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Long-Term Medical Consequences Tied to Food-Borne Pathogens
Health & Wellness  (tags: food poisoning, e.coli, salmonella, medical research, food safety, disease )

Ombretta
- 36 days ago - washingtonpost.com
E. coli, campylobacter, salmonella & other pathogens cause misery in their acute stages, but medical research is now linking food-borne pathogens to long-term afflictions with serious consequences that surface long after the acute stage has subsided.
Psychlogy Tests: The Best Online
Health & Wellness  (tags: psychology, psychological health, psychology tests, personality )

Ombretta
- 49 days ago - well.blogs.nytimes.com
Short and sweet - a compendium, with links, to the 10 best online psychology tests as evaluated by Psych Central. Bet you'll take some of these!
Epidermolysis Bullosa
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, healthcare, protection, nutrition, treatment )

Annelies
- 60 days ago - debra-international.org
Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) is the term used for a group of genetically-determined blistering skin disorders. There are a number of different forms of EB ranging from mild to severe. In the Netherlands, around 400 patients have been recorded. EB is not onl
Psoriasis
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, humans, research, treatment )

Annelies
- 60 days ago - medicinenet.com
Psoriasis is a noncontagious common condition of the skin that causes rapid skin cell reproduction resulting in red, dry patches of thickened skin. The dry flakes and skin scales are thought to result from the buildup of the rapid production of skin cells
HEALTH ALERT: Genetically Engineered Sugar to Hit U.S. in 2008
Health & Wellness  (tags: news, GeneticEngineering, warning, health alert, sugar )

WHITE WOL
- 60 days ago - manataka.org
Background Information: American Crystal, a large Wyoming-based sugar company and several other leading U.S. sugar providers have announced they will be sourcing their sugar from genetically engineered (GE) sugar beets beginning this year and arriving in
Could Your Thoughts Be Preventing You From Curing Your Acne?
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, ance prevention )

Michael
- 61 days ago - naturalnews.com
When it comes to curing acne, which is more important: what you do or what you think? If you said what you do, you are wrong. The key to curing acne is in your mind. Not in your hands.
Prescription Drugs: What You Don't Know Can Kill You
Health & Wellness  (tags: prescription drugs, prescriptions, overdoses, drugs, drug deaths )

Ombretta
- 73 days ago - cnn.com
Drug deaths from incorrect dosages, mixing prescriptions and other mistakes are causing a dramatic rise in deaths.
Chemical Causes of Diabetes: Overeating Is Not the Only Problem
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, humans, disease, diabetes )

Michael
- 76 days ago - naturalnews.com
Metals such as cadmium, mercury, arsenic, lead, fluoride and possibly aluminum may play a role in the actual destruction of beta cells through stimulating an auto-immune reaction to them after they have bonded to these cells in the pancreas.
Sara Carlin: A Life Cut Way Too Short- Hangs Herself on Paxil - SSRI Antidepressant
Health & Wellness  (tags: SSRI's KILL and damage, sara carlin, warning, risks, humans, healthcare, ethics, drugs, death, suicide, GlaxoSmithKline )

Cheryl
- 77 days ago - oakvillebeaver.com
Sara, suffering from the side effects of PAXIL, grabbed a piece of electrical wiring, fashioned a crude noose and hanged herself in the basement of her parents's house. Sara's parents are speaking out to warn about the possible dangers of SSRI's
Don't Take Anything for Granite!
Health & Wellness  (tags: granite, counters, countertops, radon, radiation, EPA )

Ombretta
- 78 days ago - nytimes.com
Ok, bad pun, but more and more people are having their granite countertops checked for radiation. Why? Read all about it here.
 
 
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