| 07/27/2007 - Assault on natural health |
| I just reported to you last week about the latest attack on natural health with the selenium study, but here’s one that will blow your socks off! |
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| 07/26/2007 - Reversing obesity in children |
| Leave it up to our federal government to spend $1 billion on an initiative that works only seven percent of the time. But that’s exactly what has happened since the feds decided to try to get the kids to change their eating and exercise habits. |
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| 07/24/2007 - The nose knows |
| An unlikely detector of Alzheimer’s disease may be no farther away than your own nose—literally. |
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| 07/24/2007 - Poisonous ingredient not so sweet |
| I guess I shouldn’t be surprised when the FDA does nothing when presented with evidence that something we’re ingesting could be killing us |
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| 07/20/2007 - Gore’s world (and ours) is heating up |
| Unfortunately, Al Gore is dealing with something that goes beyond the challenging struggle for the environment—try one only a parent can appreciate. His son was recently arrested for possession of drugs after being pulled over for speeding. |
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| 07/20/2007 - Garbage in, garbage out |
| You’re probably thinking that you’ll take those old pills and just flush them. |
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| 07/19/2007 - The secret to strong bones is only a few steps away |
| When someone says “hip fracture,” most people conjure up the image of an older woman lying on the floor after having fallen. |
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| 07/19/2007 - Simple wisdom |
| Here’s another healthy habit to get into: Use a smaller plate at mealtime. |
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| 07/17/2007 - Wipe the cobwebs off and put it up for sale |
| As if stapling your stomach into a tidy little pouch and rewiring your innards weren’t barbaric enough (I’m talking about the popular gastric bypass surgery, of course!), snip-happy surgeons are hunting for more ways to make you thin. |
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| 07/13/2007 - New hope in the upstream battle against prostate cancer |
| There’s an 80 percent chance that a man will develop prostate cancer at some point in his life. Fortunately, most forms of the disease are so slow-growing that a man is likely to die from something else before the prostate cancer can kill him. |
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| 07/12/2007 - Fix one thing, break another |
| And so it goes in the ongoing saga of antidepressant drugs, with yet another disturbing side effect uncovered. In this case, it could be your bones in danger of breaking. |
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| 07/12/2007 - The clash of the viral titans |
| Soon, there may be an option for cancer patients beyond chemotherapy. How about the option of being treated by a virus? |
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| 07/10/2007 - Fortune (in the form of preventive health) favors the bold |
| Men have a certain barometer when it comes to their health: their sexual function. If something doesn’t feel right but the sex is good—they’ll usually just wait to see if the problem goes away. |
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| 07/10/2007 - Take heart with tai chi |
| Patients who survive a heart attack or stroke usually respond in one of two ways: |
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| 07/06/2007 - The cannabis/weight-loss connection |
| A federal advisory panel shot down a drug being reviewed for the treatment of obesity in this country. |
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| 07/05/2007 - OTC drugs a wolf in sheep’s clothing |
| If you’re prone to using a sports cream to soothe sore muscles after you exercise or after you engage in any other strenuous activity, I advise you to do so only in moderation. |
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| 07/05/2007 - Going to the mat |
| Downward facing dog, sun salutation, the eagle… These are all names of different yoga poses. But what do they have to do with your feelings of anxiety? |
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| 07/03/2007 - A ray of hope in the quest to lower the risk of cancer |
| Recently, vitamin D has set the world of medicine abuzz, thanks to some very promising research findings. It can cut the risk of various cancers by as much as 60 percent in older women! |
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| 07/03/2007 - The skin irritant that can cure psoriasis |
| Q: I've suffered from psoriasis for nearly 20 years. Most of the time it's manageable, but this summer it's particularly bad. Do you have any recommendations for natural therapies I might be able to try? |
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