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New Kids On The Block Star Gets Kidney For A Fan

April 26, 2011 Entertainment, Health No Comments

New Kids On The Block Star Gets Kidney For A Fan

// New Kids on The Block Star Donny Wahlberg gives back to his long time fans.  You might be thinking yeah right he sings a song for someone, not this time he helped a Tennessee women get a kidney. Bobbette Miller needed a kidney transplant and when Wahlberg heard he jumped into action.  W

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Radiation from Japan Reactors Detected in US

March 28, 2011 Government, Health No Comments

Radiation from Japan Reactors Detected in US

The question is will the radiation be “a problem”.  The next question would be “Should American’s be concerned?”  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Health officials and nuclear experts say no. Given the tiny amounts of radiation being detected

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Life Expectancy Sets A New Record At 78

March 17, 2011 Health No Comments

Life Expectancy Sets A New Record At 78

Want to live forever?  Well we are getting closer, the estimate of 78 years and 2 months is for a baby born in 2009 says the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.  About 2.4 million people died in the US in 2009 which is nearly 36,000 less deaths than in 2008. A previous report from the CD

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Diabetes May Shorten Life by Six Years

March 6, 2011 Food, Health No Comments

Diabetes May Shorten Life by Six Years

As diabetes numbers increase across the United States, more studies are done about the why, how, and of course avoiding getting it in the first place. As more studies are done, some revelations have come to light. In the latest, a UK scientist says that the potentially deadly disease can snip six ye

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Death by Burger is No Laughing Matter

March 4, 2011 Food, Health, Home No Comments

Death by Burger is No Laughing Matter

Blair River, a resident of Mesa, Az, died on Tuesday at the age of 29 of pneumonia due to complication of a bout with the flu. Besides his young age “What” you might ask “is the big deal”  River had gained a measure of fame in his short life. The 6-foot-8, 575-pound area known “big

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Health Scare May Postpone Williams Return To French Open

March 2, 2011 Health, Sports No Comments

Health Scare May Postpone Williams Return To French Open

Just last week,  Serena Williams told the New York Post that she was aiming her comeback for the French Open in May but from the latest health scare even Wimbledon, which opens play June 20, may be a stretch.   Williams had been reported by People magazine to have been suffering from a pul

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Vitamin D May Cut Cancer Risk

February 27, 2011 Health No Comments

Vitamin D May Cut Cancer Risk

Vitamin D has been in the news a lot lately. A vitamin that was generally overlooked through the years has now been found to be very beneficial, and health aficionados have taken notice. Now comes a study that implies that taking more Vitamin D can cut your risk of breast and colon cancers amon

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Don’t Eat the Broccoli Taylor Farms Pacific Recalls

February 27, 2011 Health, Home No Comments

Don't Eat the Broccoli Taylor Farms Pacific Recalls

Tracy California based company Taylor farms Pacific voluntarily recalled several products sold to supermarkets because they might contain contaminated broccoli. Random test have turned up positive for the bacteria Listeria Monocytogenes.  This bacteria can cause serious and sometimes fatal infec

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Honduras Cracks Down on Smoking in Private Residences

February 22, 2011 Health No Comments

Honduras Cracks Down on Smoking in Private Residences

In one of the strictest anti-smoking laws that has ever been seen, the Honduran government is now cracking down on secondhand smoke in public and private places, including homes. While the new law does not make it illegal to smoke inside your own home should you own one in Honduras, it does estab

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“Cutting” A Hidden Epidemic Exposed on YouTube

February 21, 2011 Health No Comments

“Cutting” A Hidden Epidemic Exposed on YouTube

Disturbing news coming from the land of YouTube, images of arms bleeding and/or scarred, teens are slicing themselves with razor blades or other sharp object; elegizing the act with poetry of pain, loneliness and hopelessness. Researchers report, teens posting videos on YouTube that depict "cutti

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