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View Post: How the Sun is Absolutely Crucial to your Health
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13 hours ago by Allison Davis   ...
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View Post: Educational CyberPlayGround - You need Vitamin D to absorb Calcium
8 hours ago by Educational CyberPlayGround  
A vitamin D deficiency can occur when usual intake is lower than recommended levels over time, exposure to sunlight is limited, the kidneys cannot convert vitamin D to its active form, or absorption of vitamin D from the digestive tract is inadequate. Vitamin D-deficient diets are .... One study of Finnish smokers, for example, found that subjects in the highest quintile of baseline vitamin D status have a three-fold higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer [72]. ...
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View Post: Family ND, Naturopathic Medicine: Enjoying the Holidays with a ...
9 hours ago by David Graves, ND  
The result may be more than just weight gain; your holiday habits can also conspire to hamper your immune system, disrupt your digestive tract, and decrease your overall vitality. It thankfully doesn't require abstinence from all the merry- making; ... A pumpkin extract has been shown to improve pancreatic function in diabetics and pumpkin seeds are a power house of minerals and essential fatty acids, shown to benefit prostate health. Though most people buy canned pumpkin, ...
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View Post: Study confirms higher risk of pancreatic cancer in Lynch syndrome ...
29 Nov 2009
Carriers of the Lynch syndrome gene mutations have an 80 percent risk of colorectal cancer beginning at a young age, as well as an array of other cancers of the digestive system, brain and skin, and endometrium and ovaries in women. ...
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View Post: New SpyGlass™ System Helping to Diagnose Pancreatic Cancer ...
13 Oct 2009 by Andy Gradel  
“This new device is going to increase early diagnosis of pancreatic diseases and cancer,” said Adam B. Elfant, M.D., Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy at the Cooper Digestive Health Institute. “The ability to finally biopsy ...
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View Post: Pancreatic Cancers
23 Oct 2009 by Health Tips  
The pancreas is an organ of the digestive system. It lies near the stomach and small intestine, two key positions or functions. Exocrine pancreas makes enzymes that help digest food, and pancreatic endocrine glands produce hormones that ...
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View Post: Simple Blood Test for Digestive Organ Cancer diagnosis « Japanese ...
19 Nov 2009 by japannews  
Having learned that digestive system cancers share a distinctive genetic trait, this discovery led to a method for detecting cancer. The new method is expected to be more effective than standard procedures up till now. ... Further testing revealed that of the 40 patients with cancer of the stomach or large intestine, 70% were accurately diagnosed using the new blood test; 70% of the patients afflicted with pancreatic cancer, which is notoriously hard to diagnose, ...
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View Post: FYI: Pancreatic cancer facts (The Pantagraph) - Cancer Friends Network
1 Dec 2009 by cancerfr  
The pancreas is an organ behind the stomach in the back of theabdomen. It's part of the digestive system and produces enzymesthat help break down. ... Default FYI: Pancreatic cancer facts (The Pantagraph) ...
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View Post: Patrick Swayze Died from Pancreatic Cancer
Baby Boomer Advisor ...
14 Sep 2009 by babyboomerqueen   ...
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View Post: Big Sarge vs. Dufus (My Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer): Crying ...
15 Nov 2009 by shirley  
Big Sarge vs. Dufus (My Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer). "When You Die, folks won't remember the day you were born, or the day that you died. They will remember that little dash in between." SGT John Balcone, US Army ... The Human Digestive System ...
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