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Diabetic Diets

December 6th, 2009 Posted in Diabetes | 12 Comments »

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Excerpt: Diabetic Diets. After being diagnosed with diabetes, one has to come to terms with it and make a few changes to their lifestyle. At the most, they will be put on a new diet plan.   One does not have to skip meals or avoid eating food that one has always loved completely in order to follow a diet plan. In fact, skipping meals only increases the sugar levels in one’s body. For instance, fried, pureed or oily items can increase one’s blood sugar levels. Choose foods items that can act as a healthy substitute to these such as low fat…

Cutting Prescription Drug Costs

December 4th, 2009 Posted in Medicine | No Comments »

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Excerpt: Cutting Prescription Drug Costs. There are a number of ways to cut prescription drug costs-without sacrificing safety or effectiveness. Try these tips: What’s In A Name?-Finding generic versions of name-brand drugs can cut costs by a significant percentage. For instance, people who take one of the more popular cholesterol-lowering drugs could save about $175 per prescription if they stuck to the generic versions. Finding Generics-Your pharmacist or doctor can tell you if the generic version of a drug is readily available in the U.S. You can also check with groups such as 1-800-USAVERX. The company gets drugs from FDA and World…

Can You Lower Cholesterol Naturally? Cholesterol Management Solutions for Everyone

December 3rd, 2009 Posted in Cardiovascular Disease | 12 Comments »

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Excerpt: Do you need to lower your cholesterol? Is it possible to lower cholesterol naturally? Hmmm, a perplexing question. And one which a huge number of people need an answer to as so many people have high cholesterol and need to lower their levels.The question “can you lower cholesterol naturally” is one which needs to be preceded by another question. When you ask can you lower cholesterol naturally what do you mean by “naturally”?Lowering cholesterol isn’t easy, and there are a number of options to lower cholesterol and achieve better overall heart health. Some involve risks.You can try drugs, statin…

Lower Cholesterol Naturally Without Drugs

December 3rd, 2009 Posted in Cardiovascular Disease | 13 Comments »

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Excerpt: Lower Cholesterol Naturally Without Drugs. Diet to lower cholesterol is very simple if you know which type of cholesterol in the foods you must keep off. The best diet to lower cholesterol is one designed to lower blood pressure: * [the DASH diet, the all-around best diet for controlling cholesterol, diabetes, blood pressure and weight. A diet to lower cholesterol is only a small factor in influencing your body’s total cholesterol level. There are also supplements on the market that can make it easier to lower cholesterol naturally. Changing your diet to lower cholesterol is usually the first step in…

Healthy Lifestyle to Lower Cholesterol

December 3rd, 2009 Posted in Cardiovascular Disease | 12 Comments »

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Excerpt: Healthy Lifestyle to Lower Cholesterol. Achieving lower cholesterol is one of the best ways to protect yourself from heart attack and stroke. The more natural and cost effective way to lower cholesterol is to eat foods low in cholesterol. Using herbs to lower cholesterol is safe and effective. One of the best things that you can to do lower cholesterol is to quit smoking and decrease the amount of fatty foods in your diet. For most people, the best way to lower cholesterol is to reduce their intake of saturated fats and to increase physical activity. The Hypercet Blood…

Lyme Disease and Its Treatment

December 1st, 2009 Posted in Lyme Disease | 12 Comments »

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Excerpt: Lyme disease is an inflammatory disease spread through a tick bite. Lyme disease is an infection caused by bacteria spirochete. The disease is carried by deer ticks and western black-legged ticks (found mostly on the Pacific Coast). These ticks can spread the disease to animals and humans through tick bites. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the United States. Lyme disease is caused by an infection from a micro-organism (Borrelia burghdor feri), itself transmitted by a bite from the wood tick, a blood-sucking parasite which normally lives on deer. The wood tick is found in many…

Information on Lyme Disease

December 1st, 2009 Posted in Lyme Disease | 13 Comments »

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Excerpt: Lyme disease is a bacterial illness caused by a bacterium called a “spirochete.” In the United States, the actual name of the bacterium is Borrelia burgdorferi. In Europe, another bacterium, Borrelia afzelii, also causes Lyme disease. Certain ticks found on deer harbor the bacterium in their stomachs. Lyme disease is spread by these ticks when they bite the skin, which permits the bacterium to infect the body. Lyme disease is an infection that is spread by ticks. You can get Lyme disease if you are bitten by an infected tick. But most people who have had a tick bite do…

Lyme Remedy- Past History Reveals Secret Natural Cure for Lyme Disease

December 1st, 2009 Posted in Lyme Disease | 12 Comments »

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Excerpt: Natural Remedies for Lyme Disease. It is amazing what we can learn from our past, including what we can learn about a natural Lyme remedy. And history has showed us something that is making scientists and researchers scratch their heads in disbelief. Because before 1975, Lyme disease was never a problem until it showed up in Connecticut, after a group of kids came down with arthritic type symptoms… later known as Lyme disease. After lyme was diagnosed over 30 years ago, many people wondered why ticks started carrying the bacteria causing Lyme. Could there be…

Lyme Disease – the Facts

December 1st, 2009 Posted in Lyme Disease | 12 Comments »

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Excerpt: Lyme disease is a systemic infection caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Lyme disease is diagnosed based on symptoms, physical findings , and the possibility of exposure to infected ticks; laboratory testing is helpful in the later stages of disease. Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness that causes signs and symptoms ranging from rash and flu-like fever and body aches to more serious ones including joint swelling, weakness, fatigue and temporary paralysis. Lyme disease can be transmitted from an infected mother to fetus through the placenta during pregnancy, possibly resulting in stillbirth. Lyme disease has at least 37 known…

Ease for an Epidemic: Facts on Lyme, Symptoms of Lyme and What you Need to Cure Lyme Disease Today!

December 1st, 2009 Posted in Lyme Disease | 7 Comments »

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Excerpt: You may be asking yourself since when did Lyme disease become an epidemic? After all, an epidemic is a rapid spread or increase in the occurrence of a disease. Lyme disease cannot be that widespread? Or can it? Did you know that lyme disease was almost non-existent before the 1970s? How many cases are there now? Know the numbers about Lyme disease? Each year, 16,000 new cases of Lyme disease are reported. (Unfortunately, many more do not get reported or treated until it is too late.) Millions of people could mistake it for some other…

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