Happy Thanksgiving!
Here are this week's reading diversions for your personal enlightenment. Have a truly awesome and Happy Thanksgiving weekend!
Is Alzheimer's A Fourth Type Of Diabetes?
In clinical practice today, there are three types of diabetes: type 1, which has no known cause or cure and is typically diagnosed in childhood; type 2, called the "lifestyle" diabetes, though it is also caused by ethnicity and family history; and gestational, which strikes pregnant women and in 90 percent of cases goes away after women give birth.
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Breast Cancer Treatment: Two Fruits That Could Kill Cancer
The study suggests that two polyphenols (plant-based chemicals) are responsible for the cancer cell deaths. It was published recently in the “Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry.” The phenols are organic compounds that occur specifically in fruits. They are slightly acidic and may be associated with traits such as aroma, taste or color.
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Neck Cracking, Dangerous? Spinal Manipulation May Increase Risk Of Stroke
If you crack your neck to relieve pain, you aren't alone. By one estimate, chiropractors perform between 18 and 38 million cervical spine manipulation treatments each year. That involves quick motions to loosen the joint and ligaments, which often makes a "pop" sound -- and that helps explain the colloquial term we often use: "cracking."
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Pomegranate Juice: Blood Pressure Fighter?
Despite its underworld associations, the pomegranate has a number of health benefits. Pomegranate juice has long been linked to blood pressure regulation, thanks to its potassium, sodium and folic acid content. The fruit is also rich with antioxidants, more so than most fruit juices according to the Mayo Clinic, which is good for heart health.
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Slideshow Pictures: ADHD in Adults -- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder on eMedicineHealth
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is not limited to children -- 30% to 70% of kids with ADHD continue having symptoms when they grow up. In addition, people who were never diagnosed as kids may develop more obvious symptoms in adulthood, causing trouble on the job or in relationships. Many adults don’t realize they have ADHD, leaving them mystified about why their goals seem to slip out of reach.
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Hospital meals need to hold the salt - Health - CBC News
On average, Canadians consume 3,400 milligrams of sodium a day, which is 1,100 milligrams over the recommended levels. At least three-quarters of that sodium comes from processed foods.
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Silent Cacophony: Happy Thanksgiving! A Fresh New Start
It took me a while to realize that I actually have quite a lot to be thankful for. Sure, things didn't quite work out the way I had wanted them to this last year. But that doesn't really mean much in the grand scheme of things. I truly believe that things happen for a reason and that things will work out eventually.
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Vitamin D and Your Immune System: Does D Stop You From Getting Sick? | Women's Health News Blog: Latest Health Headlines and Tips to Stay Healthy
There’s one vitamin that comes pretty close to perfect on paper—until now. Researchers have long sung their praises for D, the vitamin proven to fend off everything from bad moods, to belly fat–we’re talking bone-strengthening, cancer-fighting, life-lengthening power. Damn.
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Why You Need More Vitamin D | Women's Health Magazine
Translation: Low vitamin D will result in your body working far below its potential. And you're probably not getting anywhere near the right amount. Here's why you'll be hearing a lot more about it and how you can score what you need to avoid a vitaimin D deficiency and make your body function at its absolute max
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Why Is It Important To Be Healthy? | LIVESTRONG.COM
A healthy lifestyle entails making changes in your life to decrease your risk for disease and increase your longevity. In order to follow a healthy lifestyle you should eat a well-balanced diet, exercise regularly, maintain a healthy weight, be a nonsmoker and drink in moderation. By making these changes you are taking the first step to feeling your very best.
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Amanda Garbutt: The Top 10 Foods That Make You Bloat
Health Canada reports that on average Canadians consume approximately 3,400 mg of sodium each day -- almost double the recommended daily amount. Sugar is even worse: we consume an average of 26 tsp/110 g of sugar per day, accounting for roughly one in five calories in our diets.
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10 Things You Should Know About Writing a Will - Assets, Inheritance - AARP
A will is simply a legal document in which you, the testator, declare who will manage your estate after you die. Your estate can consist of big, expensive things such as a vacation home but also small items that might hold sentimental value such as photographs. The person named in the will to manage your estate is called the executor because he or she executes your stated wishes.
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Beer is the better match for Thanksgiving Dinner: What’s Brewing? - thestar.com
Oh sure, you might have one while you’re cooking the turkey or ham, or later after the houseful of relatives is gone. But on the dinner table? Odds are you’ll offer up a bottle or two of wine, probably white (say, riesling?).
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