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National Institutes of Health (August 9, 2016): An Expanded Map of the Human Brain

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National Institutes of Health (August 9, 2016): An Expanded Map of the Human Brain

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Tue, 08/09/2016

Our thinking, perception, and ability to understand language are processed in the outermost layer of the brain, the cerebral cortex. Knowing exactly where our senses and perceptions take shape in the brain is important for unraveling how aging, neuSee Original Article

Harvard Gazette (September 13, 2016): Clues to How ‘Super-Agers’ Retain Young Memories

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Tue, 09/13/2016

Some loss of memory is usually considered an inevitable part of aging, but new research reveals how some people appear to escape that fate. A study by investigators at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital examined a group of older adulSee Original Article

Scientific American (July 27, 2016): Alzheimer’s Patients Face Flurry of Fees While Waiting for Specialized Care

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Wed, 07/27/2016

Lengthy waiting lists for rooms for Alzheimer’s patients are forcing caregivers to put their loved ones in less specialized facilities – which often levy additional fees for every extra service required to keep those vulnerable residents safSee Original Article

National Institutes of Health (September 8, 2016): NIH Award Expands Landmark Alzheimer’s Biomarker Study

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Thu, 09/08/2016

The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) – the long-running National Institutes of Health-supported study investigating brain and fluid biomarkers of the disease – enters a new phase of discovery with the launch of ADNI3. With the receSee Original Article

5 Ways To Detox Your Life And Body

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5 Ways To Detox Your Life And Body

Eating or drinking healthy foods is not enough to detoxify your life and your body. You need to go one step closer and go beyond that. The first step is …
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Dragging (detoxifying) heavy metals out of your body (5)

Alternative medicine offers a wide-range of help, including brain detoxification, anti-oxidant food supplements for the brain, Dopamin-containing foods …
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Dragging (Detoxifying) heavy metals out of your body (4)

Last week, the prospect of detoxification through high colonic irrigation was discussed. It is all about a catheter pumping detox materials into the …
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Juicing: Is detoxification a myth?

Celebrities do it. Spas offer it. Organic grocery stores put bottles on their shelves. Some people drink a glass of juice with meals, while others only …
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How do you know you need to detoxify? (1)

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How do you know you need to detoxify? (1)

Headaches, backaches, runny nose, fatigue, joint pains, itchy nose, nervousness, skin rashes, cough, frequent colds, sleepiness, hives, wheezing, …
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Dragging (Detoxifying) heavy metals out of your body (2)

Meanwhile, we should remember that, as much as we are unable to flee from this poisoned Earth, detoxification is our lifeline to the protection of our …
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Healing Expansion

The Healing Place, 1020 W. Market St., helps people detoxify from drugs and alcohol, or both, and houses them, on average for about seven months, …
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Detoxify your weight woes: 6 nutritious drinks for a fit, healthy you

Most fluids extracted in their natural form are good for detoxification and weight loss, and you may significantly boost the process if you use the right …
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Sufficient Sleep May Help Protect Men Against Diabetes: Study

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Sufficient Sleep May Help Protect Men Against Diabetes: Study

WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Too much or too little sleep may raise the risk of diabetes in men, but not women, a study by European researchers suggests.
“Even when you are healthy, sleeping too much or too little can have detrimental effects on your health. This research shows how important sleep is to […]
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6 Things You Can Do to Avoid Jet Lag

People crossing time zones may assume jet lag is something they have to endure—like airport delays and lost luggage. But there are several ways travelers can prepare for and minimize jet lag’s troubling effects, a sleep specialist says.
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Childhood Sleep Guidelines Vary by Age

MONDAY, June 13, 2016 (HealthDay News) — A good night’s sleep makes for perkier, better-behaved children. But how much sleep is enough?
The following age-based recommendations can help answer that question.
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Early Bedtime for Preschoolers, Healthier Weight Later?

THURSDAY, July 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Sending preschoolers off to bed early may bring them an unexpected benefit: less chance of obesity when they are teens.
So suggests research that compared preschoolers who went to bed at 8 p.m. with same-age kids who had later bedtimes. A team at the Ohio State University College […]
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NUTRITION: More than just a backache

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NUTRITION: More than just a backache

This is where nutrition comes in, first to deal with chronic inflammation that is often caused by food allergens such as wheat and dairy. Eggs, corn, soya …
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Dynavax Technologies Corp. (DVAX) Raised to Hold at Zacks Investment Research

… sequences which are short DNA sequences that enhance the ability of the immune system to fight disease and control chronic inflammation. “.
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Glorify God with Dietary Stewardship

Mayo says Chronic Inflammation, linked to about 80 percent of modern man's casserole of chronic disease, is nature's way of telling you something's …
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Exploring Treatment Failure Among Hepatitis C Patients

“In the USA, chronic hepatitis C infection, the most common cause of … of chronic viral infections as “an ongoing state of chronic inflammation, which …
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Sleep Apnea Tied to Complications After Angioplasty

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Sleep Apnea Tied to Complications After Angioplasty

WEDNESDAY, June 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Sleep apnea may increase the risk of serious complications in people who have undergone angioplasty to clear blocked heart arteries, researchers say.
In angioplasty, also called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), blocked heart arteries are re-opened using a thin catheter inserted through the groSee Original Article

