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		<title>Market Share Grows By Learning What Electronic Cigarettes Are &#8211; Misdirection, Blatant Lies and Big Tobacco</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Kay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The reason e-cigs were developed is necessary to understanding what electronic cigarettes are. For decades smokers could indulge their habit in any setting without interference. The tolerance for cigarette smoking has undergone a drastic change in recent years.</p>
<p>Increasingly, tobacco users find themselves ostracized in public areas and relegated to feeding their habit outside public buildings and only in certain designated smoke filled rooms in airports. The condemnation of tobacco has spread to bars, restaurants, theaters and everywhere else people gather as the dangers of second hand smoke have become public knowledge.</p>
<p>The e-cigarette was introduced to the marketplace in 2003 as an alternative for smokers. This personal vaporizer delivers flavor and fulfills the need to nicotine yet does not cause a negative affect on those around you. Shaped like a tobacco cigarette or a ball point pen initially, models are now available to also resemble cigars and even pipes.&#8230; <a href="http://www.heart-five.com/market-share-grows-by-learning-what-electronic-cigarettes-are-misdirection-blatant-lies-and-big-tobacco" class="read_more">Read More...</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>Looking At The Safety Of Electronic Cigarettes &#8211; The Debate Is Never Ending</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Kay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Debate about the safety of electronic cigarettes has continued since the product was first sold. Much of the information tossed about is factually incorrect but that hasn&#8217;t stopped big tobacco and big pharma from spreading the rumors.</p>
<p>In response to the heated debate, electronic cigarette suppliers recently formed a trade association to provide factual information about e-cigs to the buying public. Tobacco companies want to eliminate competition from electronic cigarettes and have followed an agenda of issuing warnings about e-cig dangers that have no basis in fact. The FDA conducted a very limited test of a few hand chosen e-cigarettes and then pronounced the products were not safe because trace amounts of a dangerous chemical were found in some of the products tested.</p>
<p>No tests were conducted on tobacco to determine whether the same substance occurred in standard cigarettes nor was any followup testing done of a larger sample of&#8230; <a href="http://www.heart-five.com/looking-at-the-safety-of-electronic-cigarettes-the-debate-is-never-ending" class="read_more">Read More...</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>May Allergy Sufferers Still Keep Animals?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Conners</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>How are you able to tell if you are hypersensitive to the pets in your home? There are a multitude of different causes and sometimes, it&#8217;s hard to discern which allergen might be the culprit to your allergies. It might take quite a bit of trial and error to find out, but here are several things to look out for.</p>
<p>You may realize that you have an allergy to dogs or cats because when you get near them, you&#8217;ll star to experience nasal congestion as well a runny nose. The symptoms are quite similar to viral symptoms such as the flu, but with the flu, the symptoms persists for about a week but with allergies, they disappear rather rapidly.</p>
<p>Just like people who are hyper-sensitive to pollen or dust mites, itchy or red eyes can also be attributed to allergies caused by pets. You might also experience tearing of the&#8230; <a href="http://www.heart-five.com/may-allergy-sufferers-still-keep-animals" class="read_more">Read More...</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>Easing Your Family&#8217;s Worries</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sunny Emmerwitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Do you see yourself spending long lazy days by the porch? With your dog dozing by your feet, just breathing the air doing nothing? No more harassing phone calls from work, and deadlines that need to be met? Having the time to do what we want is one of the benefits of retirement. But what if we suddenly have to follow meal schedules and lights out curfew? Is this what we get after a long years in our career?</p>
<p>That&#8217;s the reason why more and more retirees opt to employ in home elder care services. Most of us want to be surrounded by people and things familiar to us. At a time when we&#8217;re making adjustments towards a new phase in our lives, it can be just too stressful to suddenly uproot ourselves and settle on a new place with people and things unfamiliar to us.</p>
<p>Through senior <a href="http://retireathomevictoria.com">home</a>&#8230; <a href="http://www.heart-five.com/easing-your-familys-worries" class="read_more">Read More...</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>The Key Reason Why Allergy Cases Increase Exponentially Yearly</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Ever wonder how come with every year that passes, people who develop new allergies are growing at such an exponential rate? Health authorities are constantly getting us to be hygienic and to keep our homes bacteria-free, but might this just have something to do with the allergy epidemic?</p>
<p>If you live in a modern city, then there is just no way you can avoid the carbon emitting industries. The air which we breathe gets more and more polluted by the second and the amount of vehicles on the road have pretty much tripled in the past 5 years. All these factors add to the contamination of our air, and thus puts more strain on our immune systems. There might be other causes too though.</p>
