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Ginkgo Biloba Does Not Prevent Dementia

According to a new study published in the November 19 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Ginkgo biloba, an over-the-counter herbal supplement widely sold to improve memory does not prevent dementia or Alzheimer disease.  The Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) trial, led by Steven T. DeKosky, MD, University of Pittsburgh, had 3,069 [...]

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Top 10 Mysterious Diseases

AIDS
There is still no cure for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
Alzheimer’s Disease
It is a degenerative brain disorder that manifests differently in each of its sufferers. The exact cause isn’t understood and can’t be treated effectively.
The Common Cold
Doctors still know very little about the nose-running, cough-inducing cold, whose root causes number in the hundreds. Time and chicken [...]

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Vitamin D : Why it is important?

 
A research shows low levels of vitamin D relates to diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, and being obese. A health survey that compares the risk of death between those with the lowest blood levels of vitamin D to those with higher levels found a 26% increased risk of death any cause for the quartile of [...]

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The ultimate tea diet

Hmm..the ultimate tea diet? Have you ever heard that you can lose weight by consuming this? I search information about tea on the internet and according to Mark Ukra, the author of the ultimate tea diet said drinking tea not only calms your mind and improve your general health but also helps you to lose [...]

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