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How 7 Top Herbalists and Doctors Fight the Flu
Fortunately we have effective botanical and nutritional medicines to prevent, treat and recover from the flu. These natural approaches support the immune system, rather than overriding the body’s...
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Is There Sex After Baby? The New Mom Dilemma
Sex. What’s that? Why don’t I have any sex drive since the birth of my child? As a mama who has been nursing forever, and sees no end in sight (although I am nursing a toddler), what can I do to boost...
View ArticleEar Infections, Part 1: 6 Sure Fire Tips for Preventing Kids’ Ear Infections...
Kids and Ear Infections Kids and ear infections (Otitis media) go hand in hand, right? If you’re a mom, you probably feel this this is true. After all: About 90% of children have otitis media at some...
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Ear Infections Part 2: Antibiotics or Natural Remedies for Kid’s Ear...
My phone rang around 11 pm. I was on call covering our clinic so the late night call wasn’t surprising. “Hello,” I said kindly, in spite of rolling out of bed, trying to catch a little sleep in case I...
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3 Steps to Make Your Allergies Go Away … FOREVER!
Spring and summer are a joy. Unless you’re one of millions who suffer with seasonal allergies. Then it can be a really miserable couple of seasons of sniffling, scratchy throat, coughing, itchy eyes –...
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7 Steps for LIVING YOUR LIFE Anxiety Free
I wasn’t planning to write about anxiety today. But yesterday’s events at the Boston Marathon just flipped a switch in me. I realized how much just being alive these days gives all of us ample reason...
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Good-Bye Breast Tenderness: 7 Natural Treatments You Can Count On
Painful breasts. Ouch. You may experience them just occasionally, be bothered for a few days each month before your period, or you may feel tortured by aching breasts for weeks at a time. Many women...
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PMS: Getting Your Hormones in Balance So Your Period is Not A Curse!
How many women with PMS does it take to change a light bulb?” The punch line to that old joke is, “That’s not funny.” And for 80% of all menstruating women – the number of women in the United States...
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Outdoor Kids: Herbal First Aid for the Summer
Summer is almost here and with it comes: Bites and stings Boo-boos and ouchies Sunburn Poison ivy Seasonal allergies My goal is always to help you keep your kids as healthy and vibrant as possible,...
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Help in a Flash: Natural Support for Common Menopausal Symptoms
In my grandma’s day “the change” was a hushed topic – along with nearly every other aspect of women’s health! My grandma could never say the word “period” – she called it my “whoositz” or sometimes my...
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Sleep Well: 7 Natural Tips for Getting Great Zzz’s
If you’ve got your ceiling memorized from laying awake staring at it night after night, if you’ve got a spare tire you just can’t get rid of, or if you need a nap by noon (or coffee, or chocolate,...
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Eat to Defeat Disease – Even Cancer! A Doctor’s Top 25 Foods &...
Working in oncology as a medical resident was one of the toughest parts of my training. My patients were you and me. Women in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and beyond who were feeling fine – until they...
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Sore Throat: Do You (or Your Kids) Need an Antibiotic? + Some Natural Sore...
According to JAMA, doctors are writing 6 times as many antibiotic prescriptions for adult’s sore throats as they should! And a whopping 70% of children with sore throats who are seen by a physician...
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Natural Remedies vs. Antibiotics for Kids: A Winter Health Round-Up
by Aviva Romm: MD, Midwife, Herbalist, Momma and Grandmomma Twenty-eight years ago, when the first of my four kids was a tiny tot, I was eager to learn everything I could about natural treatments for...
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The Easiest, Most Effective Spring Detox Ever
This time of year it’s natural to want to do a bit of a detox to shake off those winter doldrums and clean out our bodies the way we do our closets. Actually, spring cleanses and spring tonics are age...
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Headaches in Pregnancy: Natural Alternatives to Tylenol
Alternatives to Tylenol in Pregnancy In a recent talk I questioned the safety of Tylenol use – most people reach for it for every day headaches like it’s no big deal. Yet acetaminophen is one of the...
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Natural Treatments for Measles Symptoms
Due to the complex political, economic, and safety history of vaccinations in the US over the past 3 decades, increasing numbers of parents have chosen not to vaccinate their children. Though disease...
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Flu Season Hits Hard Again! 5 Doctor-Proven Natural Tips Adults, Kids, and...
“Dr. Romm, what can I do? My son just got diagnosed with the flu. I was prescribed Tamiflu to prevent it. Should I take it? What can I do to prevent getting sick if I don’t want to take it? I really...
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Detox Your Medicine Cabinet: 26 Herbs and Supplements That Treat Common Symptoms
In response to yet another pharmaceutical, this time Tamiflu, being found to be much less effective – and safe – than the drug company led us to believe (including hiding key information from...
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5 Steps to Heal a Leaky Gut from Ibuprofen
by Aviva Romm, MD and Mark Hyman, MD Millions of Americans take over the counter painkillers like Advil or Aleve without a second thought for any random ache or pain or cold symptom. What most don’t...
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