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Choose Nature Instead of Prozac for PMS and PMDD
Health & Wellness  (tags: PMS/PMDD, Prozac, risks )

Michael
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 2 days ago - naturalnews.com
It appears to be common to prescribe the dangerous drug Prozac for PMS- at least in the US, that is. Not only that, but it is evidently often prescribed not by the Psychiatrists but by ordinary ob/gyn doctors.
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Study: Needle-Poked Newborns in Need of Pain Relief
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, health, children, study )

Cal
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 3 days ago - usatoday.com
<p>Newborns in intensive care units may get hundreds of painful or stressful procedures &#151; usually without painkillers, a study reports today.</p>
77
Cheap, Processed Chocolate Has Virtually No Health Benefits Due to Lack of Flavanols
Health & Wellness  (tags: chocolate, health, humans, protection, prevention )

Michael
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 3 days ago - naturalnews.com
<p>People should not be misled into believing that the typical chocolate bar is good for heart health, according to an editorial published in Lancet, most processed chocolate contain very low amounts of the nutrient that makes chocolate good healthy</p>
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Pomegranate Extract May Provide Humans With Relief of Chronic Inflammatory Conditions
Health & Wellness  (tags: pomegranate, arthritis, inflammation, natural, medicine, chronic pain, chronic pain relief )

Cissy
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 3 days ago - news-medical.net
<p>Oral ingestion of pomegranate extract reduces the production of chemicals that cause inflammation suggests a study published in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Inflammation.</p>
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Tainted Tomato Toll Tops 750
Health & Wellness  (tags: salmonella poisoning, health, humans, illness )

Michael
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 3 days ago - abcnews.go.com
<p>The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in numbers updated for Thursday, said it now had 756 reports of persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul in 34 states and the District of Columbia. About 300 cases are from Texas.</p>
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To D Or Not To D: Lack of Sunshine Vitamin May Cloud Survival Odds
Health & Wellness  (tags: diet, health, humans, protection, prevention, vitamin D deficiency )

Michael
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 4 days ago - examiner.com
<p>Patients with the lowest blood levels of vitamin D were about two times more likely to die from any cause during the next eight years than those with the highest levels.</p>
34
Sun Screens Can Cause Cancer
Health & Wellness  (tags: cancer, prevention, protection, risks, warning )

Cat
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 8 days ago - banderasnews.com
Given the fact that just about everything you put on your skin gets absorbed into your bloodstream, it is interesting that there is a complete lack of regulation of cancer-causing ingredients in skin care products.
46
Ask the Eco Geek: Enviro-Friendly Dental Floss
Health & Wellness  (tags: ecofriendly dental floss )

Michael
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 7 days ago - greenlivingonline.com
Native Americans used yucca-leaf fibres to make dental floss, but today, manufacturers such as Radius are making natural flosses from silk that will biodegrade in a landfill.
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CUBA DEVELOPS 'BREAKTHROUGH' CANCER DRUG
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, humans, prevention, research )

Cal
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 7 days ago - worldblog.msnbc.msn.com
A Cuban Scientific Research Institute just patented a promising new drug that it says helps terminal lung cancer patients live longer
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One in 10 Had 'Silent Strokes,' Study Finds
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, illness, humans, prevention, research )

Cal
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 7 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Brain scans revealed condition which can raise risk of memory loss
 
 
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