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Here is an impressive list of benefits you derive from regular dry brush massage:

1.  It will effectively remove the dead layers of skin and other impurities, and keep pores open.

2.  It will stimulate and increase blood circulation in all underlying organs and tissues, and especially in the small blood capillaries of your skin.

3.  It will revitalize and increase the eliminative capacity of your skin and help to throw toxins out of the system.

4.  It will stimulate the hormone- and oil-producing glands.

5.  It has a powerful rejuvenating influence on the nervous system by stimulating nerve endings in the skin.

6.  It will help prevent colds, especially when used in combination with hot-and-cold showers.

7.  It will contribute to a healthier muscle tone and a better distribution of fat deposits.

8.  It will rejuvenate the complexion and make it look younger.

9.  It will make you feel better all over.

10. It will improve your health generally, and help prevent premature aging.

Since the dry brush massage also happens to be one of the most pleasant and enjoyable do-it-yourself health measures, don’t you think that the above list is impressive enough to convince you to give this million-dollar health and beauty secret an honest try? Once you try it, you will be “sold on it” for the rest of your life!

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Jayne and Dr. Lawrence Reed of Houston are parents to two adopted children. They have tried to have a child of their own for 10 years. They went through countless tests and treatments. Dr. Reed’s sperm was normal. Mrs. Reed ovulated, but irregularly. Then one doctor discovered that she had too much testosterone. (All women produce this male sex hormone.)

The physician prescribed Prednisone, a hormone that depressed the adrenal output. Mrs. Reed conceived three times, but each pregnancy failed. Something else was wrong that escaped science.

“We want more children, and my time is running out,” says Mrs. Reed, who is 37. “We have a huge house that we built so we could have a large family.” They’re still trying.

In 20 percent of infertility cases, the problem lies with both the husband and the wife. They may be having sex too infrequently. Or, if the husband’s sperm count is just below the normal range and the wife ovulates intermittently, the couple could be infertile.

Artificial Insemination

Doctors occasionally collect the husband’s lazy sperm and place it at the mouth of the wife’s womb or even inside the womb itself to raise the chances of fertilization. Here, too, doctors borrow from IVF technology. Before insemination, the sperm is placed in the same fluid used for in vitro fertilization. This seems to increase chances of a “take.”

When the husband has no sperm at all or a sperm count so low that fertilization is impossible, many couples rely on artificial insemination with sperm from an unrelated donor whose identity is unknown to them. In recent years, thousands of couples have “adopted” sperm from a sperm bank.

The late Dr. Sophie Kleegman, the New York gynecologist who 40 years ago pioneered sexual and fertility studies, said, “Infertility patients are not sick, but they are heartsick, and the help they seek is, to them, as urgent as any in medical practice.” At last, doctors have heeded those words.

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