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Alternative to Skin Cancer Surgery
2008-03-14 04:08:00 Dermatologists at Royal London Hospital and nine other United Kingdom skin cancer treatment centres have supported claims that Curaderm-BEC cures skin cancer and is a viable alternative to conventional surgery, chemotherapy and laser... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Skin , Cancer , Alternative , Skin Cancer , Surgery
Natural Remedies for Diabetes Management
2008-03-11 01:34:00 Natural Remedies for Diabetes Management : Cinnamon, Gymnema, Alpha-Lipoic Acid, Chromium and Cloves have all proven very useful remedies in diabetes management. Studies Show that Gymnema sylvestre is a Natural Remedy for Diabetes... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Natural
Menopause Symptoms Return after Hormone Therapy
2008-03-10 06:25:00 Menopause Symptoms May Come Back After Stopping Menopausal Hormone Therapy . Some women who use a combination of estrogen and progestin to control the symptoms of menopause might find symptoms return when they stop the hormones, according to the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Return , Menopause
Causes of High Blood Pressure ? Hostility and Impatience
2008-03-09 05:34:00 NHLBI Study Finds Hostility, Impatience Increase Hypertension Risk: Impatience and hostility?two hallmarks of the ?type A? behavior pattern?increase young adults? long-term risk of developing high blood pressure, according to a study funded by the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Blood , High , High Blood Pressure , Blood pressure
Decreased Cognitive Brain Function Delayed and Reversed by Blueberries
2008-03-07 02:16:00 Studies show that blueberries contain nutrients that reverse decreases in cognitive brain function and delay cognitive brain function decline while also protecting delicate brain structures against oxidative damage. One of the first of Agricultural... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Brain , Function
Possible Heart Risks With ADHD Medications
2008-03-05 03:03:00 Two U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agencies will collaborate in the most comprehensive study to date of prescription medications used to treat ADHD ( attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and the potential for increased risk of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Heart , Medications
Exercise, Fitness & Dietary Nutrition ? Zinc
2008-03-04 00:34:00 Healthy Exercise , Fitness & Dietary Nutrition : Consuming lower than recommended levels of dietary zinc could be especially hard on the body during exercise, according to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study. Ever wonder how some people... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Zinc
Exercise Tips and Myths
2008-03-02 05:38:00 Exercise Tips : University professor gives tips about exercise. K-State expert on physical fitness responds to exercising myths. How much do you really know about exercise? David Dzewaltowski, associate professor of kinesiology at Kansas State... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Exercise , Myths
Natural & Healthy Anti-Aging Foods
2008-03-01 04:19:00 Natural Anti Aging : Foods naturally high in antioxidant absorbance capacity protect against diseases that come with aging according to studies at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Natural , Healthy
Anti-Depression Medication Drugs Found to be of Little Benefit
2008-02-28 00:00:00 Anti-depression medication prescription drugs: Study finds that there was virtually no difference in the improvement scores for anti-depression drugs and placebo in patients with moderate depression and only a small but clinically insignificant difference among patients with very severe depression. The findings also show that the effect for very severe depression patients seems to be due to More About: Drugs , Depression , Anti , Medication , Benefit
Nutrition - Watermelon is an excellent source of arginine
2008-02-27 00:00:00 Nutrition - Watermelon is an excellent source of arginine Nutritional Benefits of Watermelon - Watermelon is an excellent food source of the amino acid citrulline, which the human body uses to make the amino acid arginine, which helps cells divide, wounds heal, and ammonia to be removed from the body. Watermelon also contains plentiful amounts of the health-promoting antioxidant lycopene as an More About: Source , Nutrition , Excellent
Blueberry Skins Lower Cholesterol Naturally
