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Getting the flu shot? Think twice

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  • November 26, 2011
The vaccine for influenza, better known as the flu shot, is now recommended for all individuals six months old and older. The Centers for Disease...
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Think you're taking too many drugs? Many docs write prescriptions to save time

On average, primary care physicians spend somewhere between 13 and 16 minutes with each patient. That's hardly enough time to assess the...
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Vitamin D recommendation: Could it be a vitamin hoax?

Recent research seems to indicate that Americans are deficient in vitamin D. That would make sense because vitamin D is obtained by the body...
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Taking calcium supplements: What amount of calcium is absorbed? What is calcium overload?

The recent push for taking calcium supplements has drawn much attention in America. Inadequate levels of calcium in the body can lead to bone...
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Majority of chicken infected with E. coli bacteria, a urinary tract infection cause

Not only can eating chicken increase your risk for arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, and salmonella poisoning, it can cause urinary tract...
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Fish oil supplementation suppresses immune system, increases likelihood of cancer, infection

Research has shown that fish oil supplementation suppresses the immune system, and a weakened immune system increases the likelihood of cancer and...
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Cheney health poor, suffering needlessly, as most heart disease avoidable

After suffering his fifth heart attack since 1978, former Vice President Dick Cheney was released yesterday from a Washington area hospital. He was...
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Cause of osteoporosis not low calcium intake but excessive calcium excretion caused by poor diet

Contrary to the belief of the masses, osteoporosis is linked not to a low intake of calcium, but to an excessive loss of calcium in the urine....
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Aspirin alone after cardiac bypass keeps heart blood vessel open, clopidogrel no help, CASCADE trial

At the November 16, 2009 American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions researchers of the Clopidogrel After Surgery For Coronary Artery...
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Pomegranate juice better than statin drugs and niacin to lower cholesterol

The early end to the HDL and LDL Treatment Strategies study, or HALTS, allows drug manufacturers to boast the news that niacin in combination with...
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