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		<title>&#8220;ALTERNATIVE&#8221; HORMONES FOR HEALTHY BONES: VIRGINIA’S STORY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though chemotherapy had pushed her into menopause in her late 30s, Virginia had never taken estrogen, dismissing it as &#8220;unnatural. &#8221; She&#8217;s been generally healthy in the twenty years since, taking antioxidants and calcium and magnesium supplements (though not getting much in her diet), walking to and from work every day, eating well, and never [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takster.com/2011/07/alternative-hormones-for-healthy-bones-virginia%e2%80%99s-story/</link>
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		<title>THE WELL-ROUNDED DIMINISHED DIET</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once you start talking about &#8220;refining&#8221; menus and cutting back the amount of food you serve, make sure you are providing the nutrients the body needs. Eliminate junk whenever possible. Serve a meal that is low in fats, sugars, and salt and that, instead, is high in fiber, protein, fruit, and vegetables—not additives or condiments. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takster.com/2011/07/the-well-rounded-diminished-diet/</link>
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		<title>RESPONSE IN THE FEMALE : THE RESOLUTION PHASE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Resolution Phase, when the response cycle moves backward through the Plateau and Excitement Phases to the passive unstimulated state. After climbing the sexual peak, the female returns to the plains. The pulse and blood pressure return to normal. The muscle tension and the vasocongestion also disappear. The two basic changes which all the organs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takster.com/2011/07/response-in-the-female-the-resolution-phase/</link>
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		<title>NUTRITION IN PREGNANCY: FAT AND WATER</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fat Fats are needed in the diet as a source of the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. Fat also helps insulate our bodies and protect the unborn child and the vital organs of the body against sudden temperature changes. Fat also supplies us with the essential fatty acids that the body requires for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takster.com/2011/06/nutrition-in-pregnancy-fat-and-water/</link>
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		<title>YOUTH NUTRIENTS: MEET THE SUPERSTARS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are four superstars in the antioxidant nutritional world—three vitamins and a mineral. Individually they are all megastars in their own right. Together, in combination, it&#8217;s like the Woodstock of cellular concerts—it&#8217;s as if the four Beatles got together in Strawberry Fields in Central Park—can you imagine? Well, that&#8217;s what it&#8217;s like when vitamin C [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takster.com/2011/06/youth-nutrients-meet-the-superstars/</link>
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		<title>SKIN DISEASES: PITIRIASIS AND PSORIASIS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pitiriasis This is the name given to an inflammation of the skin that is characterized by branny scales.   There are many different forms of it, all receiving special names, but it is clearly a symptom that needs very little direct treatment. As the general health of the community improves with better nutrition and other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takster.com/2011/06/skin-diseases-pitiriasis-and-psoriasis/</link>
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		<title>Other Nutrients:  ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS (POLYUNSATURATES &#8211; VITAMIN F)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Functions:   Essential for the health of the whole body; not made by the body and must be taken in the diet Sources:   Vegetable oils, fish oils, evening primrose oil Causes of   Processing of ingested oil (such as heating), poor Deficiency:   diet, deficiency of nutrients necessary for absorption (B6, zinc, vitamin C, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takster.com/2011/05/other-nutrients-essential-fatty-acids-polyunsaturates-vitamin-f/</link>
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		<title>CANCER TREATMENTS: SURGERY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All gynecological cancer requires some form of surgical intervention. This is because a sample of tissue is always necessary to make an accurate diagnosis. Your doctor will review this sample with all members of the cancer care team tore recommending a treatment plan to you. The extent and impact of any further surgery will vary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takster.com/2011/05/cancer-treatments-surgery/</link>
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		<title>HOW DIABETES AFFECTS KIDNEYS AND URINARY TRACT: PROTEINURIA AND CYSTITIS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the kidney, urine is formed from waste substances and water that are passed from millions of tiny blood vessels into the drainage tubes. With diabetes, the walls of these blood vessels sometimes thicken until the waste substances and water can no longer pass out of the blood vessels to start forming urine. The kidneys [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takster.com/2011/05/how-diabetes-affects-kidneys-and-urinary-tract-proteinuria-and-cystitis/</link>
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		<title>KNEE PROBLEMS: INJURIES TO THE ARTICULAR CARTILAGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The articular cartilage is a special type of connective tissue that lines the three bones that form the knee joint—the patella, the femur, and the tibia—and allows the joint to move in a fluid motion. Without this protective layer of articular cartilage, the bones forming the joint would rub together, which could cause a great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takster.com/2011/04/knee-problems-injuries-to-the-articular-cartilage/</link>
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