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Honey is Now Sweet on Burns

Praised for its ancient god-quelling qualities, throat-soothing remedies, and smile-inducing taste, honey dates back to the days before records were kept. The history of honey� is long and the possibilities of honey used for healing has long been documented, including most recently as a possible sinus-fighter.� A new study from New Zealand proves honey’s lasting healing

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Health News Dozen: Top 12 Allergy Capitals of America

Indoor and outdoor respiratory allergies affect more than 35 million Americans. If you don’t suffer from allergies, you likely know someone who does. And depending on the season of the year and the city in which you live, those sneezes and sniffles that accompany allergies could be more frequent than others.

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Blood Test Detects Down Syndrome (and More) with No Risk to Fetus

A newly developed blood DNA test given to expectant mothers can determine if an unborn baby has Down syndrome or other similar birth defects. Unlike invasive procedures such as the amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling (CVS), the test poses no risk to the fetus.

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Common Cold, Uncommon Nasal Remedy

Entering the coldest months of the year and the favored months of the common cold, prevention methods are back in full swing. Flu shots are being offered at drug stores and pharmacies across the country, cold medicines are going on sale, orange juice is ready to be plucked off grocery store shelves and tissues are being grabbed by the handful. One of the most overlooked methods however, is using saline nasal solutions to help with allergies, congestion, and sinus troubles. Whenever I was getting a sore throat my mom always tells me to gargle with salt water; turns out it works with your

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Circumcision Does Little to Prevent HIV Infection Among Gay Men

Although male circumcision has been shown to effectively protect against HIV infection for men who have sex with women, there appears to be little effectiveness in protecting men who have sex with men.

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Quality Cancer Care: Making Sure You Get It

Cancer is a common disease and affects one out of every two families.� One out of every two men will get cancer and one out of every three women will get cancer.� Of Americans over 65 years old, 21% are cancer patients. Therefore, achieving the best quality in cancer care is important to each of us since we will either have cancer, have a family member with cancer, or have a friend with cancer whom we want to help.

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Rituxan + Chemo Helps Fight Leukemia

Patients with relapsed Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) can benefit from a combination of treatment through fludarabine and cyclophosphamide chemotherapy along with Rituxan, a drug sold by Genetech Inc. and Biogen Idec Inc. The combination treatment has proven to raise the survival rate for patients with CLL and warded off the progression of the cancer.

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Creation of Stem Cells From Human Testes Marks Another Advance In Stem Cell Research

Sperm-producing cells taken from men’s testicles may be just as adaptable as cells from embryos. A group of European researchers have now found a way to coax cells from the male testes into embryonic-like stem cells.

Embryonic stem cells can grow to practically any tissue in the body, leading scientists to believe they could offer treatments for diseases such as Parkinson's disease and diabetes, as well as be used to heal the body in such ways repairing spinal cord injuries and damage to the heart.

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Parents’ Income and Education Influence Children’s Health

Every parent wants their children to live long, healthy lives. But a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America says that health, as a child and then as an adult, may largely depend on where the children live, their family income and the amount of education their parents have. In fact, parents’ income and education are so linked to their children’s health that there’s even a significant difference between the health of middle-class children and that of children with the greatest advantages. “This report shows us just

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Melatonin Supplements

If you have children, you know they ask some pretty hard questions. Explaining why the grass is green or the sky is blue could take a rather lengthy explanation. But explaining why they get sleepy at night and wake up when it gets light outside could be summed up in one word—melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone produced by the pineal gland in the brain from the amino acid tryptophan. The synthesis and release of melatonin are stimulated by darkness and suppressed by light, suggesting its role in the body’s natural sleep-wake cycle. Synthetic melatonin supplements have been used

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11.10.2008 19:21:37 - Healthnews.com - More Natural Health

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Honey is Now Sweet on Burns

Health News Dozen: Top 12 Allergy Capitals of America

Blood Test Detects Down Syndrome (and More) with No Risk to Fetus

Common Cold, Uncommon Nasal Remedy

Circumcision Does Little to Prevent HIV Infection Among Gay Men

Quality Cancer Care: Making Sure You Get It

Rituxan + Chemo Helps Fight Leukemia

Creation of Stem Cells From Human Testes Marks Another Advance In Stem Cell Research

Parents’ Income and Education Influence Children’s Health

Melatonin Supplements

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