Immune System

Being Bullied Has Major Effect On Health, Monkey Study Shows

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Bullying and Stress, Rhesus, Video, Immunity, Rhesus Macaque, Social Status, Immune System, Monkey Study, Science News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 04/09/2012 03:21 PM EDT on LiveScience The stress of being the new kid on the block may ...

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5 Ways To Stay Healthy Before Your Wedding

Ed Park, M.D., M.P.H | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Wedding, Immune System, Weddings, Boost Immune System, Women's Health, Wedding Health, Boost Your Immune System, Pre-Wedding Health, Weddings News
Ed Park, M.D., M.P.H

Weddings are hectic enough. Nobody wants to feel under the weather on the big day. Brides want to feel beautiful, confident and most of all healthy during this special time! In this piece, I will explain five simple yet powerful things you can do stay healthy before your upcoming wedding.

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Your Life Depends on Immune Cells Doing the 'Impossible': Purposeful, Targeted DNA Engineering (Part 2)

James A. Shapiro | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Jerry Coyne, Lymphocytes, Natural Genetic Engineering, Somatic Hypermutation, Activated B Cell, Evolution, B Cell Evolution, Immune System, Antibodies, Class Switch Recombination, Biology, Science News
James A. Shapiro

This posting will discuss how further targeted natural genetic engineering refines antibody specificity and directs antibodies to the right place in your body to deal with each infection.

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Sex Appeal Study Shows Why Women Pine For Brad Pitt

Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Handsome, Attractive Men, Video, Male, Male Attractiveness, Attractive, Sex Appeal, Men, George Clooney, Immune System, Antibodies, Science News

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 02/21/2012 11:39 AM EST on LiveScience Women may drool over George Clooney and Bra...

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Catherine Pearson

An All-Natural Immune Booster?

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Circadian Rhythms, Sleep for Health, Immune Function, Circadian Rhythms Immune Function, Body Clock, Circadian Clock, Sleep Advice, Sleep Health Benefits, Sleep Immunity, Sleep and Health, Immunity, Sleep Immune System, Immune System, Circadian, Video, Healthy Living News

It's common knowledge that too little sleep can increase our odds of getting sick, but a new study sheds light on just how direct the connection is. R...

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Day Five: Super Bowl XLVI Guilt-Free Cauliflower Breadsticks and Pizza

Suzanne O'Malley | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Pirate Booty, Popcorn, Carbohydrates, Potato Chips, Super Bowl, Kick-Off Time, Yale Heart Study, Indole-3-Carbino, Giants, Patriots, Immune System, Sulforaphanel, Cauliflower, Johns Hopkins, Homocysteine, Folate, Heart Attack, Heart Disease, Healthy Living News
Suzanne O'Malley

I hate to spoil the naughtiness of faux bread heaven for you, but cauliflower is low in fat and carbs, high in fiber and vitamin C.

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How to Keep Your Immune System From Taking Its Own Vacation This Holiday Season

Carolyn Scott | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Cold, Prevention, Health, Flu, Winter, Sick, Holiday Stress, Illness, Personal Health, Immunity, Immune System, Strong Immune System, Healthy Living News
Carolyn Scott

Each holiday season, millions of people travel to visit friends and family and kill themselves trying to get to every holiday party, shop till they drop and eat like little piglets. A giant combo for getting sick and feeling miserable all winter long.

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5 Ways To Reduce Shopping Stress

Leigh Vinocur, M.D. | Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: Stress, Black Friday, Immune System, Black Friday Shopping, Holiday-Stress-Busters, Shopping Stress, Shopping, Holiday Stress, Black Friday Shopping Stress, Black Friday Stress, Healthy Living News
Leigh Vinocur, M.D.

Remember, if your stress is related to debt be strong before you hit the computer for those pre-Black Friday deals or set your alarm for 3 a.m. to be there when the doors open.

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4 Immune-Boosting Myths Busted

EatingWell | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Welllness, Eating Well, Immunity, Immune System, Eatingwell, Immunity Myths, Natural Health, Immunity Booster Myths, Immunity Boosters, Slidepollajax, Healthy Living News
EatingWell

There's no better time than the present to talk about immune-boosting myths -- from colds to allergies.

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Transform Breast Cancer Awareness Month to Breast Cancer Action Year Round

Carol J. Scott, M.D. | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Stress, Cancer, Stress Relief, Breast Cancer, Healthy Living Body, Immune System, Stress-and-Cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness, Healthy Living News
Carol J. Scott, M.D.

Let's put the question on the table: "Does stress cause cancer?" Here are the details. There is a complex relationship between stress and any health problem.

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5 Natural Ways To Boost Immunity For Cold And Flu Season

Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: How to Avoid the Flu, Immunity, Boost Immune System, Boost Immunity, Cold Season, Immune System, Flu Season, How to Avoid a Cold, Healthy Living News

By Jim Nicolai, M.D. for YouBeauty Health and beauty can have an inner wholeness and balance that offers resilience against the external pressures ...

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Top 12 Most Overrated Careers

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Airline Pilot, Corporate Executives, Occupation, Careers, Ceo, Work-Life Balance, Immune System, Health Care, Business News

Last week's job report revealed that the unemployment rate stayed stuck above 9 percent for yet another month. As scores of Americans look for work th...

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Jennifer Grey's New Role: Educating Chronic Pain Sufferers

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Depression, American Pain Foundation, Headaches, Health Activism, Doctor Patient Relationship, Impact, Institute of Medicine, Immune System, Pro-Active Health Care, Partners Against Pain, Thyroid Cancer, Impact News, Chronic Pain, Meditation, Neck Pain, Anxiety, Jennifer Grey, Impact News
Marcia G. Yerman

When I sat down with Jennifer Grey, I didn't ask about Dirty Dancing. Yet it came up because the year the movie was released (1987) coincided with the car accident that left Grey with whiplash damage and chronic pain.

