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| Free Beauty and Health Products for Reviewing - Associated Content Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:19 AM PDT If you look back at the product reviews I have written, you will see that the majority of them have been purchased for free, or for pennies. I tell all my friends to either purchase the Sunday newspaper, with all the pull-outs, or go into CVS, and Walgreens drugstores, and buy their promotional I must have at least 100 health, and beauty items, that have either been reviewed or will be shortly. The most I normally pay for them is 99 cents. Right now I have Bausch + Lomb re'nu multi-purpose solution. This cost me $7.99 at the time of purchase, but I have $7.99 in 'Extra Bucks' to use before 11/6/2010. I also purchased the Schick Hydro 3 razor and paid $4.99 for it, and received $5 in 'Extra Bucks' to use before 11/16/2010. Both of these came from CVS. Walgreens have similar offers and I purchased the Complete multi-purpose solution for my husband Len for $7.99, and received a coupon at the cash register for that amount. I recently bought the Dial NutriSkin ultra hydrating Body Wash at Walgreens for $3.99, and received that amount back in a coupon. You will probably be thinking that I have to pay all this money out, and then spend it later. The art of working these offers/promotions, is that I check in my purse to see how many coupons I have, and how much they are for. Then I put one item up, with a coupon for a similar amount. I pay pennies on it, and get another coupon. Then I put my next item up with a coupon, and can do this several times in one shop. I have come out of the drugstore with $20 of goods, and only paid a couple of dollars for them. If there are no offers that I like one week, then I will use my coupons for milk, toilet rolls, paper towels, washing up detergent, etc. I never let one expire on me. Len is totally amazed at what I do. It does take me an hour or so to decide what I am going to buy, in what sequence to purchase them, and to find them in the drugstores. We don't always use the products, but we haven't paid anything for them. I pass them on to girlfriends, and have been known to put them in a basket, with ribbons, and give them as gifts. The final destination if no one wants them is the thrift stores. They are happy to get them. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Discover the health benefits of massage therapy - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Posted: 04 Nov 2010 02:34 PM PDT
Health care providers and hospitals, too, are embracing massage therapy with growing appreciation for its effectiveness in helping patients. The AMTA's 2010 Industry Fact Sheet shows that 76 percent of massage therapists received referrals from health care professionals, up from 69 percent in 2008. Why? An increasing number of studies indicate that massage therapy produces beneficial results in relieving pain, lowering blood pressure, and improving circulation, among other benefits. "Massage therapy has moved mainstream, but it's rooted in medicine," says Susan Zolvinski, allied health chairperson at Brown Mackie College - Michigan City. "I learned the basics of massage therapy in nursing school 30 years ago. A simple back rub can reduce the heart rate, lower blood pressure and de-stress a patient. It's a good complement to the wonderful treatments we have." Today, the field has expanded dramatically, with many different sub-specialties within the more than 300 different types of massage. "At first, it was general physicians giving referrals, then chiropractors and physical therapists recognized the benefits. Now massage therapy is integrated into many different treatment plans," says Melissa DeFrancesco, program director for health and therapeutic massage therapy at Brown Mackie College - South Bend. Nearly every age group is represented in the use of massage therapy. It is used in treating the elderly, athletes and people with specific diseases like cancer or muscular dystrophy, infants, and individuals who suffer from chronic pain. Even with the buzz generated by this up-and-coming profession, many people don't realize just what massage therapy entails. "We work with muscles, tendons, ligaments that attach to muscles, and fascia or connective tissue and the lymphatic system, which serves as the body's sewage and waste disposal system," says DeFrancesco, "A lot of science goes into it," says Zolvinski. "The beauty of it is combining art with science. We take knowledge of how the body works and functions, and apply the different massage therapy modalities to create a specific plan to help each individual. Every massage is different." For instance, massage therapy is commonly used in treating breast cancer. "When the lymph system is compromised due to mastectomy, stimulation is important to help fend off lymph edema, which is painful swelling. We apply gentle, constant pressure to help redirect fluid past an area where lymph nodes have been removed. Creating a 'detour' helps to move fluid along, thereby reducing swelling," continues Zolvinski. The rise of massage therapy diploma programs is designed to meet the growing demand for professionals. A comprehensive program prepares students with knowledge of anatomy, physiology, finger-pressure techniques and the use of complementary aids such as heat and ice. Course components also help students develop practical skills to assess joint quality and muscle strength, create individualized treatment plans, maintain client relationships and manage the business aspects of the profession. Massage therapy appeals to many people because of the flexibility it allows. Often pursued as a second career, a qualified massage therapist can seek work at salons and spas, fitness centers, medical facilities, hotels, airports and cruise ships, to name a few. The majority are self-employed, working independently. "Credentialing is required in 43 states and the District of Columbia," says DeFrancesco. "Most states that currently don't test for certification have passed laws to do so, but not yet implemented them." