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A new study using nanotechnology has shown promising results for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. The nanoparticles work to trick the immune system and help alleviate the symptoms of MS for up to one year for each injection. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disorder where the a person’s own immune system attacks myelin, the protective coating on […]
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Leona Aglukkaq, Canada’s health minister, has announced that Canada will allow for generic OxyContin to be produced. This issue has been controversial. The “hillbilly heroin” has been widely abused. In response to the drug abuse, the drug developers, Purdue Pharma Canada, reformulated the painkiller. Now called OxyNEO, the drug is nearly impossible to crush, snort, […]
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Allyn Rose, a 2013 Miss America contestant, has announced that she will undergo a double mastectomy. Rose is representing Washington, D.C. in the January pageant. Rose had both her mother and grandmother die from breast cancer. She has decided to take preventative measures and have a double mastectomy to try and ward off the likely hood […]
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A new study out of Montreal Canada suggests that children who attend daycare before entering school are 50 percent more likely to become overweight compared to those that stay at home with their parents. Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy from the University of Montreal said that, after analyzing 1,649 families for almost a decade, the research team […]
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Green coffee extract has taken the world by storm and has established itself as one of the most popular diet and weight management trends of 2013. The buzz around green coffee and its various health and weight management claims have taken the media by storm and new products using the extract have made their way […]
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