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Drink milk to build healthy bones
It’s a lesson many learned early in life: Drink your milk to build strong, healthy bones. Moms and dads recognize the importance of milk, which is rich in calcium and other nutrients, in their growing kids’ diet. Unfortunately, that message...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Foods and Beverages, Calcium, Healthy Diet, Consumers
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More women removing ovaries to prevent cancer
Ovarian cancer can be a death sentence for many women. It is difficult to treat and often goes undetected until the late stages when it has spread to other organs in the pelvis and abdomen. Actress Angelina Jolie has reportedly decided to have her...
Tags: Death, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Research, Demographics, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Making the case for food stamps
Los Angeles TimesTo hear Republicans -- and some Democrats -- in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. The prevailing debate in the Senate and House versions of the farm bill, which contains funding for food stamps (the...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Disease, Poverty, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Do TV ads for medication lead to more prescriptions?
I learned recently about two prescription drugs I'd never heard of before — not from my doctor, but from TV commercials. Axiron is applied like deodorant — under your arm. Well, under the arm of a man who has low testosterone and has been...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Disease, Education, Yale University
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Regular exercise has powerful effect on brain health
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm 68 and understand that exercise is good for my health, but I recently read that exercise can also reduce the risk of developing dementia. Is that true, and if so, do researchers know why? ANSWER: Perhaps one of the most feared...Tags: Physical Conditions, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure
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ComfiHips and Kings HealthMart Pharmacy enter into exclusive agreement
Kings HealthMart Pharmacy west of Boynton Beach has entered into an exclusive partnership with Iris and Martin Onrot, Boynton Beach residents and the developers of ComfiHips, by Worldwide Ortho, LLC, a hip protector product for those susceptible to hip...Tags: Chemical Industry, Broken Hip, Pharmaceuticals, Boynton Beach, Health and Medical Professionals
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'Bones in Balance' begins Tuesday
South Bend TribuneST. JOSEPH — Lakeland Orthopedic Physical Therapy is offering the four-week program, “Bones in Balance,” designed to teach those diagnosed with osteoporosis and osteopenia how to live with these conditions through self-management....Tags: Physical Therapy, Health Treatments
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The Doctor's Corner: The why and how of hormones
This is the second of two articles updating women of all ages on the use of hormones. * I had to bite my tongue while sitting at Zinc Cafe & Market in Laguna Beach (one of my favorite places) the other day. Two beautiful young women who looked to be...Tags: Physical Conditions, Skin Conditions, Heart Disease, Birth Control, Endometriosis
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Amgen to make move into Japan, takes on Astellas as partner
Reuters* Amgen, Astellas to form joint venture for Japan * To collaborate on 5 drugs in Amgen pipeline * Sees first commercial launch of new drug in Japan in 2016 May 29 (Reuters) - Amgen Inc, the world's largest biotechnology company, said it entered into...Tags: Joint Ventures, Companies and Corporations, Cancer, Biotechnology Industry, Amgen Inc.
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Keeping kosher as we age
(JNS.org) We all have our traditional kosher favorites — and for many this means Ashkenazic fare, like slow-roasted brisket, matzo ball soup, lockshen kugel, and perhaps cholent and blintzes. Unfortunately, such kosher classics aren't the best...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Salt, Foods and Beverages, Judaism, Dietary Supplements
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What is gluten? And other frequently asked questions about gluten
What is gluten? Gluten is a protein that is found in certain grains, including wheat, barley and rye and triticale (a cross between wheat and rye). What problems prompt people to avoid gluten? Gluten causes inflammation of the small intestine in...
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The case for food stamps
To hear Republicans — and some Democrats — in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. The prevailing debate in the Senate and House versions of the farm bill, which contains funding for food stamps...
Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Disease, Poverty, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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