Submit your menopause and health questions now for Nurse Barb

Are you or do you know a woman who is suffering from menopausal symptoms?  Or perhaps you're nearing that stage of life and are full of questions as to what is going to happen to your body. One thing is for sure – it's the one life event that almost every woman will face. The good news is, America's most trusted nurse practitioner will guide you through this important transition.

The new book, The Hot Guide to a Cool Sexy Menopause, made its debut this week and author Barb Dehn, known as Nurse Barb, is here to answer your questions. Basic Health Publications is teaming up with Nurse Barb to not only make this stage in a woman's life bearable but also empowering.

First, she wants every woman to know that this is no longer their grandmothers’ generation— there’s no need to just accept whatever comes their way. Vitality, zest, and, yes, a sexy outlook on life are within every woman’s reach.

The Hot Guide to a Cool Sexy Menopause is an extension of what Nurse Barb offers her own patients, which is relatable information, easy-to-understand explanations, and a varied menu of options. The author will always give it to you straight and doesn’t believe in telling women what to do when the hormonal roller coaster of menopause presents a challenge. Instead, she believes in helping women find their own best path for total health.

Nurse Barb knows that menopause can impact a woman's life in a variety of ways, and the experiences can be as varied and unique as the women who are experiencing them. That’s why she delivers a chapter covering a different aspect of the menopause transition.

As a nurse practitioner, mom, wife, friend, sister and neighbor, people are always asking her for health advice, and readers will find that comforting and professional combination that is so needed during this life transition. Now it's your turn to ask Nurse Barb's advice too!

Please send your health questions – whatever they may be – physical, mental, emotional, or hormonal to the email provided below. This isn't going to be a one time opportunity either. We will forward on your questions to Nurse Barb and not only answer them but also relay that advice onto our readers on a regular basis.

What was once the unknown dreaded stage of a woman's life, can now be an empowered journey in The Hot Guide to a Cool Sexy Menopause. You are not alone and will thrive during this time!

Please send your health and menopause questions to Courtney@dunham-media.com You're free to just give a first name or leave it out completely. I'll reply and confirm that we got your email and forward those health questions onto Nurse Barb. Also, if you're in the Tulare and Kings Counties (between Bakersfield and Fresno) in California, tune into KTIP-AM 1450 live this Saturday from 2 to 3 pm for the Body Health Talk Show hosted by Mimi Stoneburner. Or you can listen to the podcast later at http://www.ktip.com/mysgmediatesting.info/wsdindex.html@page_id=76.html

For more information about The Hot Guide to a Cool Sexy Menopause and to take control of your own health, check out www.basichealthpub.com

Get back in touch with the Earth to heal

Earthing is the simple solution to reduce and prevent inflammation

Earthing first introduced readers to the landmark discovery that living in contact with the Earth’s natural surface charge—being “grounded”—naturally discharges and prevents chronic inflammation in the body. This effect has massive health implications because of the well-established link between chronic inflammation and all chronic diseases, including the diseases of aging, and the aging process itself.

The 2010 edition of Earthing created a major buzz in the health world and has been translated into more than a dozen languages. Now, it has been revised and updated with new research and doctors’ commentaries.

Throughout history, humans have maintained an electrical ground connection with the Earth that naturally curbed inflammation disorders in the body. We walked barefoot and slept directly on the Earth. We were, at all times, naturally charged with the healing energy of the Earth. Today, however, we mostly live and work insulated from the Earth. We wear nonconductive shoes with synthetic soles, walk on carpeted floors, and sleep in elevated beds. We rarely go barefoot outside. We’re disconnected. Consequently, our bodies become chronically charged with inflammation.

Earthing is the simple solution to reduce and prevent inflammation, and is as easy as being barefoot outdoors or sleeping, working, and relaxing indoors on conductive products that conveniently ground your body to the Earth. This book documents how grounding the body consistently produces these and other benefits:

• Rapid reduction of inflammation
• Rapid reduction or elimination of chronic pain
• Dynamic blood flow improvement
• Reduced stress
• Increased energy
• Improved sleep
• Accelerated healing from injuries and surgery without the burning inflammatory pain
• Earthing is a missing link in the health equation. This book tells why and what to do about it.

