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Statistics have shown us that women are more prone to developing dementia and in particular Alzheimer’s disease as they age, than men. Now there is evidence that those that do suffer from the ...

Alzheimer’s Disease Is Harsher On Women: Study

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Two years ago a large-scale study undertaken at the National Cancer Center in Tokyo proved that green tea did not confer any preventative benefits which reduced the risk of getting breast cancer. ...

Fighting Breast Cancer With New Herb?

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Most of us in our forties and fifties have at one time or another gone through lipid profile testing ordered by our physician. This could have been recommended to us either due to certain ...

Newer, More Precise Test to Assess Coronary Heart Disease

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Managing a home and demanding career smoothly in today’s economy and fast-paced living is by no means an ordinary feat. Yet it's one that we expect ourselves to keep up with. Many of us have ...

Women Prone To Anxiety Age Faster

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Obstructive sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder. The flow of air through the airway passage either pauses momentarily or decreases while the person is asleep. This may happen due to a ...

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Belly fat does not just compromise the way one looks. It has also been associated with health risks such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, colorectal and breast cancers as well as strokes. ...

A Little Belly Fat May Be a Good Thing

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The blood thinning property of the common pain killer aspirin has been long known. It's a drug doctors prescribe to dissolve stroke clots. New research now shows that it has yet another side ...

Common Painkillers May Shield Against Certain Skin Cancers

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You have been staying up late two nights in a row working from home finishing office work. There’s a big presentation coming up tomorrow morning and you want to get good sleep. After half ...

Taking Sleep Aids May Increase Risk of Dying

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You check off the items on the list to help you get a night of restful sleep -- a good bedtime hour, comfortable night wear, soothing lighting, the right room temperature. You have not had a ...

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Obstructive sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder. The flow of air through the airway passage either pauses momentarily or decreases while the person is asleep. This may happen due to a ...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Can Increase Risk of Stroke

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If you are holding a middle management, marketing, or sales job and you are travelling late evenings frequently to your client destinations, you could be putting yourself at risk of developing ...

Your Night Job Could Increase Your Risk of Diabetes and Your Weight

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You check off the items on the list to help you get a night of restful sleep -- a good bedtime hour, comfortable night wear, soothing lighting, the right room temperature. You have not had a ...

You Won't Need to Count Sheep If You Eat These Carbohydrates

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Herbs have been used in preparations to aid sleep since ancient times in all cultures. But ever since the advent of scientific and structured medicine, it has not received the same favor with the ...

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How many times have you pored over a list of complex words trying to memorize their meanings, but realized you couldn't? Or maybe this sounds more familiar -- Your aerobics instructor takes ...

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How many times have you pored over a list of complex words trying to memorize their meanings, but realized you couldn't? Or maybe this sounds more familiar -- Your aerobics instructor takes ...

Get Some Sleep To Learn Faster: Study

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Here’s some really pleasant news for those fond of sleeping. Research from University of Washington suggests that people who sleep more are less likely to put on weight, as genetic factors that ...

Sleep Longer: You May Gain Less Weight From Genetic Factors

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Insomnia is a sleep disorder where a person finds it difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep for the duration of the intended time in bed. The duration of insomnia could be for a short period ...

Can't Sleep? Get Some SHUTi™

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Herbs have been used in preparations to aid sleep since ancient times in all cultures. But ever since the advent of scientific and structured medicine, it has not received the same favor with the ...

5 Herbal Sleep Aids

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There’s some surprising news for those of us who thought that ensuring the inclusion of calcium alone in the diet of our growing girls was enough for them to grow healthy bones. Studies have ...

More Vitamin D Means Fewer Stress Fractures for Teenage Girls

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It seems as though we are caught up in the tangle of urban living only to harm our bodies. As the demands of our careers dictate more travel, longer work hours, more frequent work with different ...

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It seems as though we are caught up in the tangle of urban living only to harm our bodies. As the demands of our careers dictate more travel, longer work hours, more frequent work with different ...

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It seems as though we are caught up in the tangle of urban living only to harm our bodies. As the demands of our careers dictate more travel, longer work hours, more frequent work with different ...

Sleeping Less Could Make You Eat More

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The drug metformin sold under the brand name of Glucophage has been studied by researchers at University of Maryland School of Medicine. They point out that this drug may help protect against ...

Diabetes Drug May Protect Your Liver Against Cancer

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There is some disturbing news from the scientific community based on research that those who have trouble sleeping or experience poor quality sleep are more susceptible to developing Alzheimer’s ...

Have Insomnia? Your Risk of Alzheimer’s Could Be Greater

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Here is more on how prolonged mental and emotional stress can take a toll on our health. Going beyond what we know of its ill effects on blood pressure, development of cardiovascular diseases and ...

Chronic Stress: A Major Suspect In Alzheimer’s Says Study

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Sleep apnea, which is a sleep disorder that is often not taken seriously by family, puts the person suffering from sleep apnea at an increased risk of having a silent stroke. A small study ...

