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(From sfgate) Thank you for your article on unsafe cosmetics. I think it is unconscionable for the cosmetics industry to pretend that their products, while containing toxic ingredients, would not be harmful to consumers. Nobody has done any studies on the effects of cosmetics on our bodies, so the reality is that no one knows what the effects on us are.

We are surrounded by a soup of toxic ingredients every day, almost wherever we go. The fact that they are also in cosmetics, where they don't need to be, is really alarming and maddening.

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(Indiatimes NEW DELHI) The specialised beauty and wellness industry is set to see some action from overseas. At least three specialised, niche beauty and health labels, targeted primarily at salons, are slated for launch at Professional Beauty India 2007 – an annual trade event to be held in Delhi during the first week of December. Tags: Add more tags..., or Close
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Anti-aging medicine promises miraculous results from HGH injections

If you want to drive your doctor nuts, just tell him that you are visiting an anti-aging medical clinic and will be receiving injections of human growth hormone, or HGH. Most doctors will roll their eyes and throw up their hands in disgust at the very idea that their patients would be visiting anti-aging medical clinics. That's because Western medicine views the growing anti-aging medicine industry as quackery. It's ridiculous, they say, for people to believe that nutritional supplements and injections of human growth hormone can reverse their biological age.

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Hailed in ancient Eastern medicine as the "mushroom of immortality" and the "medicine of kings," you'd expect reishi to offer you some pretty astounding health benefits, right? Your assumptions are correct. This prized fungus may be able to boost your immune system, fight cancer, ward off heart disease, calm your nerves and relieve both allergies and inflammation. Tags: Add more tags..., or Close
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Diabetics who engage in regular physical exercise are one-third less likely to die, research shows

Here's good news for diabetics: new research shows that moderate exercise, such as walking, cycling, or jogging, can significantly reduce the risk of death for people with Type 2 diabetes. This study followed over 3,300 people and correlated their level of physical exercise with mortality to find that moderate exercise reduced the chance of cardiovascular death by 9%, and more vigorous exercise reduced the total chance of death by 33%.

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