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    Good gut, good health?

    New nutritional therapies are aimed at boosting the variety of microorganisms that live in your GI tract, says neuroendocrinologist Mark Heiman. Mark Heiman recently picked up a watermelon radish at his local farmer’s market in New Orleans and immediately had ...
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    Obesity Prevention Source – Paying the Price for Those Extra Pounds

    Excess weight harms health in many ways. It increases the risk of developing conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, osteoarthritis, and some cancers, to name just a few, and reduces the life span. Treating obesity and obesity-related conditions costs billions ...
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    DXN VERIS: AN EVOLUTION IN MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

    DxN VERIS from Beckman Coulter, offers laboratory managers a veritable one-stop shop for molecular diagnostics. DxN VERIS integratessample introduction, nucleic acid extraction, reaction setup, real-time PCR amplification and detection, and results interpretation into one system which saves on space, time ...
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    staying healthy with technology

    Living a healthy lifestyle is easier than ever before thanks to an array of fitness apps, wearable devices, and other smart products. Here’s how you can harness the power of technology to lose those extra pounds. Hundreds of thousands of ...
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    Cannabis helps heal broken bones

    Israeli researchers find non-psychotropic compound in marijuana is good therapy for fractures. Add another page to the constantly growing body of evidence supporting the use of medical marijuana to treat pain and a variety of other conditions including diabetes, Parkinson’s ...
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    Virtual Reality Meditation: Take Yoga Class With An Oculus Rift

    WILL THE YOGA CRAZE BECOME A TECHNOLOGY CRAZE? HOW LONG UNTIL THERE IS A YOGA CLASS PROGRAM FOR THE OCULUS RIFT? I have tried mediation numerous times over the years. I have gone to many classes and met many yogis. Meditation ...
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    Why Is the Federal Government Afraid of Fat?

    BOSTON — SINCE the publication of the federal government’s 1980 Dietary Guidelines, dietary policy has focused on reducing total fat in the American diet — specifically, to no more than 30 percent of a person’s daily calories. This fear of ...
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    ‘Waze’ for the sleep-deprived

    Sleep ASAP gathers data on ‘sleep strugglers’ and offers meetups and webinars introducing non-narcotic techniques for a good night’s sleep. Are you a sleep struggler? If so, you’re in good company. It’s estimated that about 45 percent of the world’s ...
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    How the world could better fight obesity

    Obesity is a critical global issue that requires a comprehensive, international intervention strategy. More than 2.1 billion people—nearly 30 percent of the global population—are overweight or obese.1 That’s almost two and a half times the number of adults and children ...