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		<title>Introducing the Lifeline Technique</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The LifeLine Technique, developed by Dr. Darren R. Weissman, is an advanced holistic system that discovers, interprets, and releases the root cause of physical and emotional symptoms and stress - emotions buried within the subconscious mind. When those emotions are harmonized with the power of Infinite Love and Gratitude, the body naturally responds as it was designed - as a self-healing organism. The key to healing is accessing the subconscious mind.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To all my dear patients, friends and family,</p>
<p>Many years ago, I trained in a technique that is aimed at removing emotional blocks from the subconscious manifesting as various physical and emotional symptoms. My passion for learning this technique stemmed from the dramatic experiences in healing I had when I was first treated by and exposed first hand to this life altering therapy. </p>
<p>My hectic schedule back in 2007 prevented me from implementing Lifeline into my practice at that time. As of today, I have finished refreshing and am ready to hit the ground running with this. </p>
<p>It is a very unique modality that uses muscle testing to assess where the imbalance is seated within the body which then enable us to clear it from the subsconsious leading to healing.</p>
<p>The LifeLine Technique, developed by Dr. Darren R. Weissman, is an advanced holistic system that discovers, interprets, and releases the root cause of physical and emotional symptoms and stress &#8211; emotions buried within the subconscious mind. When those emotions are harmonized with the power of Infinite Love and Gratitude, the body naturally responds as it was designed &#8211; as a self-healing organism. The key to healing is accessing the subconscious mind.</p>
<p>The subconscious mind controls every function of the body including your heart rate, blood pressure, immunity, hormones, blood sugar, muscle tone, etc. The subconscious mind is the storehouse of emotions. At certain times in our lives, we don&#8217;t have the conscious tools to process those emotions. The LifeLine Practitioner uses a kinesiologically-based system and a LifeLine Flowchart to access the subconscious mind to determine which emotions are blocking the flow of energy throughout the body. Sessions utilizing the LifeLine Technique awaken you to the root cause of the painful, frightening, or stressful experiences that manifest as symptoms, such as physical pain, stress, or anxiety. </p>
<p>Coupled with the Five Basics of Optimal Health &#8211; the proper quantity, quality, and frequency of water, food, rest, exercise, and owning your power &#8211; you are able to create the best possible conditions for the body to heal itself.</p>
<p>The LifeLine Technique is the fusion of science and spirit. It incorporates the traditions of natural healing, the Five Element Theory of Chinese Medicine, modern science, and the new frontier of energy medicine or energy healing into one easily accessible system. It can be utilized by everyone who wants to live a conscious life and transform the quality of their health. Ultimately, the more we become conscious as a result of sessions with the LifeLine Technique, the more we are able to create an empowering, intentional, healthy, and passionate life.</p>
<p>Since I want to expose as many of you as possible to this amazing, benefical and potentially life changing modality as well as laser sharpen my new skill, it is my pleasure and gift to offer this service at NO CHARGE to you all for the next 4 weeks. </p>
<p>Please contact my office at 972-530-4609 to schedule an appointment. I will also be extending this modality to the patients at the Innovative Healing Center in Plano, Texas in cooperation with Tena Scarber, M.S., L.Ac. </p>
<p>We can be reached at the Innovative Healing Center, 4100 West 15th Street, Suite 220, Plano, Teas 75093. Please call the Office at 972-742-1152 to schedule an appointment. I look forward to working with you all. </p>
<p>Be Well,<br />
Dr. Skip </p>
<p>P.S. My loves&#8230;</p>
<p>I hate to mention but please read the disclaimer:</p>
<p>These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. </p>
<p>These products/services/therapies/educational information are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.</p>
<p>If you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition, consult your physician before any products/services/therapies.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[This fall, Monsanto, the corporation who produces roughly 90% of the world's genetically modified seeds, will try to bring their new, GMO sweet corn to a grocery store aisle or farmer's market near you. 

Unlike Monsanto's other GMO crops -- which are primarily fed to animals -- this sweet corn is intended for direct human consumption. 

This is the first time Monsanto has engineered a vegetable that could be served straight to your dinner table. And if this unlabeled and potentially toxic crop succeeds, Monsanto is sure to bring us even more. 

