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Marijuana in Maine Coming to a Dispensary Near You

Nov 4th, 2009 | By Jeremy Alexander | Category: Breaking Health News

In a 58.6 percent to 41.4 percent vote on Tuesday, Maine became the 3rd state in the Country to allow the purchase of pot in public dispensaries. They are also the first State to pass this law by ballot.
While Maine had pretty much already decriminalized personal marijuana use with possession of less than 2.5 ounces [...]



Study Shows Diabetes May Slow Alzheimer’s

Oct 27th, 2009 | By Kimberly Fox | Category: Breaking Health News

A new French Study has discovered a link between Diabetes and Alzheimer’s where people with Diabetes and Alzheimer’s were found to have less memory loss than people with exclusively Alzheimer’s disease.
The researchers at INSERM, the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research in Toulouse, followed 608 people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease for [...]



Swine Flu Declared A National Emergency-Deaths over 1,000 People

Oct 24th, 2009 | By Mathew Brown | Category: Breaking Health News

With millions infected and over a 1,000 deaths, President Obama has declared the H1N1 flu a National emergency making way for legal waivers to allow hospitals to better handle the surge of new patients.
So far over sixty million people have gotten the flu vaccine this year which far exceeds other years at this point in [...]



The Birth Control Pill For Men Well, Shot?

Oct 9th, 2009 | By Jeremy Alexander | Category: Breaking Health News, Men's Health

A team from from Edinburgh University in Scotland is doing a study on a new form of contraceptive, and guess what it’s for men.
Still in the testing stage, this new form of birth control comes as an injection and lasts for two months. It contains the hormones testosterone and progesterone which make the sperm count [...]



Your Not Alone October 10th is National Depression Screening Day

Oct 8th, 2009 | By Kimberly Fox | Category: Breaking Health News

Feeling down? We all do from time to time but when it interrupts your daily life there may be an underlining issue at hand that is treatable.
Your not alone in these feelings, depression effects over 20 million adults every year and unfortunately many of these people don’t seek treatment not knowing that they don’t have [...]



Making Headway In A Cure For Cancer-Nobel Prize Winner Leads The Way

Oct 6th, 2009 | By Jennifer Anderson | Category: Breaking Health News, Featured Health & Wellness

Cancer comes in many forms and has touched base on many lives. It’s almost impossible to find someone who hasn’t,  in some way, been affected by it’s devastating ends.
In the pursuit of medical science Elizabeth Blackburn winner of  the Nobel prize for medicine together with Carol Greider and Jack Szostak have been duley noted for [...]



Swine Flu Vaccine Should Arive on Tuesday

Oct 1st, 2009 | By Jennifer Anderson | Category: Breaking Health News

The H1N1 otherwise known as the swine flu vaccine is scheduled to arrive in states and cities across the country on Tuesday and should be ready for the public by Thursday if everything goes according to plan.
Dr. Anne Schuchat of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the first U.S. H1N1 vaccine to [...]