Category Archives: Health & Fitness

Health & Fitness: Tattoo Ink May Be Toxic, Study Suggests

In this health and fitness highlight, we present a Foxnews report,  stating that study suggests that Tattoo Ink May Be Toxic. Do you agree? Read and let us know what you think.

Getting inked may lead to long-term skin problems and an increased risk of cancer, according to a new report by...

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Health & Fitness: 5 Weird Ways Tattoos Affect Your Health

In this health and fitness highlight, we present a Foxnews report on 5 Weird Ways Tattoos Affect Your Health. Do you agree? Read and let us know what you think.

A tattoo convention this past weekend in Quito, Ecuador, brought a dizzying array of colorfully tattooed bodies. Not as prominently featured? Some...

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African Union appoints Dr. Julius Oketta to head the AU Ebola operation

Directorate of Information and Communication Press Release NO. ……../ 2014

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia–10 September 2014: The African Union Commission has appointed Dr.  Julius Oketta to head the African Union Support to Ebola Outbreak (Operation ASEOWA) that is deploying civilian and military volunteers from across the continent to ensure that Ebola is brought under control. The...

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Raw? Cooked? Why It Matters How You Eat Your Veggies

“With some vegetables, the micronutrients are heat-sensitive and can be destroyed by cooking. But with others, cooking allows the body to absorb more of the beneficial compounds because heat releases the nutrients from the cell matrix to which they are bound.”

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Red Meat Linked to Breast Cancer – Says New Study

"Women can reduce their risk of breast cancer by maintaining a healthy weight, drinking less alcohol and being physically active, and it's not a bad idea to swap some red meat - which is linked to bowel cancer - for white meat, beans or fish,"

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Soursop Stories Still Creating Stir – US radio host visits cancer survivor

After the live interview, Dr Grant told The Gleaner, "I can go back and now say, I have met them, I have seen them. They have told me how it's done, what it has done. They have the medical records right there in the home. I am a believer. I now believe even more that this soursop cured Mrs Kirlew, and it is a miracle drug. If my visit saved one life - this visit from Florida to Discovery Bay, Jamaica - just one life, it would have been worth it.".

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Is Sour Sop a Cancer Killer 10,000 times Stronger Than Chemotherapy?

The bottom line? Graviola, like many other plants, has shown promise in laboratory tests as a possible cancer fighting agent. However, given that there have been no significant human tests of the products and there is currently no evidence to suggest that eating sour sop will cure or effectively treat cancer, spreading this over-hyped and inaccurate nonsense will help nobody. Especially since the possible side effects of graviola are not fully understood and may be quite dangerous. And another great danger of such misinformation is that it may cause some cancer patients to forgo traditional treatments in favour of self prescribed sour sop. Such a decision could be fatal.

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Soursop Fruit Kills Cancer

As a cancer buster, it is said that the leaves and bark of wild soursop trees, preferably grown organically, contains the most healing properties. These are dried and made into a tea and then boiled to extract the medicinal compounds. Contrary to belief, the soursop healing properties have been studied by medical research facilities for many decades. Promising results indicate that soursop has the natural ability to target and kill damaged cells. However, its effectiveness has yet to be determined thus it hasn't been marketed formally as a cancer cure.

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Questions, Answers, & Important Information About Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer:

Breast cancer is a kind of cancer that develops from breast cells. It usually starts off in the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply them with milk. A malignant tumor can spread to other parts of the body. A breast cancer that started off in the lobules is...
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