Archive for the 'Human Interest' Category

Toxicity of Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

Recently, there was a discussion in the mailing list of a wellness group I belong to concerning the toxicity of low energy light bulbs.
A quick search on the Internet brought me to different views on this topic. For example, back in April, in an article, Political Crusaders, Dr. Thomas Sowell’s described the campaign to replace [...]

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Another Attemp to Discredit the Dietary Supplements

I was a bit disturbed reading the content of this blog on “Weight Loss Aids Bought On Internet Might Harm Your Heart.” Here we go again. Another attempt to suppress discredit the Dietary Supplements, as you can find from the following paragraph in Kristie Leigh’s posting:
The accusation that some of the ingredients in weight loss [...]

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Acupuncture and Back Pain

Back pain has been bothered me in the past few months. However, the only thing I still remember from the book of Dr John Sarno that I read few years ago is, don’t let the back pain to be an excuse and to prevent you from your normal activities or something to that effect. That’s why I’ve never let my back pain prevented [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day

I was trying to find the origin of Mother’s Day in the United States when I came across this Google Mother’s Day Logo. I like the picture. As for Mother’s Day origin, I found the references at Wikipedia, both for the U.S., as well as other countries.
It’s sad though, while most of the people are [...]

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