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  • Medical Alert Jewelry
    If you suffer from a serious medical condition your physician might have advised you to think about investing in medical alert jewelry ...

  • Air Purification System
    Do you suffer from allergies? I know I do. I sneeze in summer, cough in winter, gasp in spring and choke in fall. All year long, they bother me. I tried everything. Allergy shots helped a little, improving my diet helped a little, but nothing did much until I got my air purification system ...

  • Wasp Sting
    Have you ever been stung? Yikes! That stuff hurts. Bees, hornets, yellow jackets, they all pack a punch that none of us wish to be on the receiving end of. For me the worst is a wasp sting ...

  • Immune Systems
    Do you understand how the body works? The human vessel certainly has its mysteries, but how it fights germs isn't one of them. As most of us already know, we humans battle sickness, disease and infection with our immune systems ...

  • The Prostate Gland
    The prostate is a male sexual reproductive gland, normally weighing around 20 grams and measuring about 3 centimeters in diameter, about the size of a walnut. It is located beneath the urinary bladder, and directly in front of the rectum ...

  • Blood Pressure Monitors
    If you have been diagnosed with high blood pressure, or hypertension, it would be convenient for you to have your own blood pressure monitor at home ...

  • Sciatic Nerve
    If you have a severe pain that has lasted for a couple of months, or a nagging dull pain in the lower back, and side of your leg this may be your sciatic nerve ...

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Latest News About Health:

Researchers turn living cells into insulin-makers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have transformed ordinary cells into insulin-producing cells in a living mouse, improving symptoms of diabetes in a major step towards regenerative medicine.

Flying is a headache, literally, for many travelers
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Headaches associated with air travel appear to be a "huge and painful problem," Israeli researchers report.

Mental skills fade earlier than thought: study
LONDON (Reuters) - The rapid deterioration of our mental abilities as we age begins far earlier than scientists had suspected, Swedish researchers said on Wednesday.

Stroke drugs show similar results, or no benefits
BOSTON (Reuters) - Two studies released on Wednesday call into question the advantage of using a blood pressure medicine and a well-known blood thinner for preventing the recurrence of a stroke.

Study points to brain chemical involved in obesity
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers studying people with a rare genetic disorder have identified a brain chemical that may play a role in appetite and obesity, a finding they say could lead to new drugs to help some obese people.

Thinness in midlife boosts later brittle bone risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who are slimmer in middle age are at greater risk of having osteoporosis later in life, a new study confirms.

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