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In Praise of Papaya
Health & Wellness  (tags: papaya, nutrition, papaine, dietary fiber, carpaine, glycemic index, hypertension, parasites )

Adrian
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- 2 hours ago - elements4health.com
Papaya and its seeds have proven anti-parasitic and anti-amoebic activities, and their consumption offers a cheap, natural, harmless, readily available preventive strategy against intestinal parasites.
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77 More Hepatitis Cases May Trace to Las Vegas Clinic, Officials Say
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June
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- 6 hours ago - baltimoresun.com
Seventy-seven more people who were treated at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, health officials said. Authorities can't say for sure how the 77 people were infected, said Brian Labus, senior epidemiologist
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Teen Depression Worsened By Marijuana, Government Says
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, drugs, mental health )

Michael
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- 9 hours ago - health.usnews.com
The bottom line, is that mental illness and substance abuse very often go hand-in-hand. Parents who spot signs of depression should have their child assessed for mental health issues
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Women & Depression: 1 in 8; Twice the Rate of Men
Health & Wellness  (tags: mental health, depression, women, prevention, treatment )

Michael
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- 11 hours ago - nami.org
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has released a new brochure, Women and Depression, about the many dimensions of major depression in women. It can be downloaded at www.nami.org/womendepression.
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This Woman Suffered Psychiatric Abuses For 18 Years
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Health & Wellness  (tags: woman, psychiatric abuse, 18 years, electroshock treatment, psychiatric medications )

Celestial
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- 13 hours ago - youtube.com
Sue was damaged by psychiatry with their toxic psychiatric drugs, electroshock (ECT, Shock) and their bogus mental disorders. Sue was in psychiatric hospitals in Ontario for 18 years from 1972 to 1990.
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Food Becoming Larger Concern Than Security in Afghanistan
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June
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- 15 hours ago - canada.com
Rick Corsino, the World Food Program's director in Afghanistan, said international response to a recent appeal for aid was impressive, but in a global food emergency, donations don't go as far as they usually do.
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Green Eyes On: Bee Pollen Cures Allergies
Health & Wellness  (tags: prevention, interesting, health, environment, study, protection, treatment, science )

Botyfltig
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- 20 hours ago - treehugger.com
I’ve found a way to save the bees and save your itchy, watery, allergy eyes. And, no, it doesn’t come in an orange prescription bottle or costly over-the-counter remedy. It comes from my favorite source –- nature.
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Scientists Find New Painkiller- Platypus Venom
Health & Wellness  (tags: Good from Bad )

Dan
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- 23 hours ago - sify.com
The only known mammal that creates a venom, causing excruciating pain to humans. Platypus venom now converted for relief and used for making antibiotic medication, according to new research. Dr David Kagan writes of the discovery in Doomwatch Legacy.
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Precautions Urged To Prevent Rabies
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June
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- 1 day ago - huliq.com
As warmer weather approaches, Oakland County residents are urged to take precautions against rabies exposure from wild animals such as bats, raccoons, skunks and foxes. If one of these wild animals is found in or near a home, call the
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SIGN PETITION: Stop Bill C-51 ~~Save Your Right to Vitamins and Natural Supplements~
Health & Wellness  (tags: save your right to vitamins, supplements, health freedom, C-51, Canada, codex )

In a Mirr
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- 2 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Do you like your greens and vitamins? The Canadian government, afraid of the public reaction once people find out what they are trying to pull, is currently fast-tracking a Bill which threatens to strip you of your rights to access a wide range of n
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U.S. Urged to Consider Effect of Ethanol on the Poor
Health & Wellness  (tags: world, food, government, business, diet, prevention, society, warning )

Cal
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- 2 days ago - reuters.com
The United States should consider spiraling food prices that hurt the world's poor when it sets policies that are funneling much of its corn crop into biofuel production, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
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GM Crops Have Not Reduced World Hunger, Study Concludes
Health & Wellness  (tags: GMO, GE, research, safety, risks, science, study, humans, health, environment, food, government )

Elena
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- 2 days ago - centerforfoodsafety.org
Genetically modified (GM) crops have led to a large increase in pesticide use and have failed to increase yield or tackle world hunger and poverty, a new report by Friends of the Earth and Center for Food Safety reveals today
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Animal Activists Propose Vegetarian Diet Against Food Crisis
Health & Wellness  (tags: )

June
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- 2 days ago - thaindian.com
Animal protection activists Thursday urged Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to adopt and publicly advocate a vegetarian diet as part of efforts to ease a food supply crunch and sky-rocketing prices. People for the Ethical Treatment of
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Thomas to the Place of Life - to Liberate Ourselves From the Paralysing Spectre of a Linear Destiny in Time
Health & Wellness  (tags: Thomas to the Place of Life - to liberat )

Scott
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- 2 days ago - gospelofthomas-pj.info
the more we are aware of the Light as being the state of perfection from which we came, so we may be able to envisage in our mind’s eye, and come to experience, the oneness of beginning and end.
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Cabbage Vs Cancer
Health & Wellness  (tags: cabbage, cancer, glucosinates, phytochemicals, antioxidant, glutamine, peptic ulcers, cabbage juice, nutrition )

Adrian
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- 3 days ago - elements4health.com
Studies have indicated that increased cabbage intake may inhibit the metastatic capacity of breast cancer, and cruciferous vegetable intake may reduce breast cancer risk.
 

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