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Article by Manuel Vann

Hair grows everywhere on the human skin except on the palms of our hands as well as the soles of our feet, but many hairs are so fine they’re virtually invisible. Hair is made up of a protein known as keratin (the same protein in nails) produced in hair follicles in the outer layer of skin; as follicles produce new hair cells, old cells are becoming pushed out via the surface of the skin in the rate of about six inches a year. The hair you are able to see is truly a string of dead keratin cells. The typical adult head has about 100,000 to 150,000 hairs and loses as much as 100 of them per day; so finding a couple of stray hairs on your hairbrush just isn’t necessarily trigger for alarm.

Article by Manuel Vann

Hair grows everywhere on the human skin except on the palms of our hands as well as the soles of our feet, but many hairs are so fine they’re practically invisible. Hair is produced up of a protein known as keratin (exactly the same protein in nails) produced in hair follicles in the outer layer of skin; as follicles generate new hair cells, old cells are being pushed out through the surface of the skin in the rate of about six inches a year. The hair you can see is really a string of dead keratin cells. The average adult head has about 100,000 to 150,000 hairs and loses up to 100 of them each day; so locating a few stray hairs on your hairbrush isn’t necessarily cause for alarm.

Article by Paul Holland

More than twenty five million Americans have problems with allergies. Allergies are nothing but an overreaction of the body’s immune system to a precise compound generally known as an allergen. Allergies may be of different types such as food allergies which are brought on as a result of some materials within food items, respiratory allergies, that mostly occur as a result of certain wind borne materials like dust, pollen as well as other environmental substances.

Acupuncture and Moxibustion is a medical treatment that has been practiced for thousands of years in China and other Asian countries as well as now around the world. It is used as a means of treating and preventing disease.

Acupuncture treatment involves the insertion of fine, sterile needles into specific sites (acupuncture points) along the body’s meridians to clear energy blockages and encourage the normal flow of energy (Qi) through the individual.