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Time for the Truth about Gardasil

Posted by Dr. Mercola | April 17 2010 | 17,822 views

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Why Shopping at Costco Could Be Making You Sick
By Luanne Bradley, AlterNet
Posted on April 11, 2010, Printed on April 11, 2010
http://www.alternet.org/story/146383/

You know that oppressive feeling that comes over you after passing through the manned warehouse doors of Costco? It’s not just product overload, although the visual onslaught of discount merchandise under artificial lights and without any open windows can be extremely daunting.

It could be your body’s response to the toxic plastic and corrosive chemicals permeating the bowling alley lanes of electronics, landfill-bound picnic supplies and sprayed imported produce and flowers, and the dizzying assortment of scented cleaning agents and softeners in super-duper-sized vats.
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5 Reasons to Plant Herbal Ground-covers
By Chris McLaughlin

Every spring, nurseries and garden centers buzz with gardeners looking for that perfect mulch to spread in their yards. Gardeners want mulch with beneficial properties and curb appeal. Bag after bag is loaded into pickups, trunks and even backseats.

But did you know there also are living mulches? I’m talking about the soil-hugars, the low-growers of the plant world—the unheralded herbal ground-covers. Low-maintenance herbal ground-covers are mulches that eliminate weeding, prevent soil erosion, insulate in winter and retain water in summer. In this case, beauty, delightful fragrance and edible landscaping are just icing on the gardening cake. Nothing brings mulching benefits as nicely as agreeable herbs.

Herbs are masters at adapting to a variety of soils and reproduce all by themselves. As living mulches, they’re rivaled by none. There isn’t one good reason to consider herbs as ground-covers—there are five great ones.

1. Wise Watering Living ground-covers can conserve water in your garden, which can save you money wherever you live.

2. Incorporate Insulation  As handy as herbal ground-covers are in the summer as water retainers, they’re equally impressive as insulators in the winter.

3. Eliminate Erosion  We gardeners strive to give our precious gardens healthy, nutrient-rich soil by using organic gardening practices, minimal tilling and composting.

4. Win the Weed War  Ground-covers are state-of-the-art weed control. This is welcome news for my knees and back, as I am no longer a young gardener.

5. Botanical Bounty  Herbal ground-covers not only add extra beauty to a garden or yard, but they also add the texture that makes our gardens interesting and original.
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Ways to help your children stay in the game injury-free
By Sabrya Rice, CNN
STORY HIGHLIGHTS

More than 30 million U.S. kids participate in sports each year, Safe Kids USA reports
Some 3.5 million kids 14 and under seek medical attention for sports injuries each year

Ways to help kids stay injury free include having them play more than one sport
Other tips: Know coach’s injury policy, what injuries are common to what sport

(CNN) — Mackenzie Riley is only 13 years old, but her schedule is busier than many adults. Besides being on her middle-school yearbook staff and taking piano and voice lessons once a week, she is also the co-captain of her seventh-grade basketball and volleyball teams.

"I like playing sports a lot," Mackenzie says. "I like the teamwork and having us all come together." This year she is also adding softball and track to the mix.

Mackenzie’s parents, Todd and JoAnna Riley, attend many of her games, so during last year’s basketball season they knew immediately when something was wrong. "We noticed that as she was playing she asked to sit down more, which is not something she typically wants to do," recalls JoAnna Riley.

Mackenzie started complaining of pain and bruising in her foot during the games, but she often felt better afterwards, so her parents didn’t think much of it. "We thought we could treat it on our own," admits JoAnna, "so we gave her anti-inflammatory and pain relievers to help those aching bones."

But Mackenzie continued to have problems and her parents’ concerns grew. "The longer it went on, the more we thought it wasn’t something that was going to go away on its own."

Halfway through the season, the Riley’s decided it was time to see specialist. Mackenzie got a diagnosis of plantar fasciitis, a condition that develops gradually over time and is most common in people between ages 40 and 60. But for Mackenzie, the condition developed despite her young age due to a combination of her being flat-footed and from overuse from continuously playing sports that put a lot of stress on her feet.

Major sports injuries increasing among children

According to Safe Kids USA, more than 30 million American children participate in extracurricular sports each year, and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons estimates that more than 3.5 million children age 14 and younger seek medical attention each year as a result of sports injuries.
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1. Diversify your child’s sports portfolio
2. Don’t let your child play if he or she is in pain
3. Know the pitch limits (for baseball)
4. Learn the coach’s ‘injury philosophy’
A few questions he recommends:
5. Be familiar with the common injuries for your child’s sport
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Study: Breast-feeding Would Save Lives, Money
April 5, 2010

CHICAGO (AP) — The lives of nearly 900 babies would be saved each year, along with billions of dollars, if 90 percent of U.S. women breast-fed their babies for the first six months of life, a cost analysis says.

Those startling results, published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics, are only an estimate. But several experts who reviewed the analysis said the methods and conclusions seem sound.

"The health care system has got to be aware that breast-feeding makes a profound difference," said Dr. Ruth Lawrence, who heads the American Academy of Pediatrics’ breast-feeding section.

The findings suggest that there are hundreds of deaths and many more costly illnesses each year from health problems that breast-feeding may help prevent. These include stomach viruses, ear infections, asthma, juvenile diabetes, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and even childhood leukemia.

The magnitude of health benefits linked to breast-feeding is vastly underappreciated, said lead author Dr. Melissa Bartick, an internist and instructor at Harvard Medical School. Breast-feeding is sometimes considered a lifestyle choice, but Bartick calls it a public health issue.
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Study: Walking Lowers Women’s Stroke Risk 

Brisk
walking may lower women’s risk of stroke, a study published this week finds. The
study included 39,000 women, age 45 and older. Researchers asked them from time
to time about their physical activity. In a 12-year period, 579 had strokes.
Women who said they walked briskly had a 37% lower stroke risk than non-walkers.
Women who walked at any pace for at least 2 hours a week had a 30% lower stroke
risk. Researchers did not find a lower stroke risk with more vigorous exercise,
such as running and cycling. But they said they may not have had enough people
in these groups to show a difference. The Associated Press wrote about the
study. It was published online by the journal Stroke.

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