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Greenland Wellness focuses on preventive healthcare with halal vitamins
Friday, 12.07.2012, 08:07pm

DEARBORN — With health issues such as diabetes, blood pressure control and cholesterol on the rise in the U.S., a few initiatives focusing on alerting the Arab American community have been set in place this year. The main focus of these initiatives is preventive healthcare, with the idea of alerting and educating locals on how they can properly take care of their health before they end up with life long problems.

Jolie surgery shines light on breast cancer
Thursday, 05.16.2013, 06:19pm

Actress Angelina Jolie's decision to go public about her double mastectomy has shone a spotlight on the issue of women at risk of cancer who have healthy breasts removed.

How one company controls your breast cancer choices
Thursday, 05.16.2013, 05:24pm

So far, much of the heated discussion about Angelina Jolie’s brave Op-Ed in the New York Times this week has focused on her decision to undergo a double mastectomy after learning she carried the BRCA1 gene. As Salon noted here, that’s not the only option.

FDA lowers age for buyers of Plan B pill to 15
Thursday, 05.02.2013, 06:33pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a surprise twist to the decade-plus effort to ease access to morning-after pills, the government is lowering the age limit to 15 for one brand — Plan B One-Step — and will let it be sold over the counter.

What you need to know about breast cancer
Thursday, 05.02.2013, 06:30pm

About one in eight women will have invasive breast cancer some time during her life, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). Knowing what the signs and symptoms of breast cancer are can aid in early detection. Breast cancer is most treatable when detected in its earliest phases.

Sounds synced with brain waves could help enhance memory during sleep, study suggest
Thursday, 04.25.2013, 06:37pm

A small study published in the journal Neuron shows that when sounds are played during sleep that go along with the slow oscillations in brain waves that occur during sleep, it actually helps to enhance memory.

Cinnamon Challenge: Doctors issue warning against dangerous trend
Thursday, 04.25.2013, 06:32pm

CHICAGO — Don't take the cinnamon challenge. That's the advice from doctors in a new report about a dangerous prank depicted in popular YouTube videos but which has led to hospitalizations and a surge in calls to U.S. poison centers.

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