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Natural Awakenings Space & Treasure Coast Florida

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Natural Awakenings Space & Treasure Coast Florida
Haven Sweet Haven

Apr 01, 2011 01:12AM ● By Diane Carr

Every child deserves a safe, loving home environment; however, this is not always the case. Child abuse and neglect continue to be a serious problem worldwide and children raised in abusive family situations develop special needs including emotional, physical, and developmental delays.

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Scents for the Heart

Apr 01, 2011 01:11AM ● By Doreen DeSerres

Aromatherapy is a useful tool in wholistic wellness including matters of the heart. These pure botanicals affect our emotional state which in turn impacts our physical health. All pure botanicals affect our mind through the sense of smell, our bodies through application and spiritually with their dynamic vibrations.

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Study Finds Carpet the Healthy Option

Apr 01, 2011 01:07AM ● By Tim Bag

Many homeowners assume that their carpeting is unhealthy and are eager to replace it with wood or tile. Recent studies, however, confirm that carpet is actually the healthier choice.

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Daily Sunshine Combats Vitamin D Deficiency

Apr 01, 2011 01:04AM ● By Dr. Margaret C. Rank

For years nutritional scientists have known that Vitamin D is essential to calcium absorption, bone development, remodeling, and maintenance but only recently has the "sunshine vitamin" been recognized to have far more effects than previously realized.

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Ayurvedic Massage and Body Treatments

Apr 01, 2011 01:03AM ● By Amba Greene

Ayurveda is an ancient system of healing and one of the longest continuously practiced systems of medicine in the world. Many years ago, Ayurvedic practitioners designed a vast array of massage and body treatments for both a physical detoxification and a quieting of the mind.

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For the Love of Pets

Apr 01, 2011 01:01AM

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) of North Brevard is much more than a shelter for unwanted animals. Teri Scott, Ambassador for SPCA, shares their mission which includes "finding homes for various creatures that end up at their doorstep, educating the public about spaying and neutering pets, reducing over population through low cost surgical sterilization, and promoting the health of pets and their families through appropriate well care."

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3 Stretches for a Pain in the Neck

Apr 01, 2011 12:59AM ● By Dr. Daniel Weber

Every segment of your spine has motion but when things get stiff and immobile, inflammation builds up putting more pressure on the nerves. Strained or irritated muscles can also pull the neck spine out of its normal alignment putting unwanted pressure on nerves. Try these stretches to loosen up.

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SILENT KILLER: 1 in 3 American’s have it and don’t realize it.

Apr 01, 2011 12:57AM ● By By Rebecca Hunton, MD

Has your doctor been talking with you about your cholesterol, your triglycerides, your blood pressure, your blood sugar? Have you heard about the increased risk of death associated with an increased waist circumference? Many healthcare providers address these issues individually, but taken together they make up Metabolic Syndrome. Medical literature commonly refers to this as Syndrome X or Insulin Resistance Syndrome.

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Taming Obesity

Apr 01, 2011 12:53AM ● By Diane Carr

Obesity is out of control. Characterized by a much higher amount of body fat than lean muscle mass or when one’s body mass index (BMI) is over 30, obesity is wreaking havoc in the general population with side effects that include diabetes, cardio-vascular disease, cancer, sleep apnea, arthritis, menstrual abnormalities, hyperlipidemia, and Alzheimer’s. Deepti Sadhwani, MD confronts these problems head on by helping patients understand obesity and how to get it under control. With 1.7 billion people world wide overweight or obese and the number of obese adolescents tripling over the last 20 years, the time has come to tame the obesity beast.

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Chinese Massage

Apr 01, 2011 12:49AM ● By Adam Tritt, LMT

Massage as a part of Chinese medical treatment goes back about 4,000 years. Written massage textbooks began to appear as early as the fourth century B.C., along with the earliest Chinese medical texts. Massage appears to have developed alongside both therapeutic exercise (qigong) and acupuncture, as it depends on the same understanding of the meridians and the flow of qi in the human body. The type of massage known as qi healing, or curing with external qi, was developed by master teachers of qigong.

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