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Antiaging Benefits Of Vital Cell® Herbal Formula

February 10, 2010 Articles

Vital Cell® is an advanced herbal formula designed to counter a host of common discomforts associated with human aging. By restoring microcirculation, Vital Cell has been shown to improve internal organ function and speed removal of toxic cellular metabolic waste products, such as…

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Blood Glucose and Risk of Incident and Fatal Cancer in the Metabolic Syndrome and Cancer Project (Me-Can): Analysis of Six Prospective Cohorts

January 13, 2010 Articles

Tanja Stocks and colleagues carry out an analysis of six European cohorts and confirm that abnormal glucose metabolism is linked with increased risk of cancer overall and at specific sites.

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Evolutionary Surprise: Eight Percent Of Human Genetic Material Comes From A Virus

January 7, 2010 Articles

About eight percent of human genetic material comes from a virus and not from our ancestors, according to researchers in Japan and the U.S. The study, and an accompanying News & Views article by University of Texas at Arlington biology professor Cédric Feschotte, is published in the journal Nature…

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Positive Influence Of Viruses On Modern Life

December 16, 2009 Articles

Viruses have a bad reputation: in humans, they cause illnesses as varied as colds, flu, cervical cancer, polio and ebola. But to focus exclusively on the harm they cause is to do them an injustice, for viruses are also fascinating, mysterious and powerful forces of nature.

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Celiac Disease Four Times More Prevalent Now Than in 1950s

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Celiac disease is an immune system reaction to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley or rye. In patients with celiac disease, ingesting gluten leads to an immune response that attacks the villi – the tiny, fingerlike projections lining the small intestine that enable the absorption of nutrients from food. Common symptoms of Celiac disease [...]

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Could Vinegar be a Natural Fat Fighter?

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Ordinary vinegar – acetic acid – may prevent the build up of fat, and therefore weight gain, according to results of a study with mice from Japan. Animals fed a high-fat diet and supplemented with acetic acid developed about 10 percent less body fat than mice just eating the diet, according to findings published in [...]

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Lack Of Sleep More Dangerous For Women Than Men

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Women who get less than eight hours sleep a night are at higher risk of heart disease and heart-related problems than men with the same sleeping patterns. Research by the University of Warwick and University College London has found that levels of inflammatory markers vary significantly with sleep duration in women, but not men.
The study, [...]

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Tamiflu Resistance Emerges in European Flu Pandemic

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The National Health Board of Denmark has announced the first known case of pandemic H1N1 flu resistant to the antiviral drug Tamiflu, stressing that “there is no evidence” that the resistant virus has spread.
While the case is likely to be isolated, it raises concern over the European policy of giving low doses of Tamiflu to [...]

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Few Survive Cardiac Arrest, Even with Hospital CPR

July 6, 2009 Articles

As the recent death of Michael Jackson has shown, few patients in cardiac arrest survive, even when given CPR by a trained health professional. Now, a large analysis shows that survival rates for seniors in cardiac arrest have not improved much in the last decade.
The study, published in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine, looked [...]

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ArthriPhase: New Advanced Arthritis Support Formula

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By Jim English
Arthritis is a generic term for more than 100 different disorders, such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout and fibromyalgia. Osteoarthritis, or wear-and-tear arthritis, is the most prevalent and disabling of all chronic conditions, affecting approximately 80 percent of all U.S. adults over 65.
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease involving the loss of articular [...]

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Asthma Symptoms Linked to Elevated Allergen Levels in Home

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Results from a new national survey demonstrate that elevated allergen levels in the home are associated with asthma symptoms in allergic individuals. The study suggests that asthmatics that have allergies may alleviate symptoms by reducing allergen exposures inside their homes. The work was carried out by researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [...]

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The Cough Reflex

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Coughing is one of the most obvious and indisputable signs of human illness. In addition to being the main cause for patient visits to doctors, over a billion dollars are spent each year on over-the-counter (OTC) cough remedies in the US. With so many people crowding medical clinics and spending so much money seeking relief [...]

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