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Parkinson’s Disease Treatment Through Exercise and Bicycling

The neuro degenerative brain disease know as Parkinson’s Disease can be temporarily alleviated and even reversed in some patients that exercise on bicycles according to researchers.  Dr. Bastiaan R. Bloem of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center in the Netherlands published … Continue reading

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Free skin cancer screening scheduled for Puget Sound area

The American Academy of Dermatology has a free skin cancer screening program coming to the Puget Sound area in April and May.  If you have a suspicious freckle, spot or other skin question you may have it screened free of charge.  The scheduled … Continue reading

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Prenatal Exposure to Flame Retardant Compounds Affects Neurodevelopment of Young Children

(From Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health) Prenatal exposure to ambient levels of flame retardant compounds called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) is associated with adverse neurodevelopmental effects in young children, according to researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s … Continue reading

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