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Larabar Bars at Home

2010-03-07T20:11:00.000+02:00

The good news is that Larabar bars are healthy and delicious. Learn how to make them at home......
Larabar Bars at Home

Zico Coconut Water

2010-03-06T15:37:00.000+02:00

Zico coconut water is a healthy natural drink that is bottled to meet coconut fans demands.

Zico Coconut Water

Zico Coconut Water

2010-03-06T13:04:00.000+02:00

Anew tool to good health! This is the new beverage that may make people rethink their preference of beverages to involve zico coconut water.

Zico Coconut Water

Vitamin D Good for Breast Cancer Patients - US News and World Report

2009-10-10T09:18:00.001+02:00

Women with breast cancer were found to have low levels of vitamin D in their blood.

Weekly supplementation with high doses of vitamin D (50,000 IU or more) boosted the levels of the vitamin among all the women.

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Vitamin D Good for Breast Cancer Patients - US News and World Report

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One Small Step For Neurons, One Giant Leap For Nerve Cell Repair

2009-10-09T23:12:00.001+02:00

Medicine has now little to do to the repair of damaged nerve cells. This study is a significant advance towards neuronal repair.

The purpose is to make damaged nerve cells able to re-grow and re-establish their functional connections.

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One Small Step For Neurons, One Giant Leap For Nerve Cell Repair

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Heartburn Drugs Deemed Safe For Fetuses, According To Researchers

2009-10-09T22:23:00.001+02:00

We can not leave pregnant women suffering from heartburn, regurgitation and trouble swallowing without a suitable treatment.

Drugs used to treat these symptoms like Famotidine, Cimetidine, and Ranitidine are safe for fetuses.

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Heartburn Drugs Deemed Safe For Fetuses, According To Researchers

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Immune Cell Entry Into Pancreatic Islets Key To Understanding Type 1 Diabetes Origins

2009-10-09T21:56:00.001+02:00

Could understanding the relation between T cells +immune cells) and islets of langerhans stop or prevent type-I diabetes?

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Immune Cell Entry Into Pancreatic Islets Key To Understanding Type 1 Diabetes Origins

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Vital Signs - Nutrition - Lower Depression Risk Linked to Mediterranean Diet - NYTimes.com

2009-10-09T16:43:00.001+02:00

Researchers found that the Mediterranean Diet not only protects your heart but it also protects your mental health.

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Vital Signs - Nutrition - Lower Depression Risk Linked to Mediterranean Diet - NYTimes.com

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Doc makes more cash selling clothes on eBay - CNN.com

2009-10-09T16:24:00.001+02:00

Dr. Jennifer Lickteig examines patients at the Linn Community Care Health Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She says she earned $120,000 last year on eBay, more than she did practicing medicine.

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Doc makes more cash selling clothes on eBay - CNN.com

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Shingles Raises Stroke Risk: Study - US News and World Report

2009-10-09T15:28:00.001+02:00

The first study to link shingles specifically with stroke which can be ischemic, caused by blood clot blocking a brain artery, or hemorrhage, doe to rupture of a blood vessel.

It was found that stroke results from herpes zoster virus-induced vasculopathy (
the vessel to the brain damaged by the the virus could be occluded or ruptured).

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Shingles Raises Stroke Risk: Study - US News and World Report

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Swine flu vaccine passes safety test - The Boston Globe

2009-10-09T14:50:00.002+02:00

Swine flu vaccine is safe according to Dr. Benjamin Kruscal, a pediatrician and infectious disease specialist at Harvard Vanguard Medical Association.

Dr. T.Frieden, chief of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced that his own children are being vaccinated.

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Swine flu vaccine passes safety test - The Boston Globe

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Martin Feldstein - A Better Way to Health Reform - washingtonpost.com

2009-10-08T20:38:00.002+02:00

Health-care costs recently represents an overburden on both individuals and society.
This article is about health costs and how can they be legislated so that, it is guaranteed that everyone can get the appropriate care regardless of its costs, and ensuring that personal bankruptcy can not be the result of high medical pills.

