Cancer Cells Need Glycine Rapidly dividing cancer cells require the amino-acid glycine as reported by researchers from Harvard Medical School and their colleagues in the prestigious academic journal Science in 2012. Rapidly proliferating non-cancerous cells did not show this reliance,
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Chronic Use Of Proton Pump Inhibitors Has Side Effects Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) can effectively treat gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), erosive esophagitis, duodenal ulcers, and pathologic hyper-secretory conditions. Proton Pump Inhibitors or PPI’s include Prilosec, Nexium, Prevacid, Zegerid, Protonix and
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Dr. Hirani discusses infertility with Jordyn Goodman for her Empowered Women blog. Listen to learn about causes and risk factors of infertility, how food choices can cause impaired fertility in women and men, and about mitochondrial dysfunction and fertility. Also
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Vitamin-D Deficiency and Gestational Diabetes Recent studies of pregnant women show that vitamin-D deficiency during pregnancy was linked with a significantly increased risk for development of gestational diabetes by the second trimester. Increased insulin resistance was linked to vitamin-D deficiency
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Osteoarthritis In the United States, 27 million people suffer from osteoarthritis (OA). It affects more women than men. Conventional medicine only offers medications that provide pain relief and not any healing. These medications include Tylenol, Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs),
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Air Pollutants and Risk Of Heart Attack The association between air pollution and risk of myocardial infarction (or heart attack) remains controversial. However, Los Angeles County receives an ‘F’ grade for particle pollution according to the recently released 2013 State
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Visceral fat vs. Subcutaneous fat Most know that having a large belly may be unhealthy. But did you know that not all belly fat is bad? Much of the fat in the stomach area lies directly under the skin. This
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According to a study published in 2012 in the journal Nature, researchers found that individuals with type 2 diabetes often have imbalances in their gut bacteria, as well as low levels of certain bacteria and high levels of opportunistic pathogens
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Homeopathy And Evidence Based Treatment For The Flu Homeopathy is a system based on curing like with like using highly diluted substances. The dilution is so high that almost no traces of the medicine or herb is detectable. This makes
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Dr. Hirani has made such a difference in my life. I found her through a list of DAN doctors, a year ago. I was looking for someone with a similar approach to a doctor I had seen, prior to moving
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