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Study Links Sugary Soft Drinks to Pancreatic Cancer
People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer
Source: FOXNews.com
Discovered 44 minutes ago | 0 comments

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How truly safe are E-Cigarettes?
Some companies are pitching e-cigarettes simply as less harmful alternatives to smoking, saying that smokers who can't quit might be better off "vaping" one of their products. Regardless, they're drawing fire, from groups and from scientists who say they fear the products may pose unknown dangers.
Source: digg.com: Stories Health Popular
Discovered 18 hours ago | 0 comments

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Thirdhand Smoke Creates Indoor Cancer Risk
Tobacco smoke residue, or “thirdhand” smoke, mixes with indoor air pollutants to form cancer-causing substances.
Source: WebMD Health
Discovered 44 minutes ago | 0 comments

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Health care meeting to be televised Feb. 25
President Obama's bipartisan meeting on health care reform planned for February 25 will be broadcast live, a senior administration official said Monday.
Source: CNN.com - Health
Discovered 1 hour ago | 0 comments

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Nearly 1 in 3 Overweight Teens in Denial
Nearly one in three overweight adolescents don't think they have a weight problem.
Source: WebMD Health
Discovered 1 hour ago | 0 comments

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Woman Loses Arm in Lawn Mowing Accident
An Australian woman had her arm severed after a freak accident involving a ride-on lawn mower.
Source: FOXNews.com
Discovered 3 hours ago | 0 comments

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Beer may be good for your bones

While researchers don't recommend gulping beer to meet your silicon intake needs, a new study shows the potential health benefits of a cold brew.If you downed one too many while watching the Super Bowl, here's at least one reason to hold your head high: Drinking beer can be good for your health.


Source: msnbc.com: Health
Discovered 3 hours ago | 0 comments

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Mediterranean diet may help prevent dementia, study says
Eating a diet rich in healthy fats and limiting dairy and meat could do more than keep your heart healthier. It could also help keep you thinking clearly.
Source: CNN.com - Health
Discovered 44 minutes ago | 0 comments

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'Nanobubbles' Kill Cancer Cells
Using lasers and nanoparticles, scientists at Rice University have discovered a new technique for singling out individual diseased cells and destroying them with tiny explosions. The scientists used lasers to make 'nanobubbles' by zapping gold nanoparticles inside cells.
Source: digg.com: Stories Health Popular
Discovered 1 day ago | 0 comments

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Can Small Amounts of Cocaine Really Hurt You?
Sirius Radio's Dr. Steve reveals the true dangers of cocaine use
Source: digg.com: Stories Health Popular
Discovered 11 hours ago | 0 comments

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Study: Older moms' kids have higher autism risk
A 10-year study examining 4.9 million births in the 1990s has found more evidence that there's a link between autism and the mother's age at conception.
Source: CNN.com - Health
Discovered 3 hours ago | 0 comments

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Zen Habits
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Ditch just one tempting food — and lose weight

Eliminating one vice from your diet — such as candy — could save you at least 300 calories a day.Certain foods can be a dieter's downfall. By cutting out just one vice, you can reshape your body.


Source: msnbc.com: Health
Discovered 1 day ago | 1 comments

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Scientists Seek Ways to Catch Olympians Using Drugs
As the Vancouver Olympic Games get closer, scientists are trying to develop more sophisticated tests to catch athletes in the act of sneaking performance-enhancing drugs, Boston.com reported.
Source: FOXNews.com
Discovered 6 hours ago | 0 comments

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Serotonin May Be a Key to Treat Osteoporosis
An experimental oral drug that targets the hormone serotonin in the gut successfully reversed bone loss and built new bone in mice.
Source: WebMD Health
Discovered 1 day ago | 0 comments

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David Servan-Schreiber, M.D., Ph.D.: 20 New Anticancer Rules
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Is It Safe to Get Pap Smears Less Often?
The guidelines for screening for cervical cancer changed recently.
Source: U.S. News - Health
Discovered 2 hours ago | 0 comments

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9/11 health lawsuits raise credibility concerns

There is growing scientific evidence that some people, maybe even thousands, were harmed by the air at ground zero.As the first cases in a massive battle over illnesses linked to 9/11 near trial, an Associated Press investigation has found that several of the initial 30 suits contain inconsistent or exaggerated claims about how the workers got sick or how much time they spent at ground zero.


Source: msnbc.com: Health
Discovered 1 day ago | 0 comments

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In Texas, a Trial and Possible Prison Time for Reporting a Doctor
A nurse is facing third-degree felony charges for informing state regulators that a doctor at her rural hospital was practicing bad medicine.

Source: NYT Health
Discovered 1 day ago | 0 comments

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Sweat Lodges Can Be Deadly, but Not Cleansing
The idea that the human body can sweat out toxins is widely believed, and is in fact the basis for some businesses.
Source: FOXNews.com
Discovered 8 hours ago | 0 comments

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Vital Signs: Perceptions: Doctors, Patients and a Clash of Priorities
High blood pressure is often a top priority for doctors, but pain and depression may be more pressing to their patients.

