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We hear it every day from Type 2 diabetics: 'I hate my doctor!" This is unfortunate.

Their doctor dislike comes, in part, from doctors being the bearers of bad news. Specifically, they're the ones who told them they have diabetes. Doctors are also the one to tell them to 'diet and...

• Date Added: 8/20/2008
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Everyone has heard of an IQ test. The potential of the brain is called intelligence quotient or I.Q. These tests use the theories of unitary and multiple, which is believed to the two main theories when studying the brain.

Unitary refers to the part of the brain where the linguistic and...

• Date Added: 8/17/2008
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An important announcement by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) announced yesterday that poor air quality will cause the death of approximately 700,000 Canadians over the next two decades.

In 2008 Alone:

21,000 Canadians will die from the effects of air pollution

80% of...

• Date Added: 8/15/2008
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Private healthcare in the West is notoriously expensive, for some, prohibitively so. Commonplace medical items like dentistry or health check ups are high-priced, while surgery and major operations can completely bankrupt many individuals. Thus, the rapidly-growing practice of traveling across...

• Date Added: 8/14/2008
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Smoking tobacco was probably started in 1000 BC by the Mayan Civilization and was never really commercialized until the 17th century. It was made popular during the second world war where soldiers were given cigarettes to boost their fighting morale. However, it was also around this period that...

• Date Added: 8/9/2008
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Many homes are infested with these wingless insects that have been a cause for stress and insomnia to some people. Bed bugs suck blood from the skin and the resulting itch can last for several hours, other times it could last for several days.

The scientific name of these bed bugs is Cimex...

• Date Added: 8/9/2008
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A big buzzword that has been associated with the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing has been air quality. It's almost to the point where the poor air quality in Beijing is getting more attention than the Olympic athletes, or the event itself. On a positive note, the Olympics are finally bringing a...

• Date Added: 8/8/2008
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Are you looking to quit smoking? There are many tips and products available and support groups. There is one very powerful smoking tip that enables you to quit and this is because it can make the difference between you staying clear of cigarettes or failure to stop. Would you like
to know what...

• Date Added: 8/7/2008
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We hear a lot today about antioxidants, "free radicals" and what we can do about them. There is much confusion, so it may help to break down the key facts about these important, potentially life-saving and life-extending substances.

1. Oxygen is good and bad. In the human system, this basic...

• Date Added: 8/6/2008
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Cholesterol is an important factor for the human health, as the increased amount of cholesterol in blood may lead to number of diseases. That is why it is good if your cholesterol is high, to follow the following diet for decrease of cholesterol in blood.

# Eat more food helping to increase...

• Date Added: 8/4/2008
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Being overweight is written and talked about more and more, but despite this, the number of people who are overweight increases constantly. Specialists state the drastic change in lifestyle of humans in the last decades and the following physiological and psychological changes to which human...

• Date Added: 8/4/2008
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I bet you're thinking that you've tried every technique in the world for losing your stubborn belly fat, but it just never seems to budge... right? I'm sure you see TONS of commercials and ads making all kinds of miracle claims for losing your belly fat overnight with their magic pill or...

• Date Added: 8/1/2008
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One of the biggest complaints we hear from recently diagnosed Type 2 diabetics is that they don't want to take prescription drugs recommended by their doctors.

They've heard about potentially toxic side effects from drugs like Avandia and they're looking for natural solutions and treatments...

• Date Added: 7/27/2008
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In India and the Far East, their ancient medical culture prefers natural, herbal remedies to treat major degenerative illnesses, such as Type 2 diabetes.

With over 5,000 years of experience in healing disease with wild-growing, naturally occurring vegetable or fruit derived solutions, East...

• Date Added: 7/25/2008
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Eat before working out

Eating the proper foods before and after working out is just as important as the workout itself. You can cut the time it takes to see results with a little extra planning. Eat healthy meals and snacks every 2-3 hours - that may sound like a lot of eating but when your...

• Date Added: 7/25/2008
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Would you drop your weight if somebody literally rewarded you to perform it?

"Get paid to lose weight!" sounds like a cheat, isn't it? But various corporations are paying public to get healthy, since it saves their capital in the stretched run. And it does even works. Researchers at...

• Date Added: 7/22/2008
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"You can't judge a book by its cover."

"Beauty's only skin deep."

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

Hackneyed proverbs like these are ingrained in our society just as are ideas of what constitutes "beauty". As women, like it or not, we put a value on how...

• Date Added: 7/21/2008
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Stress And You

Learn To Control Your Stress

Just about everyone benefits and suffers from stress. Like a cup of coffee can help you start your day, drinking multiple cups of coffee can cause you to become nervous and jittery. A little stress can be a good thing, however, to much...

• Date Added: 7/20/2008
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Myth #1 -- Oily skin doesn't need a moisturizer - Wrong!

All skin, even oily skin, needs a moisturizer. Your body produces oil to keep your skin supple and healthy. If you have very oily skin then the pores in your skin producing the oil are working overtime which can happen for a...

• Date Added: 7/19/2008
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If your experiences with acne have been anything like mine, every time it seems like you might win the battle against acne, new painful pimples pop up and ruin your complexion again.

I've spent years trying to combat acne, but it was always a losing battle until I came up with this simple...

• Date Added: 7/19/2008
• Views: 62