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Best Rated Sunscreens
Posted 06-07-2010 11:42 pm
Consumer Reports Top 4 Sunscreens for Summer:

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10 Simple Ways to Lower Cholesterol
Posted 06-02-2010 11:31 pm
KoolDocs.com has outlined 10 simple common sense ways to lower Cholesterol and Lose Weight

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"June 2010 Health Awareness Calendar"
Posted 06-02-2010 11:26 am

The Following is a List of National Health Awareness Events for the Month of June 2010

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10 Best Cities for Asthma
Posted 05-30-2010 6:10 pm

Find out the 10 Best Cities for Asthma. You Will Be Suprised!

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10 Worst Cities for Asthma
Posted 05-30-2010 6:06 pm

Find out the 10 Worst Cities for Asthma, you will be suprised!

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Unusual Signs of an Asthma Attack
Posted 05-30-2010 5:46 pm

There are 16.4 million or 7.3% noninstitutionalized adults and 7.0 million or 9.4% noninstitutionalized children who are afflicted with asthma.  Asthma makes up 13.3 million doctor visits (physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments) per year and accounts for 3,613 deaths.

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Just the Facts-Sexual Activity Amongst Teenagers
Posted 05-27-2010 12:30 am
Remember freedom of choice about sex also includes saying no to sex.  Read these facts on teen sex-They may suprise you!!

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Is Poison Ivy Contagious?
Posted 05-27-2010 12:05 am

If you never had poison ivy, consider yourself luck.  Poison ivy creates a terrible, itchy rash that oozes across your skin. It can really make a person miserable! If you have ever had poison ivy, you have likely noticed that people were avoiding coming in contact with you.  Is Poison ivy really contagious?

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Stimulating Facts About Sex
Posted 05-25-2010 11:41 pm

Read stimulating facts about sex

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Silent Killer Diseases
Posted 05-24-2010 10:38 pm
Silent Killer diseases medically speaking are diseases that produce minimum or no symptoms and are capable of causing death quickly if not treated.  We have listed 7 of the top "silent" Killers:

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Just the Facts-Testicular Cancer
Posted 05-21-2010 12:05 am

In 2009 there were about 8,400 new cases of testicular cancer with about 380 deaths.  Testicular cancer is not common.  In a man's lifetime his chance of developing testicular cancer is about 1 in 300 because treatment is so successful.

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Just the Facts-Kidney Disease
Posted 05-20-2010 11:58 pm
In the United State an estimated 11.5 percent of adults ages 20 or older (23 million adults) have physiological evidence of chronic kidney disease determined from data collected through the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. 

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Just the Facts-Brain Tumors
Posted 05-19-2010 11:23 pm
Brain tumors usually happen in adults ages 35 an older.  Each year about 180,000 adults are found to have a brain tumor.  There are different types of brain tumors.  As a matter of fact, there are over 100 types of brain tumors.

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Just the Facts-Diabetes
Posted 05-19-2010 10:11 pm
There are a total of 23.6 million children and adults diagnosed with diabetes in the United States. Diabetes affects 7.8% of the population in the United States and this is steadily rising every year. There is a total of 1.6 million new cases of diabetes diagnosed in people age 20 years or older.  About one in every 400 ro 600 children and adolescents has type 1 diabetes. 2 Million adolescents aged 12-19 have pre-diabetes.  Here are some facts about diabetes. 

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Just the Facts-Prostate Cancer
Posted 05-19-2010 9:45 pm
Prostate Cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men, and second only to lung cancer in the number of cancer deaths. In 2005, 185,895 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer, and 28,905 men died from it.  Some facts about prostate cancer.

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True or Not-Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer?
Posted 05-18-2010 6:35 pm
To many, a cell phone is a device that we just can't live without.  Rarely does anyone think about the radiation that is released from a cell phone, but should we?

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Just the Facts- Heart Attacks
Posted 05-18-2010 5:58 pm
A heart attack, also called myocardial infarction, occurs when a section of the heart muscle dies or gets damaged because of reduced blood supply.

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Just The Facts- Breast Cancer
Posted 05-18-2010 11:06 am
In 2006, 191,410 women were diagnosed with breast cancer, and 40,820 women died from the disease.  Except for skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women.

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Just The Facts-Cancer
Posted 05-18-2010 10:36 am

Here are some interesting facts on Cancer:

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Just The Facts- Poison Exposure in The United States
Posted 05-18-2010 10:15 am
Everday in the United States, about 75 people die as a result of unintentional poisoning, and another 2,000 are treated in emergency departments (ED)

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