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15 Best (And Worst) Foods For Immunity

msn.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Protection, Sickness, Cold, Supplements, Vitamin D, Swine Flu, Flu, Immunity, Germs, Wellness, Fruits, Juice, Vitamins, Health, Vegetables, Food, Eating, Vitamin C, H1n1, Living News

Is your diet making you a germ magnet? Research shows that what you eat -- or don't -- can play an important role in your immune system's ability to d...

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Throw It Back Or Throw It Up: How Will The Allergy Generation Handle Their Drink?

Susan Weissman | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Food Allergies, Immunity, Drinking Age, Teenagers, Allergies, Alcohol, Health, Living News
Susan Weissman

Let's call them The Allergy Generation. They are the approximate two million children in the U.S. who are growing up with life-threatening food allergies.

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Protect Your Breasts With Vitamin D

Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Sunlight, Breast Heath, Breasts, Immunity, Cancer, Vitamin D, Breast Cancer, Health, Christiane Northrup, Wellness, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Living News
Christiane Northrup, MD

A study conducted by Cedric Garland and other researchers determined that women with vitamin D levels above 52 ng/ml have half the risk of developing breast cancer as those with 13 ng/ml.

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Let's Have a Heart to Heart

Anne Dunev | Posted 03.14.2009 | Living

Read More: The Balanced Life, Exposure to Chemicals, Valentines Day, Flu, Immunity, Germs, Green Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day, Heart Disease, Gardening, Blood Pressure, Medicine, Love, Environmental Chemicals, Flu Season, Valentine's Day Gifts, Ohio State University, Personal Health, Therapeutic Touch, Pediatrics, Chemicals, Babies, Valentine's Day Ideas, Immune System, Toxic Chemicals, How to Be Happy, Heart, Daily Life, The Ohio State University, Romance, Hospitals, Being Happy, Gardens, Living News
Anne Dunev

We can be a big influence on each other's health. A warm smile, a greeting, a hug to a dear one, can brighten anyone's life -- and may have more of a therapeutic effect than you realize.

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Tai Chi for the New Year

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 01.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Yin/Yang, Mind/Body/Spirit, Tai Chi, Health, Traditional Chinese Medicine, New Year's Resolution, Daoism, Balance, Immunity, Blood Pressure, Immune System, Spirituality, Martial Arts, New Year's Commentary, Living News
Arthur Rosenfeld

Financial investments may disappear in a puff of smoke these days, but those made in our health and happiness keep paying dividends no matter what the financial or political climate.

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Ultimate Balance: What to Eat This Season

Sara Avant Stover | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Fear, Gas, Constipation, Maple Syrup, Autumn Foods, Headaches, Dry Skin, Local Eating, Chamomile Tea, Autumn, Immunity, Spaghetti Squash, Fatigue, Autumn Recipes, Root Vegetables, Local Produce, Equinox, Healthy Sleep, Butternut Squash Soup Recipe, Insomnia, Bloating, Unsettling Emotions, Cinnamon, Anxiety, Seasonal Eating, Eliminiation, Worry, Living News
Sara Avant Stover

To ensure a strong immune system through the winter months, find ways to connect and harmonize with your surroundings now. One of the best ways to do this is by eating foods that are in season.

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Senator McCain's Fannie Problem

Sunil Chacko | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain, Robert Zoellick, Senator McCain, Congressional Subpoenas, Ceo, Jim Johnson, Senator Obama, McCain Campaign, Fannie Mae, Accounting Irregularities, Immunity, Advisor, John Huntsman Jr., George W. Bush, World Bank, Barack Obama, Paul Wolfowitz, World Trade Organization, Project for a New American Century, Wto, Business News
Sunil Chacko

Zoellick would have to comply with Congressional subpoenas to explain having headed the lobbying activities for Fannie Mae.

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Friday Talking Points [38] -- Whiners And Cheeseheads

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Welcome back to Friday Talking Points, after a one-week hiatus! While plenty has happened in the past two weeks which bears close and careful analysis...

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Spying Activists Re-Up Pressure on Obama

Ari Melber | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mybo, Fisa Amendments Act, Mybarackobama, Telco Immunity, Protest, Surveillance, Fisa, Obama, Spying, Immunity, Barack Obama, FISA Bill, Obama FISA, Politics News
Ari Melber

Though they Obama/FISA protest group now has one objective (urging Obama to change his vote), by increasing its membership, mission and ambition, it has the makings of a broader successful net movement.

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Friday Talking Points [37] -- Welcome, New Readers

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

McCain flip-flops on torture, tax cuts, the religious right, Roe v. Wade, lobbyists, gay marriage, creationism, Iraq, talking to enemies, and just about any other subject you care to name.

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.28.2008 | Media

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Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

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Lawsuit Against Blackwater May Cripple US Reliance On Security Contractors

Time | ADAM ZAGORIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Florida, Immunity, Blackwater, Lawsuit, Politics News

A little-noticed court case in Florida threatens to undermine the arrangement under which some 150,000 private contractors provide security and backup...

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Iraq Revokes All Contractor Immunity

AFP | Ammar Karim | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Immunity, State Department, Blackwater, Politics News

The Iraqi government announced on Wednesday that it has decided to formally revoke the immunity from prosecution granted to private security companies...

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Angry Senators Say White House Cut Deal Over Wiretapping

Washington Post | Ellen Nakashima | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wiretapping, Telecom Industry, Immunity, President Bush, Senate, Politics News

Senate Judiciary Committee members yesterday angrily accused the White House of allowing the Senate Intelligence Committee to review documents on its ...

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Legal Scholars: Immunity For Telecom Wiretapping Would Set Bad Precedent

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Precedents, Wiretapping, Immunity, Politics News

When previous Republican administrations were accused of illegality in the FBI and CIA spying abuses of the 1970s or the Iran-Contra affair of the 198...

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