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| How To Treat Poison Ivy Rashes |
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| Poison ivy, western poison oak, and poison sumac all have an oil in their leaves, vines and roots, called urushiol. The oil is released when the plant is bruised. The oil is still active even in dead plants. According to the American Academy of Derm |
| Imprinted Traumatic Cellular Memories |
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| I want to let you in on a secret that few people in the medical industry and alternative medicine community are talking about. And this is about the real cause of disease. And if you ever want to really do something about your health you will consid |
| Prevention in Clinical Settings: The Facts |
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| Introduction Preventive medicine may be defined as the application of biomedical and epidemiological science to the promotion of health and the elimination or early detection of disease in populations and individuals. Trends in Health Manpower in th |
| Getting Rid of Head Lice ?The Natural Way |
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| Head lice can be a pesky problem for any parent of children who attend day care or school. No one ever thinks about lice until their child gets it, and addition to day care and school, even the cleanest children can contract head lice from places li |
| Worksite Health Promotion: The Facts |
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| Introduction The last ten years has brought major changes in employer attitudes toward workplace health promotion programs. Interest in self-help and self-care programs has increased as growth in health care costs have encroached substantially into |
| Native Americans: The Facts |
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| Introduction Native Americans are a diverse group of peoples from varied cultural backgrounds. More than 500 tribal groups are recognized by the Federal government. The population of Native Americans in 1986 was estimated at 1.6 million or 0.7% of t |
| Hispanic Americans: The Facts |
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| Introduction With more than 7% of the population, Hispanic Americans are the second largest minority in the United States. The Hispanic population is comprised of persons from diverse origins including Mexican (60.6% of total Hispanic population), P |
| Asian Americans: The Facts |
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| Introduction Asian Americans are the third largest and fastest growing minority group in the United States. In 1985, Asian Americans totaled an estimated 5.1 million and accounted for 2.1% of the U.S. population. From 1980-1985 the Asian American po |
| Black Americans: The Facts |
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| Introduction Blacks constitute 12% of the population of the United States and are the single largest minority group in the country. The health status of Blacks has been studied and compared regularly to that of the white population. The Black popula |
| Older Adults: The Facts |
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| Introduction Achievements in medicine over the last few decades have increased the life expectancies of millions of Americans who earlier this century would have lost their lives to heart attacks, strokes, cancer and other diseases. The average leng |
| Accident Prevention and Injury Control: The Facts |
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| Introduction Injuries are the leading cause of death for persons under 44 years of age in the U.S. Injuries kill more Americans aged 1-34 than all diseases combined, and result in the loss of more working years of life than all forms of cancer and h |
| Household Budget |
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| Nowadays, women are taking leading roles in the workforce. In many households they are breadwinners and collectively generate substantial wealth. Being mother is even tougher. Not only are they one of the breadwinners and parent, they are also respo |
| Occupational Health: The Facts |
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| Introduction The approximately 110 million workers in this country are exposed to a wide variety of occupational hazards that can pose significant risks to their health. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed the |
| Oh, It |
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| I recently received a letter from the Social Security Administration. This outlined how much I had paid into the program. Also, the amount of my monthly payment from the fund that I would get when I retire was also stated. This amount would depend u |
| The Leading Cause of Death in the United States |
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| According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the number one ranking cause of death in 2003 for all age groups between 1 and 44 years of age was unintentional injuries. The overwhelming majority of these were due to motor vehicle accid |
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