06th June 2009
Napping is a guilty pleasure… one all of us, if we're lucky, engage in at one time or another, especially during the cold, dark months of winter.
And it seems interestingly that new research has found the link between sleep and memory and that short ...
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06th June 2009
When you're planning your holiday travel (or travel at any time of year for that matter) it's worth knowing how to avoid catching and spreading germs, so consider the words of Lahey Clinic physician Dr. Mark Gendreau…
"The risk of contracting a conta...
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28th April 2009
The American Dietetic Association (ADA) has just released results of a new nationwide public opinion survey that lookt at nutritional trends in the US, called Nutrition and You: Trends 2008 that lends hope to the idea that Americans might be getting the m...
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28th April 2009
Scientific advances never cease to amaze us… and recently researchers at Harvard Medical School have discovered what they beleive to be an anti aging gene, which is part of a family of enzymes known as sirtuins appear to extend lifespan rather dramatica...
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26th April 2009
After the first part in this series where 6 pressing beauty questions were covered, we follow up with another 6. Discover the answer to all your embarrassing beauty questions here:
7. What's causing my toenail fungus?
This rather embarrassing fungus i...
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09th April 2009
It's something we all strive for at some point, to have less distraction in our lives, to be more focused, or simply to have "less on our plates".
With our super busy, highly scheduled, technology driven world, it's no wonder we all lose our focus ev...
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09th April 2009
In 2007, the total retail sales of sugar and food sweeteners in the U.S. reached $3.1 billion according to an estimate by market researchers Packaged Facts. It seems we're all taking in more sweeteners now than ever before. With all the sweetening options...
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07th April 2009
If you smoke, or ever have, and you eat lots of broccoli (or other cruciferous veggies such as cabbage, cauliflower, kale, turnip greens, mustard greens or collard greens), you might be doing yourself a great favor in terms of lung cancer. This according ...
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07th April 2009
Being active, carrying out exercise and breast cancer are known to be linked, with those who are more active having a reduced risk of cancer. But when you're lying in bed warm and comfortable and the alarm goes off for your early morning workout it can be...
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07th April 2009
In case you needed more of a reason to keep an eye on your weight, recent research has found that, in general, obesity is linked to cancer. For obese women, especially those who have gone through menopause, this means an increased risk of breast cancer. T...
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05th April 2009
There are lingering weight tips and myths that seem to defy experts' attempts at explaining them away. The American Dietetic Association's Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo that took place in Chicago last month made yet another attempt to de-bunk some of...
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25th March 2009
Did you know that November is American Diabetes Month? Now that we've gorged on Halloween candy and are getting ready for some calorie laden holiday meals, the CDC has chosen this month to share some sobering news. The rates of Type 2 Diabetes in the US (...
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25th March 2009
If you're a lifelong wine drinker, and you have read all the research released about the benefits of red wine, the results of an analysis of British researchers might have you changing the beverage you enjoy each day.
Potential harmful levels of metal...
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19th March 2009
Typical allergy causes like pollen from trees and grasses aren't the only items that might have you reaching for the tissues... some unexpected things you probably have in your home right now might also be causes of allergies and cause allergy symptoms to...
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16th March 2009
The latest information we have on cancer deaths in the U.S. shows the rate going down an average 2.1% a year between 2002 and 2004. Important drops were seen in the three leading causes of cancer deaths for men: lung, prostate and colorectal. In women, de...
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