Their foods are all right, but their combinations, as a rule, are bad.
The various vegetarian roasts, composed of nuts, cereals, legumes and
succulent vegetables are hard to digest. It would be much better for
them not to make such dishes.
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 29 (HealthDay News) — While smoking is the leading
risk factor for chronic bronchitis, genes also play a major role in the
development of the disease, say Swedish researchers.
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 28 (HealthDay News) — It's long been known that smoking
causes lung cancer, but a new study is the first to show that the hydrogen
peroxide in cigarette smoke is what actually causes healthy lung cells to
turn cancerous.
Reuters - Mexican lawmakers voted on Tuesday
to ban smoking in bars, restaurants and other enclosed public
spaces across the country, which counts some 65,000
cigarette-related deaths each year.
Reuters - The results of a study
published in the International Journal of Cancer confirm that
passive smoking is a risk factor for lung cancer, especially
adenocarcinoma, among non-smoking Japanese women.
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) — Women who take combined
hormone therapy for about five years have a higher risk of abnormal
mammograms and breast biopsies.
AP - What do mammograms, blood-sugar tests and daytime dozing have in common? All may offer clues that someone is headed for a stroke, new studies suggest. Higher stroke risk was seen in women with artery buildups accidentally revealed by mammograms, in non-diabetics starting to have insulin problems, and in older people who tend to nod off a lot.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) — In addition to detecting
breast cancer in its early stages, new research suggests that mammograms
may also help predict which women are at risk for strokes.
AFP - Researchers said on Sunday they had identified a mechanism that enables ovarian cancer — dubbed a "silent killer" of women for the many lives it reaps — to evade frontline chemotherapy drugs and rebound.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) — High levels of a protein called
Ki-67 are associated with poor prognosis in women with early-stage breast
cancer, but this protein may not be useful in identifying patients who
would benefit from additional chemotherapy, an Italian study suggests.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) — Most people suffering from
a rare brain cancer appear to benefit from high doses of the chemotherapy
drug methotrexate, a small study finds.
them
Nuts have such fine flavor that cooks should think twice before spoiling
them. It is very difficult to use them in cookery and get a product that
is as finely flavored as the original nuts. The vegetarians use them in
compounding what they call roasts, cutlets, steaks, etc. My experience
with these imitation products has not been of the best, for though my
digestive organs are strong, they do not take kindly to these mixtures.
Some of my friends report the same results, in spite of thorough
mastication and moderation. These imitation roasts and cutlets usually
contain much starch and there is no reason to believe that it is better
to cook nut oils into starchy foods than it is to use any other form of
fat for this purpose. Those who like starch and nuts can make a splendid
meal of nut meats and whole wheat biscuits or zwieback.
AFP - An Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son's tooth in his eye, he said on Wednesday.
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) - Frequent grinding of the teeth is a condition
known as bruxism. Depending on severity, it could cause anything from pain
and discomfort to fractures of the teeth.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) — Pot smokers face many of the same
health consequences that tobacco users do, such as an increased risk of
heart disease, but until now, it wasn't known that marijuana use might
also destroy gum tissue.
Reuters - Smoking marijuana, much like smoking
tobacco, may increase a person's risk for gum disease that can
lead to tooth loss, researchers said on Tuesday.
study of bacteriology has made people more careful about foods
The talk about germs has been overdone, but no one can deny that the
study of bacteriology has made people more careful about foods. The
filthy dairies that were the rule a few years ago are slowly being
replaced by dairies that are comfortable, well lighted and clean. Do not
allow the germs to scare you, for if ordinary precautions are taken no
more of them will be present than are necessary, and they are necessary.
They thrive best in filth, and they are dangerous only to those who live
so that they have no resistance.
