Articles about Health
AIDS: Spread Facts Not Fear
This article, circa 1986 and provided by Red Cross, gives an idea of how much has evolved the research for a cure of AIDS and its reasons, dangers and victims.
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The truth about AIDS
A word of warning. This text was written many years ago when the origins of AIDS where obscurer than today. Please be warned about and take it as a historical file of this terrible
disease.
The following is a complete verbatim transcription from a recent broadcast of
"Network 23", a program shown on a local Los Angeles Public Access Cable
Channel.
ON THE SUBJECT OF PURISTS...
I am aware that this article will probably spark much criticism but it's something that needs to be discussed here.
I'm talking about PURISTS! These are people that believe that if they don't drink, smoke, etc., they will live forever.
Rohypnol Facts
From Merck, Rohypnol is a brand name (Roche) for flunitrazepam, a fluorine
substituted analog of nitrazepam. It is a benzodiazepine, a family of
sedative/hypnotics that includes valium and it's friends. It is scheduled in
the US (1985), but since I could not find any references in PDR or USPDI it may
not be in common use in the US (my copies of PDR and USPDI are a few years old,
it may be a recent addition to the pharmacopeia).
Nutmeg Facts
This is the nutmeg factfile, compiled by me. Currently it contains
the following excerpts about nutmeg and its effective constituent,
myristicin. Each excerpt begins with + sign in the first column.
File contains ^L's (formfeeds) to facilitate its printing on the
printers which have about sixty lines per page.
Omega 3, A medical Miracle of our century.
OmegaRx Fish Oil, quoted as being close to a Medical Miracle in our Century! Omega 3, The Good Fat, Is on your side, they contribute to your good health. They are also a big part of Dr Barry Sears Zone Diet.
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How do STD\'s affect pregnant woman and their babies?
STDs can have many of the same consequences for pregnant women as women who are not pregnant. STDs can cause cervical and other cancers, chronic hepatitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and other complications. Many STDs in women a
How do STD\'s affect pregnant woman and their babies?
STDs affect women of every socioeconomic and educational level, age, race, ethnicity, and religion.
The CDC 2002 Guidelines for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases recommend that pregnant women be screened on their first prenatal visit for
Genital Herpes: A Hidden Epidemic
Genital herpes may not be deadly, but it can be physically painful and emotionally debilitating. Those who have it may suffer from painful sores as well as feelings of shame, regret, isolation, and undesirability.
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Medical Alert Jewelry: A Life Saving Fashion Statement
No one really wants to be labeled as “different.” And certainly, no one wants to create that label and apply it to him or herself. But many medical conditions require some form of identification indi...
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Thinking Outside The Box Concerning Congestive Heart Failure
“Think outside the box!” These words show up in commercials, boardrooms, operating rooms and casual conversations. They have become the calling card of the young creative hotshot trying to secure an ...
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Eating Healthy Myths Destroyed
All Refined Carbohydrates are Hazardous to Your Health. The average American eats over 300 pounds of sugars each year. Most of this is because of all the sugar that is added to the everyday foods mos...
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Fat Does Not Make You Fat
Fat does Not Make You Fat. One of the other huge myths is that fat makes you fat. It doesn't. When you eat fat, your body has to break it down into its little building blocks and then absorb the piec...
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Healthy Eating Myths Shattered
Salt does Not Cause High Blood Pressure. Some things you need to know first to fully understand blood pressure, as well as helping you to understand about many other things in your body: The differen...
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Healthy Eating Myths Destroyed
Some of the things you think you know that just ain't so (these myths are not true): Eating Cholesterol does not increase your cholesterol levels Salt does NOT cause High Blood Pressure Eating Fa...
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Eating Healthy -- Why?
The most incredible thing you can do for yourself is have a big enough reason why that totally lights up your life and remind yourself of that reason every single day. We are going to go through a pr...
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Eating Junk Food -- The Hidden Price
Get really big Awhy@ reasons that will drag you out of bed in the morning eating healthy. I share this and more with you in my free e-course that this article is a part of. Go to http://www.HealthyEa...
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Healthy Eating Made Simple
The confusion about eating healthy and dieting will now be cleared up, all in one easy sentence. Are you ready? Everyone is different. What is healthy for one person is not going to be the best diet...
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Malaria Initiative Succeeding
Africa Malaria Day, April 25, is a reminder that Malaria is one the deadliest diseases in the world -- killing more than one million people per year, mostly poor women and young children in tropical ...
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14 Steps To Reducing Your Infant's Reflux
It's important to realize that not all babies with reflux will require medication or have difficulties with their reflux. Many infants, usually called happy spitters, will benefit greatly from some ...
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