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Though the exact cause of acne is unknown, many doctors believe it is a direct result of a variety of factors. One of these factors is the increase in androgens during puberty. Androgens are hormones, and can cause the enlargement and overstimulation of the sebaceous glands in people with acne....

• Date Added: 4/6/2006
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The side effects from steroids can be very serious and even fatal. But from the information we gathered in the past few years, it seems to me the side effects are not as serious as the media makes them out to be. Because of the media over exaggerating the side effects, this has turned many people...

• Date Added: 12/29/2006
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A recent study revealed that obesity has become the new global epidemic. According to the new figures Australia alone accounts for a staggering 2.4 million adults who are obese and have a Body Mass Index of 30 or higher. Americans boast of a staggering 37% of the children who are either obese or...

• Date Added: 5/12/2006
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Just imagine yourself fitting to that old pair of jeans or that fancy dress which you had thrown away for a fat tummy line. Well good news all the way! You have lost a few kilos around your waist. The sheer thought of melting steady cellulite gives us immense pleasure. But trimming waist line is...

• Date Added: 3/30/2006
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Did you know that a 150-pound woman weighs a mere 17-pounds in the water?

This is because of the water's buoyant effect on the human body. This lack of gravity in water is why so many people with joint and muscle pain, and those who are extremely obese, turn to aqua fitness to get their...

• Date Added: 2/26/2007
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This article is designed to show why the water we're drinking is bad for us, since it is highly unlikely that the urban water filters that are in place can filter out all of the little contaminants that are present in the water. Those contaminants are listed as part of the effects of urbanization...

• Date Added: 11/22/2005
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Water Distillers are an effective way to remove the impurities from the water you drink. Purified water is good for your health and a water distiller can help you lead a life full of all the goodness and nourishment that pure water has to offer.

What...

• Date Added: 2/13/2006
• Views: 296

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Did you know water coolers have been in service from as early as the middle of the 1900? Amazing enough its true, even back then researchers and people in the fields of health were already aware of the importance of water and the value it played in our daily in-take of staying fit and healthy....

• Date Added: 11/10/2006
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You don't realise it yet, but in the next two minutes, you're going to learn about an amazing natural and drug-free therapy that could release you from the shackles of your chronic back pain.

You see the truth is, your back pain is a THIEF! In fact, it's robbing from you right now as your...

• Date Added: 10/25/2006
• Views: 306

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What are these wonder micronutrients that your body cannot produce all by itself but needs them badly in trace quantities? They are called vitamins. Vitamins are not synthesized or produced by the body so they need to be obtained by humans through the food they eat. Humans need 13 vitamins to...

• Date Added: 9/7/2005
• Views: 343

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Over half of Americans today take a multivitamin of some kind, believing that it will help them to stave off chronic disease and health deficiencies – but health experts are in disagreement over the necessity of these supplements. Some doctors and nutritionists feel that a multivitamin a day is...

• Date Added: 6/27/2006
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Parents always tell their children to take their vitamins. Every day, consumers are bombarded with vitamin advertisements, and it is common knowledge that vitamins are beneficial to the human body. Unfortunately, many people do not know exactly how vitamins are beneficial. Knowing how vitamins can...

• Date Added: 8/23/2005
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What is viral meningitis?
Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges (the thin lining of tissue covering the brain and spinal cord) caused by an infection of the cerebrospinal fluid. Viral meningitis is relatively common, and is...

• Date Added: 9/20/2005
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Carrot juices contain certain oils that work on the mucus membranes of the stomach and colon. This helps with digestion and starts your bowels functioning properly. Carrots are high in fiber and beta-carotene, an antioxidant, which the body converts to vitamin A. Carrots can make your stools...

• Date Added: 7/31/2005
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It is true that once the weight is reduced and brought down to the desirable level, food intakemust be slightly increased. But see that the intake is not toomuch to start increasing the weight once again. To ensurestability in the weight, make it a...

• Date Added: 5/23/2006
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Exercise is good for you – there's simply no doubt about it! However, I still meet clients on a daily basis who've vowed to dedicate themselves to an exercise program, only to quit after a month. Let's face it, North Americans start and stop their fitness programs more frequently than they change...

• Date Added: 2/23/2006
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A latest weight loss drug acomlia rimonabant is a true diet pills for treatment of obesity. Acomplia rimonabant diet pill is a weight loss and smoking cessation drugs which was approved in UK and Europe. For overweight patients, there...

• Date Added: 2/4/2007
• Views: 220

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Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries. Each time the heart beats, it pumps blood through the arteries. Your blood pressure is at its highest when the heart beats, forcing blood into the arteries....

• Date Added: 11/26/2005
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Shoulder tendonitis is the inflammation of the tendons around the shoulder's rotator cuff and upper bicep area. Shoulder tendonitis is usually developed by sports and activities that require you to lift your hands above your head repeatedly. Common activities that often lead to shoulder tendonitis...

• Date Added: 7/5/2006
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What is Revelle?

Revelle is an electronic, nicotine delivery device that simulates the sensation of smoking without the worry of taking in cancer causing agents and other harmful chemicals that are normally associated with traditional tobacco products. It produces simulated smoke that is...

• Date Added: 6/13/2008
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