Breathe in – Boulder Daily Camera

October 8, 2011

Holly Widdowfield can laugh now. And she does so freely, while she leans back on a lounge chair in a dim room that can only be described as otherworldly. The floors, walls and steeple-shaped window frames are all covered in a blizzard of three tons of white Dead Sea salt. The air is filtered outside [...]

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Leanne Proves An Inspiration (From Crewe Guardian)

October 8, 2011

Leanne Proves an Inspiration 8:30am Sunday 18th September 2011 Print Email   AN inspirational Crewe college student is one of the area’s front runners to carry the Olympic flame at the London 2012 Olympics. Leanne Downie, who suffers from Crohn’s disease, has been nominated for the Coca Cola Future Flames initiative – a nationwide search [...]

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Cancer signs you should not ignore

October 7, 2011

Published on 01/10/2011 Some women are as skilled as men at switching to denial mode and deliberately ignoring warning symptoms, writes Dr Marga Boyani Women tend to be more vigilant than men about getting recommended health checkups and screenings, as well as getting potentially worrisome symptoms checked out. However, younger women tend to ignore symptoms [...]

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Leanne Proves An Inspiration (From Crewe Guardian)

October 7, 2011

Leanne Proves an Inspiration 8:30am Sunday 18th September 2011 Print Email   AN inspirational Crewe college student is one of the area’s front runners to carry the Olympic flame at the London 2012 Olympics. Leanne Downie, who suffers from Crohn’s disease, has been nominated for the Coca Cola Future Flames initiative – a nationwide search [...]

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Algorithm Improves Asthma Care in Pregnancy

October 7, 2011

The number of asthma exacerbations was cut in half among pregnant women when treatment decisions were guided by measurements of their fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FENO), a randomized trial found. The rate of exacerbations was 0.288 per pregnancy in a group of women who had routine testing of FENO, and doses of inhaled steroids [...]

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Ann Menasche and Charmaine Mahealani Asher: Laura’s Law doesn’t help psychiatric patients

October 6, 2011

Advocates for forced psychiatric treatment are using the death of Kelly Thomas, a homeless man with schizophrenia, as a rationale for Orange County to implement Laura’s Law. This law is a controversial, costly measure that has not proven effective and would undermine the human rights of those labeled mentally ill. Mr. Thomas’ death following a [...]

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Lack of sleep is bringing down new mums

October 6, 2011

NEW mothers who get less than six hours' sleep a night face an increased risk of postnatal depression. Strong links between sleep deprivation and depressive symptoms in new mothers were found in a review of more than 100 international studies. A lack of sleep could make them feel sad, tired and unable to concentrate, Australian [...]

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High-fructose corn syrup’s impact on health

October 6, 2011

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I don’t remember you ever discussing high-fructose corn syrup and condensed corn syrup. Almost every product includes these ingredients. Please let us know the dangers and why the government allows it. — T.L.    ANSWER: Fructose is the sugar found in fruits. Table sugar is sucrose, a combination of fructose and glucose. up [...]

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October 5, 2011

SANTA CRUZ — more than two dozen UC Santa Cruz students received an unwelcome visitor during the first week of classes — the stomach flu. A total of 26 cases of gastroenteritis, commonly called stomach flu, have been reported on campus, and 22 of them came from students living in College 9 or College 10, [...]

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Food allergies a common symptom of life for children

October 5, 2011

Emma Grierson with her son Eoin, who is severely allergic to nuts. Picture: Calum Robertson Source: The Advertiser LIFE-THREATENING food allergies are so common among Australian infants, one in 10 is now affected, research shows. Paediatric allergist and immunologist Susan Prescott says the rate is at epidemic proportions, The Advertiser reported. "There has also been [...]

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