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2010 07:53 AM PDT There's a lot of punditry left to be committed about whether and how the GOP majority in the House and the enhanced GOP minority in the Senate will work with the Obama Administration. I'm not optimistic. But even if the President and House Republicans are able to find some small patch of common ground, the hard reality that progressives need to swallow is that whatever major progressive legislation will bear Barack Obama's signature has already become law, at least for his first term. The same is not true, however, for what Barack Obama might accomplish simply by infusing the health and safety agencies in his Administration--from EPA to OSHA to FDA--with a sense of urgency, clearing away barriers to regulatory progress within his own White House, and insisting that the agencies enforce existing laws with newfound vigor. A string of catastrophes have shown that we need proactive government at least as much in these areas as we need cops on the beat in neighborhoods and airport security, even as Americans claim to hate government in a larger sense. Resurrection of these agencies was a low priority for the President during his first two years. He made great appointments, but then left the agencies to cope with budget shortfalls and inadequate legal authority. As just one especially shocking example, FDA cannot order a recall of salmonella-poisoned food but instead must depend on the producer's cooperation to get the food off the shelves. Worst of all, Cass Sunstein, his appointee to the post of "regulatory czar," where he essentially supervises the agencies from the White House, has in many ways continued the Bush II pattern of red tape and neglect. "Yes we can" became "No we won't" in too many instances. His small office continues to serve as a lobby for any powerful business interest--from coal companies to chemical manufacturers--intent on consigning the cops to desk duty. Republicans followed the pattern of the Bush II Administration, screaming about overregulation and even going so far as to protest the rough treatment of British Petroleum in the Gulf. As usual, they gained traction by ranting against government writ large, not by acknowledging the need--no, the expectation and rock-solid demand--that these first-line responders keep Americans safe. The predictable result was a mixed record--some regulators seized the opportunity and moved briskly ahead. Others bogged down. All of that is squarely within the President's power to fix. But will he? On the assumption that the President does in fact want to squeeze as much progress out of his first term as possible, a number of Center for Progressive Reform Member Scholars (Holly Doremus, Dan Farber, Christine Klein, Tom McGarity, Catherine O'Neill, and Sidney Shapiro) brainstormed some suggestions, and here are the highlights of those discussions. By far the most important initiative is to reinvigorate enforcement across the board, especially with respect to criminal violations. Enforcement--especially criminal enforcement--produces tremendous bang for limited bucks because it gives white collar executives ample incentive to prevent practices that, quite literally, kill people. The Administration's track record is agonizingly weak. Consider the outrageous case of Stewart Parnell, former president of the Peanut Corporation of America, who knowingly shipped product tainted with salmonella, killing nine and sickening thousands. In September, the AP reported that he was back as a consultant to the peanut industry, the Justice Department's supposed criminal investigation of his company having languished for two years. In a similar vein, we await decisions by Justice regarding ongoing criminal investigations of BP and its executives, especially former CEO Tony Hayward, as well as Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, a chronic violator of mine safety laws whose negligent mine "safety" policies resulted in the death of 29 at the Big Branch mine in West Virginia. The further beauty of enforcement is that it is immune from interference by corporate sympathizers in the House of Representatives. Taking cases of wrongdoing to court pulls the debate down from the ideological stratosphere of "big" government arguments to the hands-on practicality of the ways that greedy executives injure actual men, women and children with impunity. Some more specific regulatory and executive action steps on which the President should move forward:
The battle for the future of the republic is far from over, no matter which group of strident partisans is on top this round. Meanwhile, back on the streets, the storefronts, rivers, and factory floors, Americans need government to protect them when they cannot protect themselves.
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(ARA) - The benefits of touch have long been associated with relaxation and a sense of well being. Increasing numbers of people are seeking massage as a way to relax. Forty percent of women and 29 percent of men reported having a massage in the past five years, according to a 2010 Massage Therapy Industry Fact Sheet compiled by the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), in July of 2009.| You are subscribed to email updates from Add Images to any RSS Feed To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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