As an activist and consumer, we are in a powerful position to pressure leading U.S. grocery stores to reject Monsanto's new GMO corn. 

I just signed a petition telling major grocery stores around the country that I don't want Monsanto's sweet corn on the shelves. Will you join me and help stop this unsafe food? 
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<p>This fall, Monsanto, the corporation who produces roughly 90% of the world&#8217;s genetically modified seeds, will try to bring their new, GMO sweet corn to a grocery store aisle or farmer&#8217;s market near you.</p>
<p>Unlike Monsanto&#8217;s other GMO crops &#8212; which are primarily fed to animals &#8212; this sweet corn is intended for direct human consumption.</p>
<p>This is the first time Monsanto has engineered a vegetable that could be served straight to your dinner table. And if this unlabeled and potentially toxic crop succeeds, Monsanto is sure to bring us even more.</p>
<p>As an activist and consumer, we are in a powerful position to pressure leading U.S. grocery stores to reject Monsanto&#8217;s new GMO corn.</p>
<p>I just signed a petition telling major grocery stores around the country that I don&#8217;t want Monsanto&#8217;s sweet corn on the shelves. Will you join me and help stop this unsafe food?</p>
<p><a title="PETITION FOR NO GMO CORN FROM MONSANTO" href="http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/monsanto_sweet_corn/?r_by=-4517035-LT3qmBx&amp;rc=paste1">http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/monsanto_sweet_corn/?r_by=-4517035-LT3qmBx&amp;rc=paste1</a></p>
<p>Thanks guys!</p>
<p>Be Well,<br />
Dr. Skip</p>
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		<title>Thimerosal in Flu vaccines</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is very important to note that thimerosal has never been removed from flu shots. You get, each time, the full 25 micrograms of toxic mercury. I assure you that, although mercury is just one of the reasons no one has the optimal health and lifespan we were meant to enjoy --- you WANT it all out!!

We get copious amounts of mercury from sources ranging from dental exposure to the burning of fossil fuels! At birth we come prepackaged with plenty of mercury. Given the fact that it is injected, you should pay very close attention to this poison. With GMO foods and toxins in our water; air and climate changes, we are being affected at a much faster than we realize.

I am advocating health education and informed decisions. Please do thorough research before injecting anything into your system. Once it's in there it can not be removed. I am talking about wellness and disease prevention. We are bombarded with toxins at every turn. These must be minimized to ensure health and wellness.

Tim Bolen, has taken on the challenge to try to understand how this toxic fits in the overall scheme of health. Read his very informative article below and STAY HEALTHY!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Readers,</p>
<p>It is very important to note that thimerosal has never been removed from flu shots. You get, each time, the full 25 micrograms of toxic mercury. I assure you that, although mercury is just one of the reasons no one has the optimal health and lifespan we were meant to enjoy &#8212; you WANT it all out!!</p>
<p>We get copious amounts of mercury from sources ranging from dental expsoure to the burning of fossil fuels! At birth we come prepackaged with plenty of mercury. Given the fact that it is injected, you should pay very close attention to this poison. With GMO foods and toxins in our water; air and climate changes, we are being affected at a much faster than we realize.</p>
<p>I am advocating health education and informed decisions. Please do thorough research before injecting anything into your system. Once it&#8217;s in there it can not be removed. I am talking about wellness and disease prevention. We are bombared with toxins at every turn. These must be minimized to ensure health and wellness.</p>
<p>Tim Bolen, has taken on the challenge to try to understand how this toxic fits in the overall scheme of health. Read his very informative article below and STAY HEALTHY!</p>
<p>Be Well,<br />
Dr. Skip</p>
<p>http://www.bolenreport.com/Geier/thimerosal.htm</p>
<p>All About THIMEROSAL &#8211; Why the Controversy?&#8230;<br />
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen<br />
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011</p>
