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Menopause identified as trigger for new type of arthritis

A recent study has shed new light on a little-known type of arthritis known as ‘menopausal arthritis’, which effects women at the onset of the menopause and causes moderate to severe pain and swelling mainly in the fingers and wrists. The study (1), carried out in September 2005, was on women who were taking oestrogen inhibiting [...]

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Commiphora

An explanation of Commiphora myrrh, also known as Myrhh and research on it. BY Bruce Shane 5 July, 2007 A Commiphora Tree Commiphora (Myrhh) comes from a shrubby  tree found in Somalia and the Middle East. Commiphora is the resin which seeps out of it, in a similar way to cheery trees, and forms on the bark [...]

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Myrrh

An explanation of Myrrh. BY Bruce Shane 5 July, 2007 This is the common name for Commiphora Myrrh.

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