Archive for April, 2008
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Hormones for blindness prevention?
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Aging is not good for heart, brain, muscles etc. Eyes are also affected by aging and sometimes badly. Getting age related blindness is not a good prospective for people, especially for those individuals who is dependent on the visual acuity for professional activities. Therefore for some people getting age related blindness leading cause — macular […]
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Plastic bottles: are they safe?
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Everybody is using plastic bottles. Me too. What about you? Most likely yes. And we considered plastic bottles safe. Until recently. In order the determine the safety of plastic the scientists in the National Toxicology Program exposed rodents to the levels of plastic component in question bisphenol A similar to human’s exposure.
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Female hair loss: what do you need to know
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Hair loss or alopecia is a common problem. Not only men but females are affected often. Approximately one third of women have experienced significant hair loss during their life time. What are the causes of female hair loss?
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Droopy breasts: what can be done
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Nobody argues, that breasts are very important part of women’s body. Therefore maintaining their proper shape and consistency is crutial. The main hormone, responsible for their texture as well as volume is estrogen. If a woman has enough strogen, she can generate breast tissue to maintain its shape and density. Howere it is not always […]
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Hot flashes: what do you need to know
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Hot flashes are traditionally linked to menopause, epecially to estrogen deficiency. And it is probably the most common cause of hot flashes. However hot flashes can be caused by multipe other reasons, some of them are even much more important and may be life threatening.
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How to enhance your financial performance with testosterone
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Boosting testosterone level may be good for sexual performance. This is very well known. However testosterone is responsible for other brain functions including aggressiveness, self esteem etc. So the recearcheres came up with the idea to check if testosterone can influence the ability to earn money. And the results are impressive!
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New way to lessen the risk of breast cancer
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Do you know which vitamin to use to lessen the risk of breast cancer? Colon cancer? Prostate cancer? The answer is simple: vitamin D. An the new data from Heidelberg, Germany support this concept.
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How to use daily meal planning for weight loss
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A few days ago I decided to eat a steak for Saturday dinner. It was about 200 g. Very tasty! However I ate about the half of the steak! I could not finish it because I was full. I could not believe it! A few years ago I would eat the whole steak with a […]
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Cancer prevention: what is the role of insulin?
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It is not a secret, that obesity may be the risk factor for cancer. There are multiple explanations for this. Some people say that obesity is creating inflammation, therefore promoting cell transition into cancer cells. Some people think, that fat is taking too much of vitamin D, reducing our natural defence from cancer. Apparently we may get another clue […]
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How to minimize cancer risk: vitamin D story
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Have you ever used sunscreen? Probably yes. Because it is good for skin cancer prevention as well as for skin texture. And it is true. But it is also true, that too much sun screen can reduce synthesis of vitamin D by 90 — 95 percent. This is not good at all. Because vitamin D […]
