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Pregnancy
on April 12, 2010
May is 'Pregnancy Awareness Month' and top expert Phlebologist, Dr. Luis Navarro (The director of The Vein Treatment Center) who treats many pregnant women with severe varicose veins offers the following tips to avoid varicose veins during pregnancy:
- Exercise daily, even if its just a brisk walk, to help your circulation
- Strive to keep within the recommended weight range for your stage of pregnancy
- Elevate your feet and legs whenever possible
- Sleep on your left side with your feet on a pillow. Lying on your left side releases the weight of the uterus, thus decreasing pressure on the veins in your legs and feet
- Wear special support hose to make it easier for blood to flow back up toward your heart, prevent swelling and may keep your varicose veins from getting worse.
Many women first develop unsightly varicose veins or find that they get worse during pregnancy. As your uterus grows, it puts pressure on the large vein on the right side of your body, which in turn increases pressure in the leg veins. The amount of blood in your body increases when you're pregnant, adding to the burden on your veins overall. There are many health problems that can develop from varicose veins such as irritation, swelling, painful rashes, skin ulcers, blood clots and severe infection, and every pregnant woman especially needs to know what they can do to prevent or treat them.
To find out more about pregnancy varicose, you can visit Baby Center and Mayo Clinic.
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General Health
on April 6, 2010
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Lloyd Thrap
Today, fewer than 13% of Americans can name, unaided, an autoimmune disease. It is so important that we know our family's'AQ or autoimmune quotient, as autoimmune disease runs in families.
Here are a few things that we should be aware of:
- Autoimmune diseases are one of the top 10 killers of women under the age of 65. The major cause of death in autoimmune diseases is the lack of early and correct diagnosis.
- Autoimmune diseases cluster in families - meaning if your mother had rheumatoid arthritis and your sister had Crohn's disease, you could be at higher risk.
- Autoimmune diseases are on the rise in both in the U.S. and around the world - for example: celiac disease has tripled in the past 10 years.
Sadly, with so many statistics linking women as the primary gender affected by autoimmunity, it is rarely discussed as a women's health issue. And it is time we change that! March is only one month dedicated to learning more about this disease, but it should not and does not stop there. We must all do our part to educate one another 365 days a year.
For more information, please visit www.aarda.org or www.westglen.com/online/aard_psa.htm to watch a special iPSA. Want to do more? You can text A-A-R-D-A to 20222 to donate $5 for the benefit of AARDA by the Mobile Giving Foundation.
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General Health
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on March 30, 2010
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Per Ola Wiberg ~ Powi
While planting, growing and taking care of wildflower plants in your yard gives you a fun activity outdoors, looking at the colorful wildflowers and just admiring them gives you some sort of relaxing therapy.
My great grandmother always wanted flowering plants in the front yard because she said they distract bad spirits and prevent them from entering your home. Flowers in your yard are indeed a sight for sore eyes. Maybe it relaxes your eyes as well? Might be a good exercise after staring too much in the computer monitor.
Simply put, flowers are a beautiful aspect of nature. It is a thing of pure beauty that will never fail to cheer up men and women alike.
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Pregnancy
on March 22, 2010
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trokilinochchi
You can with Safe Motherhood Kits from IMA World Health.
In the developing world, childbirth often ends in tragedy for mothers and babies.
According to the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) one of the leading causes of death is infection, often from unsanitary conditions. These infections and deaths are preventable.
Safe Motherhood Kits enable women in developing countries to give birth safely by providing them with clean and sterile supplies, training on how to prevent infection, and warm clothes to protect their newborns. A kit for one safe birth costs just $25.
To give a Safe Motherhood Kit, go to IMA World Health and designate your $25 contribution for "Maternal and Child Health." Or you call toll-free at 1-877-241-7952.
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Mind Games
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on March 14, 2010
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ignote
There are many causes of insomnia but most of them seem to be connected to our unhealthy approach to dealing with stress and not having peace of mind. Worrying about finances, all the things that we need to do or that are going wrong, creates fear, nervousness and anxiousness in our bodies. Certified hypnotherapist and teacher of natural healings, ChicagoHealers.com practitioner Karen Erickson offers the following holistic ways to fight insomnia.
1. Explore Hypnotherapy - Hypnotherapy is a type of treatment in which the patient is in a state of sleep and guided through healing. It is a great holistic approach for treating insomnia. A hypnotherapist can:
- Train your brain to go to sleep when you crawl into bed at night, to let go all your fears and worries.
- Help you get rid of your anxieties, fears, and panic attacks by helping you find the true cause of the fears and release them.
- Give you suggestions so you handle stress better throughout the day and give you tools to reinforce staying centered and peaceful.
- Bring you back in balance so you handle life better.
2. Cut the Caffeine-Cut out caffeine completely or drink only low sugar free caffeine drinks, such as green or white tea.
3. Have quiet time- Meditate at least 30 minutes a day or go for walks in nature or do yoga.
4. No Late Night Eating - Don't eat food 3 hours before going to bed.
5. Eat healthy-Eat regular healthy meals throughout the day - don't go long periods of time without eating and then fill up on junk food.
6. Try Chamomile-Drink chamomile tea at night to help ease you into sleep.
7. Helpful Supplements
- Take a good quality magnesium supplement which helps muscles relax and relieves anxiousness
- Take valerian root herbal supplement right before bedtime which helps with the calming of the mind
8. No Nighttime TV- Don't watch TV in your bed at night and make sure the TV and radio are turned off. You will not have peaceful sleep with constant noise going on in the background programming your unconscious mind.
9. Darkness- Make sure your room is dark - the darker the room the better, light disrupts the production of healthy neurotransmitters.
If you are suffering from insomnia, maybe the above items can help you.
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