<p>If you look to the right, in the column box, you&#8217;ll see that this is the eighth article in a series that, for the most part, is about Mark and David Geier, and the team surrounding them&#8217;s, effort to remove, finally, Thimerosal (mercury), from medicines &#8211; especially vaccines &#8211; and the attack on them for their efforts.</p>
<p>As I sifted through the issues, and consequently, the people involved in those issues, I again and again asked the question &#8220;Why doesn&#8217;t the pharmaceutical industry just make vaccines without Thimerosal?&#8221; I received a lot of different answers in the form, primarily, of hypothesis. No definite answers.</p>
<p>I suspect that the answers are a combination of things we&#8217;ll talk about as we go along. But, for now, let me point out some history, lest we forget about how mankind&#8217;s institutions actually function.</p>
<p>So-called &#8220;Medical Science&#8221; is really anything but. </p>
<p>I have to laugh when I see one more group setting itself up as the protectors of &#8220;Evidenced Based Medicine,&#8221; or some other equally impressive sounding nonsense cliché. You only have to look as far, for instance, as the wanna-be &#8220;Czar/God of US Health Care&#8221; Stephen Barrett for an example of the self-promoting nobodies, with no qualifications, who proclaim that they, and they alone, are the authority on proper health care. Frankly, Barrett represents nothing new. There has always been a &#8220;Barrett,&#8221; in health care.</p>
<p>History shows us, quite clearly, that the &#8220;authority&#8221; figures in each medical science period, for the most part, were the biggest of fools, the most pompous of idiots, and the worst possible people to direct health care. For some reason, consistently, scum rises to the surface in our official health care systems.</p>
<p>So, why should we, here in 2011 think things should be any different? Why should we think that, somehow, health care could, or would, be dominated by thinking individuals who ask the proper questions, and find solutions. Nah, that&#8217;s what we have bureaucracies like the FDA, and the CDC, for. Society seems to demand that we set up systems (agencies) to do things the dumbest way possible. Of course, the FDA and the CDC excel at that. Lawrence J. Peter said it best with his Peter Principle- &#8220;in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence&#8221;.<br />
Peter also said &#8220;Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.&#8221;</p>
<p>With that &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about Thimerosal&#8230;<br />
Mercury is a deadly toxin &#8211; in any form. Deadly to any living entity. The product Thimerosal (Merthiolate) is a mercury-containing pharmaceutical compound that is 49.55% mercury. It was developed in 1927. More, unlike other forms of mercury, Thimerosal, is both water and fat soluble &#8211; meaning that it immediately penetrates into every part of the human body, and attaches itself wherever it wants. When it is injected, as in vaccines, the human body&#8217;s natural defense mechanisms that would work to catch and expel INGESTED forms of mercury, are completely bypassed allowing Thimerasol to quickly bind itself in places in the body we definitely DO NOT want it &#8211; like the brain.</p>
<p>Thimerosal has been marketed as an antimicrobial agent in a range of products, including topical antiseptic solutions and antiseptic ointments for treating cuts. It was in nasal sprays, eye solutions, vaginal spermicides, and diaper rash treatments. Perhaps most importantly it is used, even now, as a preservative in vaccines and other injectable biological products, including Rho(D)-immune globulin preparations. </p>
<p>Despite evidence, dating to the early 1930s, indicating Thimerosal to be potentially hazardous to humans and ineffective as an antimicrobial agent it is still being used. </p>
<p>Crazy as it sounds, Thimerosal was not scrutinized as part of U.S. pharmaceutical products until the 1980s, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally recognized its demonstrated ineffectiveness and toxicity in topical pharmaceutical products, and began to eliminate it from these. In 1998, finally, the US FDA took topically used (applied to the skin) Thimerosal products off of the market &#8211; as being too dangerous.<br />
Insane as it sounds, the US FDA didn&#8217;t seem to have a problem with that same mercury being INJECTED directly into the human body &#8211; especially into our children. Worse, Thimerosal continues to be administered, as part of mandated immunizations and other pharmaceutical products, in the United States, and globally. </p>
