Month: December 2014
Professor spreads words on her benefits from medicinal plants
… and 12 percent of children, were found to have used some form of so-called complementary and alternative medicine in the previous 12 months, …
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NCCAM Changes Its Name to NCCIH
The agency formerly known as National Center for Complementary and Alternative medicine (NCCAM), which is part of the National Institutes of …
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US Soldiers Give Christmas Present to Liberia
American soldiers helped finish the last Ebola Treatment Unit 10 days earlier than scheduled to offer a meaningful holiday gift.
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Why Your Holiday Weight Gain Sticks Around All Year
“Our study showed that consumption of healthy foods increased but … up for bikini season, they get a little more serious about losing weight,” he said.
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For some people, exercise could be an effective treatment for depression
We all know about the many magical effects of exercise: regularly breaking a sweat lowers your cardiovascular disease risk, staves off Alzheimer's, …
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Complex jobs might help maintain brain fitness in aging
By Janice Neumann (Reuters) – Regardless of IQ, people who work at complex jobs have a slightly higher chance of being better thinkers as they age, a recent study suggests. “When we look at the association between complexity of work with people or data, we see that those in more complex jobs generally do better on a range of cognitive ability measures,” said Alan Gow, one of the study authors. “That’s not necessarily surprising . . . …
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Post-dinner resistance exercise improves postprandial risk factors more effectively than pre-dinner …
Abstract. Abnormally elevated postprandial glucose and triacylglycerol (TAG) concentrations are risk factors for cardiovascular disease in type-2 …
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New Weight Loss Drug Approved By FDA: Compare Diet Pills, Diets, And Supplements
Just in time for those New Year's weight loss resolutions, the Food and Drug … It's a low-carb diet that also incorporates healthy fats such as almonds.
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It's Okay to Eat Cholesterol!
Exercise can independently lower blood cholesterol levels and/or cardiovascular risk. For example, an animal study found that treadmill exercise with …
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Pope condemns Islamic State, decries suffering of children
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Thursday condemned the "brutal persecution" of minorities by Islamic State insurgents and said the joy of Christmas was marred by the suffering of children in the Middle East and around the world. Tens of thousands of people flocked to St. Peter's Square to hear the Argentine pope deliver his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) blessing and message, marking the second Christmas since his election last year. …
Scholarly exercise mastered
Arsha Vignana Peetham, a literary association, organised an enjoyable Ashtavadhanam by Bala Bhavani, the only woman Ashtavadhani in Andhra …
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