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New breast cancer study calling for participantsDr. Susan Love’s Research Foundation is calling on women under age 50 who have been diagnosed with breast cancer to participate in a study looking for genetic predictors of infertility caused by chemotherapy. The study is ongoing and needs...
Vitamin D deficiency epidemic: are you getting enough?While Vitamin D is important to the body in many ways, including brain health, immunity, cardiac function, bone health, and cancer resistance, roughly three-quarters of US citizens are deficient in the sunshine vitamin. How do we know if we're...
Water is our Body’s LifebloodThe human body can last weeks without food, but only days without water. The body is made up of approximately 55 to75 per cent water. Water forms the basis of blood, digestive juices, urine and perspiration and is contained in lean muscle, fat and...
It costs less to eat healthy than to eat junk foodGood nutrition is a cornerstone of good health in body and mind. Eating too much junk food may be associated with obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, anxiety and depression. Yet some people still prefer junk food over...
Implantable device approved to correct near visionRaindrop Near Vision Inlay, a device implanted in the cornea of 1 eye to improve near vision in certain patients with presbyopia has been approved by the FDA. It is the second FDA-approved implantable corneal device of its kind for correction of...
Do we make a difference?Life is seldom a solitary existence. Born into a social world, we humans impact our fellow beings in one form or the other just by our very pervasive presence. The impact can span from minimal and local to wide, expansive, and global based on the...
Reviewing book two of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, part fourThe conclusion of book two of The Yoga Sutras has Patanjali discussing asana, pranayama and pratyahara. Asana is the body's position being one of steadiness and comfort. Pranayama is controlling the life force, prana, or breath. Pratyahara is...
Being very careful with fireworks on July 4th is encouragedJuly 4th is a day we like to celebrate with fireworks. There will be fireworks celebrations across the entire United States on this day. In order to avoid being hurt by fireworks Couponbox.com encourages everyone to be very careful with them.The...
Some self-care steps for relief from hemorrhoidsThe swollen blood vessels on the outer rectum and anus can turn bowel movements into intensely painful experiences. this is what we call hemorrhoids. Some other Classic symptoms of the same includes rectal pain, itching and bleeding. Hemorrhoids...
Top 6 Misconceptions about Arthritis joint pain, what really goes onThe most common form of joint pain is Osteoarthritis (OA) - this is the result of wear and tear of your cartilage. Cartilage is the rubbery tissue that is found in between your joints and acts as a sort of shock absorber.Over 25 million people in...
Soul spaceMark Nepo shared some words of wisdom on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday recently. He talked about how people seem to chase heaven on earth but he believes our souls are cocooned in the human experience and, if this is the case, all we really have...
Baseball’s Eric Byrnes runs 100 miles at Western StatesOn Saturday June 25 former Major League Baseball player Eric Byrnes began the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run. Twenty-two hours, fifty minutes and fifty-five seconds later, the recently turned 40-year-old crossed the finish line at Placer...
Jinger Duggar's boyfriend Jeremy Vuolo was arrested, jailed for harassing copJinger Duggar's boyfriend Jeremy Vuolo was arrested in January 2008 for harassing a police officer. According to the arrest record published by InTouch, Vuolo “was acting belligerent and shouting obscenities" at cops before being...
FDA seeks data on the safety of hand sanitizersThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a new rule proposal calling on manufacturers of antibacterial hand sanitizers and other antiseptic rubs to provide data that supports the safety and effectiveness of their ingredients. The agency...
Selling care: Patient brokering in addiction treatmentAmbulance-chasing. Society generally looks on with disgust at the attorney who markets directly to the accident victim in the hours after the ink on the police blotter dries. The practice isn't illegal, but it brings up the subject of ethics....