The Sleep Apnea – Silent Stroke Connection

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How much sleep does your average day afford? Does your sleep meter clock less than six hours a day several times a week, because of the lifestyle you lead? Or perhaps your sleep mileage is more ...

Not Too Much, Not Too Little, Just Right: Sleep and Your Heart

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More women are putting off conceiving, bowing to the rising demands of their jobs and the pressures of city-living, looking to secure a financially stable future or even the right partner. As they ...

Thinking of Postponing Conception After 40? Think Again: Yale

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By virtue of its rich and appealing looks as well as its mild taste, spinach does not need much "luring into" to be served to and enjoyed by adults or children. Spinach is native to central ...

Nutritious and Delicious Spinach Soup

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Here’s reason for caution for people suffering from osteoporosis who are on oral bisphosphonates medication for the long-term. If you carry a variation of a particular gene, you are susceptible to ...

Osteoporosis Drugs That Could Cause Osteonecrosis Of The Jaw

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Scientists have long known that the cancer-fighting edge of broccoli comes from a chemical compound it contains, known as sulforaphane. This compound is also found in abundance in other ...

Double Benefits From Sulforaphane In Broccoli: Research

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The hypothesis that women who stop taking hormone medication postmenopause could bring about a regression of breast tumor has now been supported by a new study conducted by researchers who worked ...

Ending Hormone Therapy May Cause Breast Cancer To Regress

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Have you noticed that people who seem mentally sharper are also the ones who take brisk walks, go jogging, dancing, bicycling, swimming or have similar activities built into their daily routines? ...

Learn Faster -- Put On Those Running Shoes: Study

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New research has come in from the University of Rochester Medical Center suggesting that older adults who sleep poorly are at an increased risk of developing poor physical and psychological ...

Poor Sleep in Elderly Increases Mental And Physical Risks

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There is some very uplifting news for those of us who suffer from conditions that are brought on by suppression of our immune system. Researchers at Loyola have developed a technique which ...

New Technique Developed To Save Compromised Immune System

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By serendipity, the scientific community has struck upon a drug which so far has been used to get chain smokers off cigarettes to treat alcoholism. Study conducted by researchers at the ...

Striking Smoking And Alcoholism With The Same Ammunition

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Okra is a vegetable that grows in summers and finds natural habitat in regions around the world which have tropical or at least warm climates. It is a flowering plant that bears small yellow ...

Stir-fried Okra Recipe That’s Finger Licking Delicious!

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The mystery of autism’s causes and treatments continues to unfold as more research is being done into the condition. At the University of Alabama, a professor of human nutrition and hospitality ...

Lower Levels of Good Cholesterol Observed In Children with Autism: Study

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You only need to pick a magazine or visit most websites and you will come across weight loss advertisements running at the side margins. It seems as though a whole generation of people seem to ...

Keeping Fit and Active More Important Than Losing Weight: Study

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We are familiar with the term “runner’s high” – the feeling of euphoria or “being in the zone” that medium- to long-distance runners get after a strenuous run due to the release of the “feel good” ...

Step Up Your Physical Activity If You Want To Rev Up Your Life!

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Women who are living with HIV or AIDS could find coping becomes easier by adopting a furry pet, if possible. Studies from Case Western Reserve University show that women suffering from chronic ...

Pets Help HIV Patients Cope Better

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Here is one more reason why fish, seeds and nuts should be a part of your diet. New research conducted at Queen Mary, University of London, shows that omega-3 fatty acids have the potential to not ...

Omega-3 Has The Potential To Treat Nerve Damage: Study

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Resveratrol is the much-talked-about plant chemical found in red grapes and some other fruits that goes into making red wine beneficial, if taken in moderate amounts. Researchers at National ...

How The Resveratrol In Red Wine Works To Your Benefit

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A new technique suggested by scientists at the University of Bristol, Durham University and City University London holds immense hope for young children affected with autism. In a study that was ...

New Self-help Technique May Aid The Autistic

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The mung bean, mungbean or moong bean is a native of the Indian subcontinent and is a popular ingredient in recipes prepared in India, China, Thailand, Korea and Japan. Sprouts of the mung ...

Healthy Stir-Fried Mung Bean Sprouts

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Reports of studies on bone health have often spoken about how the loss in "quantity and mass" of the bones in an elderly population is the primary cause for frequent fractures and general bone ...

The Truth about Aging Bones

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We often come across medical literature talking about how those who are overweight or obese have increased risk of developing coronary heart diseases and diabetes. Research conducted by scientists ...

Bone Health Is Compromised In Obesity: Research

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People who suffer from heart diseases and conditions, as well as those suspected of this, and who have received a recommendation for a heart X-ray, should ask for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging ...

MRI Scans Better Than CT Scans For Heart Patients

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Not all wines are created equal when you consider what red wine can do for you that white wine cannot. Research from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at Los Angeles shows that drinking as much as eight ...

A Glass of Red Wine Daily May Cut Breast Cancer Risk: Study

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When it comes to gynaecological cancers such as ovarian, uterine and cervical cancers, symptoms such as abnormal vaginal bleeding, pelvic pain and abnormal vaginal discharge with traces of blood ...

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