Author Archives: Phoebe

For Better Sleep, Take a Tub

According to the National Sleep Foundation, “insomnia is the most common sleep complaint among Americans,” occurring at a higher rate in women and older people. Conditions range from acute to chronic, but in all cases people experience an inability to fall or remain asleep. “Inadequate sleep,” the NSF article goes on to say, “can result […]

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Water Eases Birth For Moms and Babies.

The practice of giving birth in water has been around for hundreds of years, and wisdom about it abounds in the midwifery community. But more formal research on the topic seems to be relatively new. An article in The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, which showed that use of a birthing […]

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Presidents and Queens in Hot Water

In the summer of 1921, President Franklin D. Roosevelt came down with polio, a disease that left him paralyzed from the waist down. But after traveling to Warm Springs, Georgia in 1924 he experienced great relief from daily soaks in the mineral-rich hot springs there. An Atlanta Journal article from that year quotes Roosevelt: “see […]

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