2008-02-25 00:00:00 Research shows that blueberry skins lower cholesterol naturally. Levels of LDL (or "bad" cholesterol) were 19 percent lower in blueberry-supplemented hamsters. According to a Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study announced at the American Chemical Society's (ACS) national meeting in Chicago, blueberry skins could be a key to controlling cholesterol. ARS chemist Agnes Rimando and More About: Lower , Cholesterol , Skins , Naturally
Should Creatine Supplements be Banned? - Part 5 of 5
2008-02-25 00:00:00 Should Creatine Supplements be Banned ? Opponents of creatine supplementation have claimed that it is not safe for children and adolescents. While fewer investigations have been conducted in using younger participants, no study has shown creatine monohydrate to have adverse effects in children. In fact, long-term creatine monohydrate supplementation (e.g., 4 ? 8 grams/day for up to 3 years) has More About: Part
Causes of Eating Disorders
2008-02-25 00:00:00 Causes of Eating Disorders - Eating disorders are an increasing public health problem among young women: they may give rise to serious physical problems such as hypothermia, hypotension, electrolyte imbalance, endocrine disorders and kidney failure. Women with eating disorders are also at risk of long-term psychological and social problems, including depression, anxiety, substance abuse and
Children and Television - Helping Your Child Lose Weight
2008-02-25 00:00:00 Children and Television - Helping Your Child Lose Weight : According to US researchers who followed 550 children aged 11 to 13 over a period of 20 months, for each hour they spent watching television, their food intake was found at the end of the period to have increased by 167 calories a day. The study was published in the Archives of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine. Help Your Child Lose More About: Children , Lose Weight , Child
Bean Consumption Lowers Cholesterol
2008-02-25 00:00:00 Adding beans to your diet may help lower cholesterol. Study shows that cooked dry pinto beans added to a regular daily diet lowers cholesterol. Researchers tested 80 volunteers aged 18 to 55 years. Half were healthy, while half had at least two symptoms that lead to metabolic syndrome, a combination of conditions that signal a risk for cardiovascular disease. Those with "pre-metabolic-syndrome" More About: Bean , Cholesterol , Consumption
Diabetes Risk and High Blood Pressure Medications
2008-02-25 00:00:00 Diabetes Risk and High Blood Pressure Medications : A greater diabetes risk in patients taking high blood pressure medications. In a long-term study of older adults with high blood pressure from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, participants without diabetes who were taking high blood pressure medications experienced increased average fasting More About: Diabetes
Strong Abdominal Muscles Don?t Require Exercise Machines
2008-02-25 00:00:00 Strong Abdominal Muscles Don?t Require Exercise Machines - MANHATTAN - If all you want for Christmas is a great set of abs, then a recent study of ab machine effectiveness is just for you. Exercise scientists at Kansas State University found that the unassisted crunch or sit-up is as good a workout for the abdominal muscles as any you'd get using typical abdominal exercise equipment on the More About: Strong
Medical Safety of Creatine Supplementation - Part 4 of 5
2008-02-25 00:00:00 Medical Safety of Creatine Supplementation: While the only clinically significant side effect reported in the research literature is that of weight gain, many anecdotal claims of side effects including dehydration, cramping, kidney and liver damage, musculoskeletal injury, gastrointestinal distress, and anterior (leg) compartment syndrome still exist in the media and popular literature. While More About: Medical , Part
Stilnox, Ambien Side Effects
2008-02-25 00:00:00 The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia reported on 4 March 2007 that a woman who fell 30 metres to his death from a high-rise unit balcony may have been sleepwalking under the influence of Stilnox. The coverage prompted over 40 readers to contact the newspaper with their own accounts of Stilnox related automatism and the drug is now under review by the Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee. ( More About: Side , Side Effects , Effects
Tea in Your Diet Lowers Cholesterol
2008-02-25 00:00:00 Black tea, in combination with following a prudent diet, lowers cholesterol. Study shows that drinking black tea lowers LDL cholesterol. Drinking tea lowered low-density lipoprotein, the LDL "bad" cholesterol, in a small group of volunteers in an Agricultural Research Service study reported the Journal of Nutrition. The study was led by research chemist Joseph T. Judd with the agency's Diet More About: Cholesterol
How Much Folate is in Our Foods?