<p>Just to bring things up to date &#8211; let&#8217;s look at the most recent Australian study on the relationship between Autism and mercury:</p>
<p>ATLANTA, Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; Researchers from Australia have identified an ancestry of Pink Disease (Infantile Acrodynia) as a risk factor for Autism Spectrum Disorders. Pink disease was common in the first half of the 20th century &#8230; </p>
<p>The new study, published July 28th in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15287394.2011.590097?journalCode=uteh20, investigated the hypothesis that autism can result from the interaction between mercury exposure and a genetic predisposition to sensitivity to mercury. Currently, 43 peer-reviewed studies support a link between mercury and autism, and experts agree that autism is caused by the interaction of genetic susceptibility and environmental exposures. </p>
<p>The Australian researchers, David Austin, Ph.D. and Kerrie Shandley investigated whether individuals with a known hypersensitivity to mercury were more likely to have descendants with an autism spectrum disorder. They surveyed 522 adult survivors of Pink Disease about the health of their grandchildren. They found that 1 in 25 of these grandchildren had an autism spectrum disorder compared to 1 in 160 children of the same ages in the general population in Australia, a staggering six-fold increase in relative risk. Dr. Austin had the following comment, &#8220;The large elevation in autism prevalence in this group of children was startling especially given that rates of other childhood disorders were at expected levels. The thing that differentiates these children from the general population, to which they were compared, is a family history of mercury sensitivity. We were simply blown away by the results.&#8221;</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s get to the part about vaccines&#8230;<br />
After a massive uproar, beginning in roughly the year 2000, and continuing through 2004, the US branch of the vaccine industry began to offer, in the US and Canada ONLY, childhood vaccines without Thimerosal. This affected only the four million (4,000,000) children born each year in those two countries of North America. ALL other countries&#8217; newborn, estimated at one hundred million (100,000,000) children get Thimerosal-packed, deadly-mercurized, puss-encrusted, God-only-knows-where-they-are-made, so-called-vaccines.</p>
<p>In the 1990s, in the US and Canada, and the rest of the world then and now, newborns, received, during the first eighteen months of life, a total of 237.5 micrograms of deadly-mercury, in the form of Thimerosal, included as a preservative (cringe here) in the childhood vaccines injected into our children..</p>
<p>It is VERY important to note that Thimerosal has NEVER been removed from flu shots. You get, each time, the FULL 25 micrograms of deadly-mercury.</p>
<p>The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set the maximum standard for exposure to mercury at .1 (point one) microgram per kilogram of body weight per day. A flu shot, for instance, has 25 micrograms of mercury in the form of Thimerosal. A person would have to weigh 250 kilograms (550 pounds) to be able to deal with the mercury in one flu shot.</p>
<p>Not many newborns weigh that much (not even elephants). Pediatricians now, in 2011, demand THREE flu shots for newborns up to eighteen months &#8211; and one for the mother while she was pregnant with the child. Add that up.</p>
<p>Vaccines are the mainstay-income-stream for Pediatricians.<br />
So, let&#8217;s take a look at the reality of the mandatory childhood vaccine schedule from the 1990s&#8230;</p>
<p>237.5 micrograms of mercury in the first eighteen months? Yup. Let me show you how that works:</p>
<p>Newborns get one shot: Hep B (12.5 mcg). A newborn baby, by EPA standards, would have to weigh, at the time of vaccination, two hundred and twenty-five (225) pounds to meet those EPA mercury standards.<br />
At sixty days: Hep B (12.5 mcg), DTP (25 mcg), and HIB (25 mcg) &#8211; for a total of seven vaccines (grouped) with 62.5 mcg of deadly-mercury. A two month old baby, by EPA standards, would have to weigh, at the time of vaccination, one thousand three hundred and twenty-five (1,325) pounds to meet those EPA mercury standards.</p>
