| Breastfeeding tied to lower blood pressure risk-study | 11:50 AM, Nov 07 2011 |
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Mothers who breastfeed for the recommended period of time, at least six months exclusively, may have a somewhat lower risk of developing high blood pressure later on, a U.S. study of more than 50,000 women said Read More |
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| Minor decrease in blood pressure can reduce stroke risk by 43% | 11:47 AM, Oct 31 2011 |
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Studies have shown that decreasing our blood pressure by 12/5 can reduce our risk of recurrent stroke by 43%. What you need to do is to get your blood pressure checked on a regular basis, at least 3 to 4 times a year if not already diagnosed, take your medications regularly, eat a low-salt diet, quit smoking, and indulge in regular physical activity. Read More |
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| Choosing The Right Foods Will Help Decrease Your Anxiety | 11:10 AM, Oct 31 2011 |
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A great article by Warren Tattersall about the importance of choosing the right foods to help reduce your stress, and what you could and could not take to help reduce stress. Read More |
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| Hypnotension comes to Loughton, Essex | 11:48 AM, Oct 31 2011 |
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A new way to help with high blood pressure- 'Hypnotension' Read More |
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| Reduce stress through exercise | 2:43 PM, Oct 23 2011 |
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We all experience stress in our lives every day, whether it is the stress of driving in traffic, keeping up with the bills, being at work or taking care of your children. There is evidence that stress damages your health. It can weaken your immune system, increase your risk of heart problems, raise cholesterol, keep your blood sugar too high and cause weight and skin problems. Read More |
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| Obesity worse for blood pressure | 11:49 AM, Oct 31 2011 |
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In the study that included 1,700 teens between the ages of 13 and 17, obese girls had three times the risk of higher blood pressure |
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| Why high blood pressure is called silent killer | 11:49 AM, Oct 31 2011 |
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A general medical practitioner, Chiedu Okafor, has said that high blood pressure is called a silent killer because it usually has no symptoms. Mr Okafor said on Monday in Jos that high blood pressure had remained a major cause of death because most people did not know they were hypertensive. Read More |
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| Even slightly high blood pressure is warning | 11:49 AM, Oct 31 2011 |
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The scientists found that particularly for people under 65, those with blood pressure readings in the high normal range — 130 to 139 and 85 to 89 — were nearly 80 percent more likely to have a stroke than those with normal blood pressure. Posted on AARP 10/12/2011 by Candy Sagon Read More |
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| Stress is now the top reason for sick leave | 1:57 PM, Oct 23 2011 |
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As a new report from the CIPD reveals stress is now the most common reason for long-term sick leave. There may be any number of physical manifestations.These include headaches, back and neck pain – linked to increased tension in the body – chest pain, panic attacks and eye strain. Sleep and concentration may also be affected. The more serious effects of stress can include cardiovascular problems such as heart attacks and strokes, linked to high blood pressure. Read More |
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| Pre-Dental Club grows presence on campus | 1:28 PM, Oct 23 2011 |
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The Delta Delta Sigma Pre-Dental Club.Started six years ago by a group of UA students interested in preparing for dental school, the club is part of the Delta Delta Sigma Pre-Dental Honor Society and is open to any student interested in dentistry. (as posted on dailywildcat.com) Read More |
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| Restless Legs Syndrome Associated With High Blood Pressure | 11:27 AM, Oct 14 2011 |
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Middle-aged females with restless legs syndrome (RLS) have a 6% to 41% increased risk of having high blood pressure compared to other women Read More |
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| Hypnotherapy helps a panicky learner drive pass her test! | 10:12 AM, Apr 14 2011 |
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Every time 35-year-old Nikki Durrant tried to take her driving test she suffered from panic attacks – until she received hypnosis Read More |
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| How Cognitive Hypnotherapy can help with Fibromyalgia | 4:59 PM, Apr 07 2011 |
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Hypnotherapy may help in several ways, both in terms of relieving some of the pain experienced, as well as assisting in reducing the stress and anxiety, which CAN make the condition a little worse because that’s all sufferers dwell on. Read More |
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| Getting pregnant - How to improve your fertility | 9:34 PM, Mar 10 2011 |
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Are you finding it difficult to become pregnant? If so you can do many simple things to improve your chances of conception, the way we live can have a big effect on the reproductive system of both men and women. Read More |
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| My baby is a trance in a million | 9:33 PM, Mar 10 2011 |
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Yvonne Wallace, 39, was told by a pal to try "hypnofertility" treatment after suffering two miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy and spending more than £20,000 on five attempts at IVF. She underwent the unusual therapy, where people are hypnotised into believing they can fall pregnant. And just before she tried IVF for a sixth time she was told she'd concieved naturally. Read More |
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| Stress prevents pregnancy, lowers fertility | 9:31 PM, Mar 10 2011 |
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If you’re trying to get pregnant and failing, stress may be the culprit, say researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Oxford. Read More |
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| Fans of star diets can deny themselves vital nutrients | 10:38 PM, Feb 06 2011 |
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This is the time of year when women are bombarded with celebrity advice on what they could and should be eating. (as reported in The Daily Mail Feb 2011) But the fad for only the very healthiest food could be putting many dieters at risk of severely damaging their physical and mental health, scientists have warned. Experts are reporting a rise in a mental illness called orthorexia nervosa. Read More |
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| Two thirds of Britons have sleep problems | 5:16 PM, Feb 05 2011 |
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Almost two thirds of people suffer from some sort of sleep problem such as insomnia, teeth grinding or sleep apnoea, the largest british study of its kind has found.
