Saving Lives One Radon Inspection At A Time
January is National Radon Awareness Month and according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), nearly 1 out of every 15 homes in the United States is estimated to have elevated radon levels, causing thousands of lung cancer deaths in the U.S. each year.
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Blocked protein prevents Lupus in mouse model
( Jackson Laboratory ) Mice from a strain that ordinarily develops systemic lupus erythematosus, but bred with a deficiency in receptor for the protein Interleukin 21, stayed healthy and exhibited none of the symptoms of the disease, researchers at the Jackson Laboratory and National Institutes of Health report.
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New And Unique Alternative Therapies, Now At Sanoviv Medical Institute; An Oasis Of Holistic Health Care
Sanoviv Medical Institute successfully combines holistic health care and alternative therapies, to get results that are surprising everyone. If finding holistic cancer treatments has been a difficult thing of the past, individuals can rest easy now. Sanoviv is here to help! Thanks to advancements in technology and medicine and the way illnesses are perceived, people can now choose a holistic ...
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Top Cancer Doc Urges Youngsters To Say No To Cigarettes
It's a traditional New Year resolution for many, and now a leading West of Scotland lung cancer consultant is warning young people that if they don't stop smoking health problems will appear sooner rather than later.
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Early detection is key
I’ll admit – I was scared. I don’t know why my hand gravitated to the area on the top quadrant of my left breast Jan. 29. I know how it ended up in the general region – my 5-year-old daughter was sick, lying on my chest and I was stroking her hair.
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A Molecular Checkup: The Nano Future of Medicine
Not long ago cancer medicine in the U.S. passed a hopeful milestone: for the first time, the incidence rates for both new cases and deaths in men and women declined, according to an annual report issued in late November from the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society and other leading organizations. Between 1999 and 2005 diagnosis rates dropped annually by about 0.8 percent. ...
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FEBRUARY HEALTH CALENDAR 2009
BLOOD DRIVES Flu shots are no barrier to blood donation for the American Red Cross of Muskegon, Oceana and Newaygo Counties. Call 726-3555 for information. Blood drives are held at the Red Cross, 313 W. Webster, 10 a.m.-3:45 p.m....
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Experts warn of dangers caused by radon gas
Story created Jan 13, 2009 - 13:14:19 CST. FOREST CITY - January has been proclaimed “Radon Action Month” in Iowa by Gov. Chet Culver because more than two of every three Iowa homes have elevated radon levels and the homeowners aren't even aware of it.
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Time is now to test radon
Story created Jan 13, 2009 - 12:54:01 CST. January has been proclaimed “Radon Action Month” in Iowa by Governor Chet Culver because more than two of every three Iowa homes have elevated radon levels and the homeowners aren't even aware of it.
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Keep Vicks Vaporub away from the nose
Q: You ran a letter from a forensic crime-scene detective who used Vicks VapoRub to mask nasty smells on the job. You should have said: Don't put Vicks VapoRub in your nose, your horse's nose or your meerkat's nose! You idiots shouldn't be writing a pharmacy column if you don't know that Vicks will coat the lungs and should never be inhaled.
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Bacolod has highest cancer cases
BACOLOD City has the highest cancer cases pegged at 2,475 as per the 1987 to 2008 record of the Forum Against Cancer through Encouragement and Support (Faces) Foundation Inc.
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ADDICTION RECOVERY MEDITATION GROUP: Introduction to transcendental meditation, led by addiction counselor Milton Burrill and meditation teacher Tom Ball. Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut St. Call 254-8416 for meeting times.
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