Tag: chronic
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Sitting in Silence Proven to Improve Chronic Conditions
Mediation tends to imply ‘religious’ practices. However, Dean Sluyter explains that it is simply sitting quietly and intentionally. Meditating has been found to be beneficial for improving a variety of conditions including high blood pressure, stress, heart disease, insomnia, depression, anxiety, chronic pain management, drug and alcohol addiction. even AIDS and cancer patients. Although it…
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Explosion of Chronic Disease in Our Children
Over the past fifty years, rates of autoimmunity and chronic disease in our children have exploded: currently 1 in 2.5 American children has a severe allergy, 1 in 11 has asthma, 1 in 36 has autism and the list goes on. While some attribute this rise to increased awareness and diagnosis, Thomas Cowan, MD, argues…
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The Worst Trade Ever
Vaccines provide temporary protection from certain acute illnesses. Acute illness, is by definition, self-limiting. They are short term. Chronic illness goes on and on and on. Since nature has given us acute illnesses, there is a reason that we get them. For children, it is pretty clear that they need to exercise their immune system.…
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Behavior Symptoms Checklist For Kids With Autism
Julie: A worried mom can do better research than the FBI. Or at least, that’s what they say. This mom shares some of her research and I have found it a great starting point for helping my kids through health challenges even though they don’t have autism. You might notice a commonly reoccurring theme –…