It is necessary to be interested in the activities about us. Those who
think of nothing or no one except themselves are almost dead to the
world, even though they go through the same physical activities as other
people. The tendency is to get into a rut with advancing years and
remain there. It is easy to keep both a pliable mind and a pliable body
in spite of age, and this can be done by intelligent use. A short time
daily should be spent in becoming informed of what is happening
throughout the world and thinking it over. A mental hobby is most
excellent. A garden or a few birds can furnish an almost inexhaustible
source of interest. Those who doubt this should read of the comedy and
tragedy among such humble beings as the spider, the fly and the beetle.
J. H. Fabre has written charmingly about these, investing them with an
interest rarely to be found in good fiction. This naturalist is a good
example of what can be accomplished when one has years to do it in and
is content to labor along from day to day without giving too much
thought for the morrow. At fifty Mr. Fabre was practically unknown. Now,
at about ninety, he is one of the most admired and best loved of men.
His recognition came late and he has done much of his best work during
his later years. If Mr. Fabre had died at the average age of forty, the
world would have been deprived of his beautiful insight.
HVIDOVRE, Denmark — Both CT and MRI are more sensitive than radiography, the standard imaging technique, for detecting early erosion of the wrist bone in rheumatoid arthritis, researchers found.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Low-dose vasopressin does not reduce septic shock mortality when used as an adjunct to conventional catecholamine vasopressors, according to a randomized controlled trial.
NEW ORLEANS — I’m a few days short of a month into my participation in a randomized, placebo- controlled trial of an investigational weight-loss drug — and I can report that I’m a fast starter.
NEW DELHI — Women may safely use a vaginal gel containing an anti-HIV drug on a daily basis, researchers here said, but the microbicide’s efficacy against the virus has not been tested.
CORVALLIS, Ore. — The popular plant supplement ginkgo biloba may help preserve memory in older octogenarians, but it may increase the risk of stroke, researchers found.
ROCKVILLE, Md. — The multiple sclerosis drug natalizumab (Tysabri) may cause clinically significant liver injury, which can occur as early as six days after the initial dose, according to the FDA.
into life than wealth, and neither can be bought with money
A little genuine love and affection can bring more beauty and happiness
into life than wealth, and neither can be bought with money.
digestive juices, after which they are readily absorbed
The mother”s milk coagulates in small flakes, easily acted upon by the
digestive juices, after which they are readily absorbed. Cow”s milk
coagulates into rather large pieces of albumin which are tough and
therefore rather difficult to digest. This happens when the milk is
taken rapidly and undiluted. However, when diluted and taken slowly this
tendency is overcome to a great degree. For this reason it is best to
get nipples with small perforations.
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) — Regular exercise in a heated
swimming pool can benefit people with the common, painful condition
fibromyalgia, a new study suggests.
Bran bread and bran biscuits are prescribed for constipation. This is
just as bad as removing the bran entirely. Man has never been able to
improve on the composition of the wheat berry. When an excess of bran is
eaten, it causes too great irritation and in the end the individual is
worse off than before. The after effect of irritation is always
depression and sluggishness. Recent experiments seem to show that it is
not the coarseness of the bran that causes activity of the bowels, but
that some of the contained salts are laxative, for the same results have
been obtained by soaking the bran in water and drinking the liquid.
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration on Friday approved the cancer drug Avastin for women with
advanced breast cancer, going against the recommendation of its own
advisory panel.
Reuters - Men who routinely take aspirin
seem to be less likely to develop colorectal cancer, according
to new research findings. However, the benefit requires the
dose of aspirin to be higher than usually recommended for heart
health, and to be taken over at least 6 years.
AFP - Researchers said on Sunday they had identified a mechanism that enables ovarian cancer — dubbed a "silent killer" of women for the many lives it reaps — to evade frontline chemotherapy drugs and rebound.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) — High levels of a protein called
Ki-67 are associated with poor prognosis in women with early-stage breast
cancer, but this protein may not be useful in identifying patients who
would benefit from additional chemotherapy, an Italian study suggests.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) — Most people suffering from
a rare brain cancer appear to benefit from high doses of the chemotherapy
drug methotrexate, a small study finds.