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Information about alternative health and treatments in Andalucia, southern Spain. Reiki is a technique for stress reduction and relaxation that allows everyone to

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Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California say that women who have more than two alcoholic drinks daily face twice the risk of endometrial cancer as those who drink moderately or not at all, the New York Times reported Sept. 18.

Endometrial cancer affects the tissue linking the uterus. It kills about 7,400 women in the U.S. annually.

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A bit of diversion here, but an important one from the latest issue of Fast Company. I do not yet have an opinion on the 10 year retrospective review below, however, the numbers from Fast Company (if accurate) are dramatic. Dave Richards at “Defeating Global Poverty” has a more detailed post that you should check out and the author of “You Can Here Me Now“, Nicholas Sullivan, has published a letter countering this article (excerpts at the end of this post).

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A gentle but powerful hands-on Japanese healing art, the word ‘Reiki’ means universal life energy, the vital energy around and within all living things. It helps restore balance and harmony to the mind and body. Use throughout the world by people of all creeds and belief systems, Reiki is something that can benefit anyone.

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The new Bill Clinton book, Giving, features global health hero Paul Farmer and many others. He will be interviewed by Oprah on Sept. 4, 2007, the day his book on philanthropy and civic action is released. He will also be interviewed by Larry King and David Letterman (full press release here). Hat tip: Gift Hub.

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Regional hubs like Nome, Alaska have become magnets for alcoholics living in outlying communities where alcohol is banned or scarce, the Associated Press reported Sept. 6.

Nome’s Front Street, jails and hospitals are frequently packed with drunks, many in town from “dry” Eskimo communities. Many die of alcohol poisoning or exposure when they pass out in subzero temperatures.

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U.S. researchers have put out a new warning which states that permanent makeup can lead to disfigurement risk of “serious, long-term disfiguring reactions” for the 8 million women who use it. The warning comes from the CDC’s Masja Straetemans, PhD, and Martin Belson, MD, along with the FDA’s Linda Katz, MD, MPH. They have long known that allergic reactions can occur with such ink injections, women usually use this permanent makeup in the form of injections which can be used to enhance the eyebrows, eyelids, as well as lips.

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With Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Parker, Colo., one step closer to becoming the only for-profit, accredited medical school in the United States, it is generating controversy in the medical community.

In August, the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation awarded the school provisional accreditation. Once fully accredited, it will join the ranks of 149 public and private medical schools in the U.S. All those institutions are nonprofits.

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The California Industrial Hemp Farming Act, intended to promote cultivation of marijuana’s close (but non-psychoactive) cousin as a major cash crop, has been passed by the state legislature and has been sent to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Oakland Tribune reported Sept. 24.

Schwarzenegger vetoed an earlier version of the hemp bill, which was then redrafted to address his stated concerns about the measure. The Hemp Industries Association and other backers say that hemp could become a multimillion-dollar business in California, noting its use in products as diverse as food and textiles.

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Arthritis, Rheumatoid MeSH definition: A chronic systemic disease, primarily of the joints Etiology is unknown. Arthritis,Psoriatic MeSH definition: Syndrome in which psoriasis is associated with

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