Opioid Painkillers Raise Deadly Heart Risks for Some: Study

By Alan MozesHealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, June 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) — While the dangers of overdose among patients prescribed powerful opioid painkillers such as Oxycontin and fentanyl are well known, a new study found unexpected heart risks with the medications.
Patients who had just been prescribed an opioid painkiller had a 64 percent higSee Original Article

Poor Sleep May Worsen Thinking Problems in MS Patients

MONDAY, June 20, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Researchers report a link between sleep apnea and thinking problems in people suffering from multiple sclerosis.
“Since obstructive sleep apnea is a treatable condition that is also commonly seen in MS, we wondered, ‘What if some of the thinking and processing difficulties that MS patients experience See Original Article

Time Zone Changes Give Edge to Athletes From West

FRIDAY, June 17, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Traveling across several time zones can be draining for anyone. So, how do professional athletes manage to turn around and compete in games after traveling from one coast to another?
Apparently, not always that well, a new study says. And that’s especially true when teams are traveling from an […]<br See Original Article

Now even pregnant women may benefit from statins: Drugs slash risk of deadly complication that …

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Now even pregnant women may benefit from statins: Drugs slash risk of deadly complication that …

Pre-eclampsia is a condition caused by high blood pressure that occurs in … Women are usually given blood thinning drugs and are very closely …
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#4 Vital Sims Blood Pressure

Jason C demonstrates the basics of setting the blood pressure on the Laerdal Vital Sim hand controller. Video for PID 3103 at Vancouver Community College. Video Rating: 0 / 5
#4 Vital Sims Blood Pressure

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Vitamins and Solubility

Most vitamins are described as either fat-soluble or water-soluble. The simple mnemonic “ADEK” is used to identify the fat-soluble vitamins: vitamins A, D, E and K. Fat-soluble vitamins are stored by the body, in our stores of fat and in Continue reading →
Vitamins and Solubility

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Ganoderma As an Alternative Treatment For Arthritis

Arthritis is a condition characterized by joint pain and swelling. This disease is commonly manifested by people in the ages of 40 to 60 and is highly predominant among women. Rheumatoid arthritis usually affects the small joints in the human Continue reading →
Ganoderma As an Alternative Treatment For Arthritis

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Blood pressure diet improves gout blood marker

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Blood pressure diet improves gout blood marker

A diet rich in fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy and reduced in fats and saturated fats (the DASH diet), designed decades ago to reduce high blood pressure, also appears to significantly lower uric acid, the causative agent of gout. Further, the effect was so strong in some participants that it was nearly comparable to that achieved with drugs specSee Original Article

Replacing just one sugary drink with water could significantly improve health

New study findings modeled the effect of replacing one 8-ounce sugar-sweetened beverage with an 8-ounce serving of water, based on the daily dietary intake of US adults aged 19 and older, retrieved from the 2007-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.
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Oxytocin's role in binge eating

A study has demonstrated that variants of the Oxytocin Receptor (OXTR) gene contribute to why some of us overeat or engage in episodes of binge eating. Researchers investigated how the OXTR gene influences appetite, food preferences, food intake and personality risk traits associated with brain-reward mechanisms.
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Maternal intake of past-its-prime fish oil linked to newborn death, rat study finds

Nearly 30 percent of newborn pups born to pregnant rats fed highly-oxidized (“off”) fish oil died within two days after birth, finds a new study.
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Adolescent drinking damages later verbal learning and memory performance

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Adolescent drinking damages later verbal learning and memory performance

Adolescence is both a time of rapid neurobiological changes and of the initiation of drinking – alcohol is the most commonly used substance among students in grades eight to 12. Binge-drinking effects are particularly concerning, although it is unclear whether and how much it affects neurocognitive performance. This study looked at two questions:See Original Article

As body mass index increases, so does spread of multiple myeloma

Obesity is believed to be a risk factor for many cancers, and each 5 kg/m2 increase in BMI is associated with an increase of 10 percent in cancer-related deaths, studies show. Now researchers have shown that as body mass index increases, so does the growth and spread of the blood cancer multiple myeloma.
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Most siblings of food allergic kids do not have food allergy

The risk of food allergy in siblings of an affected child is only minimally higher than in the general population, new data suggests. The study found that the majority (53%) of siblings of food allergic children showed food sensitization with testing, but did not experience food allergy symptoms. An additional one-third of siblings tested negative See Original Article

Hungry parents may feed their kids more, study finds

The hungrier parents are at mealtimes, a new study shows, the more they may feed their young children, which could have implications for childhood obesity.
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SRC offers recreational exercise classes

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SRC offers recreational exercise classes

From Zumba to hardcore cardio workouts, the SRC offers a variety of classes allowing every student an opportunity to maintain their personal health …
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Gadget review: TomTom Spark Cardio and Music GPS Fitness

Fed up of carrying multiple gears like music players, headphones and an activity tracker when running or cycling? The TomTom Spark Cardio + Music …
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Dishwasher, Wall to wall carpet in the bedrooms, Cardio equipment

Call Now – Our community is a commuters delight, this resort-like community is conveniently located in the central portion of Salinas on the Northwest …
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Harry Potter Quiz for Book 7 the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Book 7 Trivia Quiz for parents, teens and fans of the Harry Potter books.
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