| Acupuncture Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Acupuncture & Wellness ... | | Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 1:10:58 PM by Blog57 Team | | Los Angeles, CA (FV Newswire) - The Charlotte Acupuncture and Wellness Center offers Charlotte, NC area residents the opportunity to receive high quality complementary and alternative healthcare. As well, www.charlotteacupuncture.com was launched to educate the poplulation in Charlotte, NC region on the practice and benefits of Oriental medicine. The Charlotte Acupuncture and Wellness Center focuses on using the principles and modalities of Oriental medicine in the treatment of their patients. The main modalities of treatment include acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, Oriental nutrition, and Traditional Chinese medicine. Hope Peek, L.Ac. and Todd Trembula, L.Ac. are the primary practitioners at the Charlotte Acupuncture and Wellness Center, and they are highly qualified specialists in the practice of acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and Oriental nutrition.... | |
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| | | Med texts handy for home use | | Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 3:06:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Internet is filled with useful health information, but sometimes it's tough to sift through all of it to find the answers you need. That's why medical and health reference books still have a place on my book shelf. It's often faster to flip through a well-organized reference book than to navigate the Internet. And it's usually easier to determine the source and credibility of medical information in books than to figure out who's behind a particular Web site and whether the information is reliable. The biggest downside of medical reference books is that they tend to be voluminous and daunting. I generally stay away from large medical encyclopedias, which often are difficult to use and can become quickly outdated. Instead, the books I keep around tend to be specialized reference guides.... | |
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| | | Flavored vinegar: Pucker up . . . and say ahhhh! | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:13:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | Without a little sour, one can't appreciate the sweet. So says Lawrence J. Diggs, who calls himself "the vinegar man" and is the curator of the International Vinegar Museum in Roslyn, S.D. "It's hard to say why we love vinegary tastes," Diggs said. "The brain uses sourness to make sense of many of the scents we smell. It's as if the brain needs that contrast as a palette to paint the rest of our tastes on. It's hard to tell where the evolution comes from; is it just our genetic code?" Something about vinegar enchants us. Vinegar sales have been rising since 1993, and sales topped $200 million in 2004, the Vinegar Institute in Atlanta reported; it predicts sales of more than $415 million by 2010. Balsamic vinegar made up nearly half of all sales in North America, according to Mintel Custom Solutions Data, which gathered the data for the Vinegar Institute.... | |
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| | | StarMed Group Retains ROI Group Associates As Investor Relations Counsel | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 7:29:50 AM by Blog57 Team | | StarMed Group, Inc. (OTCBB: SMEG) announced today it has retained ROI Group Associates, Inc. to develop and implement a comprehensive investor outreach program. StarMed Group is developing wellness centers that will offer preventative, traditional, medical and alternative treatments. Founder and CEO Herman Rappaport stated, "We believe that lasting wellness and healthcare do not end at simply treating symptoms with prescription medicine. Our unique approach to preventive medicine and personal nutrition provides our clients a lifetime of looking and feeling better. " Robert Giordano, ROI Group President affirmed, "ROI has extensive expertise in integrative and holistic healthcare. We are excited to provide guidance to StarMed as it explores its emerging opportunities in this exciting marketplace.... | |
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| | | In Big Apple's high-end housing glut, ritzy extras are the new ... | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 1:22:49 PM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK - For $3 million, you can own a two-bedroom apartment at 255 Hudson St., a boxy building of blue-tinted glass at the southern end of SoHo. The money will buy you architectural touches that include "the warmth of textured concrete," as a brochure puts it, not to mention a killer view of the twice-a-day traffic snarl at the Holland Tunnel's entrance. What you don't get is parking. So earlier this year, the developers of 255 Hudson cut a deal with the Manhattan Classic Car Club, a lending library of sorts where, for a rather hefty sum, members can borrow any of a fleet of luxury vehicles including a Rolls-Royce Corniche. The club is across the street from 255 Hudson, allowing the project's overlord to turn what by any account would seem like a liability there is nowhere for your car into an asset.... | |
