Archive for the ‘health’ Category

Bipolar disorder could be genetic - the way she learned to handle it

Friday, September 19th, 2008


Bipolar disorder - a kind of mental illness or depression. Laurel Lemke, 54, of Lakewood, an unfortunate who has developed this mental illness since very young age. Insomnia kept hitting her and she had hyper energy, tensions which needed her to cycle in and out hospitals in her life. And she was rejected by schools and colleges due to she was considered mentally unfit.

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Ophena by QuatRx - a female viagra still under test

Thursday, September 18th, 2008


Well, some women have bad sex drive, which is due to many issues, such as stress, or some caused by post-menopausal problems which result pain while having sex…Ophena will be a new drug that could help some women to gain some sex drives, which works like a Viagra for the women.

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Red grapes rich in fiber and antioxidants, wonder cure for heart diseases

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Red grapes are not only good for making wine. They’re great fruits to cure those suffer from high blood pressure or those who have bad cholesterol that blocks their heart which likely causes a heart attack.

The skins and seeds of red grapes are full of fibre and antioxidants, which is best to reduce the risks of cardiovascular disease. In short, red grapes are super food to keep your heart healthy, lower pretty much the risks of getting heart-related diseases such as high blood pressure, heart attacks etc.

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‘Elite’ HIV woman knows the secret to AIDs vaccine

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

The woman called “Elite suppressor”, who was infected by her husband of the HIV virus about 10 years ago. But in the past 10 years till now, she’s never shown any symptoms of infection with the AIDS virus.

Researchers guess that she might have the vaccine or secret on how to defeat the HIV/AIDS viruses. She seems to know how to naturally control the viruses, whereas her husband needs to depend on strong drugs to keep the viruses under control.

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Now breast cancer can be detected by checking your hair!

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Hair helps to detect breast cancerJust take 20 or so strands of hair, then it can be used to tell if you have breast cancer. Australian company Fermiscan has developed a test that helps detect breast cancer more easily.

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