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Your Health: Gut problems can have multiple causes
Richmond Times-DispatchHave you ever heard of a condition called mucous colitis? I am 88 and began to have attacks of this painful condition maybe 20 years ago. My primary care doctor said it might be from scar tissue from an earlier bowel resection. A gastroenterologist gave...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Magnetic Resonance Angiogram, Symptoms, Chest Pains, Diseases and Illnesses
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Community Announcements for May 9
Upcoming Public Government Meetings - Lincoln County Board of Education: 6:30 p.m. May 9 at the Board of Education office - Lincoln County Public Library Board: 12 p.m. May 13 at the Lincoln County Public Library - Lincoln County Fire Protection...
Tags: Habitat for Humanity International, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Teaching and Learning, Entertainment, Relay for Life
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Community Announcements for May 2
Upcoming public government meetings • Stanford City Council: 6:30 p.m. today at L&N Depot • Crab Orchard City Commission: 6:30 p.m. today at Crab Orchard city hall • Stanford Water Commission: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Stanford Water...
Tags: Salads, Game, Entertainment, Relay for Life, Ann Taylor
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Relatives fight over estate of poisoned lottery winner
The family of a North Side businessman who died of cyanide poisoning after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot is disputing a deal he purportedly signed leaving his share of several dry cleaning stores to his wife. In an emergency motion filed Monday...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Procedures and Tests, Realty, Urooj Khan, Justice System
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Different forms of calcium supplements for bone strength
Dear Pharmacist: I'm concerned about my bone density because I was told I have osteopenia. Are all calcium supplements the same? Do you have other recommendations? — A.F., New York Dear A.F.: Osteopenia, or lower-than-normal bone density, is...
Tags: Mineral Supplements, Vitamin D, Dietary Supplements, Menopause, Osteoporosis
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Briefs: Environmental Nutrition
Premium Health News ServiceRESEARCH ROUNDUP: MODEST WEIGHT LOSS OFFERS LONG-TERM HEALTH REWARDS Weight losses of just 10 percent of body weight have shown a long-term impact on health issues like sleep apnea and hypertension in overweight and obese individuals. In a study of 3,...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Cardiologists, Weight Loss, Nutrition, Sleep Apnea
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College binge drinking raises risk of heart disease
Step away from the beer pong table! College binge drinking may leave you with more than just embarrassing memories and excruciating hangovers. In a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers found that four...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Cardiologists, Health Treatments, Medical Research, High Blood Pressure
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Coroner: Trucker died from natural causes on Route 33
The Allentown trucker who was found dead after his tractor-trailer veered off Route 33 in Monroe County Friday died of natural causes, the coroner's office said. Terry Allen Graul, 62, was driving his tractor-trailer north on Route 33 in Hamilton...Tags: Allentown
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Briefs: New Scientist
Premium Health News ServiceMUMMIES WITH BROKEN HEARTS Heart disease is commonly thought to be a modern ailment, but evidence from ancient mummies suggests humans have had heart problems for thousands of years. Randall Thompson at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and...Tags: University of Oxford, Colleges and Universities, Heart Problems, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Diseases and Illnesses
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Red meat and heart disease link: Not all about the fat?
Los Angeles TimesThe long-established link between red meat consumption and heart disease may have less to do with the fat in the meat than many have assumed, researchers said Sunday. Writing in the journal Nature Medicine, a team led by Dr. Stanley Hazen of the...Tags: Cleveland Clinic, Dietary Supplements, Amino Acids, Science and Technology, Carnitine (dietary supplement)
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What's so special about Omega-3 supplements?
Premium Health News ServiceEveryone seems to be popping omega-3 fatty acid supplements these days. In fact, omega-3s are the most common nonvitamin, nonmineral natural product taken by adults, according to a survey by the National Center for Health Statistics and the National...Tags: Dietary Supplements, Health and Medical Professionals, Arthritis, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fish Oil (dietary supplement)
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Genetically engineered tomato mimics good cholesterol
Researchers at UCLA have genetically engineered tomatoes that, when fed to mice, mimic the beneficial qualities of good cholesterol, according to a new study. In a paper published Tuesday in the Journal of Lipid Research, authors used bacteria to insert...
Tags: Tomatoes, David Geffen School of Medicine, Science and Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, Drugs and Medicines
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