Botanical Name: Hippophae Rhamnoides
Family: Elaeagnaceae
Other Names: Espino Falso, Oblebicha, Olivella Spinosa, Sallow Thorn, Duindoorn, Seabuckthorn
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Genus: Hippophae
Parts used: The sea buckthorn berries are used to make juice but also bark and leaves are used for the production of pharmaceuticals or to make sea buckthorn tea. Sea [...]
The long-awaited revision of the 1990 recommendations puts a cap on the amount an obese mother should gain and places more emphasis on exercise. Some doctors wanted to see a lot more.
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Panel members said women and their doctors must try harder to help the women reach a normal weight before pregnancy and avoid excessive [...]
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Newborn lungs exist in a “compacted state” suitable for the womb. When the infant is born, the placenta and cord pulse for up to 20 minutes, delivering a burst of blood volume to the infant’s system. This blood burst is just what is needed for the lungs of the newborn to expand.
Unfortunately, many [...]
The World Health Organization is investigating a claim by Australian researcher Adrian Gibbs, who says that the swine flu virus circling the globe may have been created as a result of human error.
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Gibbs, who collaborated on research that led to the development of Tamiflu, said in an interview that he intends to publish a [...]
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Botanical Name: Rhamnus Frangula (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Rhamnaceae
Synonyms: Black Dogwood. Frangula Bark.Frangula alnus
Common Name: Frangula
Part Used: Bark.
Habitat: The Alder Buckthorn is a slender shrub, widely distributed over Europe and northern Asia, and found in woods and thickets throughout England, though rare in Scotland.
In place of the violently-acting juice of the berries of the Common [...]
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Chorionic villi are small structures in the placenta that act like blood vessels. These structures contain cells from the developing fetus. A test that removes a sample of these cells through a needle is called chorionic villus sampling (CVS).Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is the removal of a small piece of placenta tissue (chorionic villi) [...]
New research suggests taking vitamins after exercise may undo some of the beneficial effects of your workout.
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Some advocate taking antioxidants like vitamin C and E to help protect your body from harmful chemical by-products it creates in breaking into a sweat. But some scientists now believe these “free radicals” may actually be good for you [...]
Cutting down on carbohydrates may slow prostate tumour growth, according to a study conducted on animals.
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“Researchers believe that insulin and insulin-like growth factor contribute to the proliferation of prostate cancer,” said Stephen Freedland, urologist at the Duke Prostate Centre and lead investigator on this study.
“Previous work here and elsewhere has shown that a diet [...]
Having It Easy
Our lives are an exercise in facing challenges. We dream the grandest of dreams as youngsters only to discover that we must cultivate copious inner strength and determination in order to meet our goals. Our hard work does not always yield the results we expect. And it is when we find ourselves frustrated [...]
Botanical Name:Rhamnus Cathartica
Family: N.O. Rhamnaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Genus: Rhamnus
Synonyms: Highwaythorn. Waythorn. Hartsthorn. Ramsthorn.
Other names: European buckthorn, Hart’s thorn, European waythorn
Part Used: Berries.
Habitat:Native in Eurasia
Three species of the genus Rhamnus (the name derived from the Greek rhamnos, a branch) are possessed of the same medicinal properties in varying degrees.
The Common or Purging Buckthorn, [...]
