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Scientists Uncover How Grapefruits Provide a Secret Weapon in Medical Drug ...
Science Daily (press release)
University of Louisville researchers have uncovered how to create nanoparticles using natural lipids derived from grapefruit, and have discovered how to use them as drug delivery vehicles. UofL scientists Huang-Ge Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D., Qilong Wang, Ph ...

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Counsel & Heal
B Vitamins, Folic Acid May Be Able to Slow Decline of Alzheimer's Disease
Counsel & Heal
Researchers have found that taking B-vitamins may be able to help slow the decline of Alzheimer's disease, which accounts for an estimated 50 to 80 percent of dementias. According to the World Health Organization, it is believed that 36 million people ...

North American markets climb on gold, energy gains and positive Fed speech
Medicine Hat News
Meanwhile, the energy sector also lifted the TSX, with a 1.69 per cent gain, as the June crude contract dipped 62 cents to US$96.09 a barrel. EnCana Corp. (TSX:ECA) stocks jumped almost five per cent, or 96 cents to C$20.40 and shares in Canadian ...

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Power sector: Too many maladies to address
Financial Express Bangladesh
As a developing country, Bangladesh is well on track to become a middle income country, but deficiency in power supply has seriously affected the economy and its sustainable growth. This has been reflected in the damages caused to industrial production ...

Warilla realtor admits to $1.4 million fraud
Illawarra Mercury
Mrs Ocvirk's husband Roger, 39, is also facing the same charges, but has lodged an application to have his matters dealt with under the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act, claiming he was mentally ill at the time. Facing Wollongong Local Court ...

TheGloss
Beauty Treatments Of The Damned: Would You Use This Ridiculous Looking ...
TheGloss
(a name which makes me picture a terrified woman besieged on all sides by giant, scary signs of aging), the Face Trainer is a space helmet-like balaclava that is supposed to provide resistance training to the muscles in your face. Those desiring a more ...

Healthline
Ketamine produces quick antidepressant effect
Clinical Psychiatry News Digital Network
SAN FRANCISCO – The anesthetic ketamine produced a significant and rapid antidepressant effect in a randomized, blinded, proof-of-concept study in 73 patients with treatment-resistant depression. Within 24 hours, 64% of patients given an intravenous ...
'Special K' Continues to Show Significant Antidepressant Effects - HealthlineHealthline
Ketamine: a potential rescue drug for depression takes a step forwardLos Angeles Times
Ketamine Shows Significant Therapeutic Benefit In People With Treatment ...RedOrbit
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Salem-News.Com
'Monsanto Protection Act': Take action to get it repealed
Mother Nature Network (blog)
With all of the freaking out that people have been doing about the “Monsanto Protection Act,” the unofficial name of a rider that was anonymously added to the U.S. budget bill earlier this year that gives farmers the right to plant GMO crops even if ...
Monsant-NO: GMOs do more harm than goodThe Independent Florida Alligator
Food Democracy Now! Pushes for Congress to Repeal the 'Monsanto Protection ...Salem-News.Com
A Horror Sequel You Wish You Could MissLegal Examiner

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Naturopathic Medicine May Help Reduce Heart Disease Risk
Natural Standard Blog (blog)
In the United States, heart disease is the leading cause of death in adults. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 700,000 Americans die of heart disease each year. Naturopathy is the practice of the use of ...

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Medscape
Low Vitamin D Exacerbates Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Medscape
Medscape
Considerable evidence supports a role for vitamin D in inflammatory bowel disease, Dr. Ananthakrishnan pointed out during his presentation at the Presidential Plenary Symposium. "In animal models, deficiency of vitamin D increases susceptibility to ...

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A Surprise Benefit of Eating More Fruits and Vegetables - To Your Health
To Your Health
Here's what you probably don't know: There's actually a possible connection between fruit / veggie intake and smoking, according to a recent study. Researchers evaluated 1,000 smokers (ages 25 and older) and discovered that "higher [fruit and vegetable ...

Houston Chronicle (blog)
Civil liberties erode when drug use widens
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Marijuana smoking during pregnancy has been shown to decrease birth weight, most likely due to the effects of carbon monoxide on the developing fetus.[v] Marijuana addicts 1 out of every 6 children who ever try the drug.[vi] Marijuana affects the ...
A hemispheric view of pot lawWinnipeg Free Press
A Look at the OAS Report on Drug Policy in the AmericasCato Institute (blog)

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HULIQ
Apples to Whole Grain: why and how these 17 foods fight cancer
HULIQ
The American Institute for Cancer Research keeps track of research on foods that have been proven to help and may help in the fight against cancer. Antioxidants and vitamins are what nutritionists and scientists seek while researching cancer preventing ...

Family Health Matters: Oh, my aching head!
TCPalm
Some of these can include foods, such as chocolate, red wine, certain cheeses, and additives such as monosodium glutamate (MSG), as well as artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame. Hormones can play a major role in setting off migraines, as with ...

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NPR (blog)
Is Childhood ADHD Making You a Fat Adult?
Yahoo! News
"As we learn more about the regions of the brain that may be implicated in obesity, they overlap with brain regions implicated in ADHD," says Dr. F. Xavier Castellanos to Reuters. According to Castellanos, who wrote in Pediatrics, the reward system ...
ADHD In Childhood May Feed Obesity In AdultsNPR (blog)
The Surprising Link Between ADHD and ObesityMotley Fool
Men who had ADHD as kids may be more likely to be obese as adultsCBS News
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TSX climb on gold and energy gains, while US markets await speeches by Fed
Medicine Hat News
TORONTO – The Toronto stock market surged ahead Tuesday following a long holiday weekend, boosted by strong gains in the gold and energy sectors. The S&P/TSX composite index climbed 132.28 points to 12,745.33. Gold stocks were the leading ...

Typical American diet can be a killer
Gloversville Leader-Herald
Experts have proven that diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, poor brain function and many other health issues are directly linked to a poor-quality diet. Monosodium glutamate, sodium aluminum phosphate, high fructose corn syrup and potassium ...

Blood test may detect postpartum depression
Toronto Sun
Researchers at John Hopkins University think they have found two genes that can predict if a woman is likely to suffer from postpartum depression, and it can be detected through a simple blood test. Researchers monitored how two genes changed ...

The Doctor's Corner: An early start on treating menopause
Coastline Pilot
The experts do not recommend custom-compounded, bioidentical hormone therapy. Many choices of FDA-approved bioidentical MHT products are available. Hopefully, the Global Consensus Statement will engender broader insurance coverage of ...

Decision Time For Portland Fluoridation
OPB News
If voters say no, Portland will remain the largest U.S. city yet to approve fluoridation to combat tooth decay. Voters in Portland twice rejected fluoridation before approving it in 1978. That plan was overturned two years later, before any fluoride ...