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Once again chocolate proves itself to be a healthful food. It helps to ease diarrhea.
Diarrhea is a disorder that can cause dehydration. Dehydration can cause all sorts of other health related problems and even death. Children younger than … Continue Reading
Summertime is the time for picnics, swimming, baseball, and mosquitoes. But it’s the late summer mosquitoes that are the most dangerous for transmitting the West Nile virus.
According to the Minnesota Mosquito Control District, the Culex mosquito, which transmits … Continue Reading
If exercise for good health doesn’t sound interesting, then maybe exercise to help keep one young will.
Studies done at the genetic epidemiology department at King’s College in London show that exercise helps protect the body against aging.
The … Continue Reading
Broccoli is as good as a pharmaceutical drug for lowering cholesterol.
Broccoli, raw or cooked, is good for health. Studies reported by the National Institutes of Health show that steamed broccoli is as good as cholestyramine at binding bile … Continue Reading
While no one is advocating that people should be eating high fat foods, there is good news for those who like to indulge now and then.
A study conducted at Indiana University shows that if a person walks moderatelyfor … Continue Reading