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Can We Cure Alzheimer's Disease?

Gary W. Small, M.D. | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Age-Related Memory Decline, Physical Exercise, Risk Factors, Cure, Alzheimer's Disease, Memory Loss, Diet, Brain Health, Alzheimer's Prevention, Preventing Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Cure, Healthy Living News
Gary W. Small, M.D.

It doesn't make sense to wait years for definitive proof before we start a brain-healthy lifestyle. There's no reason to sit around for decades before beginning to protect our brains.

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8 New Inspiring Developments in the Fight Against Breast Cancer (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Breast Cancer Screenings, Personal Health, Breast Health, Breastfeeding, Bslide-Yoplait, Pregnancy, Breast Cancer, Cure, Breast Cancer Vaccine, Parenting, Breast Cancer Awareness, Breast Cancer Research, Health, Yoplait, Cancer, Breast Cancer Prevention, Breastmilk, Medical Breakthroughs, Breast Cancer Treatment, Healthy Living News

In the fight against any disease, there's always plenty of bad news to go around. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month this year, however, we hav...

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Rhino Horns Worth More Than Gold, Leads To Wave Of Museum Thefts

Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: England, Galleries, Rhinoceros Horn, Gold, Cure, Black Market, Rhino, Value, Disease, Extinction, Asia, Europe, Belgium, Museum, Theft, China, Arts News

Art theft results in an estimated loss of $6 billion each year, but does that take into account the amount people will pay on the black market? The...

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Update on the Pandemic Disease of the 21st Century

Bernard Starr | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Twitter, Amtrak, Medical Research, Violence, Addiction, Public Health, Pandemic, Cure, Facebook, Texting, Internet, Bill Maher, Suffering, South Korea, Disease, Gaming, Epidemiology, Comedy News
Bernard Starr

The chief symptom of Posterior Alimentary Canal Syndrome resists any potential cure. Sufferers have their heads up the posterior end of the alimentary canal (also known as the rear end).

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VP Biden Addresses CURE Gala

Julianne Donofrio | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Cure, Cure Conference, Joe Biden, Epilepsy, Video, Impact News
Julianne Donofrio

Vice President Joseph Biden shared his deeply personal story of brain trauma at the annual Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE) fundraising gala on Tuesday.

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The Hand-Pressed Triple-B (Bacon, Butter & Bialy Sandwich)

Josh Ozersky | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Manhattan, Nyc, Bacon, Bbb, New York City, Butter, Hangover, Ny, Bialy, Sandwich, Cure, Josh Ozersky, Eisenbergs, Food News
Josh Ozersky

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The Pandemic Disease of the 21st Century Is on the Rise

Bernard Starr | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Cell Phones, Bill Maher, Twitter, Financial Services, Paranoia, Disease, Ethics, Pandemic, Vaccine, Cure, Facebook, Remedies, Illness, Civility, Civilization, Comedy News
Bernard Starr

Police recently ejected a woman from an Amtrak quiet car after 16 hours of non-stop talking on her cell phone -- a new record for a PACS symptom flare-up.

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PC Users Can Help Discover New Drugs to Treat AIDS & Other Diseases

Tasha Mitchell | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: World Community Grid, Cure, Computers, Technology, Aids, Boinc, Scientific Discovery, Ibm, Grid Computing, Fight AIDS at Home, Healthy Living News
Tasha Mitchell

Thanks to the digital age, scientists can advance research efforts in search of drugs to treat AIDS and other diseases. And, we can help.

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Eradication of Familial Cancer: The Wave of the Future?

Jacqueline Kravette | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jews, Ashkenazi Jews, Ovarian Cancer, Healing, Cure, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Cancer, Doctor, Cedars Sinai, Death, Brca1, Los Angeles News
Jacqueline Kravette

For however long I can remember, there was always that ominous threat of the "C" word. I don't believe there was ever a family get-together without the mention of cancer. My family carries the mutated BRCA1 gene.

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Maria Shriver's Kennedy-esque Dream: A World Without Alzheimer's

James Pinkerton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Alzheimer's Disease, Cure, Maria Shriver, Impact News
James Pinkerton

We need to rekindle a goal-oriented approach to medicine, to reorient ourselves, as a society, toward curing disease, as opposed to paying for disease. Among other considerations, it's cheaper.

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Decisions for the Babies of Kabul

Seema Jilani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Children, Pakistan, War, Hospitals, Kabul, Cure, Mortality, Pediatrics, Genetics, Afghanistan, Global Health, Health Care, World News
Seema Jilani

Under the faces hardened by a life full of adversity, there is a keen realization amongst Afghans that life is provisional. For every 10,000 people, there are two -- count them, two -- physicians.

