Archive for April, 2008
Toddlers Most Affected
April 24th, 2008
Kabuki wrote an interesting post today on
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Secondhand smoke in the home appears to induce markers for heart disease as early as the toddler years, researchers reported at the American Heart Association 48th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention in March.
It has long been known that many forms of cardiovascular disease in adults are initiated and progress silently during childhood. Now researchers have found a young child’s response to smoke may not just affect the respiratory system, but the cardiovascular system as well.
“This is the first study that looks at the response of a young child’s cardiovascular system to secondhand smoke,” said Judith Groner, MD, lead author of the study, pediatrician and ambulatory care physician at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Research Institute in Columbus, OH.The study included 128 children, 2 to 5 years old and adolescents between the ages of 9 and 14. Researchers found that the younger children absorbed six times more nicotine than [...]
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Acupuncture For Smoking Cessation
April 16th, 2008
Dr. Richard Browne wrote an interesting post today on
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One of the most common addiction-related uses for acupuncture is to help people quit smoking. Although acupuncture has been an integral part of traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years, the idea of using acupuncture to help people overcome certain addictions is relatively new, originating in the early 1970’s.
Acupuncture therapy aids in addressing your particular […]
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Aromatherapy
April 15th, 2008
Dr. Richard Browne wrote an interesting post today on
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Aromatherapy is the practice of using essential oils, the volatile portion of aromatic plant products. Essential oils are aromatic essences generally distilled from the bark, roots, flowers, stems, leaves, or other plant elements. The aroma and chemical composition of essential oils can produce therapeutic and medical benefits through inhalation and absorption through the skin.
Aromatherapy is […]
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Acupuncture Benefits
April 12th, 2008
Dr. Richard Browne wrote an interesting post today on
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Acupuncture benefits include the effective treatment of headache, back pain, tennis elbow, osteoarthritis, circulatory problems, sciatica, skin conditions, carpal tunnel syndrome, and asthma. Acupuncture benefits can also aid in smoking cessation, reduce postoperative nausea, decrease postoperative dental pain, and may be used as a stand-alone therapy for the treatment of many health conditions. Acupuncture benefits […]
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Quit Smoking Perspectives – “The System” Analogy
April 11th, 2008
admin wrote an interesting post today on
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I discovered how to quit smoking three years ago and when I did quit it was as easy as falling off a log. One of the things that struck me so much when I did discover the secret, was the importance of your perspective on smoking. The importance of your relationship with smoking.
I am not going to be able to tell you how to quit smoking in this article – I haven’t enough time to so what I want to do is give you an analogy to explain how your perspective is so important on how you can deal with smoking. This is a cornerstone of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and it works differently to other quit smoking methods because it relies so much on getting your view of the world fixed.
To explain the importance of perspective, I want to tell you about a program I watched on TV a [...]
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