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What the Medical Industry Isn’t Telling You About Cancer

There have long been claims that the pharmaceutical industry could do more in terms of finding a cure for cancer, but doesn’t – mainly because the illness generates billions of dollars annually. In...

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What One Alternative Diabetes Treatment Says Insulin Could Never Do

There is one huge mistake that people are making when it comes to their diabetes management: they buy everything that the medical industry tells them about how to treat their diabetes. The new...

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Why It Can Be Healthier For Older Men To Date Younger Women

For men who are over 35 having a regular sex life is an important part of staying healthy. For some men, not having the attention and sense of care that comes with regular sex can lead to shorter...

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Prevent “One Thousand Illnesses”

According to Japanese legend, the “point of one thousand illnesses,” is the secret knowledge which was passed on from father to son, allowing members of a single family to outlive emperors. The...

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Homemade Cure for a Sore Throat and Swollen Tonsils

Not every illness requires prescription medicine. There exist many time-tested, homemade remedies for common health issues. Here is an effective recipe for a sore-throat cure which helps recovery in...

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Don’t Let Out of Control Migraine Pain Cost You Everything

When Jenny Appleton’s car started to skid out, all she could hear was the sound of her daughter howling in fear in the back seat. The next horrible thing she knew, there was breaking glass all around...

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Cord Blood Banking: What is it?

Pregnant women face many choices concerning health practices that will affect their babies and themselves. One of the more modern considerations is umbilical cord blood banking. What is Cord-Blood...

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Psoriasis Triggers

Suffering from psoriasis is no walk in the park. The dry, flaky skin, the embarrassing rashes and red patches, it’s all a lot to take. Anyone who suffers from psoriasis knows the constant struggle of...

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What Color is Your Fat?

Should we start with the good news or the bad news? Well, the bad news is that the fat in your body comes in all shapes and colors. The good news: not all of it is so bad. Here is the lowdown on the...

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You’ve Been Diagnosed With a Chronic Illness. What to do Next…

According to the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately half of all adults in the United States have been diagnosed with a chronic illness. This includes some of the more...

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Fearing Cataracts – Are They Dangerous?

The eyes come with their fair share of problems and health concerns. One of the major ailments is cataracts. This happens with age, as the eye gets old the lens becomes weaker. Cataracts cause a cloudy...

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Why This Natural Hair Restoration Method Is Taking the World by Storm

Baldness doesn’t just affect your appearance, it also harms your self-esteem. Every morning that you comb your hair and see less hair in the mirror than you did the day before, it feels as if you are...

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Life Imitates Sci-fi: The First Human Head Transplant

Humanity has actually reached the stage in its technological advancement when stuff only imaginable in sci-fi films is set to become reality: there now exists a plan for the first human head...

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Tricks to Soothe Your Screen-Weary Eyes

Between televisions, smartphones and work computers, our modern lives are filled with glowing screens from morning till night. This phenomenon doesn’t come without a price; doctors and ophthalmologists...

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Deadly Diet Pill Returns as a Life-Saving Drug for Diabetes and Liver Disease

In the 1930s the chemical DNP (2,4-dinitropheol) was used in diet pills, as it proved to help people lose weight. Soon enough, however, the substance – which would later be used in industrial...

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Tobacco Kills More Than Science Previously Thought

There are new numbers which not only confirm what we knew about smoking, but even worsen the picture. A recent four-year study (published in BMC Medicine) involving 200,000 men and women has concluded...

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Why is Your Pee Yellow?

We all pee every day, some more than others. Without it, you would die. Yet, many of us are surprisingly undereducated about our own urine. What is pee? Urination is one of the human body’s main...

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Get Rid Of Bacterial Vaginosis

– Contributed by – Jennifer O’brien, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Health Consultant, Medical Researcher and Author of “Bacterial Vaginosis no more”. Are you struggling to get rid of Bacterial...

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Why You Should Stop Looking up Health Symptoms Online

The first thing that many people do when they observe anything from a minor skin blemish to a killer headache is to look up their medical concern online. This could prove to be a mistake – not only for...

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10 Tips to Help Quit Smoking: The First 10 Days

Quitting smoking is a challenging and unique journey for each individual. However, there are a few tried and true tips that help a lot of people during the first few days of quitting, when nicotine is...

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15 Ways to Stop Hiccups in Their Tracks

Even a few minutes of hiccups can seem like an irritating, embarrassing eternity! While there is no one medical methods to stop them, there are plenty of tried & true popular tricks, most of which...

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Natural Allergy Relief Remedies to The Rescue!

Spring is officially here and unfortunately, for many of us that means plenty of runny noses, coughing and teary eyes. Yes, allergy season is upon us! A lot of us, actually. Hay fever, a common...

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Is It Possible To Reverse Diabetes Naturally? New Program Claims It Is…

In the new e-book Diabetes Free, Dr. David Pearson claims to have found an inexpensive, natural way that allows you to live without diabetes in as little as a few weeks. Diabetes Free outlines the...

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What is Dandruff?

Dandruff is a condition in which the skin of the scalp becomes dry and flaky. The most common cause of dandruff is seborrheic dermatitis (seborrhea), which tends to occur on the scalp, ears, face,...

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What is Alopecia?

Alopecia (areata) is an auto-immune disease causing hair loss that occurs when your body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the hair follicles in the skin. Alopecia is most common in people under...

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What is Bad Breath?

