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When Nut Consumption Goes Up, Cholesterol Level Goes Down, Heart Health Improves

July 31st, 2006 | Comments Off

Blood cholesterol levels improve after eating nuts: bad cholesterol drops 7.4%, ratio improves 8.3%, 5.1% drop in total cholesterol May 10, 2010 – A new study reported today in the Archives of Internal Medicine , one of the JAMA/Archives journals, further confirms previous research findings that eating nuts improves blood cholesterol levels, which …

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B.C. Cancer Agency pulls funding for pricey thalidomide

July 28th, 2006 | Comments Off

The B.C. Cancer Agency will cease funding the drug thalidomide for new bone cancer patients, citing the notorious drug’s $2 million annual budget cost as “no longer tenable.” Of the 165 B.C. patients who have been prescribed the drug in the past year for multiple myeloma, those who are still on it will be grandfathered into the new policy effective …

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Trial to collect data, help improve vision

July 14th, 2006 | Comments Off

Bert Harbin, 75, can sum up his vision problem succinctly: “Dark items got darker.” Even after cataract surgery last fall, he found he had trouble picking out dark motorcycles driving next to him on the road and other dark objects at night.

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