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Martin Feldstein - A Better Way to Health Reform - washingtonpost.com

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Q+A: How do you know you have the flu? | U.S. | Reuters

2009-10-08T19:41:00.001+02:00

This article answers important questions about H1N1 swine flue like which groups are more vulnerable, what if one gets it, and what if it infects someone seriously.

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Q+A: How do you know you have the flu? | U.S. | Reuters

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2009-07-27T22:08:00.001+03:00

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Soy and Cancer

2008-12-29T19:35:00.002+02:00

YouTube - Why Soy Is NOT a Health Food www.mercola.com

Apart from what is mentioned in the video about genetic modification,Trypsin inhibitors, and Pytic acids ...etc, the most important imact is on Thyroid disease, and this is what SoyOnLineService.co.nz mentions about Soy-formula feeding and thyroid carcinoma:

"The statistics on thyroid disease in the US also tell a disturbing tale. Since 1990 SEER cancer statistics show that the overall thyroid cancer incidence, across all ages and races in the United States, has been subject to a statistically significant annual increase (1.4 % per annum). That increase was highest amongst females (1.6 % per annum). Also worth note is the fact that between 1975 and 1996 the incidence of thyroid cancer has risen 42.1% in the United States. This increase was particularly notable in women and most recent figures (1996) show that the incidence of thyroid cancer has climbed to 8.0 per 100,000.

And what about children? The incidence of soy-formula feeding is greater in the United States than anywhere else in the world. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) publication 'Cancer Incidence and Survival among Children and Adolescents: United States SEER Program' 1975-1995 has reported that the most prevalent carcinomas in US children and adolescents younger than 20 years were thyroid carcinomas (35.5%); more prevalent than the more publicised melanomas (30.9%). Approximately 75% of the thyroid carcinomas occurred in adolescents aged 15-19 years of age, and NCI note that "the preponderance of thyroid cancer in females suggest that hormonal factors may mediate disease occurrence". Hormonal factors includes agents that affect thyroid hormone status and Soy Online Service believe that soy-formula use in infancy is an hitherto unrecognised risk factor."

Thiamine Reverses Kidney Damage in Diabetics

2008-12-29T11:25:00.000+02:00

Teatment of people with type2 diabetes can reverse early kidney disease, as it stops the loss of a key protein in the urine.

British researchers hopes a large clinical trial can be conducted, yet they stress that " it is too early to come to any firm conclusion about the role of vitamin B1, and we would not advise that people look to vitamin supplements to reduce their risk of kidney complications at this stage." ( The used dose is 300 milligrams daily for 3 months).

Now for people who are concerned with this issue, they must need to know some basic facts about vitamin B1 ( Thiamine).

- Thiamine (Thiamin), Aneurine, or vitamin B1 is a water soluble vitamin

- Thiamine increased requirements :
. Diabetes type1 and type2
. Strenuous physical exertion
. Fever
. Pregnancy
. Breast feeding
. Adolscent growth
. Malaria
. HIV
. Chronic alcoholic abuse
. Kidney failure requiring dialysis

- Anti-thiamine factors (ATF) :
. Certain plants contain ATF which react with to form inactive product. Consumption of large amounts of tea and coffee , as well as chewing tea leaves and betal nuts have been associated with Thiamine depletion
. Certain raw foods contain Thiaminases which are enzymes that breakdown Thiamin in food.
Eating certain raw fresh water fish, raw shellfish, and ferns highly increase te risk of thiamine deficiency

Foods rich in Thiamine :
- Cereals ready to eat
- Enriched Rice
- Enriched Wheat flour
- Yeast
- Oat bran
- Lean meat
- Wheat germ breakfast cereals
- Lentils (cooked)
- Peas (cooked)
- Whole Wheat bread
- Brazil nuts
- Pecans
- Oranges
- Cantloupe
- Milk

Read the news:
BBC NEWS Health Thiamine 'reverses kidney damage'

Symtoms of The Silent Killer Cancer

2008-12-28T22:27:00.000+02:00

Ovarian cancer was considered to be a silent killer as it went undiagnosed until late stages. Since the disease has no early markers, hence detecting symptoms on regular pelvic examinations is the best way to catch it on time. Women that are diagnosed at the first stage of the disease are 9 percent curable.

