Digestive Health Nutrition

HAWAII — Anational 10-year study that included Hawaii participants shows that lifestyle changes aimed at modest weight loss and increased physical activity can prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.

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Airborne, the popular dietary supplement created by a germ-averse schoolteacher, no longer boasts that it can prevent your cold or ease the aggravating symptoms. Instead, the packaging says the effervescent pill helps “support your immune system.”

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STEM CELLS: LIGHT SHED ON EARLY STAGES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

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The National Institutes of Health is launching a large multicenter randomized clinical trial to determine whether maintaining blood pressure levels lower than current recommendations further reduces the risk of cardiovascular and kidney diseases, or age-related cognitive decline.

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The National Institutes of Health is launching a large multicenter randomized clinical trial to determine whether maintaining blood pressure levels lower than current recommendations further reduces the risk of cardiovascular and kidney diseases, or age-related cognitive decline.

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The human body contains billions of microorganisms, and microbial cells found in the human gut are estimated to outnumber human cells by ten-to-one in healthy adults. However, little is known about the ways in which these minute life forms influence health and disease. That is why gastroenterologists at Rush University Medical Center are working on a new research study funded by the U.S.

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Reliv International, Inc. , a nutrition and direct selling company, today reported third-quarter net sales of $20.9 million vs. $23.9 million in the same quarter of 2008.

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Insoluble dietary fibre, or roughage, not only keeps you regular, say Australian scientists, it also plays a vital role in the immune system, keeping certain diseases at bay. The indigestible part of all plant-based foods pushes its way through most of the digestive tract unchanged, acting as a kind of internal broom.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the success of the Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research (YIGPRO) program was confirmed with the announcement of two $50,000 grants that are available to rising young investigators in the field of probiotics.

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Insoluble dietary fiber, or roughage, not only keeps you regular, say Australian scientists, it also plays a vital role in the immune system, keeping certain diseases at bay.The indigestible part of all plant-based foods pushes its way through most of the digestive tract unchanged, acting as a kind of internal broom.

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