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Adding more fiber in the diet can offset hemorrhoids.

...he the itching and burning by soaking in a bath of plain warm water for about 10 minutes. Ointments and other over-the-counter remedies may also help. Source: Foodconsumer.org...

Puff-packs to sport potent pictures of smoking-peril

...f truth that images have a far greater impact than plain text, and evidence to this is already shown in certain countries that have introduced visual aids in their packaging. Jean King, Cancer Research UK's director of tobacco control, said: "The evidence from Canada, Brazil and elsewhere is clear - grap...

Second-hand Smoke Could Increase The Risk Of Osteoporosis In Pre-menstrual Women

...t does all add up to the fact that smoking is just plain bad for bones, whether you smoke yourself or if you live with someone who smokes.' <br...

Mental Health Benefitted by Eating Berries

...agazine WebMD. The first group of rats was given plain chow with no berries. The next group got the same chow mixed with strawberry extract. The third group got chow that was laced with blueberry extract. Following two months of such a diet, the researchers measured the rats` brain levels of dopamine, ...

Doomed Duo: Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Combo, Can Nip Life in the Bud

... three times. This revelation does not absolve the plain obese from allied risks of chronic illnesses or early death. Researchers at the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital and Emory University School of Medicine in the United States, studied the statistics of 15,408 people aged 44 to 66. The study ...

Why Do People Stick To Their Bad Habits?

...Factors such as the need for social acceptance and plain old human defiance play roles in persistent bad habits, the study suggests. 'We get a sense of belonging that is important to us. We can see ourselves as part of a social structure; it's very hard to change a behavior if it is still accepted socially...

Fruit Yogurt Could Play An Important Role In Diabetes Management

...market and bought peach, strawberry, blueberry and plain yogurts made by four different brands, including a... researchers found, beat out only by soy (even the plain soy yogurt had higher phenol content than any regular yogurt with fruit). The blueberry extracts als...

Rheumatoid Arthritis Averted in Mice by Alcohol Intake

... alcohol mixed in tap water, and another was given plain tap water daily, for 6-8 weeks. Collagen injections were administered to the mice in order to induce RA in them.Rhematoid arthritis(RA) was found to develop quite slowly among the mice that were given alcohol treated tap water. If humans were to co...

Party Over –now Its How to Get Ove’ the Hangove!

...ish feelings. Other, helpful options to substitute plain water are electrolyte laden drinks usually marketed for athletes as it helps to replace the electrolytes and minerals that are lost along with frequent urination. Fruit juices that are not acidic are also helpful to counter the low sugar levels in th...

Magic Potion Creator Held

... work and are safe) said that the creams were just plain moisturizers laced with Clobetasol Propionate. "This result sends a clear message to those who are intent on abusing such potent medicines for financial gain. We will continue to clamp down on people who flout the laws under the Medicines Act and po...

Soap And Water - Still Better For Cleaning Hands

...bility of new antibacterial hand washing products, plain soap and water is still the best way to clean hand...ent but not as a substitute for washing hands with plain soap and water. The studies shows that washing hands with soap and water for just 15 seconds remo...

Hold the Milk Please

...ck tea, black tea with 10 percent skimmed milk and plain boiled water, as a control. Blood flow when on the rise, causes blood vessels to relax or dilate. Tea-derived catechins have the capacity of increasing blood flow, by the production of a chemical called nitric oxide. The FMD levels of the women...

Ontario Kids Junk Veggies to Vegetate on Junk Foods

... of the four recommended food groups. The diet was plain fatty stuff, sweetened drinks in place of healthy food. It pays to know that children growing up with such unhealthy diets will become preys to a host of chronic ailments, the most notorious of which could be Type 2 diabetes, heart disease or cance...

High Carbohydrate Food Brings on Sleep Faster

...ed three varieties of cooked rice in their meals - plain rice, long-grain rice and jasmine rice - with steamed vegetables in tomato puree. Jasmine rice has a high glycemic index - a ranking system for carbohydrates based on their effect on blood glucose levels. Plain and long-grain rice have lower glycemic...

The FDA Warns Consumers Against Purchase of Drugs on Web

... According to reports, the pills are packaged in plain plastic bags and mailed in envelopes bearing Greek postmarks. The FDA has strictly warned consumers of the risks associated with buying prescription drugs on line and has also posted pictures of the alleged pills along with their shipping packages on...

New Non-toxic Therapies for Breast, Ovarian Cancers

...ncipal investigator. "The culprit is hiding in plain sight on the surface of tumour cells, so we are now developing "smart" molecules to block its function. The ultimate goal is to generate new targeted, non-toxic treatments – very different from the standard ‘slash and burn’ chemotherapy." The rese...

Drinks and Breast Cancer – How It Happen

... that drank alcohol compared to control mice given plain water," Gu noted. Along with this was a noteworthy increase in tumor blood vessels in mice that consumed alcohol, compared with those of no alcohol intake. The development of new blood vessels, called angiogenesis, is crucial to the development of...

Pistachio Nuts Keep Away Heart Diseases

...gram pistachios. The nuts were given as either plain roasted nuts or added in pesto sauce or muffins. The results were that volunteers who ate three ounces of pistachios a day, for one month lowered their total blood cholesterol by 8.4 percent. Crucially, levels of "bad" cholesterol, low-density lip...

Drugs Lure Hong Kong Youth Across China Border

...ce of bouncers and security guards, in uniform and plain clothes, Ah Yan said they are the ones who supply her and her friends their favourite drugs, ketamine and ecstasy. Using drugs over the border is a trend that is increasingly worrying social workers in Hong Kong. According to official figures, the ...

Anorexia Patients Sue Dallas' Presbyterian Hospital

... 'This was a medical-billing boiler room scheme, plain and simple', says Marty Rose of Rose Walker, L.L.P., in Dallas, an attorney for the plaintiffs. 'It's as if they walked in with a sprained ankle and the doctor told them they needed expensive back surgery. They used the doctor-patient relationship to...

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