Take steps to prevent dehydration in older adults

April 8, 2012

Debby Krzesni is a busy woman. The registered dietitian and STRONG coordinator for Area 1 Agency on Aging travels to senior centers with dining sites in Humboldt and Del Norte counties fielding questions about nutritional health and wellness. Dehydration is always a topic of conversation. Too many older adults fail to drink enough fluids. Some [...]

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Health Canada approves subcutaneous administration of VELCADE®* in multiple myeloma

April 8, 2012

New route of administration provides greater convenience and choice for physicians and patients TORONTO, March 15, 2012 /CNW/ – Janssen Inc. announced today that Health Canada has approved an expanded indication for VELCADE® (bortezomib) to include subcutaneous administration in the treatment of multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer.1,2 this route of administration was studied [...]

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Allergies or a cold? Decode your symptoms

April 7, 2012

When the weather warms up, it’s hard to tell what is causing your sneezing, coughing and runny nose symptoms. The question is – when you sneeze, are you suffering from allergies, or experiencing the symptoms of a cold or the flu? This year, the milder winter weather nationwide is resulting in reports of an extended [...]

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Companions: Lawn care and your dog

April 7, 2012

Now that the days are longer and getting warmer, we are enjoying outdoor spaces more with our pets. you may be starting to add plants to the garden or providing maintenance care to spruce up your yard and garden. while you are cultivating plants, nurturing grass or trying to rid the yard of weeds, here [...]

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April has been designated as National Sexually Transmitted Disease Awareness Month.

April 6, 2012

By Vivian FilerSpecial to the Guardian Published: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 1:59 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 1:59 p.m. April has been designated as National Sexually Transmitted Disease Awareness Month. this subject is not your usual after-dinner topic of conversation. it is instead a little discussed, but very important, one that [...]

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Provectus Announces Top Line Phase 2 Data For PH-10 in Its First Randomized Controlled Psoriasis Study

April 5, 2012

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB:PVCT,pvct.com), a development-stage oncology and dermatology biopharmaceutical company, announced top-line data for the company’s randomized controlled trial (RCT) of PH-10 for mild-to-moderate plaque psoriasis. The Phase 2 trial (protocol PH-10-PS-23) compared safety and efficacy of three dose levels of PH-10 (0.002% Rose Bengal, 0.005% Rose Bengal and 0.01% Rose Bengal) [...]

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Highlighting chronic fatigue syndrome

April 5, 2012

There are many readily identifiable and measurable causes of long-term fatigue, including anaemia, low thyroid, adrenal burnout, chronic infection (such as brucellosis and Q Fever), sleep apnoea, narcolepsy and pineal hypofunction from microwave radiation emanating from electrical items. There is another cause, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), whose symptoms are severe but, paradoxically and diagnostically, without [...]

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Weymouth beauty therapist nails cancer fundraising campaign (From Dorset Echo)

April 4, 2012

Weymouth beauty therapist nails cancer fundraising campaign 3:00pm Friday 16th March 2012 in News by Emma Walker Kaleigh Harler, left, is supporting Teal Tips, a campaign to raise awareness and vital funds for ovarian cancer suffererers, like her aunt Gill Harler, right A BEAUTY therapist is raising awareness and money for sufferers of ovarian cancer. [...]

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First black policeman raises awareness of prostate cancer (From This Is Local London)

April 3, 2012

First black policeman David Michael raises awareness of prostate cancer 7:10am Friday 23rd March 2012 in News by Alex Bellotti in 1973, David Michael made history as a 19-year-old by becoming the first black officer to serve in the Met Police in Lewisham. Now, after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, the Lewisham 58-year-old is again [...]

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University of La Verne senior launches project to raise awareness of Multiple System Atrophy

April 3, 2012

Grace Sourapas was a beauty queen, a vibrant woman whose life revolved around her family. The Southern California native was always on the go, first raising her six kids, then playing a role in the lives of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. When she started slowing down, it was more than just age that kept her [...]

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