by Debbie Williams — Ahhhh-choo! Ahhhh-choo! Sniffle, sniffle. Tissue … repeat. It is that time of year. Do you remember when people came to Arizona to escape allergies? With the influx of people came the influx of plants, and the rest is history. In 2011, the Huffington Post website announced that Phoenix and Las Vegas […]
Tag Archives: rheumatoid arthritis
Hip pain and myofascial release
March 30, 2013
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by Maria Troia — Hip pain affects individuals of all ages and can have various causes, including osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis or common muscle strain. Such hip pain can happen while walking on flat surfaces, up and down stairs, squatting or sleeping on the painful side. Hip pain may be experienced in the hip […]
Lyme disease
January 22, 2013
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by Dr. Warren M. Levin — If you have been traipsing from one doctor’s office to another with a potpourri of symptoms ranging from rashes to achy joints to arthritis, chronic flu, fatigue, sore throat and headaches, to name just a few, you might have Lyme disease. Lyme disease gets its name from the town […]
Meadowsweet — not just for pain
December 30, 2012
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by Dr. Jennifer Burns — Meadowsweet (Spirea ulmaria), a member of the rose family, was one of the sacred herbs used by the Druids. In the early 1800s, a doctor extracted salicylate from the flower part of the plant and used it to treat pain. The anti-inflammatory effects of this herb make it ideal […]
Health updates
September 12, 2012
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The following is new information about evolving insect resistance to genetically engineered cotton, and ways to manage arthritis without drugs. First documented cases of insect resistance to GE cotton According to a new research report by University of Arizona (UA) entomologists, a pest insect known as the bollworm is the first to evolve resistance in […]
May 27, 2013
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