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Tell the EPA to Keep Factory Farm Waste Out of Our Water ACTION
Health & Wellness  (tags: disease, family, factory farms, water, research, prevention )

Nancy
- 165 days ago - secure.nrdconline.org
Tell the EPA, before the December 20th comment deadline, that the public deserves the right to know basic information about the pollution risks posed by giant factory farms
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Sebelius Overrules FDA Decision to Widen Access to Morning-After Pill
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, children, disease, drugs, family, healthcare, medicine, prevention, research, society, science, treatment )

Kit
- 170 days ago - truth-out.org
Interesting that men have virtually unlimited access to "stimulus" pills and condoms and yet women are stopped and blocked from decisions about their own bodies.
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Hot-Spotting: It's How, Not How Much
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, children, disease, dollars saved, drugs, healthcare, illness, investigation, medicine, prevention, protection, safety, society )

Kit
- 178 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Let's take a health care example. Imagine if you could identify a small number of patients who end up eating up most health care dollars. Let's say you could focus resources just on them, improve their health outcomes, while also cutting the overall-->
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So What Does It Mean That Studies Reveal That Moderate Drinkers Are Healthier Than Teetotalers ?
Health & Wellness  (tags: prevention, illness, healthcare, health, alcohol consumption, warning, risks, study, protection, research, Body-Mind-Spirit, diet, disease, food, interesting, humans )

Cal
- 179 days ago - alternet.org
We all know that drinking too much can be bad for us; but did you know that drinking too little could be hazardous?
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The End of AIDS
Health & Wellness  (tags: AIDS, Health, Disease, HIV, Cure, Medecine )

Katie
- 185 days ago - discovermagazine.com
Curing AIDS? Wiping out a pandemic that currently affects 33 million adults and 2.5 million children worldwide and infects 7,000 new people every day?
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F.D.A. Revokes Approval of Avastin as Breast Cancer Drug
Health & Wellness  (tags: cancer, disease, drugs, FDA, healthcare, illness, investigation, medicine, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, science, society, study, treatment, warning )

Kit
- 188 days ago - nytimes.com
Fascinating look at the background intricacies of workings of the FDA and final decisions. The commissioner, Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, said that the drug was not helping breast cancer patients to live longer or control their tumors, but did expose-->
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FDA Pulls Approval Of Avastin For Breast Cancer
Health & Wellness  (tags: Avastin, breast cancer, safety, women's health, FDA, protection, research, medicine, news, government, health, healthcare, disease, environment, drugs, treatment, study, prevention, women, news )

Cal
- 189 days ago - npr.org
After more than a year of deliberations and an unprecedented public hearing in June, the agency has revoked approval of the biotech blockbuster Avastin, a medicine that chokes off the blood supply to various cancer cells, as a treatment for metastatic bre
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Tear Drops May Rival Blood Drops in Testing Blood Sugar for Diabetes
Health & Wellness  (tags: diabetes, blood, tears, AlternativeMed, children, disease, ethics, health, healthcare, humans, illness, interesting, medicine, news, protection, research, safety, science, study )

Lindsey
- 191 days ago - happynews.com
Scientists are reporting development and successful laboratory testing of an electrochemical sensor device that has the potential to measure blood sugar levels from tears instead of blood -- an advance that could save the world's 350 million diabetes patie
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HEALTHCARE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD: Lack of Soap Means Illness, Death for Millions of Children
Health & Wellness  (tags: humans, children, children, healthcare, world, health, study, prevention, protection, illness, disease, humans, Body-Mind-Spirit, death, safety, science )

Cal
- 192 days ago - cnn.com
Across the globe, 2.4 billion people do not have access to clean sanitation, according to the World Health Organization. An estimated 1.5 million children die every year because their immune systems are not mature enough to battle diarrheal and respirator
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Gum Disease in Diabetics Can Worsen Glucose Control
Health & Wellness  (tags: Gum, disease, in, diabetics, can, worsen, glucose, control )

Agnes
- 209 days ago - ctv.ca
People with diabetes are far more prone to developing serious gum disease than those without the disorder, but it's not only tooth loss they need to worry about. Experts say chronic periodontal disease can also affect the ability to keep blood-sugar
8 comments
Raw Milk Demand Grows; More Florida Farms Sell It as Pet Food
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, health, diet, humans, babies, disease, ethics, healthcare, nutrition, food, family, medicine, safety, Body-Mind-Spirit, interesting )

Henriette
- 231 days ago - sun-sentinel.com
I personally do not drink milk as I do not care for the taste, but if I did, raw is the BEST! Wonderful to see more are going back to the natural consumption if they are to drink it in any form. There is also a place to vote on the site, so please do.
50 comments
How Organic Foods Can Help You Lose Weight
Health & Wellness  (tags: diet, disease, food, health, organic, pesticides, weight )

Julie
- 244 days ago - kerryg.hubpages.com
Many people are aware that chemical pesticides and herbicides used on crops are bad for human health and the environment, but relatively few people are aware that they can also make you gain weight.
29 comments
AFC - About Non-Animal Research
Health & Wellness  (tags: vivisection, animal testing, abuse, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, cats, death, dogs, ethics, humans, law, pets, protection, society, suffering, cancer, disease, drugs, health, illness, medicine, research, risks, study, warning )

Laura
- 264 days ago - prijatelji-zivotinja.hr
Vivisection is not even a validated method. Animal experiments can be replaced by methods that are cheaper, quicker and more effective - but they are not used. Why?
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AFC - A Critical Look at Animal Experimentation
Health & Wellness  (tags: vivisection, animal testing, animal experimentation, abuse, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, cats, crime, cruelty, death, dogs, ethics, humans, law, pets, protection, slaughter, society, suffering, death, disease, drugs, ethics, health, governm )

Laura
- 264 days ago - prijatelji-zivotinja.hr
In addition to squandering scarce resources and providing misleading results, vivisection poses real risks to humans. The mindset that scientific knowledge justifies (and may require) harming innocent individuals endangers all who are vulnerable.
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