Category: Health

Organ Healing

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Here’s some medical research that smacks a bit like that of doctor McCoy’s Star Trek technology and promises a more healthful and comfortable life for many of us. It’s a non-invasive, quick-acting method for healing organs – such as heart, liver, lungs – that have developed problems.

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Breakthrough Device Heals

Organs With A Single Touch

 

08/07/2017

Ohio State University Medical Center

 

Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Ohio State’s College of Engineering have developed a new technology, Tissue Nanotransfection (TNT), that can generate any cell type of interest for treatment within the patient’s own body.… Keep reading

Nuts !

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As “Sustainable Living” necessarily includes all the vitality that comes from good health, here’s an easy-to-implement research finding that may be very helpful to many of you.

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Walnuts may promote health

by changing gut bacteria

 

July 28, 2017

Science News

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

 

A new study has found that walnuts in the diet

change the makeup of bacteria in the gut,

which suggests a new way walnuts

may contribute to better health.… Keep reading

Drinking Pollution

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Here’s an eye-opener about how widespread the problem is with regard to simply being able to drink healthy water. Millions only drink from bottled water – some of which is safer than others.  But how about millions who don’t have the money to buy healthy drinking water?

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How Polluted Is Your Drinking Water?

Kate Harloe

MOTHER JONES

July 26, 2017

Winfried Rothermel/ZUMA

 

More than 4 million Americans live in places where contaminants in drinking water exceed a legal limit—and poor, rural areas are often more affected than wealthy, urban and suburban ones.… Keep reading

Olive Oil & Alzheimer’s

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Here’s some excellent new research findings that may help many of us protect against the onslaught of one of our worst aging diseases.

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Extra-virgin olive oil preserves memory,

protects brain against Alzheimer’s

 

June 21, 2017

Temple University Health System

 

Summary:

The Mediterranean diet is associated with a variety of health benefits, including a lower incidence of dementia. Now, researchers have identified a specific ingredient that protects against cognitive decline: extra-virgin olive oil. In a new study, the researchers show that consumption of extra-virgin olive oil protects memory and learning ability and reduces the formation of amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain — classic markers of Alzheimer’s disease.… Keep reading

Homes Without Water

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While it’s difficult to imagine going to the faucet and have no water come out, while it’s happened in drought-stricken California, it’s now happening in Michigan. Without water, what’s life like?  And what’s your home worth?

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What Is It Like to Live

Without Running Water?

Detroit Families Know

 

A recent study predicts that in the next five

years, more than one-third of Americans

will not be able to afford their water.

Zenobia Jeffries

Apr 11, 2017

 

Each day, Catherine Caldwell hauls three gallons of bottled water to her bathroom and two to her kitchen.… Keep reading