<p>At one hundred twenty days: DTP (25 mcg), and HIB (25 mcg) &#8211; for a total of six vaccines (grouped) with 50 mcg of deadly-mercury. A newborn baby, by EPA standards, would have to weigh, at the time of vaccination, one thousand one hundred (1,100) pounds to meet those EPA mercury standards.</p>
<p>At one hundred eighty days: The same series as at 60 days &#8211; Hep B (12.5 mcg), DTP (25 mcg), and HIB (25 mcg) &#8211; for a total of seven vaccines (grouped) with 62.5 mcg of deadly-mercury. A six month old baby, by EPA standards, would have to weigh, at the time of vaccination, one thousand three hundred and twenty-five (1,325) pounds to meet those EPA mercury standards.</p>
<p>At fifteen to eighteen months: DTP (25 mcg), and HIB (25 mcg) &#8211; for a total of six vaccines (grouped) with 50 mcg of deadly-mercury. An eighteen month old baby, by EPA standards, would have to weigh, at the time of vaccination, one thousand one hundred (1,100) pounds to meet those EPA mercury standards.</p>
<p>Just think &#8211; Two hundred thirty seven point five (237.5) mcg of MANDATORY deadly mercury injected into your child in the first eighteen months of life.</p>
<p>Is anyone surprised that the Autism rates increased radically? So did the rates for Asthma, ADD/ADHD, and many other problems.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s the worldwide childhood vaccine schedule now, in 2011?<br />
It is all of the above and more. Of course, the vaccine apologists, like the CDC, the pseudo-skeptics and the &#8220;neurodiversity&#8221; nitwits, will delight in telling you &#8220;Thimerosal was removed from childhood vaccines in 2004, blah, blah, blah&#8230;&#8221; But what they will NOT mention is that that deadly mercury concoction was ONLY removed from the childhood vaccines distributed to the four million (4,000,000) newborns, each year, in the US in Canada. They, slyly, forget to mention the, to them, unnoticeable one hundred million (100,000,000) newborns in the rest of the world. Conveniently, they forget the DEMAND that the child get THREE flu shots (25 mcg each) during that same period.</p>
<p>It is time for a little VERY DARK humor&#8230;</p>
<p>I have met a lot of parents of Autistic children. I commend them for just being there for their child. With them, I see what heroes are made of. I could never make light of their life tasks &#8211; and I will not.</p>
<p>But, there are parts of this situation that need to be treated with ridicule. I am about to give you a sample.</p>
<p>For instance, it is well known that Pediatricians are the front line in the vaccine scenario foisted on the public. The vaccine industry very much kisses up to Pediatricians, with travel-paid &#8220;conferences&#8221; in Hawaii, Paris, Rio De Janeiro, where they are given their new lines for the script they memorize to use on the parents of patients.</p>
<p>One common story they are taught to use is the claim that &#8220;The 237.5 micrograms of mercury needs to be divided up on a daily basis over the life of the child. If the child lives to be eighty than the daily average amount is far less than the EPA mercury standard&#8230;&#8221;<br />
Well, yeah&#8230;</p>
<p>So, if your doctor tells you that story then offer to do a &#8220;Heavy Metal Exchange&#8221; with him/her using the same logic. Offer to exchange lead for mercury.</p>
<p>Point out to your pediatrician that a .45 caliber ACP bullet contains 230 grains of lead. One grain of lead is equal to 64.8 milligrams. Offer to exchange, on a right now basis, one 230 grain lead application, delivered from four feet away, for each 25 micrograms of mercury applied to your child. If they hesitate, point out that a 230 grain bullet using the same mercury formula they explained to you, could hardly do them damage, because, dividing it up every day for eighty years would give them very little each day. Ask them if they&#8217;d prefer a .45 ACP hollow point or a full metal jacket &#8211; their choice. Explain to them that a &#8220;full metal jacket&#8221; round is kind of like a &#8220;booster shot.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hey, logic is logic&#8230; Dark humor or not.<br />
Stay tuned.<br />
Tim Bolen &#8211; Consumer Advocate</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[This list of safe sunscreens is approved by the Environmental Working Group! They paid $13,000 per child to do the Ten Americans study you find on their site www.ewg.org. These are highly motivated people to stop poisoning our planet. This is a list of safe sunscreens that you can use without the worry of toxins from conventional sun screens.

