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Does Your Medicare Plan Offer Your Neighbor a Better Deal?
Health & Wellness  (tags: USA, Medicare, health care plans, Florida, nonprescription drugs, universsal health care programs )

Kactus
- 41 days ago - bulletin.aarp.org
companies don't offer the same benefits in his hometown of Delray Beach, a Palm Beach County community, as they do in Miami, only about 50 miles away. He is furious. Read on....!!
Aspirin, Ibuprofen May Cut Your BREAST CANCER Risk
Health & Wellness  (tags: USA, breast cancer, breast cancer studies, aspirin, Ibuprofen, cancer risks, cancer preventions, NSAIDs, heart disease, heart problems, USA, UK )

Kactus
- 40 days ago - cnn.com
Women taking aspirin had 13% lower risk of breast cancer, study finds..ibuprofen had 21% lower risk. Study: 2.7 mil women in 38 separate studies. BUT...NSAIDs have been linked to risk of heart problems. More studies in the UK on this issue.
Can't Afford to Eat Healthy Anymore? Join the Rest of Us!
Health & Wellness  (tags: Economy, food prices, eating healthy, cheaper processed food, credit crunch, eating habits )

Kactus
- 40 days ago - haverhillecho.co.uk
Haverhill debt counselling charity has revealed that people's diets are suffering as they turn to cheaper processed foods in their bid to cope with the credit crunch; people's eating habits have changed because of the current financial problems...
U.S. Girls Percentage Getting HPV & Meningitis Vaccines
Health & Wellness  (tags: USA, vaccines, young girls, HPV vaccine, Meningitis vaccine, genital warts, cervical cancer risks, teenage girls, at risk age-groups )

Kactus
- 40 days ago - reuters.com
Girls aged 13-17, rec'd. Gardasil vaccine last year to protect against the human papillomavirus, which causes cervical cancer & genital warts in young women and girls aged 9-26; 1/3 got meningitis vaccine, too.
Eggzactly What Does All That Stuff on the Carton Mean?
Health & Wellness  (tags: eggs, chickens, egg production, healthy eggs, egg cartons, product labeling, food )

Ombretta
- 61 days ago - nytimes.com
Eggs unscrambled: sizes, weights, marketing, and what kind should you buy? Become an informed consumer.
The Mediterranean Diet Spells Disease's Demise
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, diet )

Michael
- 59 days ago - naturalnews.com
The Mediterranean diet is the ideal diet plan for any natural health aficionado. It touts the array of fruits, vegetables and sea-based foods that are life promoting, while pooh-poohing the foods and drinks that are life demoting
Colon Cancer Screening: Colonoscopy Versus CT Scanning
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, cancer )

Michael
- 61 days ago - blogs.wsj.com
CT scans can detect about 90% of the medium and large lesions and cancers detected by colonoscopy, a study in this week's New England Journal of Medicine found.
Teach Your Children the Hidden Meanings Behind Junk Food Advertisements
Health & Wellness  (tags: diet, children, health )

Michael
- 56 days ago - naturalnews.com
As parents, we're our children's first line of defense against an array of negative influences. Constant barrages of unsavory images promoting foods of little or no nutritious value are common place.
The True Causes of Acne
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, humans, prevention )

Michael
- 56 days ago - naturalnews.com
Unfortunately, as with most skin complaints including eczema and psoriasis, treating the root cause of acne can be quite a labyrinth because the skin is the largest organ of the body, and is affected by almost everything that we do.
FDA Posts List of Potential Problem Drugs
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, drugs, FDA )

Michael
- 70 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
The government on Friday began posting a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems, in an effort to better inform doctors and patients.
 
 
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