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| More research funding for ME/CFS | 4:50 PM, Feb 05 2011 |
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As part of its continuing commitment to the area, the MRC will be making available up to £1.5M for new research into the mechanisms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME)." |
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| Brits start the New Year under increasing levels stress | 4:00 PM, Jan 09 2011 |
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If you have high hopes for 2011 and have every intention of making it your greatest year yet, you're probably not among the increasing number of people who say their stress levels are through the roof right now. |
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| Listening to Music Can Reduce Chronic Pain and Depression | 10:02 PM, Dec 30 2010 |
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A study published in the June 2006 issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing found that listening to music daily reduced chronic pain, made people feel more in control of their pain, reduced depression, and made people feel less disabled by their condition. Read More |
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| XMRV Virus Doesn't Cause Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Study | 9:42 PM, Dec 29 2010 |
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As reported in Business Week on 21 Dec 2010, A virus called XMRV is not the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome, British scientists say. Read More |
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| Stress prevents pregnancy, lowers fertility | 10:26 PM, Nov 23 2010 |
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If you’re trying to get pregnant and failing, stress may be the culprit, say researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Oxford. Read More |
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| MY Baby is a trance in a million! | 9:58 PM, Nov 23 2010 |
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| Life-giving virtues for 2010 | 6:25 PM, Oct 25 2010 |
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From The Philippine Star Updated December 29, 2009 about the wonders of virtues in our lives Read More |
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| Police in America turn to age regression hypnosis to solve crimes | 6:25 PM, Oct 25 2010 |
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Greenville County Sheriff's Office is turning to hypnosis to help solve sexual assault cases Read More |
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| golf- Hole more with a mind coach | 6:26 PM, Oct 25 2010 |
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This article on mlive.com highlights how up amd coming PGA golf pros are turning to mind coaches to give them the psychological advantage. The benefits? more putts going in!!! Read More |
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| Avoiding the Deep End When It Comes to Jitters | 6:26 PM, Oct 25 2010 |
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This is a great article in the The New York Times, that discusses how some of the top professional swimmers are using mental coaching to improve their performance. In particular it highlights the benefits of reducing anxiety and pre-race visualisation (as used by Michael Phelps the olympic champion) Read More |
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| Hypnotherapy one of the top 3 rated treatments for IBS | 6:26 PM, Oct 25 2010 |
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Feedback over 10 years from 1000's of IBS sufferers have rated hypnotherapy as one of the top 3 treatments for the effective relief from IBS. Read More |
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| Neuroplasticity gets your brain in shape in a very literal way | 6:26 PM, Oct 25 2010 |
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This is an amazing article from Joesph Cannon from the Mormon Times (12.7.09) In this article he covers the subject of the brains' plasticity. It's an article that talks about the brain's amazing capability to adjust, compensate and regenerate functionality following major trauma (in the highlighted case, the removal of the complete right hemisphere). The youtube video within is something pretty special and amazing. Read More |
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| Think strong muscles | 6:26 PM, Oct 25 2010 |
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A great article in Men's Health magazine (march 2009) Read More |
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| How Children learn the best! | 6:27 PM, Oct 25 2010 |
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This is a great article written by Karen Peters for the Jarkarta Post, Indonesia (21.6.09), which highlights the importance of developing learning strategies that incorporate the various senses. It ties in with many principles of NLP (neuro linguistic programming) that highlight how we learn and develop behaviour using these senses, and that we may favour a certain sensory system generally, or switch systems depending on the environment and experiences. Read More |
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| British surgeons should hypnotise patients for some operations | 6:27 PM, Oct 25 2010 |
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On www.thetelegraph.co.uk, 7th June 2009 British surgeons should be taught to hypnotise patients to control pain for some operations rather than rely on general anaesthetics, according to a leading American academic. Read More |
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| Hypnotherapy for Fibromyalgia | 6:27 PM, Oct 25 2010 |
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Hypnotherapy can be used to help a whole range of problems, both emotional as well as physical. Research has shown that hypnotherapy can be hugely beneficial for those suffering with pain Read More |
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| Spice up your diet- and your health | 6:27 PM, Oct 25 2010 |
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This is a great article from www.cbsnews.com (29.4.09) which went into great length about the fantastic heatlh benefits of spices in your regular diet. Read More |
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| May 12th 2009 International Awareness Day for ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, GWS | 6:28 PM, Oct 25 2010 |
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Tuesday 12th May is International Awareness Day for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Fibromyalgia (FM), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS). Read More |
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| Police turn to Hypnotherapy to combat stress | 6:28 PM, Oct 25 2010 |
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Hypnotherapy is helping to reduce police stress and absence Read More |
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| How to be happier | 6:28 PM, Oct 25 2010 |
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How to be happier, a self help guide. A great piece from Trevor Silvester that appeared in the Daily Mail. Read More |
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| Don't stress out!! | 6:28 PM, Oct 25 2010 |
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An interesting article from Jeanné McCartin last month taking about the growth in a new area of science called Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), the premise is that a patient’s mental state is affected by experiences such as stress and anxiety which ultimately can affect a person’s immune system. Specifically, PNI studies the connection between the brain and the immune system. Read More |
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| Tackling CFS/ME | 6:28 PM, Oct 25 2010 |
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With CFS/ME affecting sufferers on an emotional, psychological and physical level, a multi facted approach is required to tackle this. Read More |
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