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Deaths From Esophageal Cancer Up By Almost 50 Percent In Last 40 Years

According to a study published by Cancer Research UK, the number of people dying from cancer of the esophagus (food pipe...

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Being Stressed Can Give You A Bad Memory

Many of our patients complain of having a poor memory. There are several possible explanations for this, but new research has uncovered one important cause. Having high blood levels of cortisol can impair your memory. This is according to research published in the Journal of Neuroscience. Cortisol is a well known stress hormone. It is made by the adrenal glands and released into the bloodstream during emotional or physical stress (examples of physical stress are injuries, surgery or illness).

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Consuming More Folate May Reduce Your Risk Of Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a serious eye disease that can result in blindness. Despite its seriousness, you don’t hear much about glaucoma prevention in the media. Glaucoma occurs when there is a build up of excess pressure within the eye socket. It usually occurs as a result of malfunction of the eyes’ drainage system. This can occur as a result of diabetes, inflammation, trauma to the eye or previous surgery. Glaucoma is quite common among diabetics.

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Sugar May Encourage Tumor Growth

If there was ever a reason to kick a sugar addiction, surely this is it! After nine years of research...

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Do You Have Dark Circles Under Your Eyes?

This is a common and frustrating condition for many people. Have you tried every expensive cream under the sun to...

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Magnesium May Help To Protect Your Hearing

Research has shown that magnesium supplementation can help to reduce noise-induced hearing damage. The study was published in the American...

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Articles Hormone & Thyroid Health

Having A Thyroid Condition May Increase Your Risk Of Developing Eye Disease

Graves’ disease is a common cause of an over active thyroid gland. It is an autoimmune disease. The immune system produces antibodies that attack the thyroid gland and trigger it to produce abnormally high levels of hormones. This causes everything in the body to speed up and commonly produces symptoms such as nervousness, excessive sweating, heat intolerance, a tremor and insomnia.

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Home-Made Body Butter

Here is an entirely natural body lotion that is free of chemicals and good enough to eat. Ingredients 1 cup...

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What Causes Anal Itching?

This is a common question we get asked. Probably many more people wonder the same thing but aren’t brave enough to ask.

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Antibiotics May Be Making You Fat

You are probably aware of the fact that antibiotics are given to poultry and livestock in order to make them grow faster and develop more body fat. This practice has been in place for several decades. Well the same phenomenon appears to happen in people. Antibiotics have been added to farm animals’ food in order to help them pack on the pounds. This means the farmer can save a bit of money because he can get away with feeding the animals less, and they mature faster, therefore are ready for market sooner.

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