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Premature Labor Statistics Scrutinized

Premature labor statistics are scrutinized and report cards are given out to every US state around this time of the year, but also to every country around the world. The March of Dimes, a non-profit fundraiser company has given grades as a continued effort to reduce the prematurity ra
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Vitamin D3 Benefits Both Heart And Brain

Introduction Here I am discussing that vitamin D3 benefits both heart and brain. Typically, what’s good for the heart is also good for the brain. This has been reconfirmed in two independent studies involving measurements of vitamin D3 levels (25-hydroxy vitamin D). First study The fi
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Calorie Restriction Makes You Live Longer

Calorie Restriction Makes You Live Longer

Calorie restriction makes you live longer; that’s what a remarkable study with primates showed that took 25 years to complete. Rhesus monkeys that had been fed 30% less calories lived longer than their normal controls without calorie-restriction. Rhesus monkeys are genetically v
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Stem Cells Help Stroke Victims

Introduction This article is about the fact that stem cells help stroke victims. A pilot study about helping stroke victims with stem cells was published in August 2014.  The work came from a research group from Imperial College London. These doctors took 5 patients that had suffered
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Fasting Regenerates The Immune System

In the June 5 issue of Cell Stem Cell an article was published that described regeneration of the immune system by fasting. According to the lead author, Valter Longo both animal experiments and work with humans showed that with prolonged fasting the white blood cell count in the bloo
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Higher Vitamin D Levels are Associated with a Lower Risk Of Mortality

Introduction This article is about the fact that higher vitamin D levels are associated with a lower risk of mortality. Dr. Cedric Garland and colleagues undertook a study where they pooled data from 32 studies and determined that a vitamin D3 level of 30 ng/ml or more halved the risk
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Fiber Lowers Prostate Cancer Risk

French researchers published a study that involved 3313 men and lasted for 12.6 years on average. It involved the consumption of insoluble fiber; specifically, the quantity, source and type of fiber consumed was analyzed. The study started in 1994 and went on until 2007. 139 men devel
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Lycopene Prevents Prostate Cancer

Lycopene Prevents Prostate Cancer

The Journal of the National Cancer Institute published a report that lycopene prevents prostate cancer. Lycopenes belong to the carotenoids, which is a group of antioxidant plant chemicals. They are responsible for the red color of tomatoes and other red-pigmented foods. Regarding thi
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Suicide More Common In Men Than Women

Suicide Is More Common In Men Than Women

Introduction “Suicide is more common in men than in women”; that as the result of a 10-year study of the World Health Organization (WHO) that has been released recently. The WHO study included suicide rates in 172 countries throughout the world. Worldwide 804,000 people killed themsel
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Low-Dose Aspirin Reduces Heart Failure Deaths

Low-Dose Aspirin Reduces Heart Failure Deaths

Researchers from Ireland have completed a study where they found that low-dose aspirin reduces heart failure deaths. 892 patients with heart failure were prescribed aspirin, where 828 were low dose, the rest either high dose or none. The observation time was up to 12 years with a medi
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