I have noticed while watching Lifetime TV there are more and more commercials for holistic healing and alternative healing products. I’m definitely a fan of trying a more natural approach with myself and my kids. And I do have the Sinupret from Bionorica which helps children nreathe easier with sinus, respiratory and immune...
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Tomorrow is National Wear Red Day. Thousands of Americans will be wearing red to draw attention to this startling fact:
Over 430,000 women are silenced each year by cardiovascular disease – and most of these deaths are preventable.
Go Red For Women celebrates the energy, passion and power we have as women to band together...
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Michelle Obama is leading the charge against childhood obesity. We’ve already seen her tending the White House vegetable garden and encouraging children to participate in the growing process. Now she’s taking that enthusiasm to a whole new level, with a national campaign.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that 12.4 percent...
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The president stepped back into the center of the healthcare debate after being preoccupied for much of his first week back from vacation in Hawaii with fallout over the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner.
President Barack Obama said the health-care legislation he anticipates signing this year will have an immediate impact...
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The advantages of using herbal medicines are numerous. Herbal medicines tend to be more effective for long-standing health complaints that don’t respond well to traditional medicine. Herbs typically have fewer side effects, and may be safer to use over time.
Turmeric contains a powerful active chemical compound called curcumin. This compound is not only...
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The deepest reality you are aware of is the one from which you draw your power. For someone who is conscious only of the material world, power is limited to material forces; but at a more profound level there is a creative power shaping the mind and body – the power of evolution,...
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Right now, 1 in 6 people around the world don’t have enough to eat. That number is skyrocketing, up 20% since 2005. In July, the G8 pledged $22 billion in new funding to combat hunger. But they still haven’t followed through on that commitment.
Every day, nearly 16,000 children die from hunger related causes....
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Magnesium, a critical mineral, is used in more than 300 bodily functions, and can be obtained through foods such as spinach, oatmeal and mixed nuts. For several years experts have suggested that the quantity of magnesium in the soil has significantly decreased. Could this be linked to the increase in cases of asthma...
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Ancient Greek physicians prescribed garlic. Egyptian herbalists favored licorice. For Oprah, the cold-fighting concoction of choice is the juice of freshly crushed cranberries.
Cranberries are rich in health-boosting antioxidants, including vitamin C and flavonoids (which can act as anti-inflammatories). And fresh cranberry juice offers all its nutrient content with none of the high-fructose corn syrup...
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Please help strengthen America’s toxic chemicals standards. Of the 82,000 chemicals available for use in the U.S., only about 200 have been required to be tested for safety.
Every American alive today, including newborn babies, has hundreds of chemicals flowing through our blood. Some of these are linked to increases in prostate and breast cancers,...
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