

(December 31, 2011 – Insidermedicine) A diet high in vitamins or omega 3 fatty acids may reduce risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a report published in Neurology. Here are common symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease: -Difficulty remembering recent events-Confusion, mood swings, and irritability-Loss of long term memory Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University studied [...]
December 31, 2011 | Posted in
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Johns Hopkins researchers, in the largest study to date, will map the genetic code for asthma in people of African descent in hopes of better understanding why the disease and other allergy-related ailments disproportionately afflict that population. Until now, the link between genetics and asthma has been studied using mostly men and women of white [...]
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Updated: Wednesday, 28 Dec 2011, 6:50 PM CSTPublished : Wednesday, 28 Dec 2011, 10:44 AM CST CHANHASSEN, Minn. – The Carver County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public to help identify a pair of suspects whom broke into multiple cars at Lifetime Fitness in Chanhassen in order to steal credit cards used on a $ [...]
December 31, 2011 | Posted in
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Naya Rivera David Livingston/Getty On Glee, Naya Rivera plays fresh-faced cheerleader beauty Santana Lopez – but away from the cameras, the actress admits it has taken a lot to achieve her picture-perfect look. “I had really bad skin for awhile earlier this year,” Rivera said Tuesday on the set of her Proactiv shoot, where she [...]
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Released: 12/19/2011 2:35 PM ESTEmbargo expired: 12/21/2011 1:00 PM ESTSource: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Newswise — In perhaps the most comprehensive survey of the inner workings of HIV, an international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has mapped every apparent physical interaction the virus makes with [...]
December 31, 2011 | Posted in
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Released: 12/28/2011 1:00 PM ESTEmbargo expired: 12/28/2011 5:00 PM ESTSource: University Health Network (UHN) Newswise — (TORONTO, Canada – Dec. 29, 2011) – Treating ovarian cancer with the drug bevacizumab (“Avastin”) delays the disease and may also improve survival, show the results of an international clinical trial co-led by Drs. Amit Oza of the Princess [...]
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Drew Brees breaks Marino’s single season passing record More gridiron action See the controversy surrounding this new caffeine inhaler Would you use it? See where you can download free books for your Kindle or Nook Snuggle up with these reads David Lee Roth will join Van Halen on the road in 2012 Get more music [...]
December 31, 2011 | Posted in
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Maria Cendejas Sunday Dec 31, 2011 (foodconsumer.org) — People who have been diagnosed with colon cancer have a poorer prognosis if they overweight or have type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to two studies published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The two studies looked at the impact that body-mass index and a diagnosis of type [...]
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, Syracuse Natural Health Examiner Facebook Reddit Print Email Facebook Reddit Print Email Read full bio Get my newsletter Become an Examiner By Harold Mandel Syracuse Natural Health Examiner After earning a medical degree (MD) Harold Mandel became interested in Natural Health Care when he discovered that orthodox medicine often does not…
December 31, 2011 | Posted in
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But the scientists managed to trick the immune systems of mice into targeting one of the body’s players in autoimmune processes, an enzyme known as MMP9. The results of their research recently appeared in Nature Medicine. Prof. Irit Sagi of the Biological Regulation Department and her research group have spent years looking for ways to [...]
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