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Cancer ‘Vaccine’ By Stanford Researchers Looks Promising, Works Like Immunotherapy Special Forces

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Cancer ‘Vaccine’ By Stanford Researchers Looks Promising, Works Like Immunotherapy Special Forces
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Experimental Cancer Treatment Works Like A “Vaccine”:
One of the oldest forms of treating a serious disease is the idea of a Vaccination.

Give your body a weak microdose of something, let it react & “learn” the disease to respond to it full-force if it ever happens for real.

For the most serious problems out there, a 1-shot-deal sure looks like a dream fix.

Unfortunately, when it comes to The Big C, most of the experimental fixes we get are putting some concentrated stuff on extracted-cells in a petri-dish.

But that’s not what Ron Levy’s team did at Stanford, and the results are cautiously promising…

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Catching Colds & Flu Because Of Cold Weather. 4 Stealth Factors That Might Prove The Myth. -Maybe…

Filed Under: Disease, Video

Catching Colds & Flu Because Of Cold Weather. 4 Stealth Factors That Might Prove The Myth. -Maybe…


Winter Is The Season Of Giving…:
You can catch a cold or flu from being cold, right?

There is actual “cold” in the air and if you stick your hand out, you can catch some?

So, ever since we were little, we’ve been told to bundle-up in the winter.

-Or you’ll catch a cold.

Well in this video, ASAPScience explores a few of the myths on how you really do…

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Stopping Alzheimer’s & Even Reversing It May Be Possible With A Forgotten Drug. What’s Old Is New Again!

Filed Under: Disease, Mind/Brain

Stopping Alzheimer’s & Even Reversing It May Be Possible With A Forgotten Drug. What’s Old Is New Again!
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What’s Old Is New Again!:
So one miracle drug that reversed Alzheimer’s Disease in trials is something we’ve told you about before.

We’ve also told you about another miracle drug that’s a little more famous.

Well researchers at the Gladstone Institutes are throwing us another curveball that’s like a combination of the two strangely-enough.

A not-so-famous cousin of a drug we all know may have surprising beneficial properties similar to both of these…

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Office Fatigue: 27 Reasons Why Just Sitting At Your Desk All Day Wipes You Out. -And 18 Solutions To Fix That.

Filed Under: Disease, Mind/Brain

Office Fatigue: 27 Reasons Why Just Sitting At Your Desk All Day Wipes You Out. -And 18 Solutions To Fix That.
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Stressing Without Moving:
From time to time everyone gets fatigued at work, no matter what they do.

You don’t have to be out toiling in the fields or welding skyscrapers together.

And especially for people who sit at desks, the reasons can seem a little mysterious at times.

Well, HealthTrekker is here to the rescue! Here is a short list of many things that could be affecting you with mystery-fatigue, followed by a few solutions.

-Even if your job involves few things more physical than just sitting at a desk…

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Getting Sick At Work. “The Office Microbiome” Is A New Take On Sick Building Syndrome

Filed Under: Disease

Getting Sick At Work. “The Office Microbiome” Is A New Take On Sick Building Syndrome
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Perhaps Not Modern Enough:
So before he got sick at the office, Edna Mode’s favorite architect Mies Van Der Rohe got beaten to the punch by era-defining skyscraper, “Lever House” in 1952.

The minimalist giant-steel-ice-cube International style went gangbusters and was copied just about everywhere.

Then a few decades later, we all inherited an accidental invention from these sealed curiosities: Sick Building Syndrome.

But today with the advent of the Human Microbiome, safety experts are finding something even more sinister: The Office Micro-Biome…

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Dirt Is Good. This Time, For Kids! Dr. Jack Gilbert Gives Us Even More Reasons

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Dirt Is Good. This Time, For Kids! Dr. Jack Gilbert Gives Us Even More Reasons
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The Joys of Cross-Contamination:
So as children go back to school, one of the joys that comes with the territory is sickness.

Schools, ball-pits, & daycare-centers are like stock-exchanges for millions of short little typhoid-marys, infecting eachother with God knows what.

And as other scientists from Duke and IC-L have mystifyingly said before,

That may actually not be such a bad thing…

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Ladies, Break Out The Dark Chocolate! Gentlemen, Start Your Omega 3s! Because Happiness Really Does Make You Healthy

Filed Under: Aging, Disease, Mind/Brain

Ladies, Break Out The Dark Chocolate! Gentlemen, Start Your Omega 3s! Because Happiness Really Does Make You Healthy
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One Quest Meets Another:
Over time, mankind has set itself many challenges to find purpose & meaning in life.

And one of those big goals is counterintuitive. One that doesn’t necessarily involve outward achievements.

-But Inward ones. All of which lead to it: Happiness.

And once you’re actually surviving, perhaps it’s The Only Goal.

Strangely enough, researchers are finding out some of our dearest desires have significant, yet unexpected side-benefits.

Including, among other things, actually keeping you alive longer…

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Video: Is Organic Food Really That Much Better For You? -Or Could It Actually Be Worse?

Filed Under: Disease, Nutrition, Video

Video: Is Organic Food Really That Much Better For You? -Or Could It Actually Be Worse?


Is The Organic Premise Right In The First Place?:
So, lots of people believe in food that’s decomplicated and grown in ways similar to those of 100 years ago as the path to good nutrition.

And recently, Organic seems to have taken that place at the grocery store for people who don’t hit up the farmers’ markets.

Many people even think that Organic means No Pesticides at-all and that it’s more natural, less dangerous to you and the environment, and ultimately healthier.

But is any of that true? -In this video, ASAPScience decides to find out…

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