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Heart Benefits of Aspirin Questioned

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Artery disease, Diabetes, Heart disease

Taking aspirin for heart disease prevention has been a standard recommendation for some time. Although aspirin is known to make internal bleeding more likely - notably where there is ulceration of the stomach - we have been told that the dangers are outweighed by the benefits.
New research now questions whether the preventive aspect of taking [...]

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Natural Health Newsletter

October 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Cholesterol, Diabetes, Drugs, longevity

The Mercola Newsletter is subscribed to by over a million people. You might like to think about subscribing.
At Dr Joseph Mercola’ site, there is also a blog and information on a range of health products. There is also a link to details of the clinic he runs.
Here is a video produced by Dr Mercola’s [...]

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Inflammation Kills

September 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Artery disease, C-reactive protein, Diabetes, Heart disease, health, inflammation, longevity

Inflammation is shown, in this image, affecting some of the major joints. We all know and understand this type.
But Generalised Inflammation is something that we all need to be aware of - whether or not we have aches and pains.
Generalised Inflammation is present in many people - and they rarely know about it.
This insidious [...]

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All Fruit Juices Can Interfere With Drugs

August 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Blood sugar, Diabetes, Drugs, health

Researchers in Canada found that orange juice taken alongside a drug for hayfever - fexofenadine - reduced its absorption by half.  It is likely that there would be similar effects on many other drugs.
The researchers suggested that the spike in blood sugar was the mechanism which caused the reduction in drug absorption. In [...]

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Orange Juice Gives You Diabetes

July 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Blood sugar, Diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome

I hate to report this, but a solid study has shown that drinking orange juice once a day increase type II diabetes risk.
The reason I hate to report it, is because many people will be as shocked as I was - or even disbelieving - when first hearing that their morning ‘health’ drink could [...]

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