The colon (together with the rectum) are part of the large intestine (bowel). The colon is a muscular tube that is about five feet long. It absorbs water and nutrients from food passing through. The rectum, the lower six inches of the digestive tract, serves as a holding place for stool, which then passes out of the body through the anus. The colon is divided into four sections: the ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, and sigmoid colon.

Among the 'good' cancer preventing food
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The first thing you have to do is decide what you want to get from a supplement before you can decide what is best for you. That's right, the best diet pill for men is different for each man. Some people want an appetite suppressant, some people want a fat burner, some want a supplement that will give them more energy, and some just want an overall health supplement to help them feel better.

Before we get into which diet pills are best for men, I would like to go over some vital points. These
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Angular cheilitis (also called angular stomatitis) refers to the inflammation, cracking, or irritation at the corners of the mouth. In contrast, herpes infections usually appear on the edge of the upper or lower lip and not the corners. Angular stomatitis may be an early sign of anemia or vitamin deficiency. It can also occur in people who wear dentures, or have an overgrowth of yeast in their saliva.

The major cause of angular cheilitis can often be the deficiency of basic vitamins and miner
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The H1N1 or Swine Flu virus originates with animals. It is a flu which came from a mutation in an animal strain but is transmitted to humans. These animals strains normally come from birds (H5N1) or pigs (H1N1). In this case, the current pig flu appears to have originated this spring near Vera Cruz, Mexico.

The virus in the vaccine is dead. The dead virus stimulates the immune system to develop antibodies to the virus but it takes about 2 weeks to build up your immunity. During this period of
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So what can be done to lessen the symptoms of perimenopause? First of all, you must realize by now that not all women have the same symptoms of menopause, nor do they have them at them age as every other woman. Some women don't experience these symptoms until much older, after 50 or so. Other women start perimenopause in their mid-thirties, although that is rare according to statistics. Why is this so? For several reasons, among them heredity, environment, eating habits, smoking habits, and just
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