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Let Us Eat Lettuce

post from High fiber health on 17 April 2006 06:17:00 AM. © High fiber health

When over-the-counter remedies didn't help one of Hind's family members, a doctor recommended eating half a head of iceberg lettuce each day. Within a week, the area was healed. Hind says she shared the tip with another family member, who was scheduled to have hemorrhoid surgery. Once again, after only a week on the lettuce plan, the pain and hemorrhoids went away and the surgery was canceled.

"The fiber in the lettuce softens stool, which relieves the pain," says Dr. William W. Hampton, a surgeon at the Hemorrhoid Treatment Center in Santa Ana, California. "l always recommend a high-fiber diet, and one of the easiest ways to add fiber is to eat more salad."

Also try applying a cool compress or sitting in a tub of warm water for 10 to 15 minutes a few times a day. However, Hampton cautions that you should tackle hemorrhoids with the help of a doctor. "It's important for patients not to try to diagnose themselves, because some of the symptoms of hemorrhoids are the same as other ailments, such as colon cancer," he says.
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Biogen to Sell Rights to Psoriasis Drug

post from Optimum Nutrition on 17 April 2006 03:30:00 AM. © Optimum Nutrition

Biogen to Sell Rights to Psoriasis DrugMSN MoneyCentral - DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Biotech company Biogen Idec Inc. said Monday it agreed to sell the worldwide rights of Amevive, a psoriasis treatment, to the U.S. arm of Japanese drug maker Astellas Pharma Inc., for $60 million. A Biogen spokesman said the

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New Selenium Test for Prostate Health Now
Available

RICHMOND, Va., April 12 /PRNewswire/ — Selenium levels may predict therisk of a man’s prostate cancer, but there was no simple, reliable seleniumtest — until now. The first selenium test that predicts prostate cancer risk,SeleniumHealth(TM), is now available exclusively from BostwickLaboratories, Inc., an international diagnostic pathology laboratory. A mansimply trims one [...]

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