This blog provides information and resources for healthier living, wellness and a number of health topics including specific medical conditions. It is also a resource for conditions commonly considered to be environmental illnesses including CFS, FM, PTSD, obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance, MCS, heart disease, and a number of other conditions that are potentiated by contaminants in the air, soil and water including autism, sick building syndrome and sickness behavior just to name a few. This blog will try to focus on less scientific and more real-world news and application.



Sunday, March 27, 2011

Poor Eating Habits May Lead to Anemia in Older Women

"A poor diet is associated with a greater risk of developing anemia among postmenopausal women, a new study has found..."

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Friday, March 11, 2011

Scientists say 1957 pandemic flu virus could return

"A trio of vaccine researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) says influenza A/H2N2 viruses, the subtype that caused the flu pandemic of 1957-58, could return and trigger a pandemic in much the same way the H1N1 subtype did in 2009."

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Magic Beans, Coffee Reduces Stroke Risk In Women  | SmartAboutHealth.Net

"Boston (SmartAboutHealth) – Coffee beans may be magical after all, as it has been found that coffee reduces the overall risk of stroke in women"


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Friday, March 4, 2011

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Psychotherapy

"Psychotherapy Eases Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Study Finds,' read the headline in the February 17, 2011 edition of The New York Times. Within a few days Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) ranked third on Yahoo's 'Trending Now' list. For the misinformed reader it's likely these headlines translated that CFS is all in your head."



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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Rapid Rise in PSA Levels a Poor Predictor of Prostate Cancer: Study

"(HealthDay News) -- Blood tests that indicate prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels are rising rapidly over time are of little use in detecting aggressive prostate cancer and should not be done, a new study indicates."

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Mile-high measles alert as air passenger who went through four U.S. airports is diagnosed with the illness | Mail Online

"Public health officials are warning travellers and workers at four U.S. airports that they may have been exposed to measles from a passenger arriving from London.Authorities said yesterday that a New Mexico woman, who was later diagnosed with the illness, arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport on the late afternoon of February 20."

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Menopausal Woes Ensure Protection from Cardiovascular Diseases | Health Aim

"Women, who experience intense hot flashes and night sweats during the onset of menopause, can take heart and look upon these as protection against cardiovascular diseases, according to the findings of new research."

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