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May 3, 2010

 

MAY IS...
 -- CFS/CFIDS Awareness Day & Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
 12th May
-- National (U.S.) Mental Health Month visit the Mental Health America site for information: http://www.nmha.org/ "Live Your Life Well" http://bit.ly/b4wHlb
-- May is Lupus Awareness Month - Learn about Lupus -Lupus Foundation of America site: http://www.lupus.org/ | http://www.causes.com/causes/1510 | http://www.lupus.org/newsite/pages/lupus-awareness-month.html 
-- 9-17 May is European Congenital Heart Awareness Week
-- Psych Week : Awareness for Mental Disorders http://tinyurl.com/27nu3vx
-- May is Better Sleep Month - Get some sleep tips at The Better Sleep Council: http://www.bettersleep.org/OnBetterSleep/sleep-tips.asp
-- May is American Stroke Month: ...Every Minute Matters!
 http://bit.ly/cp1VkF Heart Attack Warning Signs 
Stroke Warning Signs Cardiac Arrest Warning Signs
-- May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month U.S.
National High Blood Pressure Education Program 
National Heart Lung & Blood Institute: http://bit.ly/cjXJrd Heart and Vascular Diseases Lung Diseases Blood Diseases Educational Materials 
-- BloodPressure Awareness Find out if you are at risk.  
www.heartandstroke.ca/bp 
http://ww2.heartandstroke.ca/hs_bp2.asp?media=bp
-- May is Better Hearing & Speech Month - The Communication Health of an Aging America: http://bit.ly/bS9yvN  www.asha.org/bhsm  
Warning signs of speech, language, and hearing problems http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/04/prweb3924764.htm
-- Water Safety Month: To learn how you can protect children from drowning, go to www.joshuamemorial.org  
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You’ve heard of sniffer dogs, but what about sniffer bees? It might sound a bit far-fetched, but Croatian scientists have been trying to put the amazing senses of honeybees to a new use: finding potentially fatal landmines. It’s estimated...
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A new study suggests that retirement can lead to a “drastic decline” in health over the medium and long term. Is this research sound, and what conclusions can we draw? The “Work Longer, Live Healthier” study, conducted by the ...
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For much of the past 10 years, beekeepers, primarily in the United States and Europe, have been reporting annual hive losses of 30 percent or higher, substantially more than is considered normal or sustainable. But this winter, many U.S. beekeepers e...
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Experts warn that the Indian tiger, despite figures showing the population has stabilized, faces an increasing threat of extinction due to a lack of genetic diversity. Researchers from the UK’s Cardiff University, in collaboration with the Nati...
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A top judicial panel in Brazil has ruled that same-sex marriages must be allowed nationwide. An analysis and resolution issued Tuesday by Brazil’s 15-member National Council of Justice, the council that oversees the country’s judiciary, s...
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Marriage equality has enjoyed a number of breakthrough victories this past year, but looming is a brick wall that, if not tackled carefully, could stop progress dead. So, we need to talk about it. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Arizona, Virginia or ...
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Regular users of marijuana may be less likely to develop diabetes due to marijuana& rsquo;s abili ty to regulate insulin levels, a new study has found. A multi-center research team, headed by a team at the Cardiovascular Epidemi...
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Lithuanian religious leaders have formally opposed a Council of Europe Convention on domestic violence action because the convention includes lesbian, bisexual and trans women. In a formal statement released on May 9, the Lithuanian Bishop’s Co...
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