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Teens warned about excessive salt intake - but 64% don't care.
Time and time again we read reports like this. The info is always the same. The one thing that struck me here though is the fact that 64% of people questioned were 'unconcerned' about their level of salt intake - and that's despite knowing the health risks associated with it... Avandia Side Effects, Heart Attack Risks
Many of us suffer from type 2 diabetes. In fact there are about 14 million people in the United States who are in this situation and a good number are being treated with Avandia, a medicine designed to increase the body’s sensitivity to insulin. The drug was first marketed... More Fast Food Joints in Neighborhoods Mean More Strokes
University of Michigan conducted a study revealing the direct correlation of fast food restaurants and stroke. This means that individuals who reside in areas with an abundant supply of fast food chains increases... Food costs vary widely in Canada - Heart and Stroke Foundation
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada says that food prices - and particularly healthy foods - vary widely across the country and that puts some Canadians at a higher risk for heart disease depending on where... PM's terror stand comes back to haunt him
"NEW DELHI: Of all his formulations, the one that has returned most often to haunt Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is the assertion that Pakistan too, like India, was a victim of terrorism. The macabre irony...RAF guided blind pilot to safety
Amazingly, a pilot in the UK who lost his sight while flying a light aircraft was able to be safely guided back to earth by the Royal Air Force. The sudden blindness was caused by a stroke."A pilot who lost his...9 ways to abetter heart
" Did you know there's a simple test you can have to indicate how likely you are to have a stroke or a heart attack? It's called the Highly Sensitive C-reactive Protein Test,...John McCain's Left Eye Affliction Caused by Bell's Palsy?
There is wild speculation on the Internet about the cause of John McCain's eye affliction. Here is the latest." Well, according to several Internet sources, the 72-year-old presidential hopeful is suffering...Nate Dogg In Stable Condition After Second Stroke
Hip-hop artist Nate Dogg has been hospitalized following a stroke, the second he has suffered in the past year. No word yet on how the stroke will affect the future of his recording career. " [A]ccording to multiple online reports, including TMZ, former Death Row recording...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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South Korea says Kim Jong is on the road to recovery
" North Korea's Kim Jong Il is on the road to recovery from a stroke and still in control of his isolated country's communist regime, South Korea suggested Wednesday, disputing reports that the leader is gravely ill.President Lee Myung-bak convened a meeting of top security... Zimbabwe's Coventry defends title in backstroke
Coventry successfuly defended her title at the 2008 Olympics. I managed to catch this on CBC's olympic coverage last night on the only channel i have. this woman's face was so composed the entire time i was completely impressed. "With the wider world waiting for Michael...Isaac Hayes Funeral Set For Aug. 18 in Memphis
The funeral for soul singer Isaac Hayes will be held this coming Monday, August 18th, in Cordova, TN, just outside of Memphis. As NowPublic previously reported, the singer died last Sunday of a stroke, at the...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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7588 views | 5 recommendations | 31 comments
Isaac Hayes Likely Died of Stroke
Renowned soul singer Isaac Hayes, who passed away on Sunday, is reported to have died of a stroke.No official autopsy has been conducted, however, Hayes's family doctor listed a stroke as the cause of his...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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437 views | 7 recommendations | 4 comments
The new Messiah? - 8lb baby born at 8.08am on 08/08
For those that believe in the influence of numbers things like the birth of this 8lb child at 8.08am on 08/08 possibly has some significance beyond it's quirkyness but do stories like these constitute...Famous Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89
Noble Prize winner and famous Russian author of the “Archipelago” Alexander Solzhenitsyn has died. It’s the end of an era. His chilling account of Soviet political repression in the book was painful and...
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