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I was so worried about coming back here to Australia but it has been lovely so far. Stepping into an Australian summer was the best thing I could have done to get a break from the cold Andes in Peru, with the warm and sometimes the hot weather, it feels so inviting to be here.

After a few days of adjusting to the time difference and basically getting over my jet lag, I went back to my intention of why Im here and so yesterday began my journey with healing. The first professional healer I saw was my long time Chinese Herbalist and doctor that Ive been seeing regularly since I was about eight years old.

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Your feet bear the weight of your entire body and when they’re not properly supported or they’re expected to bear more than they’re designed to carry, they react with pain. The delicate network of bones that makeup the feet and allow us to walk and balance can get pushed out of alignment, which can irritate the joints, skin, nerves and connective tissue. 

Weight loss, proper hygiene, and the right shoes are among of the most common recommendations doctors make when their patients come in with painful feet and ankles. They might also look for medical conditions associated with foot pain like diabetes and heart disease, (which can cause nerve damage and circulatory problems in the lower extremities) or broken bones.

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Most of the time, when a colleague or co-worker calls me over to watch a video on Youtube, my first thought is to look at the time length of the video so I’ll know how long I’ll spend with a quizzical look on my face.  But even I could not escape the hypnotizing cuteness of the “Talking Twin Babies” video.  If you haven’t seen it, the clip shows a set of twins facing off babbling and gesturing like two old companions that are so in-tune they could finish each others’ thoughts.  The toddlers break through the developmental boundaries of pre-language to share humor, coordinate dance steps, and converse about something that looks extremely funny and interesting to both of them.

But is this just a case of “monkey-see, monkey-do?”  Is it just simple imitation?  Not at all, and what should amaze you, most likely having this power yourself, is the ability of Mirror Neurons to give you a meaningful “feel” for what another person is thinking or experiencing. Neurons are those amazin

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Olive oil has been hailed as the healthy oil for far too long and it’s about time science triumphed over the almighty media on this relentless myth.  Most people have been taught at some point or read somewhere that olive oil is a healthy oil to be consumed with fervor.  It’s a key component to the Mediterranean diet, which itself has been touted as a heart healthy diet. However, the evidence for these claims just do not stack up and for many people striving to lose weight, it is sabotage city.  

A selection of health care news from Texas, California, New York, Maine, Maryland, Georgia and Virginia.

Texas Tribune: Interactive: Who Are The Uninsured In Texas? Nearly a quarter of the Texas population lacked health insurance in 2010, according to the most recent data released by the American Community Survey, which the U.S. Census Bureau conducted. That’s more than 5.7 million Texans. … More than half of the uninsured are employed. More than a third have an annual household income above $50,000 (Aaronson, 1/26).

Texas Tribune (Video): Texas Tribune Weekend Insider, January 26, 2012 Until courts can hash out the state’s abortion sonogram law, Texas must begin enforcing the new regulations.

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ATLANTA — A new government study suggests a lot of teenage girls are clueless about their chances of getting pregnant.

In a survey of thousands of teenage mothers who had unintended pregnancies, about a third who didn’t use birth control said the reason was they didn’t believe they could pregnant.

Why they thought that isn’t clear. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey didn’t ask teens to explain.

But other researchers have talked to teen moms who believed they couldn’t get pregnant the first time they had sex, didn’t think they could get pregnant at that time of the month or thought they were sterile.

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Published: 17 January 2012

The fifth Millennium Development Goal target for 90% of births in low and middle income countries to have a skilled birth attendant (SBA) by 2015 will not be met. In response to this, policy has focused on increasing SBA access. However, reducing maternal mortality also requires policies to prevent deaths among women giving birth unattended. We aimed to generate estimates of the absolute number of non-SBA births between 2011 and 2015 in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, given optimistic assumptions of future trends in SBA attendance.

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While infants under 12 months old may only have a few teeth, experts say they should been seen by a dentist within the first year of life. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry’s revised guidelines on infant oral health recommend infants 6 to 12 months old should to be seen by a dentist. More than 40 percent of children have tooth decay by the time they reach kindergarten. In order to help prevent tooth decay, dental experts at Nationwide Children’s Hospital are reminding parents to schedule dental appointments for their toddlers. Studies have shown that if children experience tooth decay in their baby teeth, they are more likely to develop tooth decay in their permanent teeth. Read more…

Deck the halls with boughs of holly Fa la la la la, la la la la Tis the season to be jolly Fa la la la la, la la la la

Music is a powerful instrument. It wields power that no government or aristocracy can compete with. And no, were not talking about Justin Bieber here although my initial reluctance to consider Lady Gaga to be an artist worth listening to changed when I learned that she derived the Ga Ga part from Queens All We Need is Radio GaGa.

Enough of the theatrics, woman, is all I have to say but thats probably how the commercialization of music makes demands on popular artists anyways.

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While many mothers of preschoolers covet an extra hour of sleep, Katie Hayes and her three close friends are up before dawn, jogging with headlamps in an effort to exercise their bodies and their friendship.

It is always a blessing to know one of the girls will be there waiting for me, even in the cold, dark, wind and snow, said Hayes, 32. When we are pushing each other, it is quiet and all you hear is our breathing and encouragement to each other. But there is always time to share about life the ups, the downs and everything in between.

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