I rarely if ever use suncreen and I am a redhead! Don't forget that sun is actually good for health (Vitamin D to offer just one benefit). I am not saying go out and get burned mind you but out of respect to the strong feelings of many who urge people to never let the sun touch them, this is a list of safe sunscreen products that at least will do no harm!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This list of safe sunscreens is approved by the Environmental Working Group! They paid $13,000 per child to do the Ten Americans study you find on their site www.ewg.org. These are highly motivated people to stop poisoning our planet. This is a list of safe sunscreens that you can use without the worry of toxins from conventional sun screens.</p>
<p>I rarely if ever use suncreen and I am a redhead! Don&#8217;t forget that sun is actually good for health (Vitamin D to offer just one benefit). I am not saying go out and get burned mind you but out of respect to the strong feelings of many who urge people to never let the sun touch them, this is a list of safe sunscreen products that at least will do no harm!</p>
<p>The list of sunscreens below received the Highest Scores in Safety and Effectiveness from the Environmental Working Group, <a title="Safe Sunscreens" href="http://www.ewg.org" target="_blank">ewg.org</a>, which is a leading authority in public health and the environment!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">They contain no hormone disruptive chemicals, no vitamin A (retinyl palmitate) and no oxybenzone.</span></p>
<p>1. Jason Natural &#8211; Sunbrella Sun Block, SPF 30 Chemical Free, 4 oz</p>
<p>2. All Terrain &#8211; Sunblock AquaSport SPF 30, 3 oz</p>
<p>3. Alba Botanica &#8211; Kids Sunscreen SPF 30, 4 oz</p>
<p>4. Alba Botanica &#8211; Mineral Sunscreen SPF 30, Fragrance Free, 4 oz</p>
<p>5. Beyond Coastal &#8211; Lip &amp; Face Sunscreen, SPF 30, 1 oz</p>
<p>6. Nature&#8217;s Gate &#8211; Mineral Sportblock, Spf 20, 4 oz</p>
<p>7. Caribbean Solutions &#8211; Sol Kid Kare Biodegradable Sunscreen, Spf 25, 6 oz</p>
<p>8. Caribbean Solutions &#8211; Sol Guard Natural, Biodegradable Sunscreen, Spf 25, 6 oz</p>
<p>9. All Terrain &#8211; TerraSport Performance Sunscreen, SPF 30, 3 oz</p>
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		<title>My Dear Friend Marilyn&#8217;s New Book Launch!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please check it out!!!!!!!! This is a brief introduction &#8211; it is well worth it! Please help support her as well as the wellness community. She is a beautiful soul and I hope her book touches you as much as having her part of my life has touched me! Marilyn is amazing individual making huge [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please check it out!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>This is a brief introduction &#8211; it is well worth it! Please help support her as well as the wellness community. She is a beautiful soul and I hope her book touches you as much as having her part of my life has touched me! Marilyn is amazing individual making huge differences in the lives of everyone she meets. Enjoy the book and change your life today. Live your dream!</p>
<p>Be Well,</p>
<p>Dr. Skip</p>
<p>So here you go&#8230;</p>
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<p>Are you wondering if you can improve your life? Be happier? Attain more business success and money? Have more fulfilling relationships? Have more energy and vitality? Look better? “Living the Life of Your Dreams – The Secrets to Turning Your Dreams into Reality” by Marilyn Tam gives you the tools, action steps and secrets on to how to achieve your dream life. I’ve known Marilyn for a while and I can honestly say that she knows of what she speaks.</p>
<p>You can get Marilyn’s new book using this link: <a title="Marilyn Tam" href="http://jump.launchmoxie.com/aff_c?offer_id=32&amp;aff_id=93" target="_blank">http://jump.launchmoxie.com/aff_c?offer_id=32&amp;aff_id=93</a></p>
<p>This short little book is packed with wisdom, tips and stories to help you understand your life purpose and the steps to getting you what you really value in life. Marilyn Tam started life with what are commonly regarded as handicaps and she used them to help her achieve her dream life. In this book she shares her own experiences and insights as well as the secrets and stories from other happy and accomplished people to provide you with the tools for your success. This little book is a tremendous value at any price, but at $6.95 for the print copy and $3.95 &#8211; $4.95 for an ebook, it&#8217;s amazing! And it&#8217;s just been nominated as eBook of the year in three categories too.</p>
