Lupus patients share tales of horror and hope in photo exhibit

March 20, 2012

Johnny Wilson spent 24 years as a Navy photographer. when he retired in 2009, he started aiming his lens at people with interesting stories to tell: combat veterans, breast cancer survivors, heart transplant patients. But the one of the young woman with the haunting eyes and bandaged, scarred belly, clutching a mass of prescription bottles, [...]

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How to keep allergies from ruining your day

March 20, 2012

Hay fever is a leading cause of missed work days and poor productivity.   An estimated 55 percent of employees reported experiencing hay fever symptoms for an average of 52.5 days, according to a study published in Current Medical Research and Opinion. they were absent an average of 3.6 days per year due to allergies, [...]

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McMahon believes league hid information on concussions

March 20, 2012

Two-time Super Bowl champion Jim McMahon is among 300 retired players or spouses suing the NFL for concussion-related dementia and brain disease symptoms they claim were suffered on the job. McMahon, the ex-Chicago Bears star, has been outspoken on the issue and believes the league went so far as to conceal information related to concussions. [...]

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Health bosses raise awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms (From This Is Cheshire)

March 20, 2012

Health bosses raise awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms 4:10pm Tuesday 6th March 2012 in News MARCH is ovarian cancer awareness month and hospital chiefs are keen to raise awareness of the symptoms to ensure early detection and treatment. According to statistics, 17 women in the town will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012 but [...]

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A Snoring Baby Could Be a Sign of Behavior Issues Later On

March 20, 2012

Baby is sleeping. Isn’t that a beautiful sentence? Especially if you have a little one who likes to stay awake way past everyone’s bedtime. once that baby does go to sleep, it’s like mama’s shoulders immediately relax. so we should just be happy when baby finally does fall asleep, right? even if she’s snoring, right? [...]

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Short course: Cadmium in diet raises breast cancer risk

March 20, 2012

Cadmium in diet raises breast cancer risk Houston: Women whose diet contain higher levels of cadmium, a toxic heavy metal, are at greater risk of developing breast cancer, a new study has claimed. the study which is published by the American Association for Cancer Research found that among 55,987 post-menopausal women, the one-third with the [...]

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Swine flu raises its head in Pune again, claims 48-year-old woman – www.daily.bhaskar.com

March 19, 2012

Pune: A 48-year-old woman from Tandulwadi village in Baramati who died of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) at Deccan’s Sahyadri Hospital has become the first victim of swine flu after a gap of more than a year of zero deaths. Dr Pradeep Awate, state surveillance officer, confirmed the death stating that the woman was admitted [...]

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Is Gluten Ruining Your Health (Or Are We Way Too Paranoid?)

March 19, 2012

March 6, 2012  |     Photo Credit: Shutterstock     LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest Personal Health headlines via email.         Is gluten killing us or not? A $2 billion gluten-free food industry says yes. Science obligingly bolsters [...]

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Allergy season comes early in eastern U.S.

March 19, 2012

WASHINGTON, March 17 (UPI) — an unusually mild winter in much of the eastern United States has brought early misery to people with pollen allergies, doctors say. Dr. Derek Johnson, medical director of the Fairfax Allergy, Asthma and Sinus Clinic in Virginia, said tree pollen counts on Feb. 23 in the Washington area were more [...]

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On tour with Propeller: Once more unto the hospital

March 19, 2012

Here in Perth, Australia, everything seems brighter: the sun streams off the sleek, modern buildings; the dust settles on the old colonial turrets off Murray Street. We’re here for the Perth International festival. After a 24-hour sleepless journey, exhaustion seems to heighten the senses, the world somehow etched clearer. in trying to stay up until [...]

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