The symptoms that women should consider as a warning sign include:
- Bloating, pelvic or abominal pain
- Difficulty of eating or feeling full quickly
- Frequent or urgent urination
These symptoms are felt daily over the course of several weeks - do not panic at the first indigestion you have. If they are new or unusual, women that feel these symptoms sould consult a gynecologist.

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YouTube - Empowered Health News | Symptoms For Ovarian Cancer

FDA List of Risky Diet Pills

2008-12-28T17:23:00.000+02:00

The internet is full of all types of information, and it is the means of interaction between the writer and the reader. Any one who wants to write about their fantasies as scientific facts can do. This made people sell any thing and every thing online, and one of the widely sold items is diet pills.

FDA is warning you to stay away from nearly 30 weight-loss products that contain unlisted and possibly dangerous ingredients. The list of the products includes :

- Fatloss Slimming
- 2 Day Diet
- 3x Slimming Power
- 5x Imelda Perfect Slimming
- 3 Day Diet Japan Lingzhi
- 24 Hours Diet
- 7 Diet Day/Night Formula
- 7 Day Herbal Slim
- 8 Factor Diet
- 999 Fitness Essence
- Extrim Plus and GMP
- Imelda Perfect Slim
- Lida DaiDaihua
- Miaozi Slim Capsules
- Perfect Slim
- Perfect Slim 5x
- Phyto Shape
- ProSlim Plus
- Royal Slimming Formula
- Slim 3 in 1
- Slim Express 360
- Slimtech
- Somotrin
- Superslim
- TripleSlim
- Zhen de Shou
- Venom Hyperdrive 3.0

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FDA warns of 28 diet pills sold online - Diet and nutrition- msnbc.com

Take Care of Risky Drug Combos

2008-12-28T14:40:00.000+02:00

Although OTC drugs and supplements may add health benefits to those who take them, yet combining them with prescription drugs may either reinforce the desired effect to unwanted levels, or produce side effects that could have been minimal in the original drug. A new study reveals some sobering ststistics.

At least 2 million older Americans are taking a combination of drugs or supplements that can be a risky mix — from blood thinners and cholesterol pills to aspirin and ginkgo capsules — a new study warns.

Experts say the take-home advice is to ask about any side effects of prescription drugs, and tell your doctor before taking other medicines.

Examples of harmful combinations include:
. Warfarin, a potent prescription clot-fighting drug, was often taken with aspirin. Both increase the risk of bleeding, so the odds are even higher when both drugs are taken. The researchers said these risks also occur when warfarin is taken with garlic pills, which some studies have suggested can benefit the heart and help prevent blood clots.
Signs of bleeding problems include bruising easily, hard-to-stop bleeding from the gums or from cuts and blood in the urine.

Other commonly used and risky combinations included:

•Aspirin taken with over-the-counter ginkgo supplements, increasing chances for excess bleeding.
•Lisinopril, a blood pressure drug, taken with potassium, which combined can cause abnormal heart rhythms. Potassium is often prescribed to restore low levels of this important mineral caused by certain blood pressure drugs.
•Prescription cholesterol drugs called statins taken with over-the-counter niacin, a type of vitamin B that also lowers cholesterol. This combination increases risks for muscle damage.

The good news is that there is a new Web site, http://www.consumermedsafety.org that will allow consumers to enter names of their medications to check for any potentially dangerous interactions.

You can read the full story here:
Millions of seniors use risky drug combos - Health care- msnbc.com

Lentils, Soybeans and Yogurt are Better Than High-Fiber Diet to Control Diabetes

2008-12-17T11:00:00.000+02:00

In a recent study researchers found that low glycemic foods like lentils, soybeans, yogurt and many high fiber grains are better than high-fiber foods in controlling type 2 diabetes. They siginificantly reduced A1C (glycated hemoglobin or A1c) more than high-fiber diet, and at the same time they proved to increase HDL (good cholesterol) while high-fiber foods decresed it.

A1C is am easure for the control of diabetes over the past 2-3 months, and high levels of HDL are required for heart health.

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Low-glycemic diet better to control diabetes - Diabetes- msnbc.com

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2008-12-16T21:46:00.000+02:00

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