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Get Pregnant Fast - Trying to conceive is a burden that too many women carry. It can often be an uphill battle, and one that is extremely emotional. The goal to have a baby is easy for some and extremely difficult for others. Fertility issues are sometimes the father’s fault, but most of the time [...]
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Breast Cancer - One of the largest individual studies of the effects of alcohol on the risk of breast cancer shows that it makes no difference whether a woman drinks wine, beer or spirits (liquor). It is the alcohol itself (ethyl alcohol) and the quantity consumed that increases breast cancer risk.
Breast Cancer - In fact, [...]
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Osteoporosis - The first thing that comes to mind when you talk about bone is calcium. But the journey to good bone health does not stop at getting the right nutrients. Getting the right exercise is also important for strengthening bones.
Don’t think that our bones are rigid. In fact, they’re not only strong, [...]
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Cataracts - Women who take high-dose vitamin C supplements may be increasing their risk of age-related cataracts, hint findings of a Swedish study.
Among nearly 24,600 adult women followed for more than 8 years, those who reported regular or occasional vitamin C supplementation of about 1000 milligrams per serving were about 25 percent more likely than [...]
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Dehydration - “Chronic pains of the body which cannot easily be explained as injury or infection, should first and foremost be interpreted as signals of chronic water shortage in the area where the pain is registered. These pain signals should first be considered and excluded as primary indicators for dehydration of the body before any [...]
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Erectile Dysfunction (ED) is when a man can’t get and keep an erection long enough to have sex on at least 50% of tries. Most men have ED every once in a while or for short periods of time. About 34% of men in Canada have ED regularly. ED is most common in men over [...]
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Sleep Deprivation - Need a lot or very little sleep? Don’t blame it on willpower; it likely has to do with your genes.
Out of more than 700 participants in a particular study, two people stood out. These individuals were blessed with a trait most of us can only envy: Just six hours of sleep was [...]
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Cyclists are no strangers to breaks and fractures, but Andrew Coggan could be forgiven for not expecting a hip fracture from a bike crash at age 30. He may have been less surprised than most of his peers though, having recently been diagnosed with low bone density.
For many cyclists, an injury like Coggan’s is the [...]
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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