. However, the detection of oncogenic risk HPV strains becomes mandatory if the smear shows changes, or if you are older than thirty.

The Pap test can detect any precancerous cell abnormalities in the cervix. These changes are, in most cases, the result of HPV infection. In other words, the conventional Pap test collected (the blade, where the download harvested approximately 40% of cells) is seen indirectly human papilloma virus infection.

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Nov 14, 2011
Jeannie

Hair Coloring Sickens Our Liver

Stop dyeing if you don’t have gray hair yet and do your best to quit smoking! These two “defects” together constitute a risk factor for liver disease installation, according to a British study, involving 5,000 people.

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), an early form of cirrhosis is an autoimmune disease leading to progressive destruction of bile ducts. Thus, bile fluid flow is stopped, jumps over, eventually destroying blood and liver tissue in the area.

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Oct 20, 2011
Jeannie

Hair loss – quit ponytail, headband and tight weaving!

You’re losing hair and you do not know why? While many women go to doctors and follow complicated treatments for hair loss, you should know that it could be closer than we thought: strange habit of his hair too aggressive!

A ponytail, a headband, or a woven too tight can cause damage to the hair follicle and its eventually leading to baldness, problems can no longer be remedied, according to a study quoted by FoxNews. American scientists reached this conclusion from a study focused mainly on African-American women who tend to keep their hair very closely.

When you draw with force to catch hair in a ponytail or under the band, there is an inflammation of the follicles. If hair is tormented daily in this way might be a form of alopecia starting point of your head and slowly spreading to the rest of the scalp. This is irreversible and in May lighter forms can be observed thinning hair, baldness instead.

Other causes of hair loss solutions are used for stretching or permanent waving, as well as extensions, type II diabetes and bacterial infections on the scalp.

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