2008-02-25 00:00:00 How Much Folate is in Our Foods ? ? Accuracy in measuring the folate content in foods is important to experts who establish and reexamine the nationally recommended folate levels and who monitor the folate fortification program. Nutrition scientists need sophisticated technologies to distinguish quantities of key nutrients in foods. Indeed, sound nutritional advice is based on good food analysis
Stretching Before or After Exercise? Misconceptions Explained
2008-02-25 00:00:00 Stretching Before or After Exercise ? Misconceptions Explained - K-State expert discusses stretching and exercise. If you want to look great for the summer swimsuit season, now is a good time to start an exercise program. According to a Kansas State University fitness expert, it is important to incorporate stretching into your workout. "A well-rounded fitness program includes stretching," said More About: Stretching
Lowering Triglycerides: DHA Lowers Triglycerides
2008-02-25 00:00:00 Lowering Triglycerides: The benefits of fish oil include lowering the total amount of triglycerides in the blood. High blood levels of fats known as triglycerides may increase risk of heart disease. So may an unhealthy ratio of the good HDL cholesterol to the bad LDL cholesterol. Coronary heart disease that can result from these or other factors kills more Americans than any other disease.
Cardiovascular Health/Heart Disease News
2008-02-25 00:00:00 NHLBI Research Highlights at American Heart Association?s Scientific Sessions. Findings on Women and Menstrual Cycling, Weight Gain Prevention Intervention in African American Girls, Impact of Breastfeeding on Adult HDL Cholesterol Levels November 8, 2007 At the American Heart Association?s 2007 Scientific Sessions in Orlando held November 4 - 7, scientists supported by the National Heart, More About: News , Health , Disease , Heart Disease
High Blood Pressure - Reduce Carbohydrates
2008-02-25 00:00:00 More protein and less carbs in your diet naturally remedies high blood pressure. Compared with a diet containing more carbohydrates, a diet with greater protein lowers blood pressure, LDL ?bad? cholesterol, and triglycerides. Replacing Some Carbohydrates with Protein and Unsaturated Fat May Enhance Heart Health Benefits: The types of food eaten in an effort to cut down on saturated fat may make More About: Reduce , Blood , High , High Blood Pressure , Blood pressure
Causes of Alzheimer?s and the Role of Blueberries
2008-02-25 00:00:00 Although the exact cause of Alzheimer ?s is not completely understood, experts have recently identified one mechanism involving the insufficient breakdown and recycling of amyloid protein in the brain. Agricultural Research Service neuroscientist James Joseph and colleagues published an Alzheimer?s disease model study in Nutritional Neuroscience. They studied mice that carried a genetic mutation More About: Role
Ageing research in the UK: The 10 Commandments for Healthy Ageing
2008-02-25 00:00:00 Our society is experiencing unprecedented demographic change. Improvements in health care and living conditions together with a decrease in fertility rates, have contributed to the ageing of the population and a severe demographic redistribution. According to the national census of 2001, for the first time in the UK there are more people over age 60 years than under age 16 years. However, a More About: Research , Healthy , Commandments
Cholesterol Lowered with a Diet High in Soy Protein
2008-02-25 00:00:00 Study shows the cholesterol lowering effects of soy protein in men?s diets. Soy protein can be an important ally in lowering cholesterol, according to new findings from a study conducted at the Children's Nutrition Research Center in Houston, Texas. This research, published in the October issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, may also explain why previous studies have produced More About: Diet , Protein , High , Cholesterol
Diabetes in Dogs and Cats
More articles from this author:2008-02-25 00:00:00 Middle aged to older dogs are the more prone to developing diabetes. Even though cats of all ages are susceptible older cats are more prone to developing cat diabetes. Good nutrition is necessary to keep their weight under control and stabilize blood sugar levels. In general, most dogs and cats with diabetes will get insulin injections at home. Vets recommend high fiber, low carbohydrate food More About: Dogs , Cats , Diabetes 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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