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Treating Scleroderma with Chinese Herbs

Written on Mar, 11, 2005 by

TREATING SCLERODERMA WITH CHINESE HERBSby Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Traditional Medicine, Portland, OregonScleroderma is an autoimmune disease where production of antibodies against certain connective tissues produces fibrosis with a thickening and tightening (sclero = hardening) mainly of the skin (derma =…

The Completely Natural and Safe “Antibiotic” Revisited

Written on Mar, 10, 2005 by

You may have been as surprised as I was about an interesting factoid I posted on the blog recently about the use of antibacterial soaps by Americans: Some three-quarters use a minimum of six antimicrobial products regularly. A new study has determined once…

Good News For Organic Milk: Now It’s Redefined

Written on Mar, 10, 2005 by

Last week, the National Organic Standards Board recommended the Department of Agriculture (USDA) draw a harder line on what’s considered an organic food or not, drawing the ire of some larger growers who believe introducing industrial farm practices in organic farms may be…

Even Mild Depression Shortens Your Life

Written on Mar, 09, 2005 by

You may remember a study I posted late last year about the “double-dip” stress and depression can do to rewire your brain’s emotional circuitry, altering its connections to the rest of your body so that it affects the way the brain functions. A…

Desperate to be housewives: young women yearn for 1950s role as stay-at-home mums

Written on Mar, 09, 2005 by

By Maxine Frith, Social Affairs Correspondent 10 March 2005 They are the generation of women who grew up expecting to have it all. No longer forced to choose between children and a career, they were set to embrace superwomanhood by doing both –…

‘Organic’ milk needs a pasture

Written on Mar, 09, 2005 by
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By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY A decision in an obscure Department of Agriculture committee has drawn a line in the mulch in the debate over organic agriculture. These two Holstein milk dairy cows are vegetarians that eat grains, hay and legumes. Straus Family…