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Biological 'Fountain Of Youth' Found In New World Bat Caves
Health & Wellness  (tags: AlternativeMed, Body-Mind-Spirit, disease, drugs, environment, exercise, food, health, healthcare, humans, investigation, medicine, prevention, protection, research, safety, science, study )

Kit
- 1 hour ago - sciencedaily.com
Scientists from Texas are batty over a new discovery which could lead to the single most important medical breakthrough in human history--significantly longer lifespans.
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Tell Congress to Pass Real Health Care Reform
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, ethics, children, humans, prevention, safety, treatment, illness, health, disease )

Suzybell
- 6 hours ago - action.walmartwatch.com
Wal-Mart workers across the country are struggling with the company's weak and unaffordable health benefits.Here are some of their stories--read them and then use the form on the right to tell your members of Congress to support real health care reform.
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Throw Another Portobello on the Barbie!
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, barbecues, grilling, vegetables, fruit, grilling fruits and vegetables )

Laurie
- 9 hours ago - laurieboris.pnn.com
Ditch the burgers, dogs and chicken this grilling season (if you haven't already), and make room for the veggies! Veggies and fruit are a delicious alternative to the usual barbecue fare. Portobello burger, anyone?
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The Relationship Between Sleep, Exercise and Diabetes
Health & Wellness  (tags: Diabetes, Illness, Exercise, Fitness )

Eva
- 18 hours ago - lvntorn.org
Diabetes is a dangerous disease because it's a silent killer. It sneaks up on you and makes you prone to other kinds of diseases as well. If you're a diabetic, you have a higher probability of contracting heart disease, stroke, hypertension, obesity
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Napping Power - How a Snooze Can Do You Good
Health & Wellness  (tags: Health, Fitness, Sleep, Memory, Mental Health )

Eva
- 19 hours ago - earnlpndegreeonline.org
We all know how essential sleep is to our general well being - normal adults need between six and eight hours each night to recharge our bodies so that we're fit for a new day. But not many people know that there's as much benefit in a daytime snooze,
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Uninsured Face Stiff Penalty in Senate Health Bill
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, ripoff, health, insurance, fine, penalty, greed, government, corruption, lies, americans, abuse, democrats, economy, business, money, politics, society, consumers, rights, illness, disease )

Tom
- 20 hours ago - google.com
Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
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Even in Cows: A Diet Designed By Nature Reduces Health Problems
Health & Wellness  (tags: cows, diet, food, humans, natural, environment )

Michelle
- 1 day ago - naturalnews.com
An organic dairy farm in Vermont found a way to bring down their vet bills and raise cows with fewer health problems. The answer was simple enough; they started feeding the animals grasses, flax and alfalfa - or essentially what amounts to a more natural
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Two Anti-Smoking Drugs to Carry Mental-Health Warnings
Health & Wellness  (tags: drugs, healthcare, health, medicine, risks, warning, safety, prevention, study, government )

Cal
- 1 day ago - cnn.com
Two popular anti-smoking drugs will now carry warnings about the risk of severe mental health problems, the Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday.
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For the Overweight, Bad Advice By the Spoonful
Health & Wellness  (tags: nutrition, Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness, study, exercise )

Michelle
- 1 day ago - health.nytimes.com
Many of the so-called facts about obesity, scientists say, amount to speculation or oversimplification of the medical evidence.
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Vegetarian Diet 'Can Cut Risk of Cancer By 45 Per Cent' | Mail Online
Health & Wellness  (tags: diet, health, illness, research, vegetarian, vegan )

LaJana
- 2 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Eating a vegetarian diet can almost halve the risk of developing cancer, research suggests. A study of more than 61,000 individuals aged between 20 and 89 found those who did not eat meat reduced overall incidence of the disease by 12 per cent.
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The Best Way to Treat Depression
Health & Wellness  (tags: research, Depression, Mental Health, Drugs, Counselling, Therapy )

Eva
- 2 days ago - lvnschools.org
Depression isn't a condition limited to those extreme cases which require pharmaceutical treatment. Rather, it's something that all of us have gone through at some time or the other; being depressed is a natural part of being human.
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Why Is Veganism "Cute"?: Get the Support You Deserve
Health & Wellness  (tags: vegan lifestyle, health, diet, cute factor, vegetarian )

LaJana
- 2 days ago - examiner.com
What to do when people don't take you seriously: the "cute factor" of veganism. Show them that a vegan lifestyle is not something that is simply a phase, or a "cute" quirk about you. Show them that it can be amazing, especially if you persevere through th
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NEJM -- A Day in the Life of Oscar the Cat
Health & Wellness  (tags: paranormal, death, terminal, cat, intuitive, healthcare, illness )

Rafael
- 2 days ago - content.nejm.org
Oscar the Cat awakens from his nap, opening a single eye to survey his kingdom. From atop the desk in the doctor's charting area, the cat peers down the two wings of the nursing home's advanced dementia unit. All quiet on the western and eastern
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Anti-HIV and Anti-Cancer Drugs Derived From Borneo Rainforest Progressing to Final Development Stages
Health & Wellness  (tags: Borneo, anti-HIV, calophyllum tree, rainforest, cancer, health )

Teresa
- 3 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Two drugs derived from rainforest plants in Sarawk (Malaysian Borneo) are now in their final stages of development, reports Malaysian state media, Bernama. Calanolide, an anti-HIV drug derived from the Bintangor or Calophyllum tree,
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(Some) Milk Does a Body Good
Health & Wellness  (tags: diet, food, health, protection, risks, Monsanto )

Michelle
- 3 days ago - newwest.net
There is a very quiet, national campaign afoot that you may want to learn about. True, it seems each new sunrise brings new national campaigns about something or other, and so I understand the activist-panic fatigue.
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