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Sweet Protection Against Parkinson’s Disease
New research shows men and women who regularly eat berries may have a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. Men may further lower their risk by regularly eating apples, oranges and other...
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A New Reality for Stroke Patients?
Traditional post-stroke rehabilitation programs are designed to improve motor and sensory abilities. With the help of specially trained nurses, physical, and occupational therapists survivors relearn...
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Heart Health Hits Home
As I child, I didn’t understand the concept of death, as an adolescent I thought I was invincible, as a young adult, death was something that happened to grandparents, parents and their friends. But...
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Feeling Fruity?
I’m sure all of our readers are familiar with the old saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Which, of course, got us musing, what about other fruit? Well, it turns out that “An orange a day...
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Simple, Fast, and Beautiful
Take a good look at the image to the left. Could it be the latest high tech cardio machine from a swanky new-age gym, a computerized gold club that provides instant feedback on your swing or perhaps a...
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Fend off a 2nd Heart Attack with Fruit and Fiber
Each year, at least 20 million people worldwide survive a heart attack or stroke. Most of them, will then be prescribed a veritable cocktail of drugs including lipid-lowering agents, beta blockers,...
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Ho Ho Ho: health hazards for Santa
After weeks of harried holiday shopping, when the stores finally close on the evening of December 24, it will be a welcome reprieve from the madness. Families and friends gather together and enjoy a...
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Testing, Testing… $, $$, $$$
If doctors knew the exact price of expensive medical tests would they order fewer of them? That’s exactly what Johns Hopkins researchers wanted to know. The answer has just been published in the...
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NSAID’s in the News (again)
Let me start by saying, that despite spending the last 20-something years in or around the pharmaceutical industry, I don’t like taking pills. That said, I’m not particularly partial to pain either. So...
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Reducing your stroke risk…because I care
With all the upcoming excitement about Halloween, you may have overlooked the fact that yesterday was World Stroke Day. This year, the global campaign to tackle stroke was highlighted with the slogan...
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