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A native Southern Californian, Kim is a third generation registered nurse and complementary care practitioner, and owns a consulting and art business. She enjoys hiking and ocean sports, mosaics, clay, painting and cooking.

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Vitamin D and children

The results of a survey of 6,000 children ages 1 to 27 (conducted between 2001 and 2004) are out and has some researchers shocked: the majority of...
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Profiles in wellness July: Susan Webster

To see her today, you wouldn’t know that Susan Webster once measured her exercise progress in steps. Indeed this effusive, lively woman...
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Pain treatment options part 2

In this second of a four part series on options in pain relief, we will explore options to relieve pain, both chronic and acute through herbal,...
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How to choose the best medicinal herbs

Before herbs, vitamins and other supplements were a $23 billion per year business (which is less than 1/10th of what is spent on prescription drugs...
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Your gums and your health

50 million American adults have it. Of those, relatively few know that there are definitive steps that can be taken to correct and prevent it. Fewer...
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Men’s health:benign prostate enlargement vs. cancer

New discussions in men’s health indicate that having an annual PSA test (prostate specific antigen) may not be necessary. As new information...
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Swine flu pandemic or pandemonium?

It’s hard to tell in mass outbreaks of infectious diseases whether we manage the pandemic or it manages us by sheer virtue of the inner...
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Reaching towards a whole food diet

AP photo/Eric Risberg Often when dietary advice is given for wellness, the recommendation is to eat “whole foods”. Whole food advocates...
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Take charge of metabolic syndrome

A syndrome is defined as “A group of symptoms that collectively indicate or characterize a disease, psychological disorder, or other abnormal...
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Choosing the right kind of yogurt

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All yogurts are not created equally healthy and lots of companies spend advertising dollars to create a perception that their brand of yogurt is...
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