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) LA food folks: Nwenna Kai, the goddess of raw foods
I was in my mid-20's and had everything: constipation, vertigo, migraines, acne, depression, anxiety, frequent colds, sciatica. The constipation was the most debilitating. I was already a vegan, but I figured if I ate salads and fresh juices all day for a week, I would surely go to the bathroom more frequently. Well, that's just what happened.I started experimenting. I went to a raw foods restaurant in Chicago called Karyn's Fresh Corner, I bought a Vita-mix blender, some books, and a dehydrator, and I turned my kitchen into a laboratory. I despise the "vegan" label. I want to make being vegan sexy and hot and trendy, something that people think is cool and good for your health. I figure if people thought drinking 40's and smoking blunts was cool at one time, they can think eating raw veggies is cool now. More>>
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) Women Suffer Needlessly from Confusion about Hormones
These include acne, high blood pressure, excessive and coarse facial and body hair, deepening voice, polycystic ovary syndrome, weight gain, and unstable blood sugar levels.
Hormone drug products are usually chosen to be prescribed by traditional doctors. Since they get most of their product information from drug companies, they were sold on hormone drugs as the solution for their patients' complaining of symptoms that reflect declining hormone levels. Following the release of the Women's Health Initiative, many women refused to continue taking hormone drugs and completely discontinued all hormone therapy. As pharmaceutical companies began to feel the pinch, they made the shift away from producing hormone drugs toward production of bioidentical hormones, although many hormone drugs are still widely available and the first choice of many doctors who have yet to learn about bioidenticals. More>> - (
) New SKIN1 by Dr. Gram - First Line to Address Inflammation, Enemy
Clarifying Mask brings together the antiseptic power of sulfur and camphor with the soothing relief of oat flour to clear and soothe acne prone skin. This nutrient-rich treatment purifies and brightens the skin, while minimizing the appearance of pores. Nutra-VÎt Complex™ works synergistically with botanical extracts to balance skin hydration and reduce hyperpigmentation, while aiding the skin's natural recovery from free radical damage.Clarifying Cleanser is a non-drying formula designed for all skin types, but especially beneficial for oily or acne-prone skin. This deep purifying cleanser uses salicylic acid to promote healing and preventing of blemishes by removing blackhead-causing bacteria from the pores while simultaneously exfoliating to decongest the skin. More>>
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) Dr Frances Pitsilis looks at issues of health and wellbeing
Over the years, the fact that access to this drug was only from a specialist dermatologist meant that many teenagers with severe and even scarring acne could not access it because their parents could not afford to pay for the visit.Hospital appointments for acne care for teenagers have been impossible to get.
This announcement is great news for those teenagers at high risk of scarring acne who need access to this drug. General practitioners are certainly more than capable of prescribing it and following the teenager's progress on it.
I note with interest that New Zealand and Australian dermatologists have been concerned about Pharmac's decision. This is typical of some medical specialists' attitudes to general practitioners.
Our specialist colleagues think that just because they have huge knowledge of a narrow area of medicine, they are somehow better placed to do certain things. More>>