Health or Hype: Diet research reveals the best diets for weight loss and disease prevention! The Examiner | Diets make claims all the time about how much weight you'll lose, how great you'll feel and most recently, how flat your abs will be if you follow their every rule. Diets claims are rarely backed-up with cold, hard science; however, some diets are finally being evaluated on their short-term ...
Vitamin D can help fight chronic diseases The Times Of India A daily dose of vitamin D may just be what helps you tide over a long, bleak winter when you are mostly indoors, says new research. | "Vitamin D deficiency continues to be a problem despite the nutrient's widely reported health benefits," said Sue Penckofer, professor, Loyola University Chicago, Mar...
Disease, weather kill Vancouver Island bees CBC Pesticides designed to protect honeybees against the varroa mite have lbeen osing their effectiveness, leading to heavy colony losses across Canada in recent years, researchers say. (CBC) | Vancouver Island beekeepers say 90 per cent of their hives h...
Food, Shelter, Disease Research Most Important For Giving, Poll Shows Huffington Post | A new poll conducted by PARADE suggests what many in the nonprofit world have suspected: that the economic recession has made Americans more inclined to give and be involved in their communities, especially as it relates to helping the needy. It's ...
Gut bacteria may be linked to diseases Newsvine | Some of the hundreds of bacteria found in the digestive systems of humans may be linked to specific diseases like cancer, diabetes and obesity, an international team of scientists said in a paper on Thursday. | ...
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Funds plea by liver disease girl's mother BBC News | The mother of a toddler with a rare liver disease who underwent two transplants is campaigning to raise funds to help other children. | Ava Raffour, now a year old, suffered card...
Arthritis too is a lifestyle disease The Hindu | Ramya Kannan | CHENNAI: Diabetes and hypertension are not the only lifestyle diseases, but possibly the most high profile. Arthritis is also a lifestyle disease, orthopaedicians ...
Growing new arteries could lead to 'biological bypass' for heart disease Newstrack India | Washington, March 9 (ANI): Yale School of Medicine researchers say they have found a new method of growing arteries that could lead to a 'biological bypass'-or a non-invasive way to treat coronary artery disease. | Coronary arteries can becom...
Snake venom could advance drug discovery, understanding of diseases DNA India | WASHINGTON: Snake venom contains a protein that has the potential for new drug discovery and to advance understanding of disease mechanisms, according to researchers. | Called haditoxin, the novel protein was discovered in Professor Manjunatha Kini...
Vitamin D can help fight chronic diseases The Times Of India A daily dose of vitamin D may just be what helps you tide over a long, bleak winter when you are mostly indoors, says new research. | "Vitamin D deficiency continues to be a problem despite the nutrient's widely reported health benefits," said Sue Pe...
Merck, Frontline maker Sanofi-Aventis joining animal medicine businesses into world's largest Hartford Courant PET MEDS: Two top pharmaceutical companies, and SA, are uniting their animal health businesses in what would be the world's largest veterinary medicine company. | GOOD FIT: Sanofi's Merial makes some very popular dog and cat products, such as flea and tick fighter and Heartgard for preventing heartworm infection. Merck's Intervet/Schering-Plough un...
Ask Dr. H: Alcoholics who quit suffer withdrawal symptoms Philadelphia Daily News | By Mitchell Hecht | Medical Columnist Question: Can you explain why alcohol causes seizures? Do the seizures stop once a person quits drinking? | Answer: Many people don't think of alcohol as a drug - largely because it's so widely used for religious and social purposes in most of the world. But it's both a physically and psychologically addictiv...
Poll: Would you vote for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)? Newsvine | Poll: Would you vote for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)? | By: David Phillips | Las Vegas Democrat Examiner | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has done a lot of good for Nevada during his time in the Senate. Reid has been a strong supported for Nevada's Senior citizens with health care and Social Security to billions for highway...
