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The Dangers That GBS and Meningitis Pose For Newborns

Group B Strep is the major frequent source of sepsis and meningitis (a severe illness of the fluid of the spinal cord and the fluid surrounding the brain) in infants. As a bacterial infection, group b strep can attack a newborn if it is passed to the...

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The Cholesterol Myth

The Cholesterol Myth by: Ray Gebauer Cholesterol. What images come to mind when you see this word? Is it positive or negative? Is it health, or is it heart disease? If what came to mind was negative, as something to avoid, and heart disease, the...

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Jump and Run - The Horrors of The Male Physical!

Jump and Run - The Horrors of The Male Physical! by: Ed Williams For all you ladies out there, if you want to know one of the things we men fear most, it’s physicals. Yes, y’all heard me right, physicals. The yearly physical. Since I’m clo...

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South Beach Diet Overview

South Beach Diet Overview by: Beverley Brooke Developed by Dr. Arthur Agatston, The South Beach Diet touts itself as teaching dieters to eat the right carbs and the right fats. The diet has three phases. In the first dieter’s banish their bad ...

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America Health Watch

America Health Watch by: Daryl Dudley America loves fast food. Last year, consumers spent billions of dollars on the hamburger industry alone. Corporate giants such as McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and Burger King all boast of multi-million dollar in...

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Study Confirms IBS Improvement

Study Confirms IBS Improvement by: Dr. Maia Dodds Irritable bowel syndrome is a debilitating and distressing condition, which affects 10-20% of the population. IBS is characterized by abdominal pain and altered bowel function such as constipatio...

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Can Chocolate Benefit Your Health

If you're a fan of chocolate you're in good company. Chocolate is one of the most popular sweet-tasting treats in the world and has been for centuries. But part of the myth surrounding chocolate is that it tastes so good it must be bad for...

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Benfotiamine - A New Tool In Preventing Diabetic Complications

Benfotiamine made headlines globally in 2003 when researchers released information about a study that was conducted at The Einstein College of Medicine in New York. The bottom line of this study was that a substance of the allithiamine group of the ...

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When and for how long is a person able to spread herpes II?

People are most likely to transmit the virus when the lesions are evident. There is evidence, however, that the virus may be shed even when no symptoms of a recurrent episode are present.Does past infection with herpes II make a person immune?No. Aft...

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Top 4 Sunless Tanning Methods

Tanning products, both sunless and sun, go to work on the epidermis, or the outside layer of your skin, and not the dermis or inner layer. However, the layer of epidermis that is affected by sunless versus the layer affected by sun tanning products d...

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