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Back Pain Treated with Acupressure

The Study: The effects of acupressure on pain severity in female nurses with chronic low back pain. The Study’s Abstract (AKA Synopsis) The Specifics 50 female nurses, 25-55 years of age, with chronic back pain, diagnosed by a doctor and lasting more than 3 months.   4 part questionnaire, before, immediately after, 2 weeks, and

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Chocolate: Good for your soul, and your heart!

What better topic for Heart Health and Valentine’s Day month than to talk about the love affair between chocolate and your heart.   Observational and interventional studies have demonstrated that the flavonols in chocolate yield cardiometabolic benefits.   A recent study published in 2017 by Lee et al demonstrated the individual and combined benefits on

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Painful Periods? The Power of Acupressure.

Acupressure is a self empowering, wellness practice, you can do right from home!  Unfortunately, not all acupoints respond to acupressure, as some are just too deep to be accessible through this means and are best therapeutically accessed with needles (acupuncture).  However, some points do respond well to this simple technique, as seen with this study

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