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Back pain eased by good posture
8/21/2008 1:51:17 AM by adeal
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Long-term back pain can be relieved through encouraging sufferers to adopt good posture through the Alexander technique, say UK researchers. The technique teaches patients how to sit, stand and walk in a way that relieves pain by focusing on their coordination and posture.(MyHealthInsight.com)
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1918 pandemic antibodies could be effective against bird flu
8/21/2008 1:48:33 AM by adeal
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Researchers who isolated antibodies from the elderly survivors of the horrific 1918 flu pandemic, found that they could be equally effecitve against similar outbreaks in future. The pandemic killed nearly 50 million people worldwide, many of whom were young, healthy adults. With fears of another lo ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Health Tip: Take a Healthy Hike
8/21/2008 1:38:05 AM by adeal
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Hiking is a great way to get exercise and fresh air, but you should take certain precautions. Here are suggestions to keep you safe when you hit the trail, courtesy of the Cleveland Clinic: * Map out the trail you want to take, familiarize yourself with the area, and choose a trail that fits your hi ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Fruit Juices Block Common Drugs
8/21/2008 1:35:25 AM by adeal
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Grapefruit, orange, and apple juices block drugs commonly used to treat infections, allergy, transplant rejection, cancer, and high blood pressure. In 1991, David G. Bailey, PhD, and colleagues found that grapefruit juice increased blood concentrations of the blood pressure drug Plendil to possibly ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Low Vitamin D Raises Women's Hip Fracture Risk
8/20/2008 5:37:25 AM by adeal
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Low levels of vitamin D can boost older women's risk for hip fracture by more than 70 percent, University of Pittsburgh researchers report. The finding adds weight to the recommendation that people maintain adequate intake of vitamin D, which is primarily made by the skin when it is exposed to sunli ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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A Hope: Contaminant-Free Synthetic Heparin
8/20/2008 5:33:00 AM by adeal
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Robert J. Linhardt is a chemist with a dream: making the blood-thinner heparin by the bucketful without using animal tissue. It's a dream that has taken on urgency this year, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration attributed more than 80 American deaths and hundreds of illnesses to contaminated he ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Chewing gum aids bowel recovery
8/19/2008 6:28:07 AM by adeal
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The latest work published in Archives of Surgery reviews data from five recent trials involving 158 patients.Chewing gum appears to speed up the return of normal bowel function by stimulating nerves in the digestive system, say the UK report's authors. (MyHealthInsight.com)
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Brain can adapt to changing situations
8/19/2008 6:09:29 AM by adeal
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As you are on the verge of leaving the office after the day's work is done, three things happen within a few minutes. You wife calls to tell you to pick up some milk on the way home. Then within moments, she calls you again to buy some items from the hardware store.Based on your knowledge of the are ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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# ’Mushrooms can prevent obesity’
8/19/2008 6:06:15 AM by adeal
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Preliminary research suggests that increasing intake of low-energy foods like mushrooms can treat or prevent obesity. This is good news for the more than one-third of US adults aged 20 and older who are obese, according to the Centre for Disease Control. Obesity is a risk factor for cardiovascular d ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Dairy intake early on improves adolescent bone health
8/19/2008 6:01:59 AM by adeal
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Adolescents who had consumed two or more servings of dairy products daily as children have been found to have higher levels of bone mineral content and bone density than those who did not. (MyHealthInsight.com)
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