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Tips for Better Sleep

From Kristina Held, principle at Grun-Sustainable Architecture and assistant professor at the Art Institute of Charlotte: YES: 1. Invest in a hypoallergenic mattress. They're covered with material that lets air in but won't allow microscopic animal hair or dandruff to get through. 2. If you use wallpaper- choose a pattern that incorporates horizontal lines, which tend to settle you and make you calmer. 3. Layer your lights. It's good to have one overall light so you can see, then some accent lights that are task oriented, like a reading lamp. 4. Keep an air purifier or humidifier in your room. There are machines that do both, and sometimes they make white noise, which experts say is good because it covers sounds that could threaten your sleep. NO: 1. Avoid sleeping with your pet. It's dangerous, and the hair can make you sick and accumulate in your lungs. Be sure to wash your bedding every two weeks. 2. Don't paint your room red, as it can make

Non Medical Approaches to Infertility

From the time you’re a little girl, you’ve dreamed of being a mommy. You’ve always loved the smell and feel of babies, and you’ve waited for the day that you could bring your own little bundle of joy home…but that day hasn’t yet arrived. Fertility is normal. Infertility suggests something is interfering with your body's natural processes. Consider a natural solution. Infertility, the inability to conceive a child, often hits you right between the eyes after you've professed your readiness to become a mother and although you've tried, nothing has happened. You believe you've tried everything...but have you? Many women who have been unable to get pregnant have turned to non-medical, alternative approaches to infertility, and often they meet with success. For example, have you tried: Dietary changes? Avoid heavy metals like lead, mercury and cadmium that can affect hormone and sperm production. A simple test can determine the heavy metal content in your