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GPS tags for dementia patients
Making news in the UK is the story that dementia patients are to be fitted with GPS tracking devices to save police money searching for those who regularly go missing. The news has appeared in the Telegraph newspaper and we thought we’d share it with you: Police in Sussex hope to save hundreds of thousands …
One Direction’s natural new direction
We’ve been big fans of of peppermint tea here at NaturalCures for some time – and now it seems that it’s a big hit with one of our favorite bands too. One Direction have revealed they’ve got the T-Factor! Avoiding alcohol altogether at the recent boozy Brit Awards, the boys are the latest superstars to join …
A natural answer that gets to the root of the problem!
I spent the weekend in the beautiful English Lake District - in the village of Grasmere to be exact. Grasmere is famous for being the one-time home of poet William Wordsworth (A host of golden daffodils) and for its delicious gingerbread. The little gingerbread shop is perched at one end of the village and there’s …
Your health, written in the stars
Diane Cramer is NaturalCures’ very own consulting astrologer, specializing in writing and instructing on medical astrology and nutrition. We were intrigued to find out more about medical astrology (we’re sure you are too) so we pinged over a few questions to New York and Diane has kindly answered them. If you’re a Virgo (like me) …
Gran knows best – she really does!
I’ve had some humdingers of headaches lately but being an advocate of all things natural, I have refrained from hitting the paracetamol. Instead, I have heeded the advice my gran used to give me and turned to the good, old-fashioned remedies. So, I thought I’d share them with you, just in case you’re struck by …
Family meals boost vegetable intake for children
In the past there has been research done which suggests that the family that eats together, stays together. Well a new study reveals that eating meals together as a family can actually boost your child’s fruit and vegetable intake. And that can only be a good thing! The research is published in the Journal of …
Vitamin D supplement labels may be inaccurate
Labeling on vitamin D supplements is often misleading, according to new analysis. The supplement content is either much lower or much higher than what’s written on the label. Researchers found that off-the-shelf pills from 12 different manufacturers had between 52 percent and 135 percent of their advertised vitamin D content. And the variation in dosage …
Folic acid in pregnancy lowers autism risk
Taking folic acid before and during pregnancy lowers the risk of having a child with autism, a new study has revealed. The study, published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association, “provides an additional reason to take folic acid, in addition to the preventive effect that we already know it has against neural tube defects,” …
