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Friday, July 31, 2009

Organic Living

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Welcome to organic living today - a blog dedicated to promoting health & organic lifestyle choices. My journey into organics began almost 5 years ago. I was constantly tired and fatigued, working too many hours and not balancing my life at all. I bega...
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How junk food is addictive

0 comments Posted by Hieu Tran at 1:41 AM

In this amazing video, Dr Neal Barnard explains why willpower isn't the reason people eat junk food instead of healthy, organic food. Chocolate, cheese, meat and sugar all release opiate-like substances that create a cycle of cravings that lock you into ea...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Increase In American Obesity Bulges Medical Spending

0 comments Posted by Hieu Tran at 9:45 PM

From being pleasingly plump to becoming overweight and continuing on the road to obesity, the ever-expanding waistlines of Americans are also doubling the size of medical spending on obesity-related conditions. In fact, the cost to the nation could soon reach $147 billion per year and account for 9.1 percent of total medical spending.

Friday, July 24, 2009

(Health) Guard Against Swine Flu at Summer Camp

0 comments Posted by Hieu Tran at 10:13 PM

As children head off to summer camp, many parents are concerned about the risk for swine flu.
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(Health) SAfrica stops funding for AIDS vaccine research (AP)

0 comments Posted by Hieu Tran at 6:13 PM

AP - South Africa has stopped funding research on an AIDS vaccine, a leading scientist said Monday, even as a major vaccine trial on humans began in the country ravaged by the world's worst AIDS epidemic.

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(Health) US STOCKS-Wall St rises on CIT deal, analysts' upgrades - Reuters

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US STOCKS-Wall St rises on CIT deal, analysts' upgrades
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NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) - US stocks climbed on Monday, lifted on expectations that lender CIT Group Inc (CIT.N) would be able to avoid bankruptcy. The lender to nearly a million small- and mid-sized US companies reached a deal ...
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(Health) MSF: AIDS Drug Shortage Threatens Africa

0 comments Posted by Hieu Tran at 10:13 AM

Doctors Without Borders warned on Saturday that a chronic shortage of drugs to treat AIDS in six African countries could cost thousands of lives and reverse progress made on the continent most afflicted by the disease.