Health, skin deep

The skin is the largest organ – about 20 feet long if laid flat – and a very public venue where you willingly and unwillingly express emotions. Psychological stress can exacerbate skin disorders, including hives, eczema, psoriasis, urticaria (itching), acne and rosacea. Tens of millions of Americans suffer from chronic skin ailments, and one of the most serious is cancer. Psychological stress can exacerbate skin disorders, including hives, eczema, psoriasis, urticaria (itching), acn...

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Run for Your Life!

(July 30, 2014) Running for even five to ten minutes a day, once or twice a week, or at slow speeds was associated with substantial mortality benefits over 15 years, a prospective study showed. Runners overall had 30% and 45% lower adjusted risks of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality, respectively, over that period and had three years longer life expectancy compared with non-runners, Duckchul Lee, PhD of Iowa State University found. Running for less than 60 minutes a week—averaging ...

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Ebola doctor in Sierra Leone dies

By Jacque Wilson, CNN Tue July 29, 2014 (CNN) – A doctor who was on the front lines fighting the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has died from complications of the disease, Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday. Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan fell ill early last week while overseeing Ebola treatment at Kenema Government Hospital, about 185 miles east of Sierra Leone’s capital city, Freetown. He was treated by the French aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres — also known as Doctors Without Bo...

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