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Quell Hot Flashes During Perimenopause

Hot flashes are the most common menopausal symptom. Anywhere from 50 to 85 percent of women experience hot flashes and night sweats at some point during perimenopause. For some women hot flashes lead...

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Why Fear is Bad for Your Health

There are basically two ways to live: in faith or in fear. Unfortunately, many people live in fear most of the time.  I am not talking about a constant fear of danger, although for some this is true....

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Things I Am Too Wise for This Year

I often hear people say, “I’m too old for that.” While I believe that you are never too old to do the things you truly love, I do believe we outgrow certain things as we get older. Many of the things...

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The Benefits of Fascial Release

For a long time, muscle fascia was considered to be just the white “saran wrap” around your muscles. In fact, when I was in medical school we were instructed to remove the fascia from cadavers so we...

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12 Easy Ways to Improve Your Heart Health

Heart disease is the leading killer of women over the age of 50, and heart attacks are twice as deadly for women as they are for men. Statistics (which need not apply to you) show that 1 in 2 women...

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Are You Addicted To Stress Caused by Chronic Busyness?

How many times have you been asked the question, “how are you?” and your reply is “busy?”   In today’s world almost everyone is busy. Busy is the new status quo. It has become almost like a competition...

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How to Fire Up Your Metabolism at Midlife

You have probably heard that weight gain at midlife is due to your metabolism slowing down. And research shows that this is partially true: your basal metabolic rate decreases about one to two percent...

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Upgrade Your Health with High-Dose Vitamin C Therapy

I rarely devote and entire blog to a single therapy. And when it comes to treating symptoms, I have never believed in magic bullets. But, if anything comes close, it’s good old vitamin C.  Vitamin C...

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How to Lower Your Blood Pressure Without Medication

Blood pressure fluctuates all the time, hour-by-hour, and day-by-day, and there has been extensive over-diagnosis and unnecessary treatment of millions of people because of this. In fact, it’s not...

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What Should You Eat?

Are you confused about what you should eat? If so, you are in good company. With so many diets and ways to eat, it can certainly be confusing. The one thing I know is that at midlife and beyond, many...

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