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Fish Oil Reduces Risk of Irregular Heartbeat - Fish oil has far more scientific evidence to support its use in heart disease and irregular heart beats than vitamin E.

St. John's Wort Found Ineffective For Moderate Depression - There is a link to the full text article here, but even if St. John's wort worked for depression, it is merely a symptomatic band-aid. There are better options that treat the cause of the problem.

Caution Urged on Soy Menopause Remedies - Soy is being widely promoted as a natural alternative to HRT, but soy phytoestrogen may actually inhibit your body from making its own hormones.

Gluten Allergy Mostly in Genes - People who are allergic to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye, have probably inherited the disorder from their parents.

Discover How Your Beef is Really Raised -- Part 4 of 4 - A New York Times journalist provides the amazing details as to how cattle have become efficient industrial "machines" converting oil reserves into protein. They provide us with cheap meat, but at what cost to our environment and health?

Rheumatoid Arthritis Becoming More Rare - Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has become less common over the past 40 years, but the survival rate of patients with RA has not improved.

Protein Possible Key to Obesity Hormone's Effect on Brain - Several drug companies are already busy at work trying to identify drugs that would make good candidates to maximize this effect, but it is likely they will fail. Find out the real cure for obesity.

Cigarettes Cost U.S. Additional $7 Per Pack Sold in Medical and Other Costs - About 22 billion packs of cigarettes are sold in the US each year, costing a total of $157 billion in health-related costs.

Cleaning Teeth Prevents Pneumonia in Nursing Homes - Nursing home residents whose teeth were regularly cleaned had fewer cases of pneumonia and were less likely to die from the infection.

SV40, Polio Vaccine, and Cancer: Now Beyond Coincidence? -Contaminated polio vaccine appears to be responsible for nearly half the cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Wrist Guard May Prevent Snowboard Injuries - Wrist protectors may help inexperienced snowboarders avoid one of the sport's most common forms of serious injury.

Upcoming Course/Seminar Information

Health Care Practitioners -- Now You Can Learn How to Structurally Optimize Health - One of the most innovative and effective structural approaches to healing I have ever seen is coming to Chicago.

Omega-3 World Expert to Talk in Chicago - If you live near Chicago you will want to hear Artemis P. Simopoulos, M.D. speak on May 15th for the bargain price of $10. The latest information on this critical topic to health. I will most certainly be attending this one.

Autonomic Response Testing & Applied Clinical Nutrition Seminar - Easy to learn muscle testing for practitioners -- conducted by Dr. Ulan.

Vaccine Seminars - Opportunities to attend live lectures around the country on this vitally important issue of our times. Have your specific questions personally answered with practical alternatives.

How Beef Production Can Improve the Land and Bring Prosperity to Small Farmers - Learn this and much more at the Weston A. Price Foundation annual conference in Washington, D.C.

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