Yesterday, April 25th, was the World Malaria Day. We have all the tools to eliminate Malaria; And the only thing we need is the support of people and governments. Watch this informative video and share it if you agree with its message: Here’s the life cycle of Malaria. As you see in the […]
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Here is the list of top 100 hospitals in US by Thomson Reuters in 10 categories. Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania and California have the highest number of top ranked hospitals in the list. Interestingly, there is not any top ranked hospital in the State of New York. Major Teaching Hospitals UC San Diego Medical Center –
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A new Taiwanese study, published in The American Journal of Medicine, suggests that adults who have good dental hygiene have lower risk of heart disease. Most of the gum diseases are caused by bacterial infection. These infections may cause inflammation in blood vessels and eventually increase the risk of heart disease. So take
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Americans consume 42 pounds of corn syrup and 100 pounds of other caloric sweeteners each year. There’s no clinical evidence to support this claim that “real cane sugar” is better than other forms of caloric sweeteners.
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My Sister My Friend (CATHERINE SMITH AND ELAINE JEWETT-DONOR) It all started back when my sister was 19 years old. She got step throat and never finished all of her medication, as she felt better she didn’t think she needed to finish it. Lesson learnt, always complete all medication as prescribed….it is so important to
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Having almonds in your diet as snack may help to fight against diabetes and heart disease: Almonds help to increase insulin sensitivity in people with higher risk of diabetes. Also almonds may decrease the levels of LDL (bad cholesterol) in the blood.
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Sweet potato is an excellent source of minerals such as potassium and magnesium which can reduce the risk of high blood pressure.
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A new technology invented in Northwestern University in Chicago may help spinal injury patients to regain movement: As you watched in this video, in the new technology researches connected the areas responsible for movement, directly to the muscles. In other words, they bypassed the spinal cord and brain is in direct command of muscles. This
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Here’s an infographic for those who want to know more about heart disease and effective ways to avoid it:
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Yogurt is one of the healthiest foods and one of the best options if you’re a weight watcher. It contains substantial amount of proteins: For example, a cup of Greek yogurt contains 40% of the required daily protein intake. You can enjoy your yogurt as a snack or you can have it with
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There are days when life is hard, when your body hurts, when you just want to stay in bed; for those of us with a chronic illness or autoimmune disease we have days when getting out of bed isn’t even an option, no matter what we want to do, or have scheduled that day. Recently
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Around three weeks ago some news went viral that Starbucks is using cochineal extract, a red dye derived from red bugs in their Strawberries & Creme Frappuccino. This apparently caused a decline in popularity of Starbucks red drinks. Today Starbucks announced it will no longer use cochineal extract and will use extracts from tomato to
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I’m speechless! This was a message from Kristin a beautiful, 21 years young, cancer survivor: She was a young fighter, like many other beautiful fighters. I used “was” and now you know why I’m speechless. There’s this constant race between cancer and us. There’s a race between medical knowledge and cancer. There is
The secret for younger-looking skin is hydration. Drink minimum 8 glasses of water everyday. Some combinations of fruit and vegetable juices are skin boosters. Cucumber juice alone or combined with celery, apple or pear is the best skin booster.
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In Afghanistan, complications during pregnancy and childbirth are 200 times more likely to kill a woman than bullets of bombs. More than 350000 women around the world — an average of 1000 a day — die of complications of pregnancy and childbirth; and when a mother dies, her child is dramatically more likely to die
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YOU CAN GIVE ME A KISS BUT NOT ON THE LIPS. Protect your kids from herpes.Do not let your friends or relatives kiss your baby on the lips. Herpes is a viral disease and is caused by Herpes simplex Virus. According to Wikipedia, “oral herpes, the visible symptoms of which are colloquially called cold
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A diet rich in calcium and vitamin D is not only an excellent way to protect you against osteoporosis, but also decreases the risk of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in women. Milk and dairy products, tofu and soybean products, cabbage, broccoli, kale, spinach, fish and sardines and sesame seeds are excellent sources of calcium. According
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Hot Weather Alert: If your legs become red, irritated or bumpy, the reason may be your skinny jeans. These jeans may look hot, but they could be causing red, itchy bumps or pimples. When you move in your jeans, the jeans fabric has friction with our skin. This friction causes irritation in the tighter
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