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Teas I Like and Suggest To Patients- Calming/Healthy

Posted by Samuel Benjamin on Sunday, January 3, 2010, In : Teas

Sencha Green Tea

Genmalcha

Earl Grey

Sur le Nil

Vanilla rooibos

Honey phoenix oolong

Wood Dragon oolong

Cassis

High mountain oolong

Genmaicha

HEEL PAIN

Posted by Samuel Benjamin on Saturday, June 27, 2009, In : Heel Pain

Heels can take a beating from a range of activities, including heavy impact exercise or wearing poorly fitted shoes.

What I like for heel pain:

Take a topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication (It is a gel or a strip that can be applied to the heel.) to help manage pain. Avoid, if possible, antiinflammatories that are taken by mouth and absorbed systemically.
Try Lidoderm patches filled with pain killer and apllied topically.
Ice the heel or freeze any bottle and then roll your...

Phthalates

Posted by Samuel Benjamin on Sunday, February 1, 2009, In : Product Contamination

Pthalates are plastic softeners and they are found in many things incluidng bottles, plastics on the dashboard of cars, your nail polish, toys and even in the coatings of prescription and over the counter drugs like omeprazole (generic for Prilosec used for ulcers and heartburn treatment). Even in small amounts in the human body they mimic certain hormones and predispose to reproductive system abnormalities, certain cancers like those of the breast and even neurologic disease. The feds under ...
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Barak- You're Smokin!

Posted by Samuel Benjamin on Saturday, January 31, 2009, In : Health Politics

From the outset, I am NOT "anti Obama". I do not want to be painted with any ridiculous such label. However, if you listen to my radio show on KTAR in Arizona then you know that I am intolerant of spin that promotes disinformation and is not truthful. The U.S. Congress is considering an historic Federal spending package that, amongst many other things, allocates a considerable amount of resources to smoking cessation because of the toll that it takes on the nation's health and, as a result,...