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An Addiction Vaccine, Tantalizingly Close

October 8, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

The New York Times

By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
Published: October 3, 2011

[Vac Addiction] SAN DIEGO — Imagine a vaccine against smoking: People trying to quit would light up a cigarette and feel nothing. Or a vaccine against cocaine, one that would prevent addicts from enjoying the drug’s high.

Though neither is imminent, both are on the drawing board, as are vaccines to combat other addictions. While scientists have historically focused their vaccination efforts on diseases like polio, smallpox and diphtheria — with great success — they are now at work on shots that could one day release people from the grip of substance abuse.

Filed Under: Addiction, Hormone Health US News, Vaccinations Tagged With: Autism, BCP's, Birth Control, Birth Control Pills, Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Estrogen, Gardasil/Silgard, GlaxoSmithKline, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, HPV, HPV Vaccines, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Vaccinations, Vaccine Adverse Reactions, Women's Health

Why are more women depressed? Is this a real epidemic – or the result of cynical marketing by drug giants?

September 15, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

Mail Online By John Naish Last updated at 11:33 PM on 12th September 2011 More women than ever are reaching for the happy pills, it was revealed last week. New research suggests there has been a massive increase in the number of women with depression. Women are twice as likely to suffer from the illness Continue Reading …

Filed Under: Addiction, Depression, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Menstrual Cycle, Mothers & Daughters, Pharmaceuticals, Premenstrual Syndrome, Women's Health Tagged With: Big Pharma, Birth Control, Birth Control Pills, Cervical Cancer, FDA, Gardasil/Silgard, GlaxoSmithKline, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Women's Health

Is It an Addiction? 7 Telltale Signs

August 23, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

AOL Healthy Living
Jason Eric Schiffman, M.D., M.A., M.B.A.

August 19, 2011

Two friends with similar backgrounds both drink heavily while in their 20s, but one eventually cuts down and moves on, while the other’s drinking progresses into full-blown alcoholism. While science is still unable to distinguish between these two individuals before they start drinking, recent advances in addiction research show promise in explaining why some people can engage in potentially addictive activities in moderation while others cannot.

Filed Under: Addiction, Hormone Health US News, Wellness, Women's Health Tagged With: Autism, Big Pharma, Birth Control Pills, Breast Cancer, Cervarix, Cervical Cancer, Estrogen, Gardasil/Silgard, GlaxoSmithKline, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, HPV, HPV Vaccine, HPV Vaccines, Human Papillomavirus, Merck, Vaccinations, Vaccine Adverse Reactions, Vaccines, Women's Health

Friedan Exposed 1950s Women’s Emotional Core

June 12, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

Women’s eNews

By Stephanie Coontz
WeNews guest author
Sunday, June 12, 2011

Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” helped unravel the myth of the 1950s and 1960s housewife as completely satisfied and happy, says Stephanie Coontz in her book “A Strange Stirring.” In this excerpt, Coontz shows just how Friedan did so.

Filed Under: Addiction, Hormone Health US News, Mothers & Daughters, Women's Health, Women's History, Women's Politics Tagged With: Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormones, Menopause, Menstruation, Premenstrual Syndrome, Women's Health

Drug-related suicide attempts for women 50-plus up 49%: SAMHSA

June 3, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

Health Medical and Science Updates

May.19, 2011

A new national study shows that from 2005 to 2009 (the most recent year with available figures) there was a 49-percent increase in emergency department visits for drug related suicide attempts by women aged 50 and older — from 11,235 visits in 2005 to 16,757 in 2009. This increase reflects the overall population growth of women aged 50 and older.

Filed Under: Addiction, Adrenal Fatigue, Aging, Depression, Endocrine System, Environmental Health, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Insomnia, Menopause, Pharmaceuticals, Psychology, Women's Health Tagged With: Big Pharma, Hormone Imbalance, Menopause, Women's Health

Quest for Vaccines to Treat Addiction

May 3, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

Wall Street Journal

May 3, 2011
By MARK LONG

Frustrated by the high relapse rate of traditional addiction treatments, scientists are working on a strategy that recruits the body’s own defenses to help addicts kick drug habits.

