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Unclogged Pores: What’s New in the Treatment of Acne

(ARA) - Who hasn’t suffered an embarrassing breakout at a socially sensitive time? Affecting nearly 85 percent of all people at some point in their lives, acne is the most common skin disorder in the United States. While it is a well-known rite of passage for adolescents and young adults,…

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Glaucoma Takes Sight Without Warning

(ARA) - What has the power to steal your eyesight without warning, affects an estimated 4 million Americans and has no cure? Glaucoma. Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that presents no obvious symptoms in its victims in the early stages, but can eventually lead to total blindness. It i…

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The Skinny on Male Eating Disorders: Increasing Numbers Raise Awareness

(ARA) - The prevalence of male eating disorders has become alarmingly more apparent in recent years, leaving medical and psychological establishments attempting to pinpoint just what has led to this escalation. On the heels of a University of Toronto study in 2000 suggesting that one out …

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Cancer sufferer loses drug fight

A woman has lost her High Court battle to force her local health authority to pay for breast cancer treatment with the potentially life-saving drug Herceptin. Mr Justice Bean said that he could not deem the policy adopted by Swindon primary care trust, Ann Marie Rogers's local Nationa…

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FDA defines whole-grain food

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a new draft definition Wednesday of whole-grain foods, designed to help consumers make healthier eating choices. FDA is intended to clear up confusion about which food products actually contain whole grains and which do not -- but ma…

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Extra calcium for women takes some clinical knocks

A large, seven-year study of healthy women over the age of 50 found no broad benefit from calcium and vitamin D supplements in preventing broken bones, despite widespread endorsement by doctors for the supplements. The study, whose results were being reported Thursday in the New England …

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Vaccinate Your Children – Not!

Yesterday, one of the leading stories on the news was a plea for everyone in the US to have their children vaccinated. This brazen attempt to instill fear, and cause mothers to rush their children out to get flu shots, greatly angered me. The advocates of the flu vaccine have never proven…

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The Mediterranean Diet - What Is It?

It has been found that people living in Mediterranean Countries such as Southern France, Spain and Italy live longer than people in other parts of the world. Why is this? It’s what they eat and how the Mediterranean’s cook their food that makes all the difference. From Mediterranean Count…

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Diabetes and Tai Chi Therapy

I was quite surprised when I began searching for research on Tai Chi’s benefits for diabetes . . . it was very difficult to come by. Because on its face, Tai Chi seems to possibly offer many benefits to someone with diabetes. Tai Chi is known to stimulate microcirculation in practitioners…

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Living With COPD

A patient diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) usually goes into a state of shock and despair, as the disease has no cure. However, the good news is COPD is not the end of the world. A person can still lead a reasonably happy life after being diagnosed with COPD. Al…

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