HealthBlogs wrote a new blog post: NIH-funded studies aim to prevent, treat childhood obesity

HealthBlogs wrote a new blog post: NIH-funded studies aim to prevent, treat childhood obesity For Immediate Release Thursday, September 9, 2010Contact: NHLBI Office of Communications 301-496-4236

NIH-funded studies aim to prevent, treat childhood obesity Researchers will also evaluate strategies for children, communities, homes, and schools The National Institutes of Health is launching two major research efforts, totaling $72.5 million, to examine ways to curtail the nation’s childhood obesity epidemic. One will study [...]

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Tina M.H wrote a new blog post: Hello Everyone

Tina M.H wrote a new blog post: Hello Everyone Welcome to Health Issues at Health blogs. Before I mention my topics I would like to introduce myself, I live in Canada and I am a fourth year university student. Since I will continue my education in Health Care Management and Policies, I opened this weblog so I can communicate with others on issues of health and medicine. In here I [...]

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Margaret wrote a new blog post: Gadolinium: not to be used for kidney patients...

Margaret wrote a new blog post: Gadolinium: not to be used for kidney patients... My thanks go to Beth for posting the link to a recent article (see http://tinyurl.com/36xykd3 ) on the potentially fatal effects of gadolinium, a drug used as a contrast agent in MRIs. This part of the article is nothing new, actually. Back in December, I posted about a study presented at the 2009 ASH meeting, a [...]

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Guest Post: Mushroom Medicine by Dr. Sarah Cimperman, ND

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Margaret wrote a new blog post: A haha Garfield cartoon...

Margaret wrote a new blog post: A haha Garfield cartoon... This morning I received a very cute cartoon from a blogging friend (thanks!) who told me that she had thought of me as soon as she had clapped eyes on it. :-) It reminded her of the recent post I wrote on the refined fructose and pancreatic cancer cell study... Incidentally, that study has given me a new pet peeve: high fructose corn syrup...and, really, any [...]

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Margaret wrote a new blog post: An irrational fear of flying...

Margaret wrote a new blog post: An irrational fear of flying... My parents and I are leaving Florence on Monday…that is, day after tomorrow. Destination: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. I have a question: why is it that natural disasters or plane crashes always take place on the eve of my departure? Always. I mean, it’s almost uncanny… This time, it’s Hurricane Earl. I have been tracking its course…Luckily, it [...]

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Alzheimers Disease wrote a new blog post: Getting the right care

Alzheimers Disease wrote a new blog post: Getting the right care I've been taking care of my mom for a few months now.  She has a diagnosis of AD, and her neurologist says it's pretty advanced.  I'm not satisfied with the care she's getting, so I've contacted a major medical school with a great reputation and am going to have her seen there. She was living [...]

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yolanda peters wrote a new blog post: vitamins and health

yolanda peters wrote a new blog post: vitamins and health Are there any true All Natural Vitamin?  Do we really need vitamins or are they doing us more harm than good

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Alzheimers Disease wrote a new blog post: Scientists identify protein that spurs formation of Alzheimer’s plaques

Alzheimers Disease wrote a new blog post: Scientists identify protein that spurs formation of Alzheimer’s plaques In Alzheimer’s disease, the problem is amyloid-β, a protein that accumulates in the brain and causes nerve cells to weaken and die. Drugs designed to eliminate plaques made of amyloid-β have a fatal problem: they need to enter the brain and remove the plaques without attacking healthy brain cells. A new breakthrough from the laboratory [...]

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Margaret wrote a new blog post: Packing and chocolate éclairs...

Margaret wrote a new blog post: Packing and chocolate éclairs... Well, yesterday I did not manage to finish editing the draft that I have been working on, and my parents and I are leaving Florence in just a few hours, so this will have to be brief. Especially since I am typing on Stefano’s laptop (I am taking it with me), and I still have to [...]

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Dyana wrote a new blog post: Do I have the answer for you!

Dyana wrote a new blog post: Do I have the answer for you! I have been on the quest for "the answer" to my health challenge since the onset of symptoms in early 2005. The past 5 1/2 years have been devoted to reading, investigating, talking, exploring, deep introspection, and more reading. Add to that a plethora of visits with natural "healers." The amount of information I have [...]

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Margaret wrote a new blog post: Back in the U.S.A.

Margaret wrote a new blog post: Back in the U.S.A. Arrived safe and sound...happy to be here...just have a, yawn (excuse me)...a bit of jet lag...but will be...yawn...will be in touch soo....zzzzzzzz...

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Mel wrote a new blog post: yeah, you know her...

Mel wrote a new blog post: yeah, you know her... that girl? the one with the perfect body, perfect hair, perfect skin.....perfect boyfriend? Oh to be her. As a highschool student, I see her every day....and i envy her.  That's why I'm starting this project...I'm going to try to become her. I'm Mel, I'm 16, I'm 20 pounds overweight, have acne, yellow-ish teeth, and I'm [...]

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Sonia McSweeney wrote a new blog post: Be the change

Sonia McSweeney wrote a new blog post: Be the change Gandhi said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Eating a plant-based organic diet certainly has far reaching positive effects in so many areas. I’m sure we can all think of a few. We are encouraging private & small farmers and creating a demand for the food we desire to live on. [...]

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Sonia McSweeney wrote a new blog post: Give yourself the opportunity to succeed

Sonia McSweeney wrote a new blog post: Give yourself the opportunity to succeed There is often a conflict going on inside of yourself when you tell yourself the story that if something “bad” happens you need to reach for THE BROWNIE. If you don’t, what is there to take it’s place? Do you get angry? sad? Is it even about the food? Probably not! I think many of us [...]

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