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General Health
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Diseases
Your birthday may decide your risk of asthma
Your birthday
may decide your risk of asthma, according to a new study led by Dr. Tina
Hartert, director of the Center for Asthma Research and Environmental Health at
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn.
Nov 22, 2008 - 2:37:31 PM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Vitamin C lowers blood pressure
Got
hypertension?
It may be time to try intravenous injection of
vitamin C.
A new Italian study found
that vitamin C intravenously delivered can lower blood pressure by acting on an
overactive central nervous system.
Sep 20, 2008 - 6:46:49 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
GM foods safety uncertain
A new review
study suggests that many years of research with animals and clinical trials are
needed to assess the safety of genetically modified foods.
Nov 22, 2008 - 3:10:31 PM
General Health
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Other News
Clickable Touch Screen BlackBerry Storm Released Friday
The new edition of BlackBerry Storm was finally released
on Friday. Numerous long lines of prospective buyers formed outside Verizon Wireless
Communications Stores nationwide from California to New York and other states
early in the morning waiting to be the first to buy the world's first
"clickable" touch screen Blackberry.
Nov 22, 2008 - 1:59:13 PM
General Health
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Lifestyle
Physical inactivity raises cancer risk - studies
Regular exercise or physical activity reduces risk of
cancer, according to a new study led by James McClain of the National Cancer
Institute and colleagues and reported at a meeting of the American Association
for Cancer Research.
Nov 22, 2008 - 10:30:28 AM
General Health
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Lifestyle
Insufficient sleep raises cancer risk
Insufficient sleep increases the protective effect regardless of the amount of
exercise, James McClain of the National Cancer Institute and colleagues
reported.
Nov 22, 2008 - 9:10:26 AM
Diet & Health
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General Health
Ginkgo and Alzheimer’s: What you need to know
Previous
trials most conducted in Europe have demonstrated the efficacy of Ginkgo in
treating cerebrovascular disease and dementia. At least four trials that are
believed to be adequately designed showed that ginkgo was comparable with
donepezil (Apricept) in terms of their efficacy measured using the Alzheimer's
Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog) and other standardized
measures of cognition.
Nov 22, 2008 - 6:19:45 AM
General Health
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Drug News
Genetic testing no better predictor for diabetes risk
Want to know your diabetes risk? No need to visit a
genetic testing laboratory! A new study published in the Nov 20 2008
issue of the New
England Journal of Medicine suggests that use of a set of 16 genetic
variants
is not significantly better than use of common clinical risk factors
when it comes to predicting the risk of type 2 diabetes.
Nov 22, 2008 - 5:56:19 AM
General Health
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Other News
Major earthquake looming to strike Southern and Midwestern U.S.
The US government warned Thursday that a large earthquake
may soon strike the southern and Midwestern United States affecting 44 million people
in states including Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.
Nov 21, 2008 - 4:12:48 PM
General Health
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Other News
Radio show host receives $1 million from drugmakers
The drug industry knows what they are doing. It knows
where money should be invested to promote sales of all types of drugs.
This could be an issue of conflict of
interest, which has been reported from time to time in the news media.
Nov 21, 2008 - 2:48:16 PM
Diet & Health
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General Health
How to prevent Alzheimer’s disease – part 1
For most of us, what can we
do about prevention of Alzheimer’s disease? Good news is that we can
do a lot of things to reduce the risk. Below are some studies giving
us some ideas about what we can do.
Nov 21, 2008 - 12:44:55 PM
Diet & Health
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Cancer
Fruit, vegetables reduce risk of hypopharyngeal cancer
A study published in the Dec 19, 2008 issue of Cancer
Causes Control suggests that what you eat may affect the risk of hypopharyngeal
cancer.
Nov 21, 2008 - 11:03:35 AM
Misc. News
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Consumer Affair
Is That A Turkey Being Slaughtered Behind You? You Betcha!
Posing for photographers with her felled moose, her child inches from its bleeding mouth, Sarah Life-Is-Precious Palin is not confused about where meat comes from.
Nov 21, 2008 - 9:52:42 AM
Food & Health
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Laws & Politics
California Says No to Battery Egg Cages
Despite the $9 million the
egg industry spent to defeat California's Proposition 2 including a
racist "egg immigration" scare campaign, more votes were cast for Prop
2 than 11 other propositions and even for Obama.
Nov 21, 2008 - 9:50:38 AM
Diet & Health
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General Health
Grape seed extract helps Alzheimer’s disease
A new study published in the Nov 21, 2008 issue of
Journal of Biological Chemistry suggests that patients with Alzheimer's disease
(AD) may be better off taking grape-seed extract supplements.
Nov 21, 2008 - 9:25:27 AM
Diet & Health
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General Health
Egg consumption may raise risk of type 2 diabetes
A new study
published in Nov 18, 2008 issue of Diabetes Care suggests that eating eggs
increases risk of type 2 diabetes both in men and women.
