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In a publication dated Jan. 5, 2015 there is a report showing that the cancer rates in the US are down in the past two decades. There has been a decline of 22% in cancer mortality over two decades, which translates into 1.5 million lives saved from cancer. The data was obtained from t

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May 13, 2015

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advances in prevention, breast cancer screening, cancer, cancer rates, cancer types, colonoscopy, early detection of cancer, improvements in treatments, psa screening, reduction in mortality

Middle-aged and older men and women can develop cognitive deficits with an elevation of homocysteine in the blood. This is due to partial methylation defects that were compensated for all their lives, but with the aging process the inherent metabolic disbalance causes symptoms like co

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April 22, 2015

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cognitive deficits, cognitive function, elevated homocysteine, folate, homocysteine, methylation defects, take B vitamin supplements, vitamin B12, vitamin B6

In 2014 several studies were released involving rather large numbers of subjects. A study in the British Medical Journal from April 2014 involved 849,412 men and women and had a follow-up observation of nearly 30 years (Reference below). Rajiv Chowdhury and colleagues selected 73 obse

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March 04, 2015

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25-hydroxy-vitamin d levels, absorption problems of vitamin D3, cardiovascular disease, mortality, vitamin d blood levels, vitamin D3

Hardening Of Arteries Reversed With Supplements

A meta-analysis in the Journal of Nutrition from August 2014 indicates that hardening of arteries can be reversed with supplements. Ammar Ashor and colleagues took 20 randomized trials including 1909 subjects aged 22 to 63. Arterial stiffness was measured by pulse-wave velocity or sim

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February 24, 2015

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arterial stiffness, free radicals, hardening of arteries, inflammation, magnesium supplementation, nitric oxide, pulse-wave velocity, telomere lengthening, vitamin C and E

Treating Alcoholic Hepatitis With Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (GCSF)

Introduction In September 2014 a study with severe alcoholic hepatitis patients showed that granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) improves their survival. Granulocyte-stimulating colony factors (GSCF) Before we examine this study I like to give some background about what colony

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February 18, 2015

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Vitamin D has been in the limelight during 2014 several times, and the observation that vitamin D helps childhood atopic dermatitis (AD) is no exception. The news that this difficult to control skin condition in children can be treated effectively and cheaply (no Big Pharma drug invol

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February 12, 2015

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atopic dermatitis, basic skin care, Mongolian children, severity, skin emollient, skin score, vitamin D3

Introduction In August 2014 the journal “Osteoporosis International” published a report from a trial where researchers compared two groups of patients. One group consumed high doses of vitamin E. The other group only had low doses of vitamin E in their food intake. The investigators

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February 02, 2015

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antioxidant, community-based Norwegian studies, hip fracture, osteoporosis, oxidative stress, vitamin e

A study published in the Journal of Nutrition in October 2014 found a lack of B vitamins in children predicts obesity. The study was conducted in children aged 8 to 15. The researchers came from the University of Queensland, but the study was done on Mexican-American children who par

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January 27, 2015

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BMI, body fat, body mass index, folate, Mexican-American children, obesity, riboflavin, thiamine, trunk fat, vitamin B

Heart Failure Linked To Low Bone Density

Introduction This article is about the fact that heart failure is linked to low bone density. Indeed, a study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology analyzed the bone density of more than 13,000 healthy individuals. In addition, the researchers also examined their hearts

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January 19, 2015

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bone density, broadband ultrasound attenuation, BUA, calcium, minerals, osteoporosis, vitamin K2

Vitamin D increases cancer survival as a study at the University of Edinburgh, England showed: about 1600 patients were operated on for colon cancer and around that time their blood levels for vitamin D were also checked. Professor Malcolm Dunlop, the lead investigator, found that pat

Cancer Rates Down In the US

B Vitamins Fight Cognitive Deficit

Vitamin D3 Saves Lives

Hardening Of Arteries Reversed With Supplements

Alcoholic Hepatitis Treated With GCSF

Vitamin D Helps Childhood Atopic Dermatitis

Vitamin E Prevents Hip Fractures

Lack Of B Vitamins In Children Predicts Obesity

Heart Failure is Linked to Low Bone Density

Vitamin D Increases Cancer Survival

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