The University of British Columbia team said the finding emphasised the need to screen cancer patients carefully for signs of psychological distress. The study, a review of 26 separate studies including 9,417 patients, features in the journal Cancer. It found death rates were up to 25% higher in paThe studies looked at by the British Columbia team focused on a range of survival times, from one year to 10 years. The researchers could find no firm evidence to show that depression impacted on the progression of disease – although the number of studies which specifically looked at this was very…
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Depression ‘cuts cancer survival’
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China needle attacks ‘not toxic’
Rumours had been rife that the needles contained radioactive substances, poison or even the HIV virus. Blood samples from 250 reported victims were examined in a Beijing lab, said state-run Xinhua news agency. The syringe attacks began in August, a month after riots between ethnic Uighur and Han Chinese left about 200 dead. Three people have received jail sentences over the needle attacks. The wave of attacks has raised tension in the region, amid long-standing animosity between the Uighur and Han communities. Security fearsA total of 531 people reported being attacked with hypodermic needles, with 171 showing “obvious syringe marks”,…
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Body Detox Herbs Can Do Wonder In Your Lives
It is a fact that some pesticides, chemicals, and certain fumes are present in the environment that is affecting your immune system and jeopardizing your health. Moreover, the foods that you eat can lead to a toxic atmosphere lowering your overall immunity. Toxic load is the condition of tissues and cells where internal terrain is developed after food consumption of highly processed foods. Your body needs to be cleansed from these unwanted toxins. The process is called detoxification.
Although you have the kidney and liver which are organs considered as natural detoxifiers filtering out the impurities of the bodies, you…
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High Protein Diet
High Protein Diet for Weight LossExecutive Summary about High Proten Diet by Kevin PedersonHigh Protein Diet. There are several weight loss diet plans that are designed to assist an individual in the up hill battle of losing weight. A popular weight loss diet is a high protein meal plan. Protein is an important constituent of the regular diet. It helps in the growth of the body. A lack of protein in one’s regular diet can cause a disease called Kwashiorkor. With a high protein diet plan an individual is encouraged to stay away from carbohydrates and to eat foods that…
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Getting Healthy Heart With The 10 Tips
1. Stop smoking today:
If you smoke now and you quit today, the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation suggest you are 50% less likely to
have a heart attack in a year’s time. So, why not stop and feel the fresh air outdoors once more?
2. Cut down on salt:
By eating less salt, it can help lower blood cholesterol points and blood pressure. This can help reduce the risk
of heart disease. The British Heart Foundation has recently advised not adding any more salt to your food.
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Cholesterol Diet
Low Cholesterol Diet – Perfect Diet For Good HealthExecutive Summary about Cholesterol Diet by Abhishek Agarwal Cholesterol Diet. The body needs cholesterol in order to build cell walls, digest dietary fats, produce hormones, and other important processes. Maintaining the correct levels of cholesterol in the body is essential. Unfortunately, too much cholesterol can causes high blood pressure and heart disease. If we notice the food patterns adopted by people now days, we can notice that people tend to consume more of the food which is high in LDL which is the bad cholesterol. Bad habits like smoking and drinking are…
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Diabetes Diet
Diabetes Diet Control – The Best Method in Damage ControlExecutive Summary about Diabetes Diet by Alvin Hopkinson Diabetes Diet. The metabolism is the system in the human body that takes the food you eat and breaks it down using various chemical reactions. This is why if your metabolism is not working correctly you will find that you can become overweight very quickly, which can lead to diabetes.When a person is afflicted with the diabetes disease, the doctor will prescribe diabetes diet control, exercise, change in lifestyle or even a diabetes team just to maintain a near normal level of blood…
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Use Fish Oil for Health Caring
Health Benefits of Fish Oil
Fish Oil has long been known to contain essential fatty acids that are known to be very beneficial in maintaining one’s good health. some of those benefits are :
Heart Disease
Various studies through the years have shown that the long chain omega 3 fatty acids contained in fish oil may help reduce the risk of heart diseases in humans. These essential fatty acids may also help lower LDL cholesterol in the bloodstream ad therefore help reduce the risk of heart attacks and stroke. Not only that, omega 3 fatty acids found in fish oil…
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Benefits of Fish Oil
Most of us only know that fish just about its meat, but do you know that fish has something useful to our health? Yes.. it is its oil.
Fatty fish like salmon, tuna and mackerel have fats that can produce fish oil. Fish oil contains Omega-3 fatty acids which are recommended by health-care professionals to be included in a individual’s diet. Omega-3 acids are mainly docosahexaenoic acid or DHA and eicosapentaenoic acid or EPA.
Omega- fatty acids are essential in cell building. It is important to get them from our diet since the body cannot produce…
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Happy and Happines
Living a happy, resilient and optimistic life is wonderful, and is also good for your health. Being happy actually protects you from the stresses of life. Stress is linked to top causes of death such as heart disease, cancer and stroke.
One of the better things ever said is – ‘The only thing in life that will always remain the same is change’, and in our life we have the power to make the necessary changes if we want to. Even if we find ourselves in an unbearable situation we can always find solace in the knowledge that it too…
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Are you suffering from Vitiligo?
Vitiligo is a skin condition resulting from loss of pigment which produces white patches. Any part of the body may be affected. Usually both sides of the body are affected. Common areas of involvement are the face, lips, hands, arms, legs, and genital areas.
Who Gets Vitiligo?
Vitiligo affects one or two of every 100 people. About half the people who develop it do so before the age of 20; about one – fifth have a family member with this condition. It may be an autoimmune process (the body makes antibodies to its own pigment cells). Most people with vitiligo…
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Happy Life
Almost everyone have heard the hit single ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’ by Bobby McFerrin. The song has a very catchy way of conveying its message of being happy to everyone. Bobby Mcferiin’s simple message surely made a lot of people by telling them not to worry.
Living a happy, resilient and optimistic life is wonderful, and is also good for your health. Being happy actually protects you from the stresses of life. Stress is linked to top causes of death such as heart disease, cancer and stroke.
One of the better things ever said is – ‘The only thing in…
