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Do Skin Moisturizers Promote Cancer?

Every day, women (and men) all over the world slather on moisturizing creams of all prices and varieties, trying to keep their skin supple and defy aging. Starting with advice from our mothers on skin care, and reinforced by modern media, facial creams have always been deemed a must-do ritual. However, several common moisturizing creams have been shown to promote the spread of skin cancer and the growth of tumors in mice exposed to UV radiation. Does this mean you need to retreat and forget all you have learned? No.

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17.08.2008 12:02:29 - Healthnews.com - More Natural Health

Controlling Angina: Surgical Stents or Medication?

The American Heart Association (AHA) estimates that over 6.8 million Americans experience angina symptoms. Angina is the chest pain or discomfort when there is a decreased blood oxygen supply to an area of the heart muscle. In most cases, the lack of blood supply is due to a narrowing of the coronary arteries, or coronary heart disease. About 1 million angioplasties, a procedure that involves using a tiny balloon to widen the artery and propping the artery open with a stent, are performed in the U.S. each year to relieve these symptoms, but is surgery necessary?

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17.08.2008 12:02:29 - Healthnews.com - More Natural Health

Alternative Health Column Debuts Today at Health News

Please help us in welcoming the newest addition to our Health Experts, Melanie Grimes. Melanie's weekly column, Healthy Alternatives: The Natural Health Advisor, debuts today and will run every Friday. Every week Melanie will introduce you to the many types of alternative and complementary health practices and describe specific treatments for common ailments. Natural health can be yours through natural medicines.

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American's Alcohol Consumption is Decreasing

Are you drinking more or less as you get older? A new study reports that as American generations are getting older, they are drinking less. As clothes trends change, trends also seem to change in alcoholic beverage preference. It also seems that Americans are growing to prefer wine over beer as their adult beverage of preference.

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PET Scans May Assist in Early Detection of Alzheimer’s

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Predicting the Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

"What are the chances of it coming back?" is one of the most common questions posed by women who survive breast cancer, and a difficult one to answer considering the limited studies that have evaluated that risk or the characteristics associated with recurrence of the disease. However, a new study may provide the information oncologists need to help not only answer this difficult question but make more informed decisions regarding the patients' treatment.

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Beware: Adverse Skin Reactions to Alcoholism Treatment Drug

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert for healthcare professionals to be aware of the risk for adverse injection site reactions in their patients who receive naltrexone (Vivitrol). Vivitrol is an extended-release version of the generic drug naltrexone marketed by Cephalon Inc. and is manufactured by Cambridge-based Alkermes, Inc. It was approved in 2006 to treat alcohol dependence in patients who show they can abstain from drinking prior to receiving the drug therapy.

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Changing Memory Pattern Could Break Drug Addiction

There is now hope for people that are addicted to drugs to reclaim their life. By using a chemical that blocks the creation of memories, researchers have prevented lab rats that were addicted to cocaine from needing a fix. The hope is that physicians may be able to one day give humans some version of this chemical to help stop cocaine addiction in its tracks.

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BOTOX® Substitutes Causing Facial Paralysis

WARNING! Some doctors are using fake BOTOX® treatments and misrepresenting the product as the real thing. As of July 2008, there have been 68 individuals arrested and 29 who have been convicted of intentionally injecting fake Botox injections. There are no other brands besides Botox that has been approved by the FDA, as a non-surgical procedure to treat frown lines. Don't fall for the fake stuff. Do your research first!

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17.08.2008 12:02:28 - Healthnews.com - More Natural Health

Belly Fat Can Increase Stroke Risk

Excess belly fat is serious business. It isn't just an idle bystander-it is an active organ in your body-one that produces inflammatory substances and triggers changes in hormones, causing a chain reaction that putts us at an increased risk for many health problems, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and early death.

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17.08.2008 12:02:28 - Healthnews.com - More Natural Health