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Healthy lifestyle - Wild about yams?

August 30, 2008 – 11:05 am
Posted by Leslie

Jamaica Gleaner
KIngston Jamaica
August 30, 2008
Heather Little-White, Contributor
While there is talk about the virtues of Jamaican yams and their probable contribution to the success of our Olympians in Beijing, traditional yam lovers shouldn’t go wild about all varieties.
The wild yam, for example, is a herb, not a tuber that you would expect to cook […]

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Conflicting Media Stories About HRT

August 22, 2008 – 12:01 pm
Posted by Leslie

The following news article about hormone replacement therapy - all came out within the last week from around the world.  And they all conflict. Is it any wonder that women are so confused?
Hormone therapy lifts the love life
The Dominion Post - New Zealand - Saturday, August 23, 2008
“Hormone replacement therapy could be “the female Viagra” for […]

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Delayed Sleep Pattern Tied to Irregular Menstrual Cycles

June 13, 2008 – 7:51 pm
Posted by Leslie

FRIDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) — Having delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS) appears to be linked to irregular menstrual cycles and increased premenstrual symptoms in women, according to a new report.
DSPS occurs when your internal clock is naturally out of sync with real time, so that staying up late and having difficulty waking early is […]

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‘Circadian eye’ could be key to insomnia

June 12, 2008 – 10:26 am
Posted by Leslie

17:45 11 June 2008
NewScientist.com news service
Ewen Callaway
You might call it our circadian eye. A handful of retina cells sense light, not for vision, but instead to reset our body clocks each day. Killing off these cells in mice leaves their sight unharmed, but throws their clocks out of whack, two new studies show.
Jolting these […]

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