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Individuals who have Alzheimer's disease in their family line have a much higher risk than the general population does for developing the disease. The highest statistic is for someone who has a parent or sibling diagnosed with Alzheimer's, raising read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Health > Staying Healthy
New Alzheimer testing methods consist of more than nothing spitting in a test tube, allowing more and more people to take that first move toward fighting Alzheimer's disease and becoming their first advocate. But in actuality, many types of tests read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Health > New Treatments
Recently European researchers announced they had produced a certain type of tobacco plant which contains a "potent anti-inflammatory protein" called interleukin-10 (IL-10). The purpose of this plant is to help insulin-dependent type read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Health > Staying Healthy
Changing your eating and exercise routines will help your body in more ways than you may realize. read more
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Lynda Forman
Category: Health > Staying Healthy
It's pretty hard to have a positive attitude about quitting smoking after putting a lot of time and money into a hard-earned habit of 50-years. To know how serious this habit is, remember the words of Mark Twain, "Quitting smoking is easy. I've read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Health > Staying Healthy
COPD refers to chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases---asthma, pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema---with growing factors for COPD involving excess worrying, death and disability. The World Health Organization reports that the top five read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Health > New Treatments
There is a saying, "Tomorrow is the unknown, yesterday is over, but today is the present—a true gift from God." How often do we base tomorrow's events on the past? Both are an illusion as the past dissolves the minute it is released read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Health > Stress
You can lose weight forever when you know how to approach your habits and your mindset. read more
By:
Lynda Forman
Category: Health > Staying Healthy
For anyone who has had a colonoscopy done, the words virtual colonoscopy and physical colorectal exams are as opposite as night and day in many areas, depending on the person involved. Granted, many people walk right in and have no problems at read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Health > How The Body Works
Recently Nebraska transferred from analog television to digital, a process which has left many Nebraskans with rabbit ears and antennas perplexed and without adequate reception. Where the larger cities have already made this transition, the smaller read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Health > How The Body Works