Archive for the ‘General Health’ Category
Friday, September 5th, 2008
As many as 2% to 5% of children older than age five — most of whom are obese — are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and the condition seems to be most prevalent among Hispanic children, the AP/San Mateo Daily Journal reports.Original post by ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Yeast, the essential microorganism for fermentation in the brewing of beer, converts carbohydrates into alcohol and other products that influence appearance, aroma, and taste. In a study published online in Genome Research researchers have identified the genomic origins of the lager yeast Saccharomyces pastorianus, which could help brewers to ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Several newspapers recently published editorials and opinion pieces on the announcement by Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), who opposes abortion rights, will be his vice presidential running mate. Editorials and opinion pieces also discussed Palin’s announcement that her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Although “Change!” is the common cry among today’s Democratic and Republican candidates, like the George W. Bush Administration before, both the Barack Obama and John McCain campaigns have aligned themselves with the Food and Beverage Industries for their approaches to America’s Child Obesity public health crisis.Original post by Diabetes Notes
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Women who give birth at California hospitals serving mostly non-white, low-income women and children are less likely to breastfeed than women who give birth at other hospitals around the state, according to a report released from the University of California-Davis Human Lactation Center and the California WIC Association, ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Last updated: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 Smoking is more of a threat to women's hearts than to men's, according to Norwegian researchers who analyzed data from 1 784 patients admitted to a hospital after suffering a first heart attack. AdvertisementThe study found ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Medicinal Uses of Lobelia InflataBy: Lachlan WalkerAmerican Indians have long revered lobelia. The plant has been called Indian tobacco because it was smoked by North American Indians, to relieve asthma and other respiratory conditions. Early settlers to America learned to value it with the same esteem, and it was considered ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Exercise and arthritis ?exercise can be the answer to your stiff joints!By: Jim AndrewsArthritis is a disease causing inflammatory chronic disorders affecting body joints and other parts of body. Problems like slow and limited motion of joints and long term joint stiffness are common in this condition. Exercise and arthritis ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Some List of Low Fat Foods - Lose Fat, Live LongerBy: dr ronySometimes It is really very alluring to think that by eating only from a list of low fat foods you will lose weight. Sadly, the fact is that low fat foods often contain SOME of calories and if ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
How Much Fuel Does My Swimming Pool Heater Use Propane heaters use one gallon of fuel per hour for each 91,000 BTU's of heater input.Example: A 250,000 BTU heater uses: 250,000/91,000 = 2.75 gallon per hour.Natural gas heaters use one thermo (100,000) BTU per 100,000 BTU's heater size. Your gas ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
If you have ever looked through the pages of a fitness magazine you could not miss all the different advertisements on diet pills. Some even look like articles as they can be two or three pages in length. I regularly buy these magazines for tips on exercises and ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and hundreds of other national, state and local agencies and institutions, are facing an epidemic as deadly as any disease that ever swept across the world: prescription drug addiction. Experts from dozens of disciplines are searching for the ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Just as moods get affected by the weather, so do weather changes trigger headache pains. Statistics from the National Headache Foundation (NHF) survey reveal that 3 out of 4 people who had frequent headaches reported weather or barometric pressure changes as triggers. In the same survey designed to identify ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
I recently interviewed a professional interventionist, who has gotten thousands of addicts into a drug addiction treatment center, to find out the difference between what he does out here in the real world and how intervention is portrayed on the TV show. He gave me some interesting information that may ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
The zero size is in and has become a rage in the younger generation. Most celebrities and models look so thin as if they have been starving themselves for months. Despite their anorexic looks, youngsters look up to them as their role models. They believe that they are too fat ...
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