Do detox diets offer any health benefits?
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- Written by Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D.
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Scottsdale, Arizona - Detoxification (detox) diets are popular, but there is little evidence that they eliminate toxins from your body.
Stress relief from laughter? It's no joke
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Rochester, Minnesota - Whether you're guiltily guffawing at an episode of "South Park" or quietly giggling at the latest New Yorker cartoon, laughing does you good. Laughter is a great form of stress relief, and that's no joke.
Health Awareness: What Women Need To Know About Their Bones
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Imperial, California (NAPS) - Osteoporosis (bone los) is a serious condition that half of all women and many men can expect to develop at some time in their lives. Fortunately, it can be detected and treated. In fact, women who have a bone density scan have 35 percent fewer hip fractures than those who do not.
Hopeful new strategy for treating Parkinson’s disease
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Boulder, Colorado - A novel compound developed by a team led by the University of Colorado Boulder may be therapeutic in suppressing misguided inflammatory responses by a set of immune cells known as microglia to perceived damage to the brain and nervous system.
CDC data show progress in reducing some foodborne infections in 2014
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Washington, DC - In 2014, rates of infection from a serious form of E. coli and one of the more common Salmonella serotypes decreased compared with the baseline period of 2006-2008. Meanwhile, some other less common types of Salmonella increased. Campylobacter and Vibrio rose again in 2014, continuing the increase observed during the past few years, according to data published today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Today’s report summarizes the rates of infection per 100,000 population and tracks illness trends for key foodborne illnesses.
Findings reveal clues to functioning of mysterious 'mimivirus'
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West Lafayette, Indiana - Researchers have discovered the structure of a key protein on the surface of an unusually large virus called the mimivirus, aiding efforts to determine its hosts and unknown functions.
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