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Proper Cancer Diet & Nutrition
by Bioversity International If you are a cancer patient, a registered dietitian is your best resource when planning a healthy diet to help you combat the disease. Your treatment may have included surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, biologic immunotherapy, and hormone therapy, and they can lessen your ability to eat properly. Why dietary problems occur All …
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Weight loss secret revealed by Lynda Griffiths after dropping 8 stone 6.5 pounds – Southwales Evening Post
Comments (0) SHE’S tried every diet under the sun and battled with her weight, and now one Neath Port Talbot woman spoken out about her struggles with the scales and reaching her goal. Lynda Griffiths, from Neath, has lost 8st 6.5lbs, and says she couldn’t feel better. She said: “I’d tried losing weight before — I’ve done pretty …
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Would-be drug mimics ‘good’ cholesterol – Science AAAS
Y.Zhao et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135 (2013) Multiple copies of a four-armed peptide wrap around lipids to create particles that mimic the behavior of HDL, the “good” cholesterol. A new drug candidate designed to mimic the body’s “good” cholesterol shows a striking ability in mice to lower cholesterol levels in the blood and …
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Bringing cervical-cancer testing to women with no doctor – Haaretz
Early diagnosis of cancer can mean better chances of survival. A Tel Aviv startup is working to bring cervical-cancer assessment to two billion women worldwide who have access to cellphones but no access to qualified physicians. MobileOCT is developing a low-cost mobile colposcope – the equipment a physician uses to examine a woman’s cervix, combining …
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Mental health ‘starved of resources’, says former coroner – BBC News
William Armstrong: “We need to treat mental health on a parity with physical health” Mental health services are being “starved of resources”, the chairman of a health watchdog in Norfolk has said. Ex-coroner William Armstrong, of Healthwatch Norfolk, said cuts meant “more misery” for patients and their families. He said he had seen a “fragmented …
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Insomnia Cookies employee dies at store – Johns Hopkins News-Letter
On Friday afternoon, an Insomnia Cookies employee was found dead at the store location inside Charles Commons. The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) arrived to the scene at around 3:15 p.m. “This incident is being investigated as a suspicious death/possible suicide.” Detective Raganzu Howard, of the BPD Media Relations Unit, wrote in an email to The News-Letter. …
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Complimentary Medicine – Herbal Medicine
by spotreporting The use of complimentary medicine and natural foods to boost our bodies’ defenses and immune systems is increasing in popularity. People are now viewing these types of alternative health sources as not only a preventative measure against common ailments but also as a beneficial treatment when used alongside modern medicine to combat health …
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Experimental Drug Jams Ebola Gene To Fight The Virus
ii A man stands above a new Ebola treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia. Health workers in Liberia, the hardest-hit nation, have turned people away from treatment units because of shortages of beds and staff. Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images Plans are afoot to test drugs to treat Ebola in West …
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Get Rid of Belly Fat and Save Your Life
by Internet Archive Book Images Were you aware that belly fat is dangerous? Did you know that another name for it is toxic fat? Belly fat is not a harmless example of your excesses, it is genuinely something you need to do something about. Belly fat is an indication that you could be in mortal …
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Secrets For Making Muscles Grow – What You Need To Know About Building Muscles
by Hikaru Kazushime We always hear about increasing muscle mass, getting our muscles toned, and building lean muscles. These topics are common among fitness enthusiasts and those who wish to build a body reminiscent of a Greek demigod. There are diet and exercise regimens tailored for building muscle mass, and we follow these to the …
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