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Hello and welcome to
another issue of YDzine.
This month regular readers will notice we have made the newsletter
more compact.
If you wish to read the
longer version of the stories simply click on the ‘read more’
links at the end of each story.
Enjoy the festive season
and have a safe new year!
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News
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YourDiagnosis SexualHealth
www.YourSexualDiagnosis.com
is an computerized symptom analysis specifically for problems “down
there”. Users remain completely anonymous while answering
questions about their sexual health issues.
YourNetDoctor Goes Live
A new website joins the YourDiagnosis.com stable.
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Called YourNetDoctor, this website lets users ask a Doctor a question.
Unlike YourDiagnosis which uses a computerized system to evaluate
your complete set of symptoms,
YourNetDoctor allows you to just come out and ask the Doctor a question
about an area you need help to understand. Its one of the most private
and easy ways you can contact a qualified doctor.
www.younetdoctor.com
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2mins
with Hippocrates
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What’s Your Cholesterol?
Are you one of the people who thinks, “I’ll worry about
my cholesterol when I get older”. It’s important to
know your cholesterol at any age, because research is finding that
beginnings of artery disease can start even during childhood.
A study at the University at Buffalo in New York found signs of
thickening in the coronary arteries of children as young as 7years
old.
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According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, high
cholesterol is a leading cause of heart attacks and strokes.
You have probably heard about the importance of regular exercise
and not eating too much fatty food which can help reduce cholesterol
levels.
Even if you do these things and you are in your 20’s its still
worth popping a long for a quick test just to make sure.
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Your
Health
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Starve
a Fever, Feed a Cold?
Or is it feed a fever, starve a cold? At least that rhymes better!
The point is neither of them is a good idea.
This old wives tale is based on the belief that food acts like
fuel to your temperature.
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The thinking is if you have caught a chill, you need to fan the
flames, but if you have a fever, you need to remove the fuel to
lower the blaze.
When your body is fighting infection, it needs a normal healthy
diet, plenty of liquid, and rest.
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Lifestyle
Tip
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Kiwifruit
a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Eating kiwifruit daily could be good for your heart. Norwegian scientists
shows that these furry brown fruit, sometimes called chinese goosberries
can reduce the amout of fat carried in the blood and reduce the risk
of blood clots.
The groundbreaking findings at the University of Oslo, showed that
eating two or three kiwifruit a day for 28 days reduced the clotting
of platelets. Consumption of kiwifruit also lowered by 15 per cent
blood levels of trigylcerides - fats which are a component of 'bad
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There is something in kiwifruit which creates an anti-platelet
effect although it is believed it worked in a different way to low
doses of aspirin, a popular means of thinning the blood to reduce
the risk of clots. Besides these new findings it is well know that
kiwifruit are rich in healthy vitamins.
A NewZeland based kiwifruit company Zespri which supplied the kiwfruit
for the study claimed kiwifruit contain twice as much vitamin C
than an orange.
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Web
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www.globalrichlist.com
How do you rank in the world when it comes to income? You might
be surprised to find that you are richer than you think!
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Just
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Joke
Doctor, Doctor, I can’t stop myself steeling
things.
Take these pills and if they don’t work, bring me a back
computer!
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Hot
Dates
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December 24: Christmas eve.
You all know about Christmas, but did you know the first audio radio broadcast
occurred nearly 100 years ago on this day in 1906 when Reginald Fessenden
transmitted O Holy Night from Brant Rock Station Massachusetts to the
ships at sea. More information - wikipedia
the free encyclopedia.
All December: Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month
(US National) for more information see www.3dmonth.org
All December: Prevent Blindness America Web site: www.preventblindness.org
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