Filed Under: Addiction, Vaccinations Tagged With: Autism, Big Pharma, Vaccine Adverse Reactions, Vaccines, Women's Health

Candida Overgrowth is Making You and Your Baby Sick and Tired (and Colickly). Taming the Yeastie Beasties Part 1

April 11, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

Birthologie
Discovering Your Peaceful Birth

One Problem, 101 Symptoms

What if I told you that your baby’s colic, cradle cap, ear infections, diaper rashes, allergies and sleep sensitivities were all one problem?

What if I told you that your mastitis, eczema, hives, pms, cramps, and gas were all one problem?

What if I told you that your baby acquired her problems from you? And that this problem contributed to things like arthritis, ADD, autism, lupus, infertility, endometriosis, and gluten sensitivity?

What if I told you you could solve these problems easily?

Filed Under: Addiction, Aging, AutoImmune Disease, Cervarix, Cervical Cancer, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Endocrine System, Endometriosis, Environmental Health, Fibromyalgia, Gardasil/Silgard, Global Gardasil/Silgard Concerns, Hormone Cycles, Hormones, Infertility, Menopause, Menstrual Health Education, Mothers & Daughters, Nutrition, PMDD, PMS, Pregnancy, Premenstrual Syndrome, Premenstrual Tension, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Teens, Thyroid, Vaccinations, Women's Health Tagged With: Cervarix, Cervical Cancer, Gardasil/Silgard, Hormone Cycles, Hormones, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Vaccinations, Vaccine Adverse Reactions, Vaccines, Women's Health

Brainwave Optimization is a therapy some use for anxiety, weight loss, sleeplessness & other more

March 2, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha 1 Comment

7 Action News – wxyz.com

March 2, 2011

CLARKSTON, Mich., (WXYZ) – Ever get stressed out, can’t think straight, or have trouble sleeping? Maybe you deal with addiction, attention deficit disorder, or seizures.

Some say your brain may be out of balance.

Filed Under: Addiction, ADHD Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Aging, AutoImmune Disease, Endocrine System, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Hot Flashes, Insomnia, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Mothers & Daughters, Neuroscience, Stress, Women's Health Tagged With: Birth Control, Birth Control Pills, Estrogen, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Women's Health

VRM: The Problem With Vaccines

February 24, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

VRM 21st February 2010 – By Joel Lord The whole basis for vaccinations is unphysiological. The vast majority of infections enter the body through the nasal passages & the Gastro-Intestinal Tract or the guts. Accordingly 80% of the body’s immune system is situated at these junctures; the natural first line of defence. Vaccines are injected Continue Reading …

Filed Under: Addiction, Autism, Cervarix, Endocrine System, Environmental Health, Estrogen, Gardasil/Silgard, Global Gardasil/Silgard Concerns, Hormone Cycles, Hormones, Men's Health, Menstrual Cycle, Mothers & Daughters, Neuroscience, Pharmaceuticals, Science, Vaccinations, Women's Health, Women's Politics Tagged With: Autism, Cervical Cancer, Estrogen, Gardasil/Silgard, GSK, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, HPV, HPV Vaccine, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Vaccinations, Vaccine Adverse Reactions, Vaccines, Women's Health

Children on RX Drugs Become Adults with Drug Addictions

February 23, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

Breaking the Cycles.com

Feb. 22, 2011

The following is a guest post by Leslie Botha, Marketing Director for Courage to Change Addiction Recovery Ranches, in which she uses excerpts from two of the Ranch’s client histories to illustrate her point that “[n]ow we have a first generation prescribed drugs from early developmental years now in recovery as adults with addictions.”

Teach your children well-
Their father’s hell did slowly go by-
And feed them on your dreams-
The one they picked – the one you’ll know by.
Crosby Stills Nash & Young 1971

Filed Under: Addiction, ADHD Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Men's Health, Social/Political, Teens, Women's Health Tagged With: Big Pharma, Birth Control, Birth Control Pills, Breast Cancer, Cervarix, Cervical Cancer, FDA, Gardasil/Silgard, GlaxoSmithKline, GSK, Hormones, HPV, HPV Vaccine, Human Papillomavirus, Menstruation, Merck, Vaccine Adverse Reactions, Vaccines, Women's Health