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Seeds of life: chia, flax, hemp and pumpkin
Tribune Media ServicesSeeds are a crucial food source for birds, squirrels, livestock and other animals, especially during winter. For humans, edible seeds provide a delicious, nutrient-packed punch to meals and snacks, and are the source of most of our cooking oils, as well...Tags: Heart Attack, Breads, Health, Foods and Beverages, Prostate Cancer
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The trouble with fructose
Premium Health News ServiceIn the ever-shifting lineup of dietary villains, sugar has taken a commanding lead. Even New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has fingered sugar as the major culprit in the obesity epidemic and proposed a ban on the sale of supersize sodas in city...Tags: Conservation, Ecosystems, New York City, Medical Research, Epidemics and Plagues
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Morbid obesity can exact huge costs
Bariatric surgeon David Salzberg can reel off a list of life-threatening problems associated with morbid obesity. They include diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, joint pain, depression and elevated rates of cancer. "Twenty percent of...
Tags: Weight, Weight Loss Surgery, Knee Replacement, Heart Attack, Gallbladder
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Keeping healthy over the holidays takes some advance planning
The holidays are in full swing and for most people that means lots of opportunities to eat delicious, high-calorie foods that they normally don't eat during the rest of the year. According to the Calorie Control Council, during Thanksgiving alone,...
Tags: Family, Carl Powell, Gifts, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Hydrocortisone
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Is diabetes linked to hearing loss?
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Diabetes has already been tied to an increased risk of kidney and cardiovascular troubles, nerve damage and vision loss, and now a new study finds diabetics to be more than twice as likely as those without the disease to have...Tags: American Diabetes Association, Alzheimer's Disease, Medical Research, National Institutes of Health, Science and Technology
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Hot flashes may return after ending antidepressant
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For about a third of women taking antidepressants to treat menopause symptoms, hot flashes and night sweats will return after discontinuing the drug, according to a new study. "It's important for people to understand that......Tags: Colleges and Universities, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Forest Laboratories Incorporated, Medical Research, Symptoms
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Spay us now or spay us later
I signed another sympathy card last week for the family of a wonderful female golden retriever that died from mammary adenocarcinoma (breast cancer). This type of cancer would most certainly have been prevented if she had been spayed at an appropriate...Tags: Prostate, FBI, Pets, Colonoscopy, Human Interest
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The what-if prescription
Leave it to some thoughtful physicians to put good medicine ahead of good politics. Last year, the Obama administration wrongly chose to limit access of teens to the emergency contraceptive pill known as Plan B. This week, pediatricians are urging their...
Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Barack Obama, Birth Control, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration
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The connection between sleep and fat loss
Of all of the contributors to fat loss, proper sleep could be the biggest. While you're sleeping, your body undergoes an amazing series of processes. Sleep is a time when your body repairs damaged tissue and tries to return your cells back to "normal."...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hydrocortisone
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Alternative treatment: A look at acupuncture
Acupuncture may be ancient — estimates range between 3-4,000 years old — but it is not an ancient Chinese secret. It's used all over the world by acupuncture practitioners as well as medical doctors. We spoke with two experts to learn more....
Tags: Tinnitus, Symptoms, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Arthritis, Knees
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Getting into Superhero Shape
Comic book and superhero fans will dress as their favorite characters when Wizard World Chicago Comic Con begins Thursday in Rosemont. But it takes more than a costume to build the powerful muscles of Wolverine, or Lara Croft’s lean, curvy look,...
Tags: Climbing, Healthy Diet, Spider-Man (fictional character), Organic Foods, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Graduates cooking up new ways to utilize degrees in dietetics
Dietitians were once found mainly in hospitals and health care facilities treating patients with diabetes or kidney issues. While those needs still exist, healthy eating, overcoming the obesity epidemic, quality school lunches and bio-engineered foods...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Illinois State University, Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Epidemics and Plagues
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