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PrivateLabelArticles 7/9/2008 | 0 (0) | 51 | 1 | 0 | English
Keyword: health spa Word Count: 428 Keyword Density: 9/2.10% A Health Spa: Enjoyable Ways of Reducing Stress and Relieving Sore Muscles Visiting a health spa has become one of the most culturally and socially acceptable way of reducing stress and relieving muscle tensions. According to studies, more than 60 million Americans visit health spas every ... more>>
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WHAT IS HIV/AIDS FRAUD?
HIV fraud is the promotion, advertisement, or sale of products that are supposed to diagnose, treat, or cure HIV when those products have not been proven to be safe and effective for those purposes. Regular medicine does not have a cure for HIV. Because it is a serious illness, many people with HIV disease are w ... more>>
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WHAT IS DEPRESSION?
Depression is a mood disorder. It is more than sadness or grief. Depression is sadness or grief that is more intense and lasts longer than it should. It has various causes: • events in your daily life • chemical changes in the brain • a side effect of medications • several physical disorders About 5% to 10% of the g ... more>>
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WHAT IS ESSIAC?
Essiac is a tea made from four herbs. A Canadian nurse named Rene Caisse developed it in 1922. She said the formula originally came from an Ojibwa Indian medicine man. She named it after the backward spelling of her own last name, Caisse. The 4 main herbs in Essiac are burdock root (Arctium lappa), Indian or Chinese rhu ... more>>
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WHAT IS PENTAMIDINE?
Pentamidine (sold as NebuPent®, Pentam®, and Pentacarinat®) is a treatment for pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). See Fact Sheet 515 for more information on PCP. Pentamidine is normally not the first choice for treatment of PCP. However, it is used for patients who are allergic to sulfa drugs or dapsone. It may also be ... more>>
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WHAT ARE BODY COMPOSITION TESTS?
The tests and measurements described in this fact sheet provide detailed measurements of fat and lean body mass. Repeated measurements can be helpful in monitoring body shape changes associated with lipodystrophy (see fact sheet 553) or with wasting syndrome (see fact sheet 519). Some of these measureme ... more>>
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WHY IS CHOOSING AN HIV CARE PROVIDER IMPORTANT?
Treating HIV disease is very complicated. There are choices to consider at every stage of the disease. It’s best if you and your health care provider work together as a team. That makes it easier to choose and stick to your treatment plan. “Care provider” means a doctor, a physician’s ass ... more>>
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This Fact Sheet contains selected contact information for organizations providing HIV/AIDS services and information, both within New Mexico and nationally. For more information, contact your closest Health Management Alliance (listed below), or the New Mexico HIV/AIDS/STD/Hepatitis Hotline at 1-800-545-2437.
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GETTING THE OFFICE VISITS MOST FROM
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Fact Sheet Number 203
MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS
you’re taking, lab reports or test results from other health care providers. Health care office visits are usually very short. Many times, patients leave the office feeling they haven’t been listened to. They may have more questions th ... more>>
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WHAT ARE THERAPIES? ALTERNATIVE
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Fact Sheet Number 700
ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES
their labels clearly indicate their identity, purity, quality, strength, and composition. A health treatment that does not fit into standard western medical practice is called “alternative” or “complementary.” This inclu ... more>>
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WHAT IS LIPODYSTROPHY?
Lipodystrophy, or “lipo” for short, is a collection of body shape changes in people taking antiretroviral medications (ARVs). “Lipo” refers to fat, and “dystrophy” means bad growth. These changes include fat loss, fat deposits, and metabolic changes. Fat loss occurs in the arms, legs, or face (sunken cheeks). Thi ... more>>
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WHAT IS HARM REDUCTION?
Harm reduction is a way of dealing with behavior that damages the health of the person involved and of their community. Harm reduction tries to improve individual and community health. Much of the work on harm reduction has been in connection with drug use. This fact sheet focuses on harm reduction applied to dr ... more>>
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WHAT IS AN AIDS CLINICAL TRIAL?
Before new drugs can be sold to treat HIV disease, they must be proved to be safe and effective. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves new drugs and other treatments based on the results of laboratory tests, animal tests, and tests in humans (clinical trials). New treatments are tested in human ... more>>
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DID YOU JUST LEARN THAT YOU’RE HIV-POSITIVE?
It can be very scary to learn that your HIV blood test came back positive, but it’s not a death sentence. The test means that you are infected with the virus that causes AIDS, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Even though there is no cure for HIV disease, there are many new treatments ... more>>
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WHAT IS MEDICINE? AYURVEDIC
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Fact Sheet Number 702
AYURVEDIC MEDICINE
HOW IS AYURVEDIC MEDICINE PRACTICED?
Ayurvedics believe that the body uses three doshas or types of energy: • vata, the energy of movement • pitta, the energy of digestion and metabolism, and • kapha, the energy of lubrication. In a typical intr ... more>>
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