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May 21, 2012

Third Hand Smoke What is it? Third-hand smoke is the residual poison left in the environment after first-hand and second-hand smoke are no...

Social isolation and its health implications

In 2005, both CBS and ABC News reported that according to a 1985 survey done by the University of Arizona and Duke University, individuals...

SPECIFIC IMMUNITY: TAILOR MADE FOR YOU

A first-time encounter with an antigen elicits non-specific immune responses like phagocytosis, inflammation, or destruction from natural killer lymphocytes. Non-specific immune defense mechanisms include...

Capillary Health

Like streets, driveways, and alleys, capillaries, the body’s tiniest blood vessels, deliver nutrients and oxygen to our cells.* Diseases such as high blood pressure...

HYPERTENSION: STALKING SOCIETY’S SILENT KILLER

Hypertension (HTN) or high blood pressure is referred to as “the silent killer” because it often occurs without accompanying symptoms. Yet, it significantly increases...

Hope for Dementia

IMPROVING DEMENTIA THROUGH DIET Cognitive impairment, or the decline in mental faculties, can result from a variety of conditions. It can come on suddenly...

Third Hand Smoke What is it? Third-hand smoke is the residual poison left in the environment after first-hand and second-hand smoke are no...

UNLOCKING THE DOOR TO DIABETES TYPE 2

TYPE 2 DIABETES More than 18.2 million Americans are estimated to have type 2 diabetes with one third of them still undiagnosed. The vast...

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WAYS TO IMPROVE BRAIN FUNCTION

IMPROVE BRAIN FUNCTION Synapses are microscopic points of communication between nerve cells that are heavily involved in memory, learning, habit formation, and the development...

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HYPERTENSION CAUSES: MORE THAN THE SALT OR THE PORK!

HYPERTENSION CAUSES Hypertension causes are multiple and complex, and stem more from one’s lifestyle than one’s genetic vulnerability. Much has been said about common...

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HELP FOR SEASONAL ALLERGIES

HELP FOR ALLERGIES Do you experience itching, burning eyes, a dripping nose or stuffy sinuses certain times of the year? Do you notice when...

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A MASSAGE THERAPY TO BREAK THE ICE

A MASSAGE THERAPY TO BREAK THE ICE Who would have thought that the humble ice in the refrigerator would be a most effective massage...

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Food Combining, confusion or common sense?

FOOD COMBINING This article is for those who may be confused and stressed over the many different theories of food combining that have no...

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Healthy Breakfast? What is it? Who needs it?

EAT A HEALTHY BREAKFAST! Many people think that a healthy breakfast is just coffee and bagel with cream cheese, or scrambled eggs with bread...

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Social isolation and its health implications

In 2005, both CBS and ABC News reported that according to a 1985 survey done by the University of Arizona and Duke University, individuals...

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The Good News of Exercise

There is more good news on the health benefits of exercise. It is even more important, more accessible, cheaper, and valuable to the whole...

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Diabetes Dilemma

Our world today is desperately worried about bioterrorism and snipers. But there is another threat which is more insidious and dead- ly. It loads the gun that...

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Ride the D Train: Research Finds Even More Reasons to Get Vitamin D

Vitamin D could easily be dubbed the latest darling of nutrients. New research is unveiling additional roles for D besides its well-known part in...

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Atherosclerosis & Artery Health

Good News for Atherosclerosis Like a highly efficient interstate freeway system, arteries help to deliver the essential supplies—oxygen and nutrients—to the individual cells of...

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Help for the Heart

Millions of ladies the world over would appreciate a little more courteous civility, a kinder listening ear, warmer feelings, and serious sharing between hearts...

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