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Dry Eye Syndrome All Too Common in Winter

May 10, 2011 Health No Comments

Dry Eye Syndrome All Too Common in Winter

Everyone knows that with cold winter weather comes dryness. Whether it's your skin, your lips, or the air you breathe, dryness can definitely cause some human discomfort. This is extremely evident when you are talking about the eyes. Dry Eye Syndrome is pretty much what it sounds like -- eyes tha

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Five great foods – THAT WILL KILL YOUR DOG

May 9, 2011 Education, Health, Pets No Comments

Five great foods - THAT WILL KILL YOUR DOG

How can I resist those soulful brown eyes begging for a treat while I chow down while watching Charlie Sheen in his reality show “Two and a Half Men”? Okay, so “Two and a Half Men” isn’t a reality show, but what is a reality is that not everything I eat is good for my Zoey Dog. Animals

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Diabetes May Shorten Life by Six Years

May 9, 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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A Healthy World: International Trends in Organic Farming

May 8, 2011 Food, Health, Home No Comments

A Healthy World: International Trends in Organic Farming

There has been much talk in recent years about the global environment and what issues have developed since the bulk of  farming is conventional farming instead of the more traditional organic farming.  Conventional farming allows for the use of synthetic chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbic

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Five Things That Will Kill Your Cat Fast

May 8, 2011 Education, Health, Pets No Comments

Five Things That Will Kill Your Cat Fast

The most common pets in U.S. households today are cats and dogs.  This being said the cat population far out numbers the dogs by more than 10 million, thereby giving them the title of most popular pet species, in other words, Cats rule and dogs drool. The popularity of cats as pets could be due

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Death by Burger is No Laughing Matter

May 7, 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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Diabetes Up 9% in US

May 6, 2011 Health No Comments

Diabetes Up 9% in US

More bad news about our growing epidemic with obesity and all the related health problems that can be a biproduct of being overweight or obese. It looks like there are now 26 million people with diabetes in the United States. That is in increase of 9% over the last set of statistics available, i

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Health Scare May Postpone Williams Return To French Open

May 5, 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

May 2, 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

May 2, 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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