Archive for December, 2009
It’s the Aging, Stupid
Alzheimer’s Results More from Aging, Not Age Alzheimer’s disease, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, is a riddle, wrapped in an enigma, wrapped in a mystery. Sure, doctors have come a long way in unraveling why it affects as many people as it does, but its prevalence remains somewhat of a mystery. One thing we do know [...]
Posted: December 13th, 2009 under Alzheimer's Disease.
Tags: alzheimer's prevention, causes of alzheimer's, prevent alzheimer's
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Why the Breast Is Best
Study Shows Why Breast-Feeding Is in the Woman’s Best Interest To breast-feed or to bottle-feed? That is the question. Depending on who you ask, there are positives and negatives to either approach. The breast-feeding fans (which include the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association and the American Dietetic Association) say the boons to [...]
Posted: December 13th, 2009 under Breastfeeding.
Tags: benefits of breastfeeding, breastfeeding benefits, breastfeeding mothers
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Kids’ Social Health Is Tobacco’s Latest Victim
German Study Ties Tobacco Use to Impaired Social Function in Kids If you hate smoking as much as I do, the year 2009 couldn’t come to an end soon enough. That’s because 2009 was a banner year for the cigarette industry. As I recently reported on Natural News, smoking in the year 2009 made a [...]
Posted: December 13th, 2009 under Smoking.
Tags: adhd children, natural detoxification, smoking health, smoking risks
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Antioxidants Cancel Out Cancer
Study Shows Antioxidants Inhibit Polyp Growth in Colon The array of benefits antioxidants provide continue to grow, much to the chagrin of skeptical “scientists” who believe antioxidants are bunkum and don’t provide any material health benefit. Well I wonder what they’ll think of the latest study that finds antioxidants improve colon health. Not much, I’m [...]
Posted: December 13th, 2009 under antioxidants, Colitis.
Tags: antioxidant benefits, Colon cancer, ulcerative colitis, ulcerative colitis diet, ulcerative colitis treatment
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Why It’s Never Too Late to Quit
Quitting Smoking Bears Fruit for Asthmatics, Especially Generally speaking, when people make bad choices they tend to adversely affect the person making those choices more than anyone else. But that’s not the case with smoking. Smoking is a bad choice that adversely affects the health of the people around them almost as much as it [...]
Posted: December 8th, 2009 under Asthma, Smoking.
Tags: asthma and smoking, asthma treatments, quit smoking benefits
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Magnesium: No Magician for Women?
Utah Study Says Magnesium Does Little for Women’s Heart Health With the year of 2009 coming to a close and 2010 on the horizon, you may be wondering what the latest and greatest supplement will be come January 1. Answer? Magnesium. Now, if you’re even the least bit familiar with nutrition, you know that magnesium [...]
Posted: December 7th, 2009 under Magnesium.
Tags: magnesium benefits, magnesium health, magnesium nutrition, magnesium supplementation
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Gaining More Sleep by Losing Weight
Study: Sleep Apnea Episodes Halved through Weight Loss All of us have trouble sleeping now and then. Whether it’s due to stress, an uncomfortable bed, thoughts you can’t get out of your head, or a disturbing conversation where things were better left unsaid, common but frustrating experiences cause us to wake up several times a [...]
Posted: December 7th, 2009 under Sleep.
Tags: apnea treatment, sleep apnea diagnosis, sleep apnea symptoms, sleep apnea treatment
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Rest May Not Be Best for Knee Pain
People with Runner’s Knee Report Greater Improvements with Light Exercise over Rest Exercise carries a risk of injury. No two ways about it. And if you injure yourself in, say, the knee area—one of the more common injuries for runners and joggers alike—the typical advice is to stay off the knee and stay out of [...]
Posted: December 6th, 2009 under Exercise.
Tags: knee pain, knee pain symptoms, knee pain treatment, runners knee
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Muscle-shaping 101: 5 Tips (Part 1)
[ Note: This article was written by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson. Jon is a good friend of mine so I have his permission to share it with you. I have personally reviewed Every Other Day Diet in addition to Jon's other products and I give them my highest recommendation. I'm an affiliate of [...]
Posted: December 1st, 2009 under Fitness.
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