Chemoprevention of cancer is the reduction of cancer risk before cancer has been detected. Chemoprevention is a new and promising approach to lowering the toll of breast cancer, and work in this area is proceeding in preventing other types of cancer, as well.
Chemoprevention The Latest Strategy in Reducing Breast Cancer Risk
December 12th, 2011Take it From the Top, Part 1
December 2nd, 2011“The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.” Read the rest of this entry »
Hormone Therapy for High Cholesterol
November 25th, 2011A recent Australian study suggests that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may work as well as cholesterol-lowering drugs for some postmenopausal women with high levels of blood lipids. Read the rest of this entry »
Women’s Health The New Medical Frontier. Part 2
November 24th, 2011Estrogen and oral contraceptives have a significant impact on the metabolism of many drugs.
At peak maturity, women have less bone mass than men do.
Women experience accelerated bone loss after menopause.
Women’s Health The New Medical Frontier. Part 1
November 24th, 2011For years, the notion of women’s health was pretty much limited to the care and maintenance our reproductive system. The way medical scientists saw it, the only things that separated us from the men and the boys were ovaries, breasts, a uterus and a vagina.
Federal Budget, Post 4
November 17th, 2011GST
All GST revenue flows to State Governments. The Budget estimates that in 2006-07 all States will receive an amount that is significantly above the Guaranteed Minimum Amount (GMA). The GMA is an estimate of the funding each State would have received had the Australian Government not implemented tax reform six years ago. It takes into account several factors, including lost revenue from the abolition of State taxes. Read the rest of this entry »
Muscle Testing, Listening To What Your Body Knows. Part 2
November 11th, 2011Second, we need a definition of the proper terms. Muscle testing is defined as just that, testing through muscles. However, many in the natural health arena confuse this with Kinesiology or Contact Reflex Analysis (CRA). They are separate and distinct. Muscle Testing is the easiest form and the beginning for going beyond itself. Read the rest of this entry »
Muscle Testing, Listening To What Your Body Knows. Part 1
November 11th, 2011Stick your arm out to your side. Hold it.
This is the beginning conversation of something unusual or something very common to most of us in the Natural Health field. The conversation continues, and next a person is applying pressure to your extended arm, at the wrist, usually while you’re holding onto an object with your other arm. Read the rest of this entry »
Federal Budget, Post 3
November 9th, 2011Indigenous measures
The Budget includes a package of 24 commitments designed to address the needs of Indigenous Australians, costing $372.9 M over five years and including measures to improve Indigenous access to health care services, to reduce substance abuse and to strengthen Indigenous communities. Read the rest of this entry »
Federal Budget, Post 2
November 2nd, 2011Employer demand
This year’s Budget provides a surprisingly low $6.8 M spread over four years in response to the recommendations of the Employer Roundtable, established to boost employer demand for employees with disabilities. Read the rest of this entry »