To learn more about how to get back into touch with the Earth, check out the newly updated version of Earthing at www.basichealthpub.com

Days of dreading menopause are over

The one life event that almost every woman will  face is menopause, yet no one really wants to talk about it. Times are a changing, and America's most trusted nurse practitioner wants you to embrace it.

In the new book, The Hot Guide to a Cool Sexy Menopause, author Barb Dehn, known as Nurse Barb, wants every woman to know that this is no longer their grandmothers’ generation— there’s no need to just accept whatever comes their way. Vitality, zest, and, yes, a sexy outlook on life are within every woman’s reach.

The Hot Guide to a Cool Sexy Menopause is an extension of what Nurse Barb offers her own patients, which is relatable information, easy-to-understand explanations, and a varied menu of options. The author will always give it to you straight and doesn’t believe in telling women what to do when the hormonal roller coaster of menopause presents a challenge. Instead, she believes in helping women find their own best path for total health.

Nurse Barb knows that menopause can impact a woman's life in a variety of ways, and the experiences can be as varied and unique as the women who are experiencing them. That’s why she delivers a chapter covering a different aspect of the menopause transition.

As a nurse practitioner, mom, wife, friend, sister and neighbor, people are always asking her for health advice, and readers will find that comforting and professional combination that is so needed during this life transition.

“I love translating complicated medical information to help people navigate their way toward better health and wellness. I’ll help you find the information you need to make the best decisions for your health,” says Nurse Barb.

Rounding out the book’s practical information are true-life stories about women who have experienced the physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges of menopause and how they navigated this journey, growing stronger, more empowered, and healthier.

What was once the unknown dreaded stage of a woman's life, can now be the empowered journey in The Hot Guide to a Cool Sexy Menopause.

* Look for more upcoming blogs featuring Nurse Barb's advice and Q & A's where you can send in your health questions for her.

For more information about The Hot Guide to a Cool Sexy Menopause and to take control of your own health, check out www.basichealthpub.com

Feeling pain? Attack it with natural remedies

Here at Basic Health Publications, we're all about delivering the information that you need to take control of your own health. We are constantly on the look out for health books that we know will benefit your life and well being in some way.

We want to look and feel as vibrant as possible well into old age. Often times we reach for medications or pharmaceutical drugs for all that ails us even though we don't know for sure what the long terms effects can be on on our health. Why not feel better without the side effects that often come with taking medications?

The healthcare industry is rapidly becoming a minefield of innumerable medications and preventives, their subsequent side effects, and conflicting information pertaining to nearly every medical practice on the planet. This minefield is the result of a greater susceptibility to once-uncommon illnesses. With an expanding maze of unnerving medical information available, there is a rapidly growing movement on the part of
the consumer toward natural remedies for these ailments.

Author and naturopath Mim Beim is a strong proponent of natural preventatives and remedies for a plethora of common ailments. Her nearly 25 years of practicing natural medicine have equipped her with a vast knowledge of curatives that rely upon remedies found in nature, as well as ancient health-care practices that have stood the test of time without the aid of mass-produced, chemically enhanced, and surgically invasive techniques.

In a personable voice and well-structured format, her book, Natural Remedies, An A–Z Reference Guide to Tried-and-True Cures for Common Complaints, provides an exhaustive list of ailments and the natural alternatives for treating them. With wit and wisdom, Beim presents the reader with tried-and-true methods for improving their physical and mental health without the aid of side-effect ridden medications.

She describes the benefits of utilizing natural materials and alternative medical practices, from herbal tonics to Ayurvedic treatments, both curatively and preventively.The book outlines natural remedies to help with 200 common ailments including colds, burns, arthritis, PMS, infertility and menopause. It also also provides strategies for losing weight, increasing energy, and dealing with stress. Each condition is detailed alphabetically in easy-to-understand language, clearly separated into symptoms, triggers, and natural medicines.


Natural Remedies is on sale now. Make sure to pick up your copy as an invaluable resource for in seeking a natural alternative to mass-market medicines and preventives, from the consumer to the medical practitioner. For more information, check out www.basichealthpub.com

Awaken your Warrior Goddess inside

Meet the pioneer who pushed through federal and state legislation ensuring that breast reconstruction after a mastectomy would be paid for by insurance companies. Dr. Christine Horner lost her own mother to breast cancer. She decided then that her mother's death would not be in vain.