Source: NYT Health
Discovered 2 hours ago | 0 comments

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Walks she feels in her heart and bones
Home from work for his lunch break, my husband hastily clears our sandwich plates and heads toward the door. I slip on my sneakers and grab my cellphone. Just like that, we're off -- out the garage door, walking side by side down the cul-de-sac.


Source: L.A. Times - Health
Discovered 1 day ago | 0 comments

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NYT: Obama, GOP set for TV health showdown

Feb. 6: Speaking at Democratic winter meeting, President Obama tells them he would not abandon his commitment to overhauling health care and he will not "walk away from any challenge." (NBC News)The meeting would mark the first time in the long health care debate that leaders from both sides would be allowed to air their ideas publicly.


Source: msnbc.com: Health
Discovered 8 hours ago | 0 comments

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Health Buzz: Study Ties Soft-Drink Intake to Pancreatic Cancer
Need diet advice? What to look for in an expert, plus helping kids deal with social cruelty.
Source: U.S. News - Health
Discovered 3 hours ago | 0 comments

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Soda Drinks to Help You Sleep Hit U.S. Stores
Forget energy soda drinks designed to pep you up — a new batch of relaxation tonics intended to help you sleep are now available on the U.S. market
Source: FOXNews.com
Discovered 5 hours ago | 0 comments

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Gerber toddler meal given 'Salt Lick' award for high sodium
Gerber, one of the best-known names in baby food, has been named this year's recipient of the "Salt Lick Award" due to the high sodium content in one of its prepared meals for toddlers.
Source: digg.com: Stories Health Popular
Discovered 6 hours ago | 0 comments

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Vital Signs: Hazards: A Warning on Mixing Herbs and Medicine
A study found that products including St. John’s wort, ginger and garlic could be dangerous for people taking common medicines.

Source: NYT Health
Discovered 1 hour ago | 0 comments

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10 Valentine's Day Myths Revealed
Confused about what your girl expects of you on this holiday. Read on for helpful tips on playing Cupid
Source: FOXNews.com
Discovered 1 hour ago | 0 comments

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Transporting Obese Patients a Super-Size Problem
Paramedics and firefighters don’t need to read recent studies of obesity on the rise in America, the subject weighs heavy on their shoulders every day, the Washington Post reported.
Source: FOXNews.com
Discovered 2 hours ago | 0 comments

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Blood pressure: the DASH diet
DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, an eight-week clinical trial , reported in 1997, that tested the effects of three diets on 459 adults. Among the group, 133 had high blood pressure for which they were not being treated with a drug.


Source: L.A. Times - Health
Discovered 8 hours ago | 0 comments

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Brooklyn Journal: Learning What Food Looks Like Before It Goes Into the Package
In a neighborhood of fast food and low incomes, a high school tries to show students that there are fresh and healthy ways to eat.

Source: NYT Health
Discovered 1 day ago | 0 comments

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Blood pressure: salt
Everybody needs salt, but health experts generally agree that most Americans get too much of it. Excess salt can lead to excess fluid retention in the blood. This makes the circulatory system "fuller" and the pressure inside it greater. Salt can also make small blood vessels called arterioles contract, which effectively shrinks the circulatory system, again increasing pressure.


Source: L.A. Times - Health
Discovered 11 hours ago | 0 comments

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Obama Plans Bipartisan Summit on Health Care
The meeting would mark the first time in the long health care debate that leaders from both sides would be allowed to air their ideas publicly.

Source: NYT Health
Discovered 16 hours ago | 0 comments

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A Federal Effort to Push Junk Food Out of Schools
To fight obesity, legislation would ban candy and sugary beverages, and many schools would be required offer more nutritious fare.

Source: NYT Health
Discovered 15 hours ago | 0 comments

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David v. Becker, Expert on Thyroid Disease, Is Dead at 86
Dr. Becker was a pioneer in using radioactive materials to diagnose and treat thyroid disease and an expert on the thyroid damage caused by the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident.

Source: NYT Health
Discovered 14 hours ago | 0 comments

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Lager or Ale? Consider the Silicon Content of Beer
Silicon, found in beer, helps bone mineral density. But what kind to drink?
Source: U.S. News - Health
Discovered 1 hour ago | 0 comments

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The Riddle of Consciousness
Patients in a “vegetative” state showed some bright blips on brain scans, but there’s still no real answer to what’s behind blank eyes.

Source: NYT Health
Discovered 1 day ago | 0 comments

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Blood pressure: What you can do for yourself
There are two kinds of people in the United States -- ones who have high blood pressure now and ones who have a very good chance of getting it someday. That's bad news, because high blood pressure, technically known as hypertension, raises the risk for stroke, heart disease, heart failure, kidney disease and eye damage, including blindness.


