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Entries in Health (3)

Wednesday
Nov022016

Are You Afraid of Getting Dementia, Alzheimer's or Parkinson's?

Come and find out how to decrease or completely alleviate your chances of getting these horrible diseases.

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Saturday
Mar162013

Magnesium and Vascular Health

Research appearing in the American Journal of Hypertension (published online Aug. 12, 2010) looked at the relationship between serum magnesium levels and carotid artery plaques. The subjects were 728 Japanese men and women with a mean age of 67. Low serum magnesium was found to be strongly associated with increased IMT (intima-media thickness) and carotid plaques.

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Sunday
Feb032013

Children, Depression: Omega-3 Fatty Acids. The Answer's 

A small, double blind, placebo controlled study, published in the American Journal of psychiatry (2006) looked at supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids and its effect on childhood depression. The subjects of the study were 20 children between the ages of six and 12 suffering with depression. They were randomly assigned to receive either an omega-3 fatty acid supplement or a placebo. The children were evaluated using the Children's Depression Rating Scale, the Children's Depression Inventory and the Clinical Global Impression. Evaluations were taken at the beginning of the stuy and at weeks 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16. At the end of the study, 70% of the supplemented children showed at least a 50% reduction in depression scores.

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