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Do B vitamins keep mosquitoes away?

By Mary Bloomer on May 24, 2012 in Health News

Word has it this is going to be a horrendous year for mosquitoes. Great! Besides rain, nothing ruins a beautiful summer’s eve on the patio more than mosquitoes - especially if you live in Wisconsin – the home of July, August, and winter! I dread mosquitos, not just because they’re annoying, but because I’m highly [...]

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Kavinace, the Natural “Sleeping Pill”

By Theresa Groskopp, CN on July 20, 2011 in Health Challenges, Nutrition Supplements

Finally he sleeps! Human sleep is probably one of the least understood physiological processes. Sleep is impacted by, and impacts, our state of health, our age, our stress levels, our individual chemistry, and hormones. Insomnia is defined as the inability to fall asleep or stay asleep or both. Chronic insomnia affects about 40% of the [...]

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Lyme Disease Controversy – Which Side Are You On?

By Mary Bloomer on July 12, 2011 in Health Challenges, Health News, Health Tips

Welcome to part two of our Lyme Disease blogs. We covered Lyme in our pets, and now, if you’ll bear with me, I’ll share my personal journey with Lyme disease. I don’t know when I contracted Lyme disease the first time (I was re-infected in 2008) because I never remembered having a tick bite and I certainly never [...]

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THINK A TICK BITE IS NO BIG DEAL FOR FIDO? GUESS AGAIN!

By Mary Bloomer on July 7, 2011 in Health Challenges, Health News, Health Tips

Would you believe something as small as a pinhead can be so devastating, debilitating and even deadly? Sick? Could it be a tick? There’s a wealth of Lyme disease information to share. We’ll start with Lyme and pets. In the next blog, we’ll jump head first into the hot debate on Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment in people. Lyme disease is reaching epidemic proportions [...]

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