| Web site promotes NM as alternative healing destination
A newly-launched Web site aims to bring together, in a directory format, practitioners and businesses in New Mexico that offer products and services designed to improve health and well-being naturally. NewMexicoNaturalHealing.com also includes events listings and a product catalog. The site, which debuted in March, is an effort to brand New Mexico as an alternative-healing destination. According to a news release, the site will be marketed through tourism outlets including the New Mexico Department of Tourism, the Santa Fe Convention & Visitors Bureau and online travel channels. Directory listings include spas, skin care salons, meditation and yoga centers, and other businesses, as well as individual and group practices. Practitioners include the more traditional, such as chiropractors, acupuncturists and integrative medicine physicians, and the more esoteric, such as energy therapists, crystal healers, folk healers and practitioners using frequency devices.
Why it makes sense to get the HPV vaccine
Human papilloma virus has been drawing a lot of media attention for the past two years, yet many patients are unaware of exactly what it is, and how a vaccine that is now available may prevent many infections. HPV is a common virus that can be spread by any skin-to-skin contact, including sexual intercourse, or oral or anal sex. Approximately 80 percent of sexually active people will be exposed to HPV sometime during their lifetime. Most women's first exposure is between the ages of 15 and 25 years. There are hundreds of different types of HPV, but there are two main subgroups: The high-risk types cause cervical cancer, and the low-risk types cause genital warts. There is no treatment for high-risk HPV, only treatment for the resulting pre-cancerous cells. There are no symptoms of HPV, and 80 percent to 90 percent of HPV infections will clear spontaneously.
Well-Being In Brief: 04/24/2008
Petoskey -- Zion Lutheran Church will sponsor "Your Body His Temple," the second in a four-week seminar for women on Friday. "Beating Stress" and "13 Steps to Detox Your Thought Life" will be discussed from 7 to 9 p.m. at the church, 500 W. Mitchell St. The following week's programs will offer tips on healthy eating, recipes, exercise, vitamins and nutrition. Call Elfrieda Lewitt, 347-3438. Author will lead weight-loss seminar TRAVERSE CITY -- Pat Altvater, author and creator of "Journey to Wow-Choose Health Now," will bring her "The Secret of Permanent Weight Loss" seminar to the Higher Self Bookstore on Saturday. Altvater created the "Journey to Wow-Choose Health Now" program in 2007 after releasing her first book, "Journey to Health." She formed the Transformations Institute and is one of a few licensed "Law of Attraction" coaches in the U.S.
FMGC industry grows by 16 percent in 2007-08
New Delhi, Apr 13: Backed by rising demand, fiscal incentive and improved performance by leading companies having plants in tax-exempt locations, the FMCG industry has has recorded 16 per cent growth in sasles during April-February 2006-07, a survey said. .
Dr. Spiller's Silk Complex Voted #1 Skin Care Product by Readers of Europe's Beauty Forum Magazine
German-based skin care company Dr. Spiller Biocosmetic was in attendance at the Beauty Forum magazine 2007-2008 Readers' Choice Awards, where its Silk Complex anti-aging cream was awarded First Place in the Skin Care category. On hand to accept the award was Eric Wolsperger, Director of Operations. .
Diet author challenges Nashville to lose
Dr. Ian Smith challenged Saved by the Bell's Screech, American Idol's Kimberly Locke and '70s icon Marcia Brady on VH1's Celebrity Fit Club. A year later, he is still challenging Americans to lose 50 million pounds and to lead healthier lives. On Sunday, Smith, the Fit Club medical/diet expert, came to Nashville to register people for his 50 Million Pound Challenge. .
Yulex Corp. gets FDA approval to sell its natural latex gloves
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday it has given the nod for Yulex Corp. to market its gloves made from natural rubber latex. Called the Yulex Patient Examination Glove, the product is derived from guayule (pronounced why-yoo-lee), a desert bush the company harvests in Maricopa, Ariz. The FDA says this is the first device made from guayule latex to be cleared. The gloves do not contain proteins associated with allergic reactions to latex products made from the milky sap of a rubber tree, Hevea braziliensis. While most people sensitive to Hevea experience mild reactions such as skin redness, rash, hives or itching, more severe reactions can include respiratory symptoms such as difficulty breathing, coughing spells and wheezing.
Salon caters to customers of male persuasion
It's a wonder Mike Huff didn't pull his hair out before his new business opened its doors. "This went wrong. That went wrong," he said. "It was just one thing after the other." Huff survived the process, hair intact, and welcomes customers to try Gentlemen's Top Cuts, a salon that caters to guys at 7425 Middlebrook Pike. The shop joins a growing number of male-focused salons, which in Knoxville includes SuperCuts and Sport Clips. He also owns another salon, Kids Fun Kutz in West Knoxville. "What I shot for was a high-end salon similar to what my wife goes to," Huff said. "I thought, what can we do to make the average man come here and not be bored to tears? I wanted something man-friendly." Clients will know that this is not the typical salon when they walk in the door.
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