Hallelujah diet promotes biblical wellness through vegetarian diet
December 29, 2007
Are you looking for a diet program that helps you lose weight while at the same time is in sync with your religious teachings? If so, the Hallelujah diet just may be the diet program you are looking for.
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Video: New Year’s Workouts
December 29, 2007
Video: Drug Free Diabetes Solutions
December 29, 2007
Video: Family Healthcast
December 29, 2007
New therapy reduces mortality in patients with severe COPD
December 29, 2007
Patients with severe COPD may benefit more from therapy that combines salmeterol and fluticasone [SFC] than treatment with tiotropium, according to results from a long-term, multi-center study, “Investigating New Standards for Prophylaxis in Reducing Exacerbations†(INSPIRE) that directly compared the two therapies.
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Handling pesticides associated with greater asthma risk in farm women
December 29, 2007
New research on farm women has shown that contact with some commonly used pesticides in farm work may increase their risk of allergic asthma.
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Men need more Botox than women
December 29, 2007
Chapel Hill, NC – A review published in Dermatologic Therapy reveals that men can be treated with Botox for cosmetic procedures in the same way as women but require higher doses of Botox in all treatment areas.
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Cost of glaucoma medications may impact treatment
December 29, 2007
In the United States, the management of glaucoma costs about $2.5 billion per year. Of the $1.9 billion in direct costs, glaucoma medications account for an estimated 38% to 52% of the total. In an article published in the January 2008 issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, researchers from The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, Texas; analyzed the economics of medically managing glaucoma. The yearly costs to patients of various topical glaucoma medications were calculated and significant price differences and increases in cost over time were found.
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Taxol with avastin produces noteworthy results in breast cancer patients
December 29, 2007
The positive results of the first nationwide clinical study showing the benefits of an antiangiogenic agent in breast cancer therapy are reported in the Dec. 27 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Fight against hay fever and other allergies helped by new immune system discovery
December 29, 2007
A mechanism which can lead to hay fever and other allergic reactions, by preventing the immune system from regulating itself properly, has been discovered by scientists. Researchers hope their finding, published today (Thursday 27 December 2007) in the journal PLoS Biology, will allow therapies to be developed that treat allergies by stopping this mechanism.
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