Problem wounds are those which fail to respond to established medical and surgical management. Such wounds usually develop in patients with multiple local and systemic factors contributing to poor tissue healing. These include diabetic foot ulcers, compromised amputation sites, vascular insufficiency ulcers (ulcers with poor circulation) and non-healing traumatic wounds. All share the common problem [...]

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Scuba diving is not just attaching the oxygen tank at your back and using it to breathe underwater with a regulator. There is a lot more to it, the fact is in deep sea diving pure oxygen is not used. In recreational diving nitrox mixes are being used so that it lessens the chances in [...]

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Researchers at the University of Michigan have managed to show that four genes that have previously come under scientific scrutiny as they are believed to help control cancer, also play key roles in the process of aging for humans and in human adult stem cell regulation. Currently, the biological basis of ageing is not well-understood. [...]

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Some of the most covered topics in the media today is related to diets and weight loss programs. One day you are told to eliminate all fat from your diet. The next day, carbohydrates are the evil culprits you are advised to avoid. Some of these diets are more stupid than others. Remember, the media [...]

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Smoking is a bad habit and it is not good for you. It can cause so many problems with your health that it’s not funny. Millions of people die from this every year and yet we still smoke. Not only does it affect your insides but it also affects the outside of your body. Thousands [...]

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Do you know what can come from smokeless tobacco? Bladder cancer can be caused by this, and so can mouth cancer, dental disease, and throat cancer. It can eat the gums around your teeth and eat through your mouth, causing holes to appear. Smokeless tobacco is very dangerous and it can cause penile cancer as [...]

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Have you ever found yourself in a rut when it comes to weight loss? Have you tried different diets, only to regain more weight than you lost in the first place? It’s a common problem in the overweight and obese populations (anyone with more than 32% body fat are considered obese by current standards.) However, [...]

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There are a lot of ways to lose weight. Many people see varying degrees of success with the popular weight loss programs on the market, most of which focus solely on food and portion size. However, when you concentrate only on food as a way to loose weight, the chances of gaining that weight back [...]

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When you think of losing weight, most people initially think of the food they are eating. They concentrate on portion sizing, caloric intake, the types of food they consume, and what to eliminate. And although all of that certainly does play a part in weight loss, or at least permanent weight loss, it isn’t the [...]

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Living organisms require varying amounts of “heavy metals” like iron, cobalt, copper, manganese, molybdenum and zinc. However, excessive levels can be damaging. Other heavy metals such as mercury, plutonium, aluminum, uranium, nickel, arsenic and lead are toxic metals that have no known beneficial effect on human beings, and their accumulation over time in the body [...]

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