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Bach Flower Remedies for Children

Bach Flower Remedies are gentle healing tools. Because essences are gentle they are ideal for a child's delicate system. Childhood is a time of rapid change. Working with flower essences can help your child make transitions smoothly. In times of trauma or pain flower essences can help to soothe the ...More...

Kava Kava Benefits

Kava Kava comes from the root of the Kava plant, a shrub that is prevalent in the Pacific Islands. The plant was domesticated nearly 3,000 years ago, and the roots are dried, ground into a powder and turned into a beverage....More...

Noten Side Effects

In Australia and Singapore, Noten is the brand name for the medication atenolol. A beta-blocker drug, Noten is mainly prescribed to treat angina and high blood pressure and to improve survival after a heart attack. Numerous side effects are possible....More...

Acupunture Magnets & Chinese Herbs

Alternative medicine is a noninvasive approach to healing, balancing and strengthening the body. Acupuncture magnets and Chinese herbs are a painless alternative medicine practice. Oriental Medicine practitioners, acupuncturists and herbalists can advise you on the best approach for your individual ...More...

What Are the Dangers of Beta Blockers?

Beta blockers are hypertension medications known formally as beta-adrenergic blocking agents. They work by interfering with the actions of norepinephrine and epinephrine and therefore lower the heart rate (they are often prescribed to patients who have abnormal heart rhythms) and help widen blood ve...More...

Himalayan Salt Cures for the Body

Today, the average person can often fall prey to a variety of illnesses and minor complaints because of faulty food habits and busy, stressed lifestyles. There are many store-bought chemical potions and drugs, and herbal home remedies from the kitchen and garden that can help to tackle such issues. ...More...

Grants for Pharmaceutical Companies

The cost of drug development can be subsidized by grants.pharmaceutics image by Marek Kosmal from Fotolia.comNew drug treatments allow people to live with conditions that previously could have been debilitating or fatal. Psychiatrists and physicians can prescribe drugs for patients......More...

Tutorials for Maya Silver Effects

Tutorials for Maya silver effects come in various formats and price ranges. Maya is a three-dimensional (3D) animation program designed by Autodesk, as of 2011 the largest software company in the world specializing in animation software. You can use the program to give images a silver finish, simila...More...

How to Avoid Scleroderma With Vitamins

Scleroderma is sometimes talked of as if it were a single disease, but it is actually symptomatic of a group of diseases. It is characterized by an abnormal growth of collagen in the connective tissues that support the skin and internal organs. It can appear as hard, tight skin, but it can also caus...More...

Wellbutrin Neurological Side Effects

Wellbutrin is a prescription medication most often used to treat depression, either mental or seasonal (a condition commonly called seasonal affective disorder). What Wellbutrin does is basically balance the neurotransmitters, or the chemicals, in the brain, so a person may begin to feel healthy. Wh...More...

How to Clean Skin With Epsom Salt

Epsom salt, or magnesium sulfate, is a natural product that is often used for soaking sore muscles. It also has many other uses, ranging from fertilizing and controlling pests on garden flowers to soothing mosquito bites. Since the magnesium and sulfur that are the main chemical components of Epsom ...More...

Preparation H Ingredients

Preparation H is a medication used to treat hemorrhoids, and can also be used for everyday hygiene. It comes in a cream, gel, ointment and suppository, and also as a medicated wipe. It provides relief from soreness, itching and burning by blocking the pain signals from the nerve endings in the skin,...More...

How to Identify a Prescription Pill by Number

Every pill contains an imprint. The imprint may be a combination of number and letters, or a drug manufacturer's logo. Imprints required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Doctors, pharmacists and consumers use the imprint to identify the pills....More...

Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Learn about the different forms of age-related macular degeneration, preventive strategies, and lastest therapeutic options in this overview....More...