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Alkaline Water: Healthy Elixir?

Alkaline Water: Healthy Elixir?

Do alkaline water's health claims hold water or do the benefits simply favor the maker over the drinker?

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Menopause, 'Freshman 20' Again

Menopause, 'Freshman 20' Again

Entering menopause is a mixed bag for many women. While putting periods, cramps and PMS behind you may be a bonus, new challenges take their place including a thickening middle

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The Drugging of GenRx

The Drugging of GenRx

Prescription drugs bring relief from illness and pain but they come with a price...drug dependence and even death have become commonplace in the older population. Can we turn it around or is it too late?

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Flu, The Smart Virus

Flu, The Smart Virus

Flu vaccinations have become an annual event in most developed countries, yet flu continues to affect tens of millions of people each year and causes 250,000 to 500,000 deaths worldwide. So, what's wrong? Is the flu virus smarter than us?

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Nonstick Pans - Are You Cooking Healthy Food in a Toxic Pan?

Nonstick Pans - Are You Cooking Healthy Food in a Toxic Pan?

Do nonstick pans make our food toxic? With the new anodized products coming out it would seem that there is probably some truth to this claim. The good news is there are alternatives

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Everything's Pink... So Why Isn't There a Cure for Breast Cancer?

Everything's Pink... So Why Isn't There a Cure for Breast Cancer?

Pink marketing has added millions of dollars to breast cancer research but breast cancer continues to be a major killer of women worldwide. Is pink marketing better for business or finding the cure?

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Obamacare: Good Medicine, Bad Politics or the Other Way Around?

Obamacare: Good Medicine, Bad Politics or the Other Way Around?

Insuring every U.S. citizen by 2014 is laudable but not by creating a bigger and more convoluted mess. However, there is a way out and it's next door!

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National Health Insurance - Is There A Middle Ground?

National Health Insurance - Is There A Middle Ground?

Despite the advent of Obamacare in 2010, most estimates indicate that about 50 million Americans remain uninsured or underinsured or uninsurable. So, why can't the United States insure all its citizens like the rest of the industralized world?

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Dirty Bombs and Nuclear Accidents, Are You Prepared?

Dirty Bombs and Nuclear Accidents, Are You Prepared?

The 'nuke scenario' remains but what about dirty bombs or another 'Fukushima'. Hopefully neither will occur, but the odds are one or the other will happen in our future. Are you prepared?

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Artificial Sweeteners:  Sweet or Sour?

Artificial Sweeteners: Sweet or Sour?

Artificial sweeteners may be good for us – think about our ongoing battle against diabetes, obesity and tooth decay. But is there a sour – or even a bitter side to these sugar substitutes?