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The word AIDS is an acronym that stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and is no of the deadly diseases prevalent in the world today. A recent study on AIDS has reported that today almost 33 million people are living with this syndrome and almost 25 million people have died because of this disease since the disease was first identified in the year 1981. Most of us are aware of the criminal behind this disease, the human immunodeficiency virus, commonly known as HIV. This is a ...

Most of us are aware of heart attack as it has become so common these days. A heart attack normally occurs when there is some blood clot that blocks the flow of blood that flows through the coronary artery. Coronary artery is the main blood vessel that is responsible for sending blood to a part of the muscle in the heart. This interruption is the vital cause for heart attack as this may destroy or damage that part of the heart muscle. Gone are those days when heart attack ...

Good news for Barrack Obama and his administration that the pharmaceutical industry has finally agreed to spend over $80 billion over the next 10 years on improving the drug benefits for senior on Medicare. The decision was announced this Saturday and the industry agreed to bear the expenses of Obama’s health care plan. Announcing the accord, Max Baucus, chairman of Senate Finance Committee, said that this deal will mean some affordable prices on the prescription drugs when the current Medicare coverage does not cover the cost of ...

Most of us are aware of nutrient density foods. It was in 2005 even the government’s revised Dietary Guidelines for the people of America introduced this concept of nutrient density. Though this term seems a bit complicated this in nothing but a simple term that refers to how much nutrition a given food provides. To make it clear we shall take a simple example. A slice of 100% whole-grain bread has all the vitamins, minerals and fiber while these are not present in the same quantity in regular white bread. Here is ...