My NON post
When I first began blogging, in March of 2007, a more experienced blogger informed me that I had to publish a post every day in order for my blog to be visible on Google and not be deemed “inactive.” If I stopped writing and publishing, even for ONE day, he added, my blog be more difficult to find on the search engines, meaning that I’d lose my readership. He talked about blogging as though it were a competition. Well, I didn’t care about competing with other bloggers and/or becoming THE most popular myeloma blogger (!), but I did want to reach and possibly help as many people as possible, so I tried very hard ...
Source: Margaret's Corner - March 13, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll blogging shingles Source Type: blogs

“ The therapeutic effect of modified Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu Tang for multiple myeloma. ” A case report.
Discussion part of the study. Now, I don’t want to turn this post into a laundry list of “this extract had this effect, that extract had this other effect on this and that” and so on. Too many details, so I suggest that you go have a look at the Discussion when you have the time… In case you don’t have time, though, here’s the gist: The herbs used in this traditional herbal mix, with its multiple targets and low cost, “may play an important role in attenuating dysfunction of bone marrow microenvironment.” Astragalus, in particular. Very interesting… Another possible use...
Source: Margaret's Corner - February 23, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll astragalus multiple myeloma case report Source Type: blogs

Are natural extracts better than water?
Liz asks…Since water is usually the first ingredient of any shampoo… then all these extracts are basically taking the place of plain old water. What would make this formulation different is the concentration of the extracts in the purified water, no? The Beauty Brains respond: Think of it like this, Liz: Let’s say my shampoo is made of mostly water (about 90%) and the rest (10%) is detergent, preservative, thickener, color, etc. So my ingredient list would read something like… “Water, detergent, preservative, thickener, color, etc.” Now, let’s say I want to make this formula look more nat...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - March 5, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry Romanowski Tags: Claims Natural Source Type: blogs

Preventing and Fighting the Flu
photo credit: Iain Farrell If you’re sick of getting sick with the flu or bad colds, I have some very good news. There are things you can do to prevent and fight the flu that are very effective. And some of them will likely be things you haven’t heard before. Each person is different and as such you should only add supplements after checking with your doctor and WebMD to make sure it doesn’t interact with other medicines you take or conditions you have. These remedies are for adults. Check with your pediatrician for safely using any of these suggestions with children. Preventing the Flu I learned several ...
Source: Life Learning Today - January 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AgentSully Tags: Healthy Living How To Solving Problems boost immunity fight the flu flu cures influenza prevent the flu supplements Source Type: blogs