Source: L.A. Times - Health
Discovered 12 hours ago | 0 comments

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Major mumps outbreak spreads in New York
More than 300 people have been diagnosed with the mumps in suburban New York as America's largest outbreak of the disease in years spreads. Almost all the cases are among Orthodox Jews.
Source: msnbc.com: Health
Discovered 1 day ago | 0 comments

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170 more tons of tainted milk found in China
The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country's 2008 scandal that should have been destroyed were instead repackaged.
Source: msnbc.com: Health
Discovered 1 hour ago | 0 comments

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Blue Cross raises premiums 39 percent
Anthem Blue Cross customers got a shock this week when the health insurer informed thousands of individual policyholders that their premium rates will jump as much as 39 percent on March 1.
Source: digg.com: Stories Health Popular
Discovered 1 day ago | 0 comments

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'Extraordinary Measures' gets some parts of true story right
The movie starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser is based on the case of two siblings with Pompe disease. The film gets much of the science right.

'Extraordinary Measures'


Source: L.A. Times - Health
Discovered 13 hours ago | 0 comments

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In sickness and in health, couple's love endures
The 30 years that Tom and Vera Forkner have loved each other have been up and down, smooth and rocky, but a chronic illness presented a new challenge.
Source: CNN.com - Health
Discovered 2 hours ago | 0 comments

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Human Biological Clock [PIC]
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Source: digg.com: Stories Health Popular
Discovered 19 hours ago | 0 comments

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Pancreatic Cancer Linked to Sodas?
Drinking as little as two soft drinks a week appears to nearly double the risk of getting pancreatic cancer, according to a new study.
Source: WebMD Health
Discovered 3 hours ago | 0 comments

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Gene mutation speeds up the aging process
Scientists have found specific genetic variants which may explain why some people age earlier than others and say their findings have important implications for understanding cancer and age-related diseases.
Source: msnbc.com: Health
Discovered 1 day ago | 0 comments

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Study links sugary soda to pancreas cancer
People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday.
Source: msnbc.com: Health
Discovered 2 hours ago | 0 comments

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Super-Size Equipment Helps EMTs Move The Obese
Paramedics and firefighters don't need to follow television shows about a half-ton teen or biggest losers to track the obesity trend. They carry that knowledge with them.
Source: digg.com: Stories Health Popular
Discovered 3 hours ago | 0 comments

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China threatens world health by unleashing wave of superbugs
China's reckless use of antibiotics in the health system and agricultural production is unleashing an explosion of drug resistant superbugs that endanger global health, according to leading scientists. Studies in China show a "frightening" increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as staphylococcus aureus bacteria, also know as MRSA .
Source: digg.com: Stories Health Popular
Discovered 1 day ago | 0 comments

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Obama wants school vending machines banned
The Obama administration will ask Congress to improve childhood nutrition by ridding school vending machines of sugary snacks and drinks and giving school lunch and breakfast to more kids.
Source: msnbc.com: Health
Discovered 44 minutes ago | 0 comments

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Hoodia Gordonii Cactus Plant: Health Safety Findings From Plant Of Origin In Nambia And Angola
Hoodia- how safe is it anyway? It is well known as a diet supplement or as a weight loss aid, especially when taken combined with a daily exercise routine and a rethink in eating habits, but it isn't a miraculous weight loss pill that works by magic. Taken on its own, hoodia (yes, the pure variet...
Source: StumbleUpon - Top Items
Discovered 4 hours ago | 0 comments

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Low Level Laser Therapy: Applications, Treatment Options, And Health Risks
Low-level laser therapy, a painless and noninvasive treatment which uses a low intensity phonic energy laser device, has been known to promote bone healing at the cell and tissue levels. Besides p...
Source: StumbleUpon - Top Items
Discovered 5 hours ago | 0 comments

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L-methionine, L-lysine, And L-carnitine: Essential For Liver And Heart Health And Daily Energy
Research continues to mount evidence that l-carnitine can help boost energy and quality of life. Carnitine comes from the Latin word for flesh: caro or carnis.
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Discovered 12 hours ago | 0 comments

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Natural Supplements That Help Reduce Joint Pain And Inflammation: Glucosamine, Collagen, And Others
Forty-five million adults in the United States have arthritis, and as the population ages, that number is expected to increase. Arthritis can cause joint pain, discomfort, and even make it too painful to move, but there are safe and natural ways to help alleviate arthritis-related joint pain.
Source: StumbleUpon - Top Items
Discovered 18 hours ago | 0 comments

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Facts About Hoodia Gordonii Diet Pills: Are They Safe? What Are The Health Risks?
Most Hoodia Gordonii suppliers claim that there are absolutely no dangers associated with their hoodia diet pills, and whilst this is true of the pure hoodia gordonii diet pills, there are an array of potential implications when consuming artificial and imposter hoodia diet pills.
Source: StumbleUpon - Top Items
Discovered 1 day ago | 0 comments

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