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Interior Design student assists her doctors in estimating the growth and size of a pituitary brain tumor.

CLMI releases a new prevention program for the workplace that focuses on the currently prominent topic of H1N1 and contagious illnesses.

43-year old runner says Otto Bock HealthCare’s C-Sprint® foot spurs his marathon successes

Eva Redei, David Lawrence Stein Professor of Psychiatry at Northwestern’s Feinberg School, has presented a study that throws a monkey wrench in the scientific rationale that is used to justify giving out antidepressant medication.

America’s food supply is under GMO assault and the FDA has begun a new era of human experimentation. America is in dire need of a new super hero – he has arrived. Wellness Resources Inc. presents Larry Leptin, defending your right to be healthy.

The FDA has now opened the door for widespread human experimentation during this year’s flu season, allowing an antiviral drug called Peramivir to be used even though it has not passed traditional standards of safety testing.

It should come as no surprise when a Monsanto product poisons the earth and our food. Our planet has never recovered from the forty-year Monsanto-led PCB contamination that was banned in the U.S. in 1977.

A new discovery about the need for iron in your brain stem (where pain registers) opens the door for an additional approach to chronic pain that may be of immense benefit to many people who are currently suffering.

In the world of dietary supplements and functional foods there are many choices in terms of product quality, and whey protein is no exception.

Dr. Jennifer Eisenhuth is using National Orthodontic Health Month to spread the word to adults that orthodontic treatment isn’t just for children.

Pure Acai Berry, a relatively new brand in the acai supplements industry, has been added by PureAcaiBerrySupplements.com, a reliable resource site on the acai berry, to its list of recommended brands.

Noni has been in use as a medicinal herb in various cultures around the world for several thousand years. Its traditional use relating to immunity includes combating bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections.

Centralized Web platform, SaveLivesSaveDollars.org, brings significant improvements to member relations

A major breakthrough in our understanding of nerve cell function opens the door for strategies to improve learning. Central to the issue is the function of the glial cells within your brain (also called astrocytes).

While doctors hand out Coumadin like candy, apparently because they have no idea how to get someone’s sticky blood to flow normally, patient’s livers were apparently not briefed on the strategy –

HealthyMemphis.org promotes healthy living with interactive online tools and medical reports

Toplacewomenshairloss.com meets the needs of women that want the best quality real human hair at an affordable price. Undetectable!

Tyler Sorenson of Logan, Utah, and Brian Brenchley of Ogden make up "Team Brenchley," a remarkable duo that keeps raising the bar when it comes to competition racing

The news media and our federal government are trumpeting the early release of data from H1N1 swine flu vaccine trials. The headlines would have you believe that the new vaccine is a major success. In some ways it is and in other ways it isn’t.

The physicians of Minnesota are hoping that President Barack Obama will say that payment reform, particularly Medicare payment reform, needs to be part of national health care reform when he speaks at the Target Center Saturday.

Wellness Resources® and Byron J. Richards publishes new content on new bone research that shows that thyroid hormone, leptin, insulin, and blood sugar metabolism are directly linked to healthy bone function.

Minnesota HealthScores tool advances consumer health care decision-making

CLMI Safety Training, headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, provides valuable new assistance for the 7,000,000 employers covered by the updated OSHA Powered Industrial Trucks Standard.

RJF Agencies offers tips on reducing H1N1 inflections at your workplace.

A surprising new study with MS patients shows that even a six month smoking period at any previous time in the person’s life (10 or more cigarettes per day) was associated with 17% more brain lesions compared to MS patients that never smoked.

Forest Lake Chiropractor, Dr. Brant Larsen, approaches each patient as a unique individual-and aspires to provide them with the best possible service.

A new report in the journal Academic Pediatrics shows that severe obesity in children has tripled in the past two decades.

Every now and then rather jaw-dropping research is published, as is the case this week as the journal Nature Medicine published three groundbreaking articles linking the function of immune cells to obesity and diabetes.

There are plenty of people (I’m not one of them) practicing or believing in alternative health who think that drinking milk is simply bad to the bone.

A new report published in the journal Health Affairs shows that the cost of treating obesity-related health problems has doubled in the past decade, from 78 billion a year in 1998 to 147 billion in 2008.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning that pregnant women are at higher risk for life-threatening complications from the Swine Flu. Six of thirty-four U.S. pregnant women with confirmed swine flu died.

The Healthy People Corner offers MenoProgen. The Healthy People Corner has some of the best Health and Wellness advice and is a recognized source for Chinese Herbal Medicine worldwide.

Nutritionists have known for decades that butyric acid is the most important fatty acid to the health of your colon. Your colon produces butyric acid as a result of fiber fermentation, with the help of friendly flora.

Some of the worst bacterial infections have learned how to trick and evade the human immune response, allowing themselves to set up shop and wreak havoc to health. Two new studies help explain how problematic bacterial infections work their evil.

It appeared that Michael Jackson’s problem was a combination of pain and sleeplessness, along with a history of pain medication abuse. His position and wealth allowed him atypical access to his own anesthesiologist.

Over half of individuals taking statins complain of muscle aches and pains. A new study demonstrates that 56% of those with these symptoms have injured muscle fibers based on muscle biopsy.

A new study of 3,516 Italian patients prescribed statins for high cholesterol looked into the issue of how well the therapy lowered cholesterol and the effect of therapy on the time to first hospitalization for a coronary event.

The makers of premier washing machine cleaner, Smelly Washer, have updated their blog and circulated articles amongst the public highlighting the causes and effects of smelly and fungus-infested washing machines.

Alignment of State-of-the-Art Technology Providers Strengthens Joint Product Offerings

There is no short cut to improving health and slowing aging. You need to understand how hormones work and the risks involved before trying any. It is always recommended that you work on improving general health issues while bioidentical hormones.

Leonard Hayflick, PhD, a professor of anatomy at the University of California, San Francisco is best known for his aging theory known as the Hayflick Limit, which places the maximum potential lifespan of humans at 120.

The newest LapSim module for surgical training has arrived!

Mexico gains access to more high-tech training tools for surgeons.

A flurry of recent studies demonstrates that gamma tocotrienol, a unique form of vitamin E, offers protection at the molecular level from a number of different types of cancer.

Exercising in the presence of a lack of antioxidants will increase tissue damage and consequent inflammation, resulting in a poor response to exercise that is unlikely to produce fitness or weight loss.

A new animal experiment shows the power of glutamine to dramatically reduce the inflammation caused by excessive H. pylori infection – a typical cause of ulcers.

In women ages 65-75 taking DHEA along with calcium and vitamin D increased their bone density 2% each year during a 2 year study.

A significant body of science now links poor thyroid function and cognitive decline, including Alzheimer’s risk. Taking thyroid hormone to help offset aging issues may make cognitive decline worse.

A powerful new study shows that grape seed extract turns back on gene signals that help insulin receptors work properly, a major discovery for any person concerned with their weight or diabetes.

Managing your baby fat cell population is a topic you most certainly did not learn about in school. Yet, how skillfully you do this will determine if you become overweight or are able to lose extra weight.