Nov 21, 2008 - 12:05:26 AM
Diet & Health
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General Health
Thanksgiving Recipe Corner
There's
no reason eating for better health can't be exciting, fun and
scrumptious, even during the holidays. We've put together a wide range
of Thanksgiving recipes, from old favorites to interesting new dishes
to help you put tasty, healthy meals on the Thanksgiving table.
Nov 20, 2008 - 3:10:49 PM
Diet & Health
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Body Weight
Avoiding bad cholesterol may help burn fatty deposits
Want to burn
some fat?
Cut your intake of bad
cholesterol.
A new study published in
the open-access journal PLoS ONE suggests that the so-called bad cholesterol or
low density lipoprotein inhibits the breakdown of fat in cells of peripheral
deposits.
Nov 20, 2008 - 10:58:22 AM
General Health
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Lifestyle
It’s the Great American Smokeout day again
Many may not notice that the third Thursday of November,
which this year falls on November 20th, is designated as the Great American
Smokeout, an annual event that encourages smokers to quit for at least one day.
Nov 20, 2008 - 8:47:52 AM
General Health
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Other News
Girl lives 118 days without heart
A miracle!
An
American girl without a heart was kept alive for about four months by a
custom-built artificial blood-pumping device until she was able to find a
donated heart and received the transplant, doctors said Wednesday.
Nov 20, 2008 - 7:31:14 AM
General Health
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Other News
Ashley Dupré: from call girl to singer
Bad news always spreads faster and gets remembered longer
than one can imagine.
News media still
has not forgotten Ashley Dupré, a 23-year-old New Jersey girl who once worked
as a high end escort involved in the scandal that led to the resignation of
ex-New York's governor Eliot Spitzer.
Nov 20, 2008 - 7:01:09 AM
Misc. News
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Recalls & Alerts
FDA updates melamine advisory
As part of its ongoing strategy to address the present problem with
melamine contamination of consumer products exported from the People’s
Republic of China, FDA has expanded its import controls on Chinese
dairy products, and food and feed products manufactured in China that
contain dairy ingredients. Since Oct. 10, 2008, FDA has had an import
alert in place for specific products found contaminated with melamine
and melamine-related compounds. FDA has collected additional
information on the scope of the melamine contamination problem in
China, and determined a countrywide import alert is warranted.
Nov 20, 2008 - 6:03:18 AM
Food & Health
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Technologies
Corn Protein Polymers Inspire Diverse New Uses
Zein, a major corn protein, is primarily used in specialty coatings,
such as for paper. Now, improved methods of purifying and modifying
zein devised by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists could
usher in new cosmetic and biomedical applications as well.
Nov 20, 2008 - 6:00:30 AM
General Health
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Lifestyle
iPhone could raise brain tumor risk
News broke that the search giant Google announced on Nov
18 that it just launched a new version of Google Mobile App which allows users
to enter their search query by voice.
But this new feature comes in U.S. English and for iphone only.
Nov 19, 2008 - 12:17:40 PM
General Health
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Lifestyle
iPhone could raise brain tumor risk
News broke that the search giant Google announced on Nov
18 that it just launched a new version of Google Mobile App which allows users
to enter their search query by voice.
But this new feature comes in U.S. English and for iphone only.
Nov 19, 2008 - 11:47:23 AM
General Health
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Drug News
Cancer drug Avastin ups blood clotting risk
Use of
cancer drug Avastin as part of chemotherapy raises the risk of blood clots in
the veins by 30 percent, according to a new study published in the Journal of the
American Medical Association.
Nov 19, 2008 - 10:38:25 AM
General Health
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Other News
Google Mobile App Adds Voice Search Query for iPhone
On Nov 18, Bret of Google Mobile team announced on his
blog that the search giant just launched an updated version of the Google
Mobile App that allows a user to do a Google web search using his voice.
Nov 19, 2008 - 10:11:46 AM
Food & Health
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Technologies
Increasing Calcium in Carrots and Other Vegetables
Carrots have been modified to have higher amounts of calcium, according
to studies by Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded scientists who
report that the research could be used to add this valuable nutrient to
other crops.
Nov 19, 2008 - 9:36:03 AM
Diet & Health
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General Health
Ginkgo can't prevent Alzheimer's in those older than 75
The study does not prove that gingko
biloba is useless in preventing Alzheimer’s disease in people younger than 75.
The study subjects were older 75 and the
chances are good that these people may have already experienced damage in their
brains. In any case, using a drug or herbal supplement may not be the best
approach to preventing Alzheimer’s.
The
solution is in the diet.
For example, we
know eating fish and omega-3 fatty acids help people maintain cognitive
function.
Nov 19, 2008 - 9:22:09 AM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Exposure to fluoride induces early puberty
You
don't have a right to choose what type of water to drink or use. The
dentists decide it because they say it's good for your teeth. But just
because they say fluoride is good for the teeth does not mean they have
the right to force you to drink it. If fluoride is indeed good for the
teeth, people can use supplements or whatever anytime. But why this
stuff should be added to in the public drinking water systems?
Something fishy.
Nov 18, 2008 - 12:33:53 PM
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