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In the United States today, an estimated one-third of the population becomes infected with hepatitis A, 1.4 million are chronically infected with hepatitis B, and approximately 4 million have been infected with hepatitis C. The American Liver Foundation is raising awareness about the risks associated with hepatitis to encourage people to get tested and treated. While all forms of hepatitis are dangerous, hepatitis C, the most common type in the U.S., is particularly alarming. Patients who contract hepatitis C and are not treated can develop liver diseases, such as cirrhosis and cancer. Hepatitis C also is the leading cause of liver transplants. Hepatitis A and B, caused by viruses that attack the liver, can be prevented by vaccination. In the case of hepatitis C, there is no vaccine available, and many people with the disease are unaware that they are infected and have not sought treatment. It s important for patients who even think they might be infected to speak to their doctors about being tested and treated as soon as possible for hepatitis in order to preserve liver health, says Dr. Douglas Dieterich, professor of medicine in the Division of Liver Diseases at Mount Sinai...

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Copyright c 2006 Helene Rothschild Are you ready to be healthy and full of vibrant energy. Would you like some ideas about how to heal your body. During many years as a psychotherapist, I discovered fascinating insights into the emotional causes of disease and accidents. I have also developed powerful processes that have helped people heal themselves and maintain their health and safety. For example, Sunny, a young man in his early twenties, was diabetic from the time he was twelve years old. When he came to see me he was almost daily going into diabetic shock. I have a favorite saying, Close your eyes and see clearly. So I said, Sunny, close your eyes and imagine that you are really small and traveling inside your body to the place where you store all your tension. It was no surprise to either one of us when Sunny ended up in front of his pancreas. There s a lot of junk in there. In the course of his counseling sessions, Sunny became aware of and overcame all the negative emotional issues that were stored in his pancreas. By the eighth and final session, Sunny reported that he was feeling great and his pancreas looked very healthy. He said, It s amazing, Helene, I m taking less...

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The term Arthritis refers to more than 100 different types of diseases which all cause pain, stiffness, and inflammation in the joints of affected people. All arthritis conditions involve some form of joint pain or the other. However, the seriousness of the joint pain, the duration of the joint pain and degree of the joint pain vary from one type of arthritis to another. The two most prevalent types of arthritis include Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, in which joint cartilage is destroyed. In other cases of Osteoarthritis, the patient experiences bony outgrowth, also known as bone spurs and also lose of cartilage particles. Osteoarthritis affects mostly aged people, from 55 years and older. That is why most people say it is an aged disease of the joints. Osteoarthritis is mostly common in the hands, feet, spine, hips and knees of victims. In rheumatoid arthritis, the patient experiences white blood cells in the synovial membrane dividing, growing and multiplying. These produce inflammation of the joint capsule and synovial membrane, loss of space in the synovial cavity, pain and stiffness in the joint. If there is no...

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For those that don t fancy the cost or the hassle of tray based tooth whitening products or professional tooth whitening, paint on tooth whiteners, while not necessarily proving to be as effect as some of their counterparts, certainly have a place in the tooth whitening market. Paint on tooth whitening products are unique in as much that they don t require tooth whitening trays and, as the name suggests, paint on tooth whiteners are applied directly to the teeth where the product solidifies and transforms into an adherent film. Unlike other tooth whitening systems, with paint on tooth whitening products you can be selective as to which teeth you choose to bleach. Colgate s Simply white paint on tooth whitener uses the preferred carbamide peroxide as it s bleaching agent rather than the traditional hydrogen peroxide which is commonly found in over the counter tooth whitening products. Hydrogen peroxide is a bleaching agent not really supported by cosmetic dentists or the dental association as it is their belief that it can t safely be used in sufficient quantities to deliver the desired whitening effect. You have a couple of options with paint on tooth whiteners. You can either...

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