Bad breath, known medically as halitosis, is the existence of a bad smell coming from a person’s mouth. It is very common and can usually be ascribed to the accumulation of bacteria in the mouth as a...

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Israeli Scientists Find: Cannabis Fights Cancer

Medical marijuana is already commonly prescribed to cancer patients as part of a pain-reduction plan when dealing with the disease symptoms, as well as the harsh side-effects of chemotherapy...

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What is Diabetes?

Diabetes is an increasingly common, chronic condition. In the UK, 3.2 million people are currently diagnosed with the disease. Diabetes is caused by the body’s inability to properly use the glucose...

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How To Easily Stop Snoring and Finally Get A Good Nights Sleep Again

Are you one of the 50% of adults who snore? Does it bother your partner or leave you exhausted in the morning, after a night of poor-quality, repeatedly interrupted sleep? Poor quality sleep over an...

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What is Heartburn?

The colloquial term, “heartburn” refers to the painful feeling that results from acids in your stomach flowing backward into the esophagus. Heartburn is a common problem, affecting 20% of the...

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What is an Allergy?

An allergy is the condition of the response of a human body’s immune system to allergens, such as pollens, foods, and dust mites. While most people display no reactions to these substances, allergic...

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What is asthma?

Asthma, also known as “bronchial asthma,” is an incurable, chronic disease of the lungs and airways that makes breathing difficult. Asthma causes inflammation, swelling and subsequent narrowing of the...

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What is Back Pain?

Back pain can be divided into two main types: lower back and upper back. Lower back pain Low back pain is usually caused when a ligament or muscle holding a vertebra in its proper position is strained....

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New Program Claims It Is Possible To Destroy Diabetes Naturally

Diabetes is not something to joke around about. It’s a serious medical condition that can pose a risk to your health, your well-being and your life. You don’t want to take any chances when treating it,...

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10 Things You Need To Know About Diabetes

1.    Diabetes costs $174 billion annually, including $116 billion in direct medical expenses. 2.    Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults. 3.    People with diabetes are...

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This New Product Gives Hope to Those Suffering From Chronic Snoring

I’ll admit it – I (used to) snore. Badly. Badly enough that my wife not only complained, but was also afraid that I had Sleep Apnea. And I was afraid too. Afraid that I was going to have to don the...

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Suffer From Snoring? This New Clinically Tested Solution Stops Snoring and...

If you constantly feel exhausted, experience headaches for no obvious reason or have high blood pressure, it could be the result of snoring. More than a simple annoyance, snoring is also the most...

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Are You Snoring Yourself to Death?

1 year ago I almost died from sleep apnea (OSA.) My name is Mike McBride, and I’m here to tell you my story… My nights were filled with snoring, multiple bathroom trips and kicking and punching. One...

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This New Snoring Analyzer App Will Help You And Your Loved Ones Sleep Well Again

It is the scourge of many a sleepless night, leaving partners frustrated with rage at the most ungodly hours, as their loved one merrily snores away next to them. This is exactly when the Snoring...

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This Ingenious Device Solves Back Problems Caused By Prolonged Sitting

If you work in an office environment and spend most of your day hunched over in front of a screen, you can be sure that your posture is probably atrocious. The ill effects of sitting too long affect...

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Bye Bye Back Pain: This Simple Device Makes Sitting up Straight Super-Easy

Ever wonder why you’re always dealing with back, neck, or shoulder pain? Your posture is probably at least partially to blame. But it’s hard to remember to sit up straight when your chair seems...

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New Lower Back Pain Solution Takes The World By Storm

Contributed by Dr. Anup Kumar Singh MD  — ASEAN Chiropractors Association. Ever wonder why you’re always dealing with lower back pain? You can blame it on your posture. But hey, it’s not your fault,...

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Suffer From Back Pain? This New Solution Will Stop You Slouching For Good

If you constantly feel pain in your back, neck or shoulders from sitting at your desk all day, it is probably the result of poor posture and sitting for too long. Sitting at your desk all day has been...

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Indoor Allergies and Carpets

For many years there has been been an ongoing debate about whether or not there is a link between Indoor Allergies and Carpets. You may be surprised to know there has been exhaustive research on this...

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This Is How You Stop Snoring

If you constantly feel exhausted, experience headaches for no obvious reason or have high blood pressure, it could be the result of snoring. More than a simple annoyance, snoring is also the most...

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The Pros and Cons of Laser Eye Surgery (LASIK)

Laser eye surgery, also commonly referred to as Lasik (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis), is a type of refractive surgery for the correction of myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness)...

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Top 5 Anti-Snoring Medical Devices (That Will Help You Sleep Soundly Again)

Snoring, like all other sounds, is caused by vibrations that cause particles in the air to form sound waves. For example, when we speak, our vocal cords vibrate to form our voice. While we are asleep,...

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Suffer From Snoring? This Mini CPAP Device Will End It!

If you know someone who has sleep apnea, you’re familiar with those cumbersome CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) masks fitted with a hose and straps, which are worn during sleep. A new...

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How CBD Can Help You Relieve Pain

What is CBD? CBD, short for cannabidiol, is a natural cannabinoid contained in the plants of the cannabis family. Both hemp and marijuana belong to this same cannabis plant family, but they are two...

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Is It Possible To Naturally Lower Your Blood Pressure?

According to the Center for Disease Control about 75 million American adults (32%) have high blood pressure – that’s 1 in every 3 adults! High blood pressure is related to increased levels of...

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