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• Why Laptops Should Be Renamed To Protect Consumers
  Recent research published in the journal Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health concluded that the "Laptop is paradoxically an improper site for the use of a LTC [laptop computer], which consequently should be renamed to not induce customers towards an improper use." [emphasis added] Front Page Recent research published in the journal Ar […]
• Exposure to electromagnetic fields from laptop use of "laptop" computers likely carry adverse health risks to the adult's body and to the fetus.
  PMID:  Arch Environ Occup Health. 2012 Jan ;67(1):31-6. PMID: 22315933 Abstract Title:  Exposure to electromagnetic fields from laptop use of"laptop"computers. Abstract:  ABSTRACT Portable computers are often used at tight contact with the body and therefore are called"laptop."The authors measured electromagnetic fields (EMFs) laptop comp […]
• Is Barefoot Contact With the Earth Necessary For Health?
• The prevalence of CD could be as high as 1 in 33 persons.
  PMID:  J Pediatr. 2000 Jan ;136(1):86-90. PMID: 10636980 Abstract Title:  The prevalence of celiac disease in at-risk groups of children in the United States. Abstract:  OBJECTIVE: In contrast to its prevalence in Europe, celiac disease (CD) is considered rare in the United States. We aimed to determine the prevalence of CD in children presenting with sympto […]
• Research: Antibiotics Will Not Help Your Sinuses
  Sinus infections are the fifth most common reason antibiotics are prescribed for adults. Unfortunately, they are of no help for most sinus infections – this according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Not only are we facilitating the growth of drug resistant bacteria by over prescribing these antibiotic […]
• Among patients with acute rhinosinusitis, a 10-day course of amoxicillin compared with placebo did not reduce symptoms at day 3 of treatment.
  PMID:  JAMA. 2012 Feb 15 ;307(7):685-92. PMID: 22337680 Abstract Title:  Amoxicillin for acute rhinosinusitis: a randomized controlled trial. Abstract:  CONTEXT: Evidence to support antibiotic treatment for acute rhinosinusitis is limited, yet antibiotics are commonly used.OBJECTIVE: To determine the incremental effect of amoxicillin treatment over symptomat […]
• Ginsenoside Rh(2) exhibits activity against adriamycin-resistant breast cancer cells.
  PMID:  Talanta. 2012 Jan 15 ;88:345-51. Epub 2011 Nov 2. PMID: 22265509 Abstract Title:  A dynamic study on reversal of multidrug resistance by ginsenoside Rh(2) in adriamycin-resistant human breast cancer MCF-7 cells. Abstract:  The quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) dynamic measurements indicate that ginsenoside Rh(2) (G-Rh(2)) could inhibit the proliferati […]
• Silibinin-induces programmed cell death in breast cancer.
  PMID:  Cancer Invest. 2011 Jan ;29(1):12-20. PMID: 21166494 Abstract Title:  Silibinin-induced apoptosis in MCF7 and T47D human breast carcinoma cells involves caspase-8 activation and mitochondrial pathway. Abstract:  Silibinin, a natural flavonoid, under phase I/II clinical trial in prostate cancer patients was aimed to evaluate its chemotherapeutic potent […]
• A silymarin-based cream may be a promising and effective treatment for the prevention of acute skin lesions caused by radiotherapy of breast cancer patients.
  PMID:  Strahlenther Onkol. 2011 Aug ;187(8):485-91. Epub 2011 Jul 22. PMID: 21786113 Abstract Title:  Topical use of a silymarin-based preparation to prevent radiodermatitis : results of a prospective study in breast cancer patients. Abstract:  PURPOSE: More than 80% of patients with breast cancer undergoing postsurgical radiotherapy (RT) will develop radiod […]