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Crown Jewels or Spoils of War?

Seema Jilani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medical Relief, Kabul, Doctors, Global Health, Children, International, Colonialism, War, Aid Workers, Cure, Health Care, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Pediatrics, World News
Seema Jilani

Many of the colonized people in the world share a belief: that when our colonizers leave, they intentionally leave behind a chaotic situation destined for more conflict, thereby ensuring post-colonial strife.

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Rallying For Epilepsy Research In Denver

Manisha Patel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epilepsy, Cure, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, Denver News
Manisha Patel

Despite affecting more Americans than multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, and Parkinson's disease combined, funding for epilepsy research continues to lag behind other neurological disorders.

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David And Susan Axelrod Fight For Epilepsy Cure

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Axelrod Daughter Epilepsy, Axelrods 60 Minutes, Susan Axelrod, Axelrod Epilepsy, 60 Minutes, David Axelrod, Epilepsy, Cure, David and Susan Axelrod, Video, Impact News

Most Americans know David Axelrod as a senior political adviser to President Obama. But last night, David and his wife Susan joined Katie Couric on CB...

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Dear Santa

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: State Budgets, World, Cost of Living, Cat, Cure, Wish List, Income, Santa, California, Education, Apple, Christmas, Autism, Iphone, College, Dog, Technology, New Year, Healthy Living News
Chantal Sicile-Kira

Dear Santa, This year, I am not asking for a cure for breast cancer, or cures for world hunger, ignorance, the crappy world economy, homelessness, th...

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Cancer: Big C To Little c (VIDEO)

Toan Lam | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gig, Cancer Cure, Toanlam, Lee Ann Kim, Breast Cancer, Cure, San Diego Asian Film Foundation, Cancer, Sdaff, Cancer Awareness, Goinspirego, Mammogram, George Lin, Health, Video, Healthy Living News
Toan Lam

While it's not a fun topic to talk about and in many cases and cultures -- taboo -- talking about cancer could save your life or the life of someone you care about. I've experienced that the hard way.

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Homeopathy: Arnica Relieves Pain

nytimes.com | Anahad O'Connor | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pain Relief, Pain, Health, Natural, Natural Cure, Cure, Homeopathy, Medicine, Wellness, Alternative Medicine, Healthy Living News

Arnica Montana, a plant native to mountainous areas of Europe and North America, has been used for centuries to treat a variety of pain....

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Honey Fights Infection-Causing Bacteria

news.nationalgeographic.com | Ker Than | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mrsa, Honey, Health, Staph Infection, Cure, Bees, Wellness, Healthy Living News

A dark, bitter kind of honey can cripple infection-causing bacteria, including the highly virulent strain known as MRSA, and now researchers think the...

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A Job Nobody Wants: In Defense of (Gasp!) Drug Dealers

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poverty, Terrorists, Criminal Justice System, Drug Dealing, Prisoners, Inmates, Cure, Dehumanization, Changing Perception, Jim Webb, Politics News
Mark Olmsted

The man at the gas station who hands over Marlboro Lights is never called the scum of the earth. The makers of Oxycontin, Valium, and Vicodin -- the biggest drug dealers in the word -- spend no time in prison cells.

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GPICT: Fighting Epilepsy (So Kids Don't Have To)

Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cure, Epilepsy, Axelrod, Philanthropy, Health, Healthy Living News
Rachel Sklar

CURE is a nonprofit organization co-founded by Susan Axelrod in 1998 to raise funds and awareness to improve the lives of those with epilepsy, and hopefully one day find a cure.

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Body Payments, in This Economy?

Lisa Guest | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stress, Healing, Cure, Indulgences, Attitude, Money, Disease, Economy, Healthy Living News
Lisa Guest

We expect our bodies to behave like our toaster (efficiently), and give us what we want when we want it. Rarely do most of us do what our bodies need for such optimal performance.

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Promise in the Pipeline: Is it Pay Day for Burks' Patented Peanut Protein?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Royalty, Revenue, Food Politics, New York Times, Cure, Salmonella, Wesley Burks, Peanut Butter, Tara Parker Pope, Peanut Allergies, Liability, Patents, Business News
Robyn O'Brien

As doctors bring their inventions to market, we should consider the health implications, liabilities and costs associated with exposing our children to yet another novel protein and synthetic substance before the long term health consequences have been evaluated.

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