First, I must define Remedy Research: Remedy Research is that research that says carrot juice (or a vitamin or supplement, etc.) is good for your gout, hemorrhoids, heart, eyes, brain, etc., and that carrot juice (or a vitamin or supplement, etc.) is not good for your gout, hemorrhoids, heart, eyes, brain, etc.

Let s take Vitamin E. My neighbor who suffers from heart disease takes 800 mg of vitamin E everyday. She says it makes her heart tissue pliable and really nice. Now 800 mg is way above the recommended dosage. She doesn t care.

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Depressing news: According to Australian Government statistics, “Everyone will, at some time in their life, be affected by depression, their own or someone else’s” Depression statistics

Australian depression statistics are comparable to those of the US and the UK15% of the population of most developed countries suffers severe depressionDepressive disorders affect approximately 9.5% of the population aged 18 and older in any given year. This includes major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder and bipolar disorderPre-schoolers are the fastest-growing market for antidepressants. At least 4% of preschoolers are clinically depressedThe rate of increase of depression among children is an astounding 23% per year30% of women are depressed. Men’s figures were previously thought to be half that of women, but new estimates

are higher54% of people believe depression is a personal weakness41% of depressed women are too embarrassed to seek help80% of depressed people are not currently having any treatment15% of depressed people commit suicideDepression will be the second largest killer after heart disease by 2020Studies show that depression is a contributory factor to fatal coronary diseaseIt’s the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We’re always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something - from the movie “Crash”

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First, I must define Remedy Research: Remedy Research is that research that says carrot juice (or a vitamin or supplement, etc.) is good for your gout, hemorrhoids, heart, eyes, brain, etc., and that carrot juice (or a vitamin or supplement, etc.) is not good for your gout, hemorrhoids, heart, eyes, brain, etc.

Let s take Vitamin E. My neighbor who suffers from heart disease takes 800 mg of vitamin E everyday. She says it makes her heart tissue pliable and really nice. Now 800 mg is way above the recommended dosage. She doesn t care.

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Instant messaging on the computer has become the phone for kids today. Children spend hours chatting online with their friends, and sometimes with strangers. A recent study found that one in five children online is approached by a sexual predator, a predator who may try to set up a face-to-face meeting.

Predators have turned to the Internet to find their victims. Lurking in chat rooms, and engaging in on-line conversations, Internet predators have the ability to disguise their identities. A 35-year-old man may be posing as a 12-year-old girl, or a single mother in a chat room may actually be a married male.

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A long haul trucker is no stranger to sleep deprivation. Even local truck drivers deal with the problem of little rest, many working 70 hour weeks. Sleep deprivation is the leading cause of serious truck related accidents, resulting in as high as 40% of all crashes. The constant attitude of many motor carriers of “you’ve got to get the freight there,” is an enormous stress on the long haul trucker. Even though Federal Regulations require a driver to take a 10-hour break after 14 hours of on duty time, these 10 hours often work out to be only 5-6 hours of actual sleep per day.

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