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Jennifer’s Anti-Aging Magic Show

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You can get anti-aging help from both inside and outside the body. This video covers the outside of the body, and how to prevent or slow down aging caused by smoke, sun, and other free radicals. Anti-oxidant properties are important

Is a Lack of Funding Making Us Old?

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Is a lack of funding preventing the extension of human life spans? According to the Fight Aging! blog, funding is the only thing that stands in the way of us and a much longer, healthier life. Researchers that know there

2012 Cancer Advances

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“Targeted therapies for metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer are among this year’s top advances in oncology, according to a report from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).” This year, other innovations in cancer have occurred as well. Slowing disease progression

Endurance Athletes: The Fittest Get Few Health Benefits

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A new study shows that running hurts the heart in a way that counteracts its health benefits. Studies about running and death used to be limited to incidents that occurred in races. But moving beyond those parameters reveals some disturbing

Blue Plasma: The New Way to Exfoliate

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I have to be honest: I never exfoliate my face. My other body parts, yes. My face, no. That’s because the few times I have tried exfoliating my face, I felt like it was too harsh for my skin. But

Seeing Beauty from the Inside Out: Healthy, Ethical, Local Beauty Products

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The idea of how to be beautiful is changing. Buying locally and ethically made products not only helps your skin, but the world. Holistic and sustainable beauty products make skin and the world a healthier and kinder place with natural

Possible Healing of Wounds with Dietary Supplements

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Researchers with Bichat Hospital in Paris split 18 diabetic rats into three dietary groups, monitoring their abdomens with a sponge that collected wound healing fluid. The dietary groups were: standard diet high protein high protein supplemented with arginine and proline

European Commission Gives Picato Gel M.A.

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LEO Pharma received marketing authorization (M.A.) from the European Commission for Picato gel. The gel is used to treat adult patients with nonhyperkeratotic, nonhypertrophic actinic keratosis (AK). The drug comes in two strengths. Actinic keratosis are small, rough, and raised

Toxic Couch Chemicals Warning

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According to a story in USA Today, Duke University-led researchers claim that more than half of the couches in the U.S. contain potentially toxic flame retardant materials. The levels of toxicity astound. Here’s the breakdown from the USA Today story:

Delicious Kale Salad Recipe from Patty James

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Patty James is a health and nutrition coach. Her raw kale salad is bursting with flavor: apple, avocado, garlic, raw cashews, red onion, toasted sesame oil, and more. Full of fiber and vitamins, this dish appeals to the senses with

Jeans That Reduce the Appearance of Cellulite and Stretch Marks?

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Mohicano Jeans now offers a Denim Therapy line, which it claims fights cellulite and stretch marks. Supposedly, the jeans stimulate cell growth and more via aloe vera particles blah blah blah… Ladies, I really can’t recommend this denim line; I

Surfset to Shape

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By January 2013, twenty-seven cities in the United States and Canada will offer surf classes through Surfset Fitness. The surf workout challenges the body in a unique way, focusing on the core and stabilizer muscles that tone the body and