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Childhood Obesity
Along with the increase of obesity in adult, childhood obesity is on the rise. Around 15.5 percent of adolescents in the United States, aged 12 to 19 are obese. Even more alarming, about 15.3 percent of children ages 6 to 11 are obese. These...
I'll Wait 'til it Hurts
News Release/Health Story/Diabetes Awareness FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2004 I'll Wait 'til it Hurts "If it ain't broke, most people don't fix it." Do you know if you have diabetes? Did you know type 2 diabetes symptoms only become ...
The Health Benefits of Acupuncture
The Chinese Art of Acupuncture
The ancient Chinese medicinal art of Acupuncture has an important place in alternative healing even today. The proponents of acupuncture rave about the benefits and efficacy of receiving acupuncture treatment...
The Many Health Benefits of Coconut Oil
Have you heard about coconut oil yet? People are adding coconut
oil to their diets and are getting incredible results. They are
losing weight, getting more energy, and getting healthier.
Coconut oil is safe to use, and does not turn to fat in...
The Missing Piece
The Missing Piece By Monty J. Sharp, Certified Comprehensive Coach http://www.workteamcoaching.com We’ve all heard the remarkable stories of people that achieved remarkable things in their life, career or business. We’ve been to the motivational...
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Facts - You never knew - have a look
3000 children die every day in Africa because of malaria.
A person that is struck by lightning has a greater chance of developing motor neurone disease.
A popular superstition is that if you put a piece of bread in a baby's crib, it will keep away diseases.
Chances of a women getting breast cancer are increased by excesseive use of alcohol.
Deliberately infecting people with malaria has been used to cure different viral infections. The high fever will strengthen the immune system and fight the virus. In recent times this has been considered as a treatment to HIV.
Diabetes is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S., accounting for about 180,000 deaths per year.
Due to eating habits in the USA, one in three children born in the year 2000 have a chance of getting type II diabetes.
Every eleven minutes in the U.S., a woman dies of breast cancer.
Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer.
Every year in the U.S., there are 178,000 new cases of lung cancer.
Many cancer patients that are treated with chemotherapy lose their hair. For some when the hair grows back, it can grow back a different colour, or be curly or straight.
On average, 90% of the
people that have the disease Lupus are female.
Over 436,000 U.S. Troops were exposed to depleted uranium during the first Gulf war.
Over 90% of diseases are caused or complicated by stress.
People that use mobile phones are 2.5 time more likely to develop cancer in areas of the brain that are adjacent to the ear they use to talk on the mobile phone.
Prosopagnosia refers to the inability to identify people by their faces. In severe cased prosopagnosia a person may not be able to identify themselves in a mirror.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a disease caused by ticks.
Soldiers disease is a term for morphine addiction. The Civil War produced over 400,000 morphine addicts.
The first owner of the Marlboro Company, Wayne McLaren, died of lung cancer.
The flu pandemic of 1918 killed over 20 million people.
The incidents of immune system diseases has increased over 200% in the last five years.
The number one cause of rabies in the United States are bats.
The oldest known disease in the world is leprosy.
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| American Diabetes Association Home Page |
| Their mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by this disease. Available in English and Spanish. |
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| Diabetes UK home page - Diabetes UK |
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| Canadian Diabetes Association |
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| CDC Diabetes Public Health Resource |
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| National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse |
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| Diabetes mellitus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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| MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Diabetes |
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