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Calcium, vitamin D pills don't prevent fractures, panel says
More than half of American women over the age of 60 take vitamin D and calcium supplements, but the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said this week that they’re probably wasting their money. In a new recommendations from the federal government&...
Tags: Health, New York University, Post Menopause, Calcium, Mineral Supplements
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Supplements we take mostly not ordered by doctors, study says
There is oh, so much publicity about fish oil pills, calcium and vitamin D – let alone the many more unusual dietary supplements. Are Americans persuaded? About half of U.S. adults use dietary supplements, and less than a quarter of the people who...
Tags: Research, Diseases and Illnesses, Death, Glucosamine, Mineral Supplements
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Natural foods: Eating up the trends
Remember chia pets? Rinsing your hair with beer? Food that's just food — no soy protein isolate, xanthan gum, red dye No. 40 or mystery ingredients from the Amazon rain forest?
Well, chia is back, big time (the seeds, not the chia pets). And so...Tags: Business, Food Industry, Mushrooms, Allergies, Mineral Supplements
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The Healthy Skeptic: Is caffeine an effective weight-loss aid?
If losing weight was one of your New Year's resolutions, you might already be growing weary of counting calories and working out. Wouldn't it be great if you could slim down without so much effort?
Anyone looking for a shortcut to weight loss might be...Tags: Television, Placebo, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Herbal Supplements, Health
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Beauty products made with natural ingredients
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIt's never been easier to feel like a natural woman. The 1960s mantra about getting ourselves back to the garden now applies to an increasing number of beauty products, with some small companies literally going to the garden and farm to bring customers...Tags: Japan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Czech Republic, Consumers, Synthetics and Plastics
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That bad attitude? Blame the birth month
If you don't believe in horoscopes, you're in step with science. But that's not the same as saying the season of your birth cannot affect your fate. Hundreds of studies, published in peer-reviewed journals, have suggested that the month a person is born...Tags: Immune System, Behavioral Conditions, Diseases and Illnesses, Melatonin (dietary supplement), Overweight
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Five Questions: Daphne Oz
As co-host of "The Chew"(a food and talk show on ABC), Daphne Oz gets to sample items like the Big Mike Burger (two patties, three buns and cheese), chicken and dumplings à la Gwyneth Paltrow and pizza by fellow host Mario Batali.
But the daughter of...Tags: Health, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Vegetarian Diet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Overweight
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Milk, soft drinks and bone strength
Want strong bones? Eat foods high in calcium and vitamin D, get plenty of exercise — and maybe steer clear of soda.
In recent decades, as consumption of the beverage has steadily displaced the consumption of others —particularly milk —...Tags: Osteoporosis, Bones and Joints, Metal and Mineral, Health and Safety at School, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Red yeast rice may lower cholesterol
What can you tell me about red yeast rice? Is it really good for lowering cholesterol levels, and are there any side effects?
Red yeast rice (RYR) can help in lowering cholesterol. In one study, researchers recruited people who had high cholesterol but...Tags: Anthropology, Health, Science and Technology, Drugs and Medicines, Cinnamon
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Skeleton in the Closet
Young people don’t give much thought to their bones unless they’ve broken one. Yet maintaining strong bones is arguably one of the most important things men and women can do to guarantee a robust old age.
Seventy-five percent of skeletal...Tags: Skin, Diseases and Illnesses, Surgery, Health and Safety at School, Genes and Chromosomes
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Ladies First
Equality of the sexes in the boardroom? It’s about time. The kitchen and the classroom? Absolutely. The doctor’s office? Now there’s a novel idea....
Men and women experience health in fundamentally different ways. Did you know that a...Tags: Vaccines, Chest, Diseases and Illnesses, Internists, Internal Medicine
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Jack LaLanne was a healthy showoff to the very end
Jack LaLanne was an incredible showoff, and with good reason.
If you can do 1,033 push-ups in 23 minutes at the "over-the-hill" age of 42, then by all means show yourself off. If you can swim more than a mile through the strong currents of Long Beach...Tags: Jack LaLanne, Hemorrhoids, Overweight, Weight, Celebrities and Health Issues
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