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Obesity In The United States Is At Epidemic Levels

.Obesity has become an epidemic in the United States. The statistics are more than alarming. In fact, nearly 50 percent of American adults will be obese by the year 2030, and about 25 percent will be severely obese, carrying about 100 pounds of extra weight.   These latest statistics were just published in the New…

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How to Have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving

Salmonella Outbreak in Raw Turkey Meat It’s that happy Thanksgiving time of year again and here are some safety tips from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who report that since November 5, 2018, a multi-state salmonella outbreak in raw turkey has occurred in 35 states and is currently under investigation. So far…

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New Virus Kills Both Cancer Cells and Cells Adjacent to the Tumor

While the immune system’s job is to protect the body from being attacked by cancer cells, nonetheless, healthy fibroblast cells surrounding the tumor actually get tricked into protecting the cancerous tumor from being destroyed by the immune system. Until now, no one has been able to find a way to destroy both the tumor and…

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Cardiac Rehabilitation

  Cardiac Rehabilitation is a program that includes physical exercises designed to help improve cardiovascular health and to prevent further cardiovascular events in someone who is recovering from a cardiovascular event or has just undergone a surgical cardiac procedure such as artery stenting or heart or valve surgery. The ideal CR programs consists of 36…

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Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) is Warning that a Major Stroke May be on the Way

Strokes do not always come on without warnings and in fact recognizing a major early warning sign of an impending major stroke can save lives, as treatment can be started to prevent a major stroke from occurring. Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) A transient ischemic attack (TIA) also called a mini stroke has neurological symptoms similar…

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Resveratrol Administered to Noses in Mice Helped Prevent Lung Cancer

Resveratrol Resveratrol is an anti-oxidant found abundantly in the skin of grapes, mulberries, raspberries, blueberries, cranberries, bilberries, peanuts, pine trees, knotweeds and many other plants. It is also sold as a nutritional supplement and has been shown to be safe. Resveratrol found to Kill Cancer Cells in the Laboratory In 2003 researchers made an amazing…

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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Cardiovascular Disease

Strong Association between Cytomegalovirus and Cardiovascular Disease Results of a new study published August 16,2018, in Theranostics show that there is a strong association between the common herpes cytomegalovirus (CMV) and the onset of cardiovascular disease. Aging, which is not treatable, is the most common reason given for the development of coronary artery disease that…

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Antidepressants Associated with Increased Death in People Suffering from COPD

For people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) taking a Serotonergic (SSRI/SNRI) antidepressant may increase the risk for death by 20% and hospitalization by 15%. A study carried out by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Ontario in Canada was published June 26, 2018, in the European Respiratory Journal. The lead author, Dr. Nicholas…

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Breakthrough in the Search for a Cure for Cancer

New Molecule Keeps Cancer Cells from Growing and Re-programs them to be Normal Non-cancerous Cells An amazing breakthrough in the race to find a cure for cancer has been made by researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. The researchers headed by Prof. Varda Shoshan-Barmatz of the Department of Life Sciences and…

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Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

Silent Disease Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the “silent” diseases. Although it is estimated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to affect more than 30 million Americans, 96% of them do not know they have this disease and only about 4.9 million have been actually diagnosed with CKD. This is…

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