<p>I heartily recommend that you get the book right now. It is a quick read and you will find yourself referring back to it often for all the useful advice, tips and inspiration. Please let me know what you think after you’ve read the book, I’m so excited to share it with you.</p>
<p>You can get Marilyn Tam&#8217;s new book here: &#8212;&gt; <a title="Marilyn Tam" href="http://jump.launchmoxie.com/aff_c?offer_id=32&amp;aff_id=93" target="_blank">http://jump.launchmoxie.com/aff_c?offer_id=32&amp;aff_id=93</a></p>
<p>Marilyn has also put together a bunch of free gifts for anyone who visits her webpage. These gifts are full of inspiring and useful secrets of healthy, happy and successful living from Jack Canfield, Joan Borysenko, and other experts. Just click on the link above to access the free gifts and read about Marilyn’s new book too. Get it now! You’ll going to thank me for this.</p>
<p>Here’s what other people say about the book:</p>
<p>“If you want to live the life you&#8217;ve dreamed of, read ‘Living the Life of Your Dreams’. Marilyn had to go through many tough challenges to achieve her dream life &#8211; she can help you attain yours.”</p>
<p>~ Jack Canfield, NY Times best selling author, “Chicken Soup for the Soul” and “The Success Principles.”</p>
<p>“At last. The book you&#8217;ve been waiting for. Can you make a living &#8211; and a difference in this world &#8211; and still have a life? In this slim and powerful volume, Marilyn Tam, former President of Reebok and CEO of Aveda, tells how she traded burnout for a life of Dynamic Balance. By following the simple and brilliant guidelines she suggests, you too can make the shift to living the life of your dreams.”</p>
<p>~ Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., NY Times Best selling Author of “Inner Peace for Busy People” and “Fried: Why You Burn Out and How to Revive”, co-founder and former director of the Mind/Body Clinical Center, Harvard Medical School.</p>
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		<title>Book Selling on Amazon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 16:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AskDrSkip.com expands to book selling.  Check out our seller page here: http://www.amazon.com/shops/A2PRZPCB5I3FCN]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AskDrSkip.com expands to book selling.  Check out our seller page here: <a title="AskDrSkip.com Book Store" href="http://www.amazon.com/shops/A2PRZPCB5I3FCN">http://www.amazon.com/shops/A2PRZPCB5I3FCN</a></p>
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		<title>Colloidal Silver</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colloidal Silver has been shown to:

•Reduce the incidence of, flu, pneumonia, staph, strep, as well as respiratory infections

•Reduce the risk of infection and increase healing when used topically on cuts, wounds, rashes abd burns.

•Prevent skin itch, athletes foot and fungi when sprayed directly on the feet and toes.

•Prevent generalized mold and bacterial growth.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Colloidal Silver has fantastic anti-biotic and anti-viral like effects on the system.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Colloidal Silver has been shown to:</span></p>
<p>•Reduce the incidence of, flu, pneumonia, staph, strep, as well as respiratory infections</p>
<p>•Reduce the risk of infection and increase healing when used topically on cuts, wounds, rashes abd burns.</p>
<p>•Prevent skin itch, athletes foot and fungi when sprayed directly on the feet and toes.</p>
<p>•Prevent generalized mold and bacterial growth.</p>
<p>* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products/services/therapies/education information are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.</p>
<p>If you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition, consult your physician before any products/services/therapies.</p>
<p>If you have any questions regarding the uses of colloidal silver call the office. We are here to help. We offer a great colloidal silver product called Sovereign Silver or the stronger version known as Argentyn 23. All silvers are NOT created equal. When used properly from a company that knows what they are doing in the manufacturing process &#8211; this is a very safe remedy.</p>
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		<title>Malnutrition &amp; Microwaves</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that cooking your food in the microwave kills approximatley 90% of the nutrients and 100% of the vitamin b12??

