A Role Model In My Life

By Dr. T. K. Stone When I was a boy in the 1950’s living in Los Angeles, I had the great pleasure to have seen Jack La Lanne on TV…

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Alopecia Areata And Other Autoimmune Disease: Nutrition Is Critical In Healing

By Jodi Briden, CHHC, AADP For over 36 years, I’ve been told there is no cure for alopecia areata, an autoimmune condition that causes a person to lose their hair….

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14 Signs Of Possible Mental Illness In Teens And How To Help

By Diane Lang As we settle into 2013, the aftermath of the horrific tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary is still very unsettling for many of us who are asking how…

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Two-Racket Tennis: The Truly Balanced Workout

By Don R. Mueller, Ph.D. aka “Professor Tennis and the Two-racket Guy” Two-Racket Tennis, unlike its one-racket counterpart, is truly a full-body workout as both sides of the body are…

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Myopia: Measuring Nearsightedness

By Kelly Padmore Myopia, also known as nearsightedness, is a medical condition that involves experiencing blurred vision when looking at distant objects. Myopia can be caused by an elongated axis…

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Mom, Dad And Healthy Hearts In Kids

By Kac Young PhD, ND, DCH Parents can be the most powerful creators of good heart health in their children. If they teach their kids how to eat right, cook…

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What To Do When You Love Your Pet But Are Allergic

By Neil Chrysler Dander is one of the most stubborn allergens that sadly comes with our little furry and feathery friends. This allergen is a microscopic, dandruff-like flake that comes…

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Diabetes Drug Metformin Finally Understood – Leading To Potential New Diabetes Drugs

By Philip Tucker When it comes to reporting on diabetes the news has been almost unrelentingly grim. The number of people with type-2 diabetes has skyrocketed across the globe, and…

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Is This Right? Lessons From Tree Pose

By Alena Gerst, LCSW, RYT Some people assume because I was a professional dancer at one time, that yoga must have come easily to me. If you’d asked me what…

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Why Are Volunteer Coaches Not Helping Their Female Athletes?

By Warren Potash Volunteer coaches mistakenly think that only skills training will help their female athletes. Why am I using the word “mistakenly”? Since females have many challenges at puberty,…

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