March 26th, 2008
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Botanical Name : Ribes grossularia
Family: N.O. Grossulariaceae
Synonyms: Fea. Feverberry. Feabes. Carberry. Groseille. Grozet. Groser. Krusbaar. Deberries. Goosegogs. Honeyblobs. Feaberry.
Parts Used: Fruit, leaves.
Habitat: Central and Northern Europe, especially Britain. Ribes Uva Crispa, also, as far east as Nepal and south to Morocco.
It is native [...]
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March 26th, 2008
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Other Name: Facial Palsy
Definition:
Bell’s palsy is a paralysis of the facial nerve resulting in inability to control facial muscles on the affected side. Several conditions can cause a facial paralysis, e.g., brain tumor, stroke, and Lyme disease. However, if no specific cause can be identified, [...]
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March 26th, 2008
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Prolonged exposure to baby milk powder increases the risk of breathing problems, including wheezing and breathlessness, a study has found.
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Only people who deal with large quantities of powder are at risk
It looked at 170 Thai factory workers who made the [...]
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March 26th, 2008
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Q: I have been losing hair at an alarming rate. I do not want to become bald, as girls don’t seem to like bald men. Please help.
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BALD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf
A: Two out of three men [...]
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March 25th, 2008
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Definition:-Your body’s cells use chemical reactions to carry out tasks such as turning food into energy and repairing tissue. These chemical reactions generate acids. But too much acid in the blood—acidosis—can disturb many bodily functions. Healthy kidneys help maintain acid-base balance by excreting acids [...]
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March 25th, 2008
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Botanical Name: Hydrastis Canadensis (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Ranunculaceae
Synonyms: Yellow Root. Orange Root. Yellow Puccoon. Ground Raspberry. Wild Curcuma. Turmeric Root. Indian Dye. Eye Root. Eye Balm. Indian Paint. Jaundice Root. Warnera.
Part Used: Root.
Habitat: The plant is a native of Canada [...]
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March 25th, 2008
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Stories about the superiority of formula feeding are misleading:
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INFANT feeding may affect brain†was the somewhat alarming headline this week for what turned out to be a good news story. Researchers at the University College London Institute for Child Health [...]
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March 25th, 2008
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An Essex GP gives a dose of perspective on our worse disease fears, and tells us when it is worth panicking:-
1.BRAIN TUMOUR
Fear factor High.
Your GP sees a case Every six years on average. Scary symptoms Headache.
More likely to be? Sinusitis, [...]
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March 24th, 2008
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Botanical Name: Solidago virgaurea (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Compositae
Synonyms: Verge d’Or. Solidago. Goldruthe. Woundwort. Aaron’s Rod.
Part Used: Leaves.
Habitat: Europe, including Britain. Central Asia. North America.
Description:About 100 perennial species make up the genus Solidago, most being found in the meadows and pastures, along roads, ditches [...]
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March 24th, 2008
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Contrary to popular notion, snakes don’t sting or use their forked tongues as weapons. The tongues are actually harmless, even though the sight of a snake sticking out its tongue may seem scary.
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A snake sticks out its tongue [...]
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March 24th, 2008
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Athletes who take human growth hormone may not be getting the boost they expected. While growth hormone adds some muscle, it doesn’t appear to improve strength or exercise capacity, according to a review of studies that tested the hormone in mostly athletic [...]
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March 24th, 2008
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Hornack,a physical therapist at MetroHealth Medical Center for 37 years. And she teaches the hospital’s Physical Therapy Back School. She doesn’t recommend exercises in the 90-minute outpatient class. Those, she says, need to be tailored to each patient. But she’s got a [...]
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March 23rd, 2008
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Alternative Names :
Plane juvenile warts; Periungual warts; Subungual warts; Plantar warts; Verruca; Verrucae planae juveniles; Filiform warts; Verruca vulgaris
Definition:
Warts are small, usually painless growths on the skin caused by a virus. They are generally harmless. However, warts can be disfiguring and embarrassing, and occasionally they [...]
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March 23rd, 2008
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Botanical Name: Coptis trifolia (SALIS.)
Family: N.O. Ranunculaceae
Synonyms: Helleborus triflius or trilobus. Helleborus pumilus. Coptis. Anemone grcenlandica. Coptide. Mouthroot. Vegetable Gold. Chrusa borealis.Coptis groenlandica ((Oeder.)Fernald.)
Other Common Names:( From various places around the Web, may not be 100% correct.)
Canker-root [H], Coptide [H], Coptis [H], [...]
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March 23rd, 2008
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It is such a burden to suffer from a sensitive tooth. It bothers during meals, while drinking something hot or cold, even sometimes while breathing air through the mouth.
There are many factors that can cause and some of them are:
*Brushing the teeth in a [...]
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March 23rd, 2008
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Experts Fear Side Effects on Health
Doping in professional baseball has trained a spotlight on two hormones that many pro athletes use to get ahead of the competition — anabolic steroids and human growth hormone.
But the use of those [...]
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March 23rd, 2008
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Botanical Name: Tragopogon pratensis (LINN.)
Common name: Goat’s beard, Bride’s Feathers , Bride’s-feathers , Geitenbaard , , Goat’s-beard Spiraea
Family: N.O. Compositae/Rosaceae.
Synonyms: Noon Flower. Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon. Aruncus vulgaris (Raf.), Aruncus sylvester (Kostel.)
Habitat:Damp woods, shady places and by streams,usually in mountainous areas.Europe, N. America and Asia.
Goat’s Beard [...]
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March 23rd, 2008
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It is not having lots of money that makes us happy - it is spending it on others, Canadian researchers suggest.
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………………………………………Best not to keep it all
A team from the University of British Columbia said spending as little as $5 (£2.52) [...]
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March 23rd, 2008
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Actress Halle Berry’s decision to call her daughter Nahla had some people perplexed, but baby experts said it mirrored a trend for unusual names which has helped create a new profession - baby name consultant.
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Many parents have moved away [...]
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March 23rd, 2008
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Alternative Names: Tuberculous adenitis
Definition:
Scrofula (scrophula or struma) is any of a variety of skin diseases; in particular, a form of tuberculosis, affecting the lymph nodes of the neck. In adults it is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and in children by nontuberculous mycobacteria. The word [...]
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