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Early Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Offers Large Social, Fiscal Benefits

Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease could save millions or even billions of dollars while simultaneously improving care, according to new work by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
Patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias are heavy users of long-term care services, especially nursing home care, with estimated annual costs upward of tens of billions of [...]

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Biosecurity on farms

There are times when perniciously false premises are treated as the criteria by which truth is determined. We lose the argument before it’s begun. And where does that leave us in our efforts to control mortal dangers of our own making?
An article of faith among veterinarians and epidemiologists is that large industrial farms are both biosecure and [...]

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Boning Up on Osteoporosis News May Help You Live Longer Says Expert

Osteoporosis, a bone condition affecting, according to the International Osteoporosis Foundation, over seventy-five million people in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, has been dominating headlines.
Recently, the Canadian Medical Association Journal published a study stating that older people who break a hip have nearly a 25% chance of dying in the next five years, with a [...]

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10 Easy Home Remedies for Fit & Healthy

Feeling under the weather? If you’re sick of running to the drugstore and popping pills, these 10 inexpensive home remedies may be just the alternative you’re looking for. We reached out to the experts for non-pharmacological treatments that can help resolve your minor health ailments. From colds to insomnia, fatigue to indigestion, read on to [...]

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What is hunger?

That may sound like a stupid question, but for some of us it’s gotten a little distorted.
“Hunger is a physical cue that you need energy,”

It’s important to be mindfull about what you’re eating and why you’re eating. In the recovery process it can definitely help to be able to look at your hunger as [...]

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3 ways to lift your libido

I always feel a bit sad when I hear people (mainly women in long term relationships with children ) say they have lost their libido, they just don’t feel like sex anymore. In most cases, after some discussion it becomes apparent that they are only speaking about the act of sex itself and are completely disregarding the pure joy of intimacy [...]

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Antibacterial Soap Does More Harm Than Good

Antibacterial cleansers are designed for use in hospitals and clinics, not for use in the homes of healthy people. Dan Chang, PhD, a professor of environmental engineering at U.C. Davis, reports that antibacterial products may do more harm than good. Regular washing with soap and water is sufficient to wash away dirt and germs. Repeatedly [...]

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Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder and Creativity

Fascinating article about a new study finding that a gene linked to mental illness also influences whether a person is highly creative. Read about it here in the Vancouver Sun.
Artist and musician Nigel Bart, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia 15 years ago says: ”When someone has a feeling that they need to create something, it’s part of [...]

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Republicans on Senate Committee Push to Exclude Abortion Services from Health Care Reform

Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee are pushing for language in health care reform legislation that would eliminate coverage for abortion services. If this happens, many women could lose coverage for abortion services that their private insurance currently includes. Plus, millions of uninsured women will still lack a basic health care service despite having been [...]

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Caffeine reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s disease

If you think that your daily cups of coffee only provide you with alertness after you wake up or during the day, think again. Long-term intake of caffeine, the major constituent in coffee and tea, has been shown to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s in mice that develop the disease.
In a study just published on-line [...]

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Making a good salad is truly an art

Salads seem to be the epitome of health food, however, there are many big mistakes made that drastically reduce or destroy the nutritional value of your salad.

Let’s outline the steps to making a fabulous salad both in taste and nutrition! We’ll use the salad I made for myself today as a guide.
The Base – Lettuce [...]

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Socialized Medicine in the United States!

So the big push has begun! The big push for socialized medicine in the United States. Altho, there is little funny about this boondoggle, it is sorta funny to watch the socialists in the US government, including the Obama Administration, tie themselves into knots to avoid using the words “socialized” and “medicine” in the same [...]

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