Cleans Up At Naturalnews.Com Awards Winning Best Dental Product For 2008

the all-natural alternative to traditional toothpaste won the highly-respected Editor’s Choice Award from The NaturalNews.com Network, a non-profit collection of public education websites covering topics that empower people to make positive changes in their health, environment and consumer choices.
which comes in a variety of flavors — including citrus, peppermint and chocolate — is based in [...]

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Health And Wellness News

A health insurance advocate group, Florida Health Insurance Web, reports more bad news for Florida residents. Florida has hit a new low, ranked close to the bottom of a new national survey on healthcare; just a spot above Oklahoma. The first-ever state-by-state health system report focused on children’s health care and finds Florida’s kids have [...]

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National Mental Health Month Is About Raising Awareness, Removing Stigmas

May is National Mental Health Month, with the theme “Get Connected.” Mental Health America, the nation’s leading nonprofit dedicated to helping all people live mentally healthier lives, founded Mental Health Month more than 50 years ago to raise awareness about mental health conditions and the importance of mental health for everyone.
Due to a long-standing stigma [...]

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Religion briefs Saturday, March 29, 2008

A presentation, book signing and reception with rabbi Brad Hirschfield will be from 5 to 9 p.m. April 8 in Beaird Lounge in Oklahoma Memorial Union, 900 Asp Ave.
The event is presented by the University of Oklahoma’s Religious Studies Outreach Program and the United Ministry Center.
Hirschfield, president of the National Jewish Center for Learning and [...]

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Hospitals, Library To Offer Educational Series

The St. Luke Hospitals and the Boone County Public Library have partnered to present a new, free health-education series designed for adults ages 50 and older.
The first presentation, “Heart Disease and Stroke: Being Prepared Could Save Your Life,” will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, at the Scheben branch of the Boone County [...]

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Barbados to host health and wellness tourism strategy session

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Richard Sealy, Minister of Tourism, and Dr David Estwick, Minister of Health, National Insurance and Social Security, will be the featured speakers at an Exporting Services to Canada Seminar and Health and Wellness Tourism Strategy Session in Barbados on March 31st and April 1st respectively. The event is jointly organised by the Caribbean [...]

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Hyperbaric chambers touted as boon to healing

A hyperbaric chamber is an airtight chamber that patients lie in for about an hour, breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized atmosphere. The extra oxygen helps speed the recovery process on everything from broken bones to neurological disorders, Kolb said. Hospitals also have [...]

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Web surfing isn’t just for cyberchondriacs

%26#39;A physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient,%26#34; said the legendary Canadian physician Sir William Osler.Today, thanks to the Internet, we are all physicians. And potential fools.
All you need to do is Google your symptoms and, presto, you have a diagnosis. A few more key strokes and you [...]

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Nestl� book prize put to bed for last time

Nestl� said that it was “moving its community support towards the company strategy of nutrition, health and wellness,” in the form of healthy eating plans for primary schools.Despite some controversy over the prize’s sponsorship by Nestl� due to the company’s tarnished reputation arising from its promotion of powdered baby milk in developing countries, the prize [...]

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