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The Menstrual Roots of Three Jewish and African Rites of Passage

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Metaforms of a Monotheistic Religion

The Menstrual Roots of Three Jewish and African Rites of Passage: Khomba, Bat Mitzvah and the Mikvah
by Deborah J. Grenn, Ph.D
From Metaphormia - A Journal of Menstruation and Culture
 B’rucha at Shekhinah[1] eloteinu malkah ha’olam she’asani ishah: Blessed are you, Shekhinah our god, Creator of the world/Source of Life, who has made […]

Women’s high pitch voice points to fertility

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Virtualmedicalcentre.com
October 16, 2008
A woman’s voice tends to rise in pitch the closer she is to ovulation, according to research published in the Royal Society Journal Biology Letters. Researchers believe this is because a higher pitch is more attractive and more feminine, thus signalling fertility to potential partners.
Scientists at the University of California recorded the voices […]

Effective Skin Care is a Problem When Hormones Are Out of Balance

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This important article discusses Hypothryoidism as the culprit behind menopause symptoms not the decrease in hormones (estrogen and progesterone.)  Synthetic hormones in BCP’s and HRT’s affect the entire endocrine system of which the thyroid is a part.  Not unusaul to think that it is the thyroid that is out of whack after years of menstrual […]

Sexy Impulses: Treating Multiple Sclerosis with Hormones

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Hormones increasingly are shown to affect brain functions, and now they may battle MS symptoms, too.
Miller-McCune
Written by Lisa Conti
Lisa Conti trained at the University of California in Santa Barbara as a scientist in the Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Department and worked at UCSB as a post doctoral fellow and project scientist.
When it comes to […]

And this Week’s Blog Award Goes To……

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LIVEJOURNAL
The Ambidextrous Chicken-Monkey’s Spaghetti Feed (maria_sputnik) wrote,
@ 2008-08-31 17:47:00
i am a crank
Below please find a crank letter. Any suggestions before I send it?
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Dear Women’s Health Research Center,
Hi, I wanted to give some feedback about an ad you ran recently in the Portland Mercury, soliciting women to join your study of continuous oral contraceptives/doxycyline.* The ad […]

Healthy lifestyle - Wild about yams?

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Jamaica Gleaner
KIngston Jamaica
August 30, 2008
Heather Little-White, Contributor
While there is talk about the virtues of Jamaican yams and their probable contribution to the success of our Olympians in Beijing, traditional yam lovers shouldn’t go wild about all varieties.
The wild yam, for example, is a herb, not a tuber that you would expect to cook […]

The Healing Power of Sunlight

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NaturalNews Insider Alert (www.NaturalNews.com)
Online reports / book announcements
MIke Adams - Health Ranger
August 29, 2008
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Dear readers,
Did you know you have probably never been told the straight truth
about one of the most potent, yet overlooked, healing nutrients in the
world? In fact, medical groups have actually spent the past three
decades convincing you to avoid this “nutrient” by scaring […]

The Missing Piece of Medicine

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American Chronicle
By Terry Leder
August 26, 2008
“That missing piece of our complex human body is known and taught in grade schools as the body´s messengers, hormones. Hormones have not been completely ignored; there have been significant advances in this area of medicine as well. We have Endocrinologists to investigate and research how all of these substances […]

Now hold on one hormonal minute…

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Breaking News.  Article written by Leslie & Sandi from Iconic Woman for the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) on how the injection/administration of Gardasil affects young women during the premenstrual phase of their hormone cycle…
Now hold on one hormonal minute…Vaccinating Teens During Menstrual Phase May Increase Adverse Reactions
Go to the Meet Leslie button at the […]

Now, women can bank on ‘monthly miracle’ for future treatment

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The Times of India
August 16, 2008
CHENNAI: Women in the city will soon have the option of banking their menstrual blood so that it can be used for treatment of serious disorders through stem cell therapy.
In six months, LifeCell International, in technology partnership with Cryo-Cell International, will set up the facility, which will be the […]