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ME Awareness Day: All in the Mind?
Health & Wellness (tags: myalgic encephalomyeltis, CFS, ME, chronic illness, depression, gluten intolerance, recognition, ignorance, debilitating )

Thubten
- 36 minutes ago - everydayspirituality.blogspot.com.au

12th May is ME Awareness Day and people with ME everywhere (myself included!) are fighting to get wider recognition and understanding of this debilitating and often devastating condition

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Garnier Supports ME Sufferers (From Worcester News)
Health & Wellness (tags: ME, CFS, Great Britain, chronicfatiguesyndrome, chronicillness )

Thubten
- 40 minutes ago - worcesternews.co.uk

"ME is an appalling condition that still has little understanding in both the wider community and the medical profession. Having worked with sufferers, I am keen that this condition receives as much attention as possible...

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Myalgic Encephalomyeltis, CFS or the Yuppie Flu? | Care2 Share
Health & Wellness (tags: myalgic encephalomyeltis, CFS, ME, chronic illness, depression, gluten intolerance, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes )

Thubten
- 57 minutes ago - care2.com

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome unmasked My personal quest to understand an enigmatic and incurable illness By Brendan K. Edwards

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Opting for This "Cheaper Food" Could Make You Age Faster [+ VIDEOS]
Health & Wellness (tags: Monsanto, FDA, Michael Taylor, GMOs )

Ellyn
- 1 hour ago - articles.mercola.com

Twenty years ago today, former Monsanto lawyer and present FDA deputy commissioner Michael Taylor declared genetically engineered foods "substantially equivalent" and declared they would not need to be labeled for consumers.

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Bill Gates Sees A Plant Based Sustainable Future
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Robert
- 5 hours ago - freefromharm.org

Check out this video of a press conference with Bill Gates where he champions a future where people are eating plant-based meats and not animals. He says most people don't understand this now but will in five years or so.

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What Herbs to Use in Making Herbal Infusions - National Natural Health | Examiner.Com
Health & Wellness (tags: herbs, wild flowers, herbal remedies, herbal infusions )

Merlyn
- 5 hours ago - examiner.com

Awesome article on what to use and how to make your summer time wild herbal teas!

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Gum Disease May Not Cause Heart Disease, Heart Attacks, Strokes - AARP
Health & Wellness (tags: study, treatment, research, prevention, health, disease, death, interesting, news )

Kevin
- 5 hours ago - aarp.org

If there was a direct cause-and-effect connection, it would have shown up in this review, says Peter Lockhart, D.D.S.

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How Curry Spice Helps the Immune System Kill Bacteria
Health & Wellness (tags: health, interesting, research )

Ruth
- 5 hours ago - cbc.ca

American and Danish scientists have found curcumin increases levels of a protein called CAMP that helps the immune system to fight off bacteria, viruses and fungi the first time they try to attack.

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Rwanda to Sterilize 700,000 Men, PRI Pledges to "Work Tirelessly" Against It
Health & Wellness (tags: circumcision, hiv/aids, genital mutilation, rwanda, racism, reproductive rights )

Lynn
- 18 hours ago - pop.org

The real reason circumcision is being promoted as a way to prevent HIV is so that doctors can promote mass sterilization of African men.

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Calcium Pills Pose 'Heart Risk'
Health & Wellness (tags: Calcium pills pose 'heart risk' )

Agnes
- 1 day ago - bbc.co.uk

People who take calcium supplements could be increasing their risk of having a heart attack, according to researchers in Germany.

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10 Great Things About Nannies That Don't Live With You
Health & Wellness (tags: parenting )

Shennando
- 1 day ago - liveoutnanny.com

There are advantages and disadvantages to hiring a live-out nanny or a live-in nanny. Depending on your preferences and living arrangements, you may prefer one over the other for your own reasons.

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