Using the metaphor of the Warrior Goddess, Horner wrote a bestselling book that is now in its third edition. In Waking the Warrior Goddess, she explains what Ayurveda, an ancient system of healing, describes as our "inner healing intelligence." She also explores the various foods and supplements that enable women to prevent and successfully fight breast cancer, as they claim the healthy body that should be theirs.

In "The Spiritual Journey of Breast Cancer," Horner describes why cancer is a wake-up call, a time-out in which women can turn inward to evaluate their lives with the intent to restore good health and learn how to receive, allow, trust, and surrender as they cultivate their relationship with their intuition and a higher power.

The final part of Waking the Warrior Goddess presents Horner's 30-Step Program for reclaiming health and defeating breast cancer. In addition, this book includes an extensive, newly updated resources section for obtaining the particular nutrients and products that our bodies need to become and stay strong and healthy. We each have a Warrior Goddess in us, and it's time to set her free.

Check out this informative television interview, where Michele Gillen, chief investigative reporter from WFOR-TV in Miami, interviews Horner about her passion for life and protecting women against breast cancer...
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/05/04/awaken-your-warrior-goddess-to-prevent-breast-cancer/#.U2doNdseUw8.facebook

For more information on Waking the Warrior Goddess and to find out how you can be more proactive with your own health, go to www.basichealthpub.com

It's time to get your barefoot on

When was the last time you went barefoot? Think about it...chances are it's been years. Has it also been a long time since you've felt really good too? It's time to get back in touch with your Earth – feel it on your toes and the health benefits will amaze you.

Walking barefoot, also known as "earthing," has gone from being a hippie trend, to a scientifically-researched practice with a number of remarkable health advantages, such as increasing antioxidants, reducing inflammation, and improving sleep.

Earthing means walking barefoot on soil, grass or sand. So we’ll have to get off the sidewalk. Early studies are showing that the health benefits come from the relationship between our bodies and the electrons in the earth. The planet has its own natural charge, and we seem to do better when we’re in direct contact with it.

A review published in the Journal of Environmental and Public Health looked at a number of studies that highlight how drawing electrons from the earth improves health. In one, chronic pain patients using grounded carbon fiber mattresses slept better and experienced less pain. Another study found that earthing changed the electrical activity in the brain, as measured by electroencephalograms. Still, other research found that grounding benefitted skin conductivity, moderated heart rate variability, improved glucose regulation, reduced stress and boosted immunity.


One particularly compelling investigation, published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, found that earthing increases the surface charge of red blood cells. As a result, the cells avoid clumping, which decreases blood viscosity. High viscosity is a significant factor in heart disease, which is why so many people take blood thinning aspirin each day to improve their heart health. Another study in the same journal found that earthing may help regulate both the endocrine and nervous systems.

The breakthrough-book, Earthing, introduces readers to the landmark discovery that living in contact with the Earth’s natural surface charge—being “grounded”—naturally discharges and prevents chronic inflammation in the body. This effect has massive health implications because of the well-established link between chronic inflammation and all chronic diseases, including the diseases of aging, and the aging process itself.

Throughout history, humans have maintained an electrical ground connection with the Earth that naturally curbed inflammation disorders in the body. We walked barefoot and slept directly on the Earth. We were, at all times, naturally charged with the healing energy of the Earth. Today, however, we mostly live and work insulated from the Earth. We wear non-conductive shoes with synthetic soles, walk on carpeted floors, and sleep in elevated beds. We rarely go barefoot outside. We’re disconnected. Consequently, our bodies become chronically charged with inflammation.

Earthing is the simple yet powerful solution to reduce and prevent inflammation, and is as easy as being barefoot outdoors or sleeping, working, and relaxing indoors on conductive products that conveniently ground your body to the Earth. This book documents how grounding the body consistently produces these and other benefits:

• Rapid reduction of inflammation
• Rapid reduction or elimination of chronic pain
• Dynamic blood flow improvement
• Reduced stress
• Increased energy
• Improved sleep
• Accelerated healing from injuries and surgery without the burning inflammatory pain.


Earthing was a huge success when it was first published in 2010. Now in its second edition, it contains even more valuable information, which offers a missing link in the health equation. The authors tell why and what to do about it.

For more information on Earthing and to find out how you can take back your health, go to www.basichealthpub.com. Check back on Wednesday for our newest blog.