You may have pre-diabetes and not even know it! Diabetes is a serious disease but the good news is the risk can be quashed now or at least if you have diabetes the complications reduced or delayed by some healthful lifestyles changes. I little price to pay for a huge reward. The blood vessels and...
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What to do? Over the last 4 to 6 weeks I have come across many stories of people especially children of all ages being sick for one, two, three and even four weeks. It has been reported that it was a virus doing the rounds causing frequent diarrhea and vomiting. One of the biggest concerns especially...
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* The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) are asking manufacturers of the TNF-blocking drugs to increase warning on the label. The FDA have alerted doctors to the fact that the drug is potentially dangerous. TNF-blockers were the “safer” option for arthritis sufferers than the COX-2 family, which included Vioxx which was consequently found to be...
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Most of us are concerned about losing our memory and cognitive skills as we age. Apparently there is a test that can be done in the lab that can assess your susceptibility to dementia, they test your genotype. Even if this test shows you have the type that is most likely to suffer some...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Health Clinic How to protect yourselves from Breast Cancer The rate of breast cancer is typically five times higher for women in the United States than for women in Japan, for instance. Genetics are an important factor, but in most cases a genetic predisposition is secondary to dietary...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic It is not uncommon for many women to experience breast tenderness in the pre-menstrual phase and is connected with a hormone imbalance. Liver plays a vital and huge role in hormone metabolism. Eat foods like linseeds, beans and lentils. Take Milk Thistle and Dandelion root...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic The womb (uterus) is supported in the pelvic cavity and held into place by ligaments and a set of muscles known as the pelvic floor. However these ligaments and muscles can become weak and stretch due to being over-weight or several births or difficult...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is often an inherited disorder, affecting the ovaries, which produce eggs and hormones – estrogen and progesterone. People with PCOS have higher levels of insulin. This causes imbalances in hormone levels – elevated levels of testosterone, luteinizing hormone (LH) and...
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Sonia Jones ND The Haven Spa and Health Clinic Mention the word osteoporosis and the first thing you think of is calcium supplements, dairy products and menopausal women. Both men and women get osteoporosis and not always when they reach old age. Our bone density peaks at the age of 35ish. So we need to think...
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Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic, Boquete, Panama Triglycerides (TGs) are a type of fat that are found circulating in the blood stream and are stored in the fat tissue. The condition of elevated blood levels of TGs is known as hyper-triglyceridaemia, and it has been linked to being...
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