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		<title>Vitamin D insufficiency - more body fat, less muscle strength</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MUHC.ca - There’s an epidemic of vitamin D insufficiency in progress. A ground-breaking study (of women) published in the March 2010 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found an astonishing 59 per cent of study subjects had too little Vitamin D in their blood.  Nearly a quarter of the group had serious vitamin D deficiency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can vitamin D improve mood in the winter?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LoyolaMedicine.org - A daily dose of vitamin D may just be what Chicagoans need to get through the long winter, according to researchers at Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (MNSON). The researchers propose that adequate vitamin D can help lift moods during cold weather months when days are short and more time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2010/03/10/vitamin-d-improve-mood-winter/</link>
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		<title>Vitamin D essential for activating immune system T-cells</title>
		<description><![CDATA[news.ku.dk - Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that Vitamin D is crucial to activating our immune defenses and that without sufficient intake of the vitamin, the killer cells of the immune system – T cells - will not be able to react to and fight off serious infections in the body.
For T-cells [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2010/03/09/vitamin-d-essential-activating-immune-system-t-cells/</link>
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		<title>Simvastatin impairs ability of immune system to fight infection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Simvastatin negatively impacts the immune system&#8217;s ability to clear infection and control inflammation in the presence of bacteria, according to new research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology.
Simvastatin might help us control our cholesterol, but when it comes to infection, it&#8217;s an entirely different story says a new research study. In the research report, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2010/03/09/simvastatin-impairs-immune-system-fight-infection/</link>
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		<title>Mesothelioma vaccine proven safe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A potential vaccine against mesothelioma - a rare cancer associated primarily with asbestos exposure - has been demonstrated to be safe. The mesothelioma vaccine, which infuses uses a patient&#8217;s own dendritic cells (DC) with antigen from the patient&#8217;s tumor, was able to induce a T-cell response against mesothelioma tumors.
&#8220;[This] is the first human study on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2010/03/09/mesothelioma-vaccine-proven-safe/</link>
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		<title>Healthy diet linked to ovarian cancer survival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Often diagnosed in late stages, ovarian cancer has an asymptomatic onset and a relatively low 5-year survival rate of about 45 percent. But there is some good news about the positive impact that a healthy diet can have on ovarian cancer survival rates. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago determined that there is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2010/03/08/healthy-diet-ovarian-cancer-survival/</link>
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		<title>Omega-3 DHA has anti-cancer effect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FASEB.org - The next treatment for cancer might come from the DHA in fish oil or algal oil, according to a new research report published in the March 2010 print edition of the FASEB Journal. In the report, scientists show that the omega-3 fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid or DHA, and its derivatives in the body [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2010/03/08/omega-3-dha-anti-cancer-effect/</link>
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		<title>Gold nanoparticles promising in fight against cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another weapon in the fight against cancer: gold nanoparticles that identify, target and kill specific cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone.
Led by Carl Batt, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Food Science, the researchers synthesized nanoparticles – shaped something like a dumbbell – made of gold sandwiched between two pieces of iron oxide. They [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2010/03/08/gold-nanoparticles-fight-cancer/</link>
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		<title>Niacin promising for brain recovery after stroke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HenryFord.com - Niacin, or vitamin B3, a common water-soluble B vitamin, may help improve neurological function after stroke, according to an early NIH-funded study by Henry Ford Hospital researchers.
When rats with ischemic stroke were given niacin, their brains showed growth of new blood vessels, and sprouting of nerve cells which greatly improved neurological outcome.
Now research [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2010/03/07/niacin-brain-recovery-after-stroke/</link>
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		<title>Rapamycin reverses Alzheimer&#8217;s-like lesions, memory deficits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UTHSCSA.edu - Rapamycin, a FDA-approved medication that keeps the immune system from attacking transplanted organs, may have another exciting use: fighting Alzheimer’s disease.
Rapamycin rescued learning and memory deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s, a team from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio reported February 23, 2010.
The study, in the Journal [...]]]></description>
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