The UK’s hidden cancer

March 11, 2012

‘It was the ‘are you pregnant?’ comments that did it,” says Suzy Norman. four years ago, the former primary school teacher from east London noticed her stomach was often unusually bloated; by Christmas 2008, it had swelled so much that her family, friends and even strangers began to ask when her baby was due. Norman, [...]

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Molvania, a land untouched by modern dentistry

March 11, 2012

March 9, 2012, 7:11 pm I am addicted to humour. For me it has lessened the misery of this wretched world and I’d heartily recommend it to co-sufferers. The humour and wit of Stephen Leacock, P. G. Wodehouse, Art Buchwald, O. Henry, H.L. Mencken and Richard Armour have so far sustained me. and then came [...]

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Divide still exists between white, black health care access

March 11, 2012

Published: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 3:15 a.m. last Modified: Monday, February 27, 2012 at 3:34 p.m. African-American babies die more often than white babies. Black people in South Carolina have higher rates of HIV/AIDS, prostate cancer and diabetes than white people. The list could go on. As Americans celebrate black history and the civil [...]

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Drive to spot cancer signs early (From The Bolton News)

March 10, 2012

Drive to spot cancer signs early 9:12am Wednesday 15th February 2012 in News HEALTH chiefs in Bolton are to give away £100 shopping vouchers as part of new moves to beat cancer. the prizes are being offered as an incentive to people to learn how to spot the early signs of kidney and bladder cancer. [...]

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Clinical Trial Findings Show Platelet Therapy Can Provide Relief for Dogs with Osteoarthritis

March 10, 2012

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dogs treated with platelet therapy from a unique filter-based process showed significant improvement from osteoarthritis-related pain and lameness according to a new study commissioned by Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL). Results from the study, a two-center, prospective randomized controlled clinical trial, were revealed last night at the 39th Veterinary Orthopedic Society (VOS) Meeting [...]

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Antidepressants, Eicosanoids and the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer

March 10, 2012

Among the mechanisms of carcinogenesis are oncogene synthesis and expression, upregulation of cyclooxygenase, accelerated cell replication, failed apoptosis, viral activation, disruption of signaling pathways, autoimmunity, immunosuppression, angiogenesis and metastasis. All fall within the orbit of eicosanoids and the enzymes that synthesize them. Antidepressants may be of benefit in the prevention and treatment of cancer, as [...]

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ACAAI: Five factors that can help delay allergy relief this spring

March 9, 2012

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — in preparation for spring, the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology on Friday noted that avoiding certain fruits and vegetables, installing the proper air filters, closing the windows, filling any allergy prescriptions and consulting with an allergist can all prevent the delay of allergy symptom relief for more than 35 [...]

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What’s Going Around: Meningitis

March 9, 2012

Font Size: Viral meningitis may sound scary, but it isn’t. Augusta Health in Fishersville said the hospital has had several people admitted with viral meningitis. The classic symptoms are a trio of fever, photophobia (that’s when light is painful to the eyes) and headache and or neck pain. The viral, version of meningitis is painful [...]

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Severe PMS may last longer than thought

March 9, 2012

To those of you who are of the male persuasion, please don’t call this bulls/t. What I and many other women went through/go through is real. I was never able to take any birth control (yes, I too am one of Rush’s sluts!) that contained estrogen. I could however use a progesterone only bill (more [...]

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Does every crime warrant the death penalty?

March 9, 2012

Does every crime warrant the death penalty? if so, you have no problem with the way inmates are treated in Arizona’s prisons. If not, then there is terrible, unacceptable truth to the lawsuit filed earlier this week by the American Civil Liberties Union claiming that Arizona’s prisons systematically violate inmates’ protection from “cruel and unusual” [...]

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