If your schedule doesn't permit you to eat healthy wholefoods - try implementing a high quality protein shake like NANOPRO mixed with a green drink loaded with vegetables and fruits like NANOGREENS.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did you know that cooking your food in the microwave kills approximatley 90% of the nutrients and 100% of the vitamin b12??</p>
<p>If your schedule doesn&#8217;t permit you to eat healthy wholefoods &#8211; try implementing a high quality protein shake like NANOPRO mixed with a green drink loaded with vegetables and fruits like NANOGREENS.</p>
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		<title>Imaging Studies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>From Heartwire</p>
<p>&#8220;Worrisome&#8221; Radiation Doses With Imaging, New Study Finds Michael O’Riordan</p>
<p>August 27, 2009 (Atlanta, Georgia) — Medical imaging procedures expose many nonelderly patients to substantial doses of ionizing radiation, according to the results of a new study [1]. Myocardial perfusion imaging alone accounts for 22% of the radiation dose from all study procedures, while computed-tomography (CT) scans of the abdomen, pelvis, and chest account for nearly 38%, report investigators.</p>
<p>&#8220;Our findings that in some patients worrisome radiation doses from imaging procedures can accumulate over time underscores the need to improve their use,&#8221; write lead investigator Dr Reza Fazel (Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA) and colleagues. &#8220;Unlike the exposure of workers in healthcare and the nuclear industry, which can be regulated, the exposure of patients cannot be restricted, largely because of the inherent difficulty in balancing the immediate clinical need for these procedures, which is frequently substantial, against the stochastic risks of cancer that would not be evident for years, if at all.&#8221;</p>
<p>The analysis, which studied 952 420 adults aged 18 to 64 years in five US cities, is published in the August 27, 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.</p>
<p>During the study period, which ran from 2005 to 2007, 655 613 adults underwent at least one imaging procedure associated with radiation exposure. The mean effective dose was 2.4 mSv per person per year, although a wide distribution was noted. Moreover, the proportion of subjects undergoing procedures and their mean doses varied according to age, sex, and city. For example, approximately 50% of adults aged 18 to 34 years underwent a medical imaging procedure requiring radiation, whereas 86% of adults 60 to 64 years of age were sent for similar testing. Women also underwent imaging procedures significantly more often than men.</p>
<p>In terms of rates of exposure to moderate and high doses of radiation, 193.8 per 1000 enrollees were exposed to moderate levels of radiation and 18.6 per 1000 enrollees were exposed to high levels. The researchers point out that although most subjects received less than 3 mSv per year, &#8220;effective doses of moderate, high, and very high intensity were observed in a sizable minority.&#8221;</p>
<p> The Element of Risk</p>
<p>In an editorial accompanying the published study [3], Dr Michael Lauer (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD) writes that the number of CT scans obtained has quadrupled since 1992 and that between 1993 and 2001 the number of myocardial perfusion scans increased more than 6% each year, &#8220;with no justification for their use based on disease rates, healthcare disparities, or newly published, definitive randomized trials.&#8221; Moreover, despite abnormalities on myocardial perfusion scans being powerful predictors of future events, no study has shown that aggressive therapy in these high-risk patients can improve future outcomes, notes Lauer.</p>
<p>Because the use of radiation carries an element of risk, &#8220;we need to adopt a new paradigm for our approach to imaging,&#8221; writes Lauer. &#8220;Instead of investing so many resources in performing so many procedures, we should step back and design and execute desperately needed large-scale, randomized trials to figure out which procedures yield net benefits.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lauer argues that with few exceptions, such as mammography, most radiologic testing offers net negative results, because there is little high-level evidence and cumulative exposure can produce real harm, namely radiation-induced cancer.</p>
<p>He contends that physicians should approach imaging with the same &#8220;humility&#8221; others approached experimental treatments for acute coronary syndromes and that these tests should be subjected to rigorous randomized, controlled, clinical trials. Second, physicians should take a careful history of the patient to determine the cumulative dose of radiation a patient has already received and provide clear, personalized information about the risks of iatrogenic cancer.</p>
<p>&#8220;If we began a national conversation about the dangers of ionizing radiation, it might cause enough discomfort to stimulate demand for high-quality evidence our patients deserve,&#8221; writes Lauer.</p>
<p>References</p>
<p>1.Fazel R, Krumholz HM, Wang Y, et al. Exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation from medical imaging procedures. N Engl J Med 2009; 361:849-857.</p>
<p>2.Lauer MS. Elements of danger&#8211;the case of medical imaging. N Engl J Med 2009; 361:841-843.</p>
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