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CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella (AP)
AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.
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Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening (AP)

This Oct. 2007 family photo provided by Clare Johnson shows Linda Coale holding her son Benjamin in Crownsville, Md. Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot. (AP Photo/Family Photo)AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.



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Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow (AP)
AP - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.
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Brazil's Silva quits smoking after 50 years (AP)

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, gestures during an interview with The Associated Press, in Brasilia, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Lula da Silva warned that U.S.-proposed sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program could lead to war in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Brazil's president said Tuesday that he kicked the smoking habit he had for 50 years after a recent health scare sent his blood pressure soaring.



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WHO: over 85M African kids get polio vaccination (AP)

A child is given an oral polio vaccine in Angola camp, southern Khartoum in 2007. A campaign to immunize over 85 million children under five against polio will kick off March 6 in west and central Africa in a bid to halt a year-long epidemic, health bodies said in a joint communique.(AFP/File/Isam al-Haj)AP - The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio.



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Gene test claims to show what diet works best (AP)
AP - Diet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight loss plan.
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Health Tip: What's Behind Childhood Obesity (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a major problem in the United States, and children are no exception. Today's kids are spending more hours watching TV, sitting at the computer or playing video games, and less time being active.
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As You Age, Better Health Means Better Sex (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Better health translates into better sex lives, with healthy people more likely to engage in sex (and good sex at that) and to express an interest in sex, new research finds.
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Clinical Trials Update: March 10, 2010 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
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Music class may benefit kids with cochlear implants (Reuters)
Reuters - Music class may help improve certain types of sound perception in deaf children who have cochlear implants, a new study hints.
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Even in Old Age, Men Want Sex More Than Women (Time.com)
Time.com - Data suggest that men want sex more, have more sex and enjoy it more than women. That holds true even into their 70s.
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Genetic Variant Raises Lung Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- People with a particular genetic trait are at much higher risk of developing lung cancer from exposure to secondhand smoke than others, even if they rarely come into contact with it, a new study finds.
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Researchers back cancer-fighting properties of papaya (AFP)

A street vendor prepares papaya for her daily customers in Yangon. Researchers said Tuesday that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumors, backing a belief held in a number of folk traditions.(AFP/File/Khin Maung Win)AFP - Researchers said Tuesday that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumors, backing a belief held in a number of folk traditions.



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Jump in Kids' Sports Injuries Due to Overuse (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Orthopedic surgeons warn that sports injuries in children are rising dramatically, creating a "silent epidemic."
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Britain gives one million pounds to S.Africa for condoms (AFP)

A nurse draws blood from a patient for an HIV test in Johannesburg. Britain announced Tuesday one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world's worst-affected country ahead of the 2010 World Cup.(AFP/File/Paballo Thekiso)AFP - Britain announced Tuesday one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world's worst-affected country ahead of the 2010 World Cup.



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Increasing Soda Consumption Fuels Rise in Diabetes, Heart Disease (HealthDay)

In this photo made Dec. 8, 2009, cans of Pepsi are shown at a Palo Alto, Calif., grocery store. PepsiCo's fourth-quarter profit almost doubled on strength in its snacks business and overseas beverage operations Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) --Increasing consumption of sugary soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart disease in the last decade, a new U.S. study finds.



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Asthma Rates Rising Across the U.S. (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma rates are increasing across the United States, a new government study shows, but certain states have significantly lower rates of the respiratory disease.
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NY seeks 'fat tax' on sodas to fight rising US obesity (AFP)

A person chooses a beverage in New York City in 2009. New York leaders are pressing for a so-called fat tax on the soft drinks industry, saying that sweet beverages are responsible for an upsurge of obesity across the United States.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Donald Bowers)AFP - New York leaders are pressing for a so-called fat tax on the soft drinks