Shaklee Corporation, the number one natural nutrition company in the U.S., today announced the donation of nearly $600,000 worth of high-protein nutrition drinks -- enough for 222,000 servings -- to Vitamin Angel's Indonesian Earthquake Relief Effort.
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For those who can't work out due to chronic pain, disability, or obligations, a pill may one day offer some of the benefits of exercise.
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Vanessa Cantu considers herself an incredibly optimistic person. When she was a freshman in high school she was involved in a serious car accident. Her seat belt didn't work and without its support her spine broke and she suffered severe, internal injuries. From that point on Cantu's life became fixated on finding a way out of her wheelchair and back on her feet.
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With declarations that a new day is dawning in the treatment of hepatitis C, an FDA advisory panel unanimously approved the first of two new drugs to treat the stubborn liver infection. I can look into the faces of the people (with hepatitis C) and offer them some hope, said an NIH doctor.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Thursday announced 88 new winners of $100,000 grants to support innovative research that has the potential to dramatically improve lives in some of the world's poorest countries. The funding, made possible through the Grand Challenges Exploration program, will enable researchers worldwide to test unorthodox ideas that address persistent health and development challenges.
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This doctor delivers health care to poor and homeless teens who may otherwise never see the inside of a doctor's office.
A new scientific study shows how meditation can rewire the brain to reduce stress.
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Dawson remembers his ongoing frustration with school. I would fail no matter what I did, no matter how hard I studied. Then he got a diagnosis and then, a PhD
Mom and I fought since childhood. I'd say black, she'd say white. It did not matter on what subject. I found myself many times in the bathroom crying so hard I could not breath.
Meet the Pittsburgh doctor who routinely treats the homeless, their injuries and illness, and hands out medicine.
Shirley Webb doesn't like grandma jokes in the gym. No one is laughing now because she can deadlift 245 pounds and is dedicated to feeling good.
Tributes have hailed Frances Kelsey as a hero since her death on Friday. The Canadian doctor fought tenaciously to keep thalidomide out of US pharmacies.
Meeting Christopher Ategeka today, one would never guess this young Berkeley graduate, who was named one of Forbes Magazine's 30 under 30 social entrepreneurs, grew up an orphan caring for his five siblings in a dirt-walled hut in rural Uganda—and was in his teens before he owned his first pair of shoes.
After a six-year-old girl in North Dakota mentioned that she was having trouble sleeping at night, a kind pharmacist decided to prescribe the antidote for her fears of monsters lurking in the room. The Examiner reports that pharmacist Jeff Dodds gave the girl a prescription spray bottle that he said would take care of the problem.
Campbell Soup Company announced last week a plan to phase out cans that are lined with BPA (Bisphenol A). The company has already begun using cans with linings made from acrylic or polyester materials and will continue to introduce the new linings across the U.S. and Canadian until the transition is complete in mid-2017. Campbell […]
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