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Learn the glycemic value of the foods you’re eating, which will help you determine how fast their carbohydrate content is digested in your system. Look for foods that rank low on the Glycemic Index, meaning they take longer to digest, giving your body time to break down and manage starches and sugars.
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February 27, 2009 | Posted in Health | Read more » 
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Scientists are unraveling some of the mechanisms behind the plaques in the brain that are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, offering new leads for drugs to treat the fatal brain-wasting disease.
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February 26, 2009 | Posted in Health | Read more »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s new budget includes more than $1 billion to help the U.S. Food and Drug Administration strengthen its food safety efforts, $6 billion for cancer research and a program to send nurses to the homes of new mothers to check their babies.
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February 26, 2009 | Posted in Health | Read more »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An antibody being developed by a Dutch drug company chokes off both seasonal flu and the H5N1 avian flu virus and might offer a way to develop better treatments and vaccines, researchers reported on Thursday.
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February 26, 2009 | Posted in Health | Read more »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Patients with arthritis and heart disease may be afraid to get the exercise they need to improve their health, U.S. government researchers said on Thursday.
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February 26, 2009 | Posted in Health | Read more »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two existing drugs used in combination appear to offer great promise against the most dangerous form of tuberculosis, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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February 26, 2009 | Posted in Health | Read more »
LONDON (Reuters) – Healthier living could prevent about a third of the most common cancers in rich countries and about a quarter in poorer ones, international researchers said on Thursday.
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February 26, 2009 | Posted in Health | Read more »
Opting for a cheese substitute made from soy could help you lower your LDL cholesterol and decrease the amount of saturated fat in your diet. These cheese alternatives aren’t usually suitable for recipes that involve melting cheese, but they make a great addition to sandwiches and hors d’oeuvres plates.
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February 26, 2009 | Posted in Health | Read more »
BOSTON (Reuters) – Advocates for various diets may argue that theirs is the best and healthiest way to lose weight but a study published on Wednesday suggests that many of them are effective.
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February 25, 2009 | Posted in Health | Read more »
LONDON (Reuters) – The AIDS virus is quickly adapting across large groups of people to avoid triggering the human immune system, posing another challenge in the search for a potential vaccine, researchers said on Wednesday.
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February 25, 2009 | Posted in Health | Read more »