<p>Our body&#8217;s immune systems were engineered to protect against most kinds of dangerous particles and organisms that enter our bodies, but as we try to be&#8230; <a href="http://www.heart-five.com/the-key-reason-why-allergy-cases-increase-exponentially-yearly" class="read_more">Read More...</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>Digital Hearing Aids With Touch Screen Technologies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Channing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The touch screen technologies you see in modern electronics is something seen as entertaining- certainly not something that increases the functionality of devices by a significant amount. For hearing aids, touch screens have opened up a new door to usability and costs for the elderly.</p>
<p>Usability is greatly influenced by the touch screen technologies that have emerged. For instance, instead of dealing with small knobs and buttons, one might simply slide a finger one direction or another to turn volume up and down. It&#8217;s that kind of usability that has made touch screen technologies in other industries so popular, and now, it&#8217;s available for the hearing aid industry.</p>
<p>One of the big topics to address with hearing aids was to make the controls adjustable even when you have other commitments with your hands. If you are driving down the road, and desperately need to operate your hearing aid for whatever&#8230; <a href="http://www.heart-five.com/digital-hearing-aids-with-touch-screen-technologies" class="read_more">Read More...</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>What Are Cold Sores And How To Cope With Your Cold Sore</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denny Bodoh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Do you have cold sore questions?  Then this article is just for you.  Read it and discover many amazing facts about cold sores and what you can do about them.</p>
<p>WHAT ARE COLD SORES?</p>
<p>Cold sores really interfere with our lives.  Painful and unsightly, cold sores greatly affect your personal and social life.</p>
<p>These herpes infections have several names &#8211; cold sores, fever blisters, or oral herpes &#8211; but they are all the same.  They occur and reoccur where the virus first entered the body.  The lip is the most common infection point.</p>
<p>The herpes simplex virus is the parasite virus that causes cold sores.  A cold sore is actually the side effect of the herpes replication process.</p>
<p>When this virus first infects you, it will choose a nerve set nearest its entry point.  It will reside in that nerve for life.  All cold sores caused by this virus family&#8230; <a href="http://www.heart-five.com/what-are-cold-sores-and-how-to-cope-with-your-cold-sore" class="read_more">Read More...</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>Car Crash, Whiplash, Then Chiropractic?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kovac DC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Some of the most common questions that can come up following a serious automobile accident are people asking themselves if they are going to need to see a chiropractor. Is it even necessary? How important is chiropractic care after an automobile crash? Should you be worried that you might need chiropractic care?</p>
<p>The truth is that after any serious auto-related injury chiropractic care can be very important and often necessary. If for any reason the vertebra moves or is forced out of its preferred alignment, it can cause pressure in the neck, back and their associated nerves, resulting in severe and sometimes immediate pain after the accident. However, sometimes severe pain does not truly set in until a few days after the accident.</p>
<p>Anyone who is experiencing any severe pain or musculoskeletal symptoms after an auto accident may want to consider seeing a chiropractic doctor, as these types of pain&#8230; <a href="http://www.heart-five.com/car-crash-whiplash-then-chiropractic" class="read_more">Read More...</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>Ways To Get Your Little One To Snooze Easily</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Santi Otaga</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Is your baby grumpy and frustrated during the day? Are you waking up countless times during the night just to put your infant back to bed? The major culprit of this is most likely extended day-time naps.</p>
<p>If you notice your newborn baby waking up too often during the night time, you will need to re-train his or her natural sleep patterns and get it back on track.</p>
<p>On the other hand you will have to also monitor your baby&#8217;s nap cycles during the day. If he starts looking tired, have your child take a nap before he gets much too tired and is unable to sleep well later on.</p>
<p>You can easily tell by just looking to see if the child is fussy, annoyed, quiet and has no interest in its environment. Keep your eye on your infant as much as possible and don&#8217;t delay when you see those&#8230; <a href="http://www.heart-five.com/ways-to-get-your-little-one-to-snooze-easily" class="read_more">Read More...</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>Chiropractic Care: Is It Safe?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The safety of chiropractic care is unquestionably one of the most frequently asked questions of patients suffering from back and neck pain. Before a patient decides to try out this therapy, they&#8217;d like to assure themselves that the treatment is safe and has no side effects. So, is chiropractic safe? The short answer to that question is &#8216;yes&#8217;.</p>
<p>When you&#8217;ve been suffering from low back or neck pain, your first thought may be to dull the pain through pain killers in order to bring your condition to a manageable level. You may even have considered surgery to alleviate the pain. However, chiropractic is a safe, non-surgical treatment that concentrates on re-aligning your spine to dissipate your pain. This is done through several sessions with a doctor who specializes in massaging your spine to correct the alignment and alleviate your pain.</p>
<p>You won&#8217;t be prescribed a dose of medications or undergo&#8230; <a href="http://www.heart-five.com/chiropractic-care-is-it-safe" class="read_more">Read More...</a></p>]]></description>
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