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| | | Still not free to take ARVs | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 7:05:34 PM by Blog57 Team | | The hope that years of strife and stand-off may be giving way to a more inclusive and participatory Aids policy cannot come a moment too soon. It is particularly important to ask how the mixed messages of the government and its conflicts with civil society exacerbate fears and beliefs about antiretroviral (ARV) treatment. And, how does this confusion manifest itself in communities and among people living with Aids? A necessary starting point to reverse confusion is to provide accessible, unambiguous and consistent information on treatment, as well as involving the broader community in treatment issues.In one semi-rural community outside Tshwane, it is easy to gauge the palpable level of uncertainty surrounding ARVs. “Eh! Some of the people are scared of treatment because if you spoke to someone and say let us go and get some treatment they will pretend as if they take it and stop," said one woman living with Aids.... | |
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| | | NATUROPATHY: Eye nutrients for the elderly | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:08:20 AM by Blog57 Team | | AGE-related cataract has become a major public health problem. In the United States, 20 to 50 per cent of those aged 65 to 75 have age-related cataracts. Cataract is an opaque, cloudy area that occurs in the clear lens of the eye. Over a period of time, the cataract blocks light that is entering the eye and progressively reduces vision. The main symptom is a blurring of vision in the affected eye. Many people without diabetes get cataracts, but those with diabetes are 60 per cent more likely to develop this eye condition. Diabetics also tend to get cataracts at a younger age. Diabetics are 40 per cent more likely to suffer from glaucoma than those without diabetes. The longer someone has had diabetes, the more common glaucoma is. Risk also increases with age. Glaucoma occurs when pressure builds up in the eye.... | |
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| | | BULLETIN BOARD | | Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 7:04:03 AM by Blog57 Team | | La-Te-Due Maternity Boutique is open at Edgewater Mall, 2600 Beach Blvd., Biloxi. The boutique is a fashionable maternity and accessories store from early pregnancy to postpartum and nursing. The owners are Michelle Erickson and DeAnna Hymel. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Details: 594-1461 or (866) 702-2229. Insurance division moves into Mobile Tupelo-based BancorpSouth announces that BancorpSouth Insurance Services' Stewart Sneed Hewes division has expanded into the Alabama market with the opening of a Mobile commercial lines production and marketing office. In conjunction with the new office announcement, Stewart Sneed Hewes President John B. Sneed said that Andy Underwood is vice president of marketing and the manager for the Mobile office.... | |
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| | | New Tool Streamlines Raw Dietary Ingredient Information Exchange | | Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 1:05:49 PM by Blog57 Team | | WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the leading trade associations for the dietary supplement industry announced a voluntary industry-wide protocol—Standardized Information on Dietary Ingredients (SIDI)—to facilitate the efficient exchange of information between ingredient suppliers and finished product manufacturers. This cooperative effort between the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), and the Natural Products Association provides a practical product information guideline, available online at each trade association's web site. With thousands of raw dietary ingredients in use today, and thousands of buyers and sellers of these ingredients, identifying and properly qualifying the appropriate ingredient from a trustworthy source is a time- and resource-consuming process.... | |
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| | | Former Whole Foods Executive Joins Mountain Herbal Foods | | Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 7:02:55 AM by Blog57 Team | | Mountain Herbal Foods, LLC, announced recently the appointment of Rudy Rubenis, as the company's Corporate Operating Officer. Rubenis has joined the ownership and management team of Mountain Herbal Foods, creators of Alpine Ice, an all-natural frozen dessert that uses an innovative base of therapeutic and aromatic herbs. Most recently a Regional Vice-President with Whole Foods Market for the past five years, Rubenis will lead the expansion of Alpine Ice and new products into core and expansion markets as the company continues to grow according to company sources. According to Mountain Herbal Foods addresses the importance of healthy nutrition for all lifestyles and diet needs. Company adds that the base of Alpine Ice uses teas, herbs, and flowers thereby eliminating lactose issues, cholesterol and calories.... | |
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