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Health & Fitness – The Clay County Health Department reminds residents and visitors to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes. Clay County Mosquito Control and the Clay County Health Department continue surveillance and prevention efforts. The following precautions are recommended to help limit exposure to mosquitoes.
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Voted for on July 05, 2008 08:31pm
Health & Fitness – Scientists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center are about to embark on a human trial to test whether a new cancer treatment will be as effective at eradicating cancer in humans as it has proven to be in mice. The study is currently open for volunteers.
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Voted for on June 28, 2008 05:12pm
Health & Fitness – Resveratrol, a natural compound present in grapes and red wine, reduces the number of fat cells and may one day be used to treat or prevent obesity, according to a new study. It also decreases inflammatory chemicals in the body.
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Voted for on June 16, 2008 04:55pm
Health & Fitness – Researchers studied the benefits of green tea polyphenols (GTP), given through drinking water, on rats who were intermittently deprived of oxygen at night to mimic the oxygen deprivation that humans with obstructive sleep apnea experience.
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Voted for on May 15, 2008 06:39pm
Food – Buying chicken these days is not like it used to be. With labels like "100 percent natural," "organic," "grain-fed," and "free range," many consumers don't really know what they're buying.
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Voted for on May 12, 2008 03:30pm
Health & Fitness – Surgeons in Britain have offered hope to blind people everywhere after successfully implanting "bionic eyes" into two blind patients:
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Voted for on April 22, 2008 04:45pm
Health & Fitness – Sixty-five percent of American women between the ages of 25 and 45 report having disordered eating behaviors, according to the results of a new survey by SELF Magazine in partnership with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Voted for on April 22, 2008 04:37pm
Health & Fitness – A new fad among college students and other young people - smoking from a hookah, or waterpipe - is raising public health concerns. A number of studies suggest that hookah smoking may be just as addictive and perhaps even more harmful because of the way people smoke while using a waterpipe.
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Voted for on March 01, 2008 08:55pm
Health & Fitness – New research suggests problems in the amygdala can make the brain under-reactive to potential dangers, more thrill-seeking, and more sensitive to a drug's high.
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Voted for on December 03, 2007 07:54am
Health & Fitness – Allergic symptoms linked with decorating the home during the Christmas season can be caused by dust mites on ornaments and lights, and a 600 percent increase in the indoor air's mold count from the mold that grows on the live holiday tree. Ah-chooo!
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Voted for on November 12, 2007 04:27pm
Science – Researchers find higher marijuana use linked to lower emotional comprehension and lower emotional self-regulation in university students.
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Voted for on November 03, 2007 05:00pm
Celebrities – Don't miss this great story! "Terra Firma - A Journey from Migrant Farm Labor to Neurosurgery" chronicles Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Alfredo Quinones' amazing journey from illegal immigrant, migrant farm worker to prominent Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon and brain cancer researcher.
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Voted for on August 09, 2007 08:08am
Science – New investigational gene therapy strategy very successful against human pancreatic cancer in animal model. Researchers combine new VISA vector with cancer-toxic Bik-DD gene.
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Voted for on July 10, 2007 08:17am
Health & Fitness – Personalized exercise support program by mail more effective than one-on-one phone counseling. Simple programs that provide feedback and motivation ââ;¬" by mail or phone ââ;¬" can help increase physical activity and maintain it, according to a study in the July 2007 issue of Health
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Voted for on June 26, 2007 08:17am
Health & Fitness – The most recent issue of the free monthly iHealthBulletin newsletter reviews the basics of omega-3 fatty acids and how one can safely obtain a beneficial amount of the longer-chain omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) from food or supplements. Ideas for helping children and adolescents safely get these essential fatty acids are also offered.
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Voted for on June 19, 2007 12:32pm