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Being a Vegan- President Clinton and Heart Disease

President Clinton recently announced that he is a vegan – under the care of Dr. Dean Ornish. Sadly, this will not result in President Clinton being healthier – he is falling under the spell of so many TV MD’s. The science just doesn’t support eating a vegan diet.

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Brain Eating Amoeba Strikes Again

The brain eating amoeba strikes another young boy in Virginia. This parasite is found in warm, stagnant fresh waters.

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Eyeglass, Cell Phones, Anorexia, Strokes: MD News

FDA recommends people get sunglasses with 100% UVA/UVB protection – so I have to buy more sunglasses. Latest study about cellphones and kids: no link to brain cancer. Disturbing increase in pregnancy and stroke- again related to obesity.

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Legionnaire’s Disease Found in Las Vegas Resort

The Playboy Mansion reported Legionnaires disease, now the Aria Resort in Las Vegas, and often found in hospitals- this pneumonia can be deadly

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This Week in Health News

the mortality rate from cancer in the US continues to steadily decline. while over 1.5 million people will be diagnosed with cancer this year, and over 570,000 will die, it still shows that from 1990 to 2007 the death rate for cancer declined by about 20 percent.

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