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Homemade Natural Remedies & Aromatherapy

Below is a directory of home remedies and aromatherapy recipes for common ailments and conditions. These tried and true, natural cures make a wonderful supplement to modern medicine, and at times outperform modern pharmaceuticals.

7 comments    health advice how to
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Old Wives Tales Related To The Holidays

  New Years Day Traditions, to keep or to dispose of??? By the standards of the old ways I would probably be called a cheater as I pick and choose which of the traditions we follow or ignore. (I don't...

20 comments    fun tradition happy new year
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Top 10 Outdated Job Search Tips

(public domain) You may have heard some of these pieces of outdated information or bad advice when it comes to finding a job. Don't listen to them. Read below and be prepared to discard mythology in the...

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Old Wives' Tales: Truth or Myth?

In my experience, truth. Definitely truth. Especially the ones about babies and childrearing. Because, as recently as a hundred years ago, who was caring for the babies and children while the parents were out...

1 comment    health family religion
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The UGLY FACE of Pregnancy

It's more then the baby blues, pregnancy is an experience that leaves war wounds! Here's the ugly truth about pregnancy! Read this before you try this at home!

7 comments    health life family
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Truth or Consequences? -- Old Wives' Tales.

In working with medical clients, academic students, and amateur and professional athletes, I have found a substantial amount of misinformation existing about a variety of subjects. A certain amount of this...

7 comments    health family religion
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Madame Le Safety on SAFE SEX

Madame Le Safety: My name is Madame Le Safety and I'm here today to talk to you about SAFE SEX. I'd like to welcome Dr. Knobrot from the Safe Sex Institute as our expert on the show today. Dr Knobrot has...

45 comments    health love advice
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New Year Superstitions

Do you have a personal superstiton to share with us?At the stroke of twelve, on January 1, fireworks are let off, and everybody yells, "Happy New Year!" which is superstitiously super: it drives away all the...

27 comments    new year 2008 old wives tales
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Friday the Thirteenth and other Superstitions

If you are looking for information on a dude named Jason who runs around with a chainsaw then keep looking. This site is going to explore how Friday the 13th became such an unlucky day and the origins of...

6 comments    witches superstitions bad luck
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Gender Prediction in Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a very exciting time and most parents spend time wondering whether they'll be having a girl or a boy.  This hub explores gender prediction methods including how to read the chinese gender chart CORRECTLY!

2 comments    hubchallenge pregnancy
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