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American Shares Nobel Prize For Medicine For Immune System Discoveries

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Nobel Prize, Video, Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffmann, International Awards, Nobel Committee, Ralph Steinman, Nobel Prize Medicine 2011, Immune System, Sweden, World News

NEW YORK — Ralph Steinman, a pioneer in understanding how cells fight disease, tried to help his own immune system thwart his pancreatic cancer....

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Sex With Neanderthals: The Ultimate Immunity Boost

Priya Malhotra | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Paleoanthropology, Anthropology, Field Museum, Chicago, Neanderthals, Immunology, Hla, Neanderthals Interbreeding, Denisovans, Immune System, Chicago News
Priya Malhotra

One key contributor to a good immune system is good genes. Lately, researchers have been asking, Where did these "good genes" come from? The answer: sex with Neanderthals.

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My Life-Changing Diagnosis

Nikki Luongo | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: White Blood Cells, Immune System, Illness, College News
Nikki Luongo

Then came the standard question for the next year: "Are you going to lose your hair?" which was a better question than "When are you going to find a job?" which is probably the most irritating question in the world.

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Cancer Risk Factors: 10 Things Women Should Keep in Mind

Dr. Nalini Chilkov | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Immune System, Natural Killer Cell, Risk Factor, Carcinogen, Breast Cancer, Women's Health, Cancer, Cancer Risk Factor, Healthy Living News
Dr. Nalini Chilkov

More and more women are being diagnosed with breast cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer and uterine cancer.

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Watch: Microscope Reveals Secrets Of Human Immune Cells

Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Science, Video, Cells, Microscope, Human Body, Immune System, Healthy Living News

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Japanese Workers and Children Overexposed to Radiation

Alexia Parks | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Aplastic Anemia, Bone Marrow Transplant, Hypoxia, Fukushima, Health Risks, Tokyo Electric Power, Nuclear Power, Fukushima-Dai-Ichi-Plant, Decomissioning, Nagasaki, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Immune System, Radiation, Chromosomes, Anemia, Leukemia, Japan Earthquake, Japan Tsunami, Hiroshima, Spent Fuel Rods, Nuclear Proliferation, Joel Rauch M.D., Health Care, Three Mile Island, Home News
Alexia Parks

While the world news media has shifted its attention elsewhere, tragedy continues to unfold at Tokyo Electric Power's crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear...

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Lyme/Autism Group Blasts Genetically Modified Foods as Dangerous

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Seeds of Deception, Roundup Ready, Roundup, Infertility, Safety Test, Toxin, LIA Foundation, Lyme Induced Autism Foundation, Patient Advocacy, Liberty Herbicide, Campaign for Healthier Eating in America, Soy, Allergy, Shopping Guide, Digestive Disorders, Amy Dean, Cancer, Infant Mortality, Environmental Toxin, Genetic Engineering, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Sterility, Genetically Modified Foods, Corn, Genetically Engineered Foods, Carcinogens, Reproductive Problems, Inflammation, Immune System, Rbst, Beneficial Bacteria, Arpad Pusztai, GE Crops, Gmos, Autistic Spectrum, Bt, Institute for Responsible Technology, Kimberly Wilcox, Liberty Link, Rbgh, Gut Flora, Genetic Roulette, Gmo, Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1, Livestock Disease, Dna, Fraternal Twins, Fda, Side Effects, Immune Reaction, World Health Organization, Autism Relief Foundation, Food Allergies, Herbicide-Tolerant, Lyme Disease, Jannelle Love, Animal Feeding Studies, Genetically Modified Organisms, Igf-1, Soy Allergies, GM Crops, Autism, GE Foods, Bovine Growth Hormone, Non-GMO Shopping Guide, GM Foods, Allergies, Aaem, Non-Gmo, Bt-Toxin, Healthy Living News
Jeffrey Smith

Stop eating dangerous genetically modified foods! That's the upshot of the Lyme Induced Autism (LIA) Foundation's position paper released today.

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Weekly Health Tip: Could You Have HPV?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Papillomavirus, Hpv, Immune System, Home News
Deepak Chopra

Brought to you by Deepak Chopra, MD, Alexander Tsiaras, and TheVisualMD.com Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is a sneaky invader. Genital HPV, pict...

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Five Ways to Boost Your Natural Immunity
 (When Surrounded By Germs!)

Meg Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meg Wolff, Health, Natural Immunity, Boost Immunity, Immune System, Personal Health, Home News
Meg Wolff

Here are some good things you can do to enhance your immune system, nip illnesses in the bud and make your body inhospitable to viruses.

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The Really Good News About Stress

health.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stress, Energy, Adrenal Glands, Oxytocin, Health, Adrenaline, Heart Health, Glucose, Immune System, Bloodstream, Healthy Living News

While chronic or extreme stress levels have been linked to heart disease and hypertension, among other things, research suggests that moderate levels ...

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Flu Drugs Saved Many Pregnant Swine Flu Victims

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Global Epidemic, Pregnant Women, Health, Coma, Swine Flu, Asthma, Women's Health, Pregnancy, American Medical Association, Flue Medicine, Immune System, Tamiflu, Healthy Living News

ATLANTA — Quick treatment with flu medicine saved the lives of many pregnant women who were stricken by swine flu last year, according to the mo...

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Living a Gluten-Free Life

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Proteins, Diets, Gluten-Free, Glutens, Health, Gluten Free, Celiac Disease, Food, Grains, Immune System, Fad Diets, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

Strolling through the aisles at Whole Foods, a label you will start seeing more and more is "gluten-free." These products are intended to help those who have celiac disease.

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