Fucus vesiculosus Fucaceae Names : Kelp, Seawrack, Kelpware, Black-tang, Bladder Fucus, Cutweed. Habitat : A seaweed common in colder waters. Part Used : The whole plant. Constituents : Phenolic compounds, phloroglucinol, its dehydropolymerization...
To get to be really old, you have to eat right and exercise more! Right? Well, maybe not. Published this week in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society is a fascinating study looking at centenarians and comparing them to the rest of the...
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A new study has revealed that hormone replacement therapy doesn’t help incontinence, one of the reasons it’s prescribed.
IT’S THE WAY THEY TELL ‘EM: And who’s saying it
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David L. Hoffmann BSc Hons MNIMH
John Whitcomb
What Doctors Don't Tell You