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Widely Used Heart Drugs Linked to Better Breast Cancer Outcomes
WEDNESDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) — Beta blockers — safe, inexpensive drugs that have been used for decades by millions of people — may eventually have a role in fighting breast cancer, according to two new studies.
One study suggests that women who are already taking beta blockers to lower blood pressure tend to be diagnosed with breast cancer at an earlier stage of the disease and to have better survival odds.
The second study finds that women who took a beta blocker while undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer had a lower risk of recurrence.
Book Review: Live Raw by Mimi Kirk
Live Raw: Raw Food Recipes for Good Health and Timeless Beauty
Preorder on Amazon HERE.
Live Raw by Mimi Kirk is a cook book, informational book, inspirational book, and life changing book. Life changing, however, only if you allow it. I have heard the praises of eating a vegan diet of raw foods and organic foods for quite some time. While, I jumped on the organic bandwagon for many reasons I have yet to jump on the raw foods or vegan bandwagon. My lack of jumping was not for lack of interest but for the inability to find the bandwagon and hitch a ride. That is until Live Raw.
The HCG Diet – Is It Worth the Risk?
Among the many fad diets that periodically do the rounds is the HCG diet, and like all fad diets it works beautifully for some people but can, at the same time, be dangerous. In this diet, the hCG hormone is injected into the dieter who then eats only 500 calories each day, for 40 days and in this way may achieve weight loss of up to 30 pounds a month.
This is supposed to help one lose stored fat in the body, without feeling the extreme hunger pangs that such a low calorie diet would otherwise cause.
This diet may have caught on in a big way in recent times, but it was way back in the 1950’s that it was discovered by British endocrinologist A.T.W. S
Wild Card Qualifier #2 – Block Set Grippers
My Mash Monster Level 1 Certification 2004
Hello DIESELS!!!
As announced, this weeks Grip Strength Challenge is a Qualifier for the National Championship, so if you have not qualified yet and want to get a spot at the Big Dance, then this is your chance.
This week, the test of Grip Strength is Block Set Grippers. This will be done by taking a torsion spring gripper from either the Captains of Crush or Beef Builder varieties, setting it with the off hand, and then passing through the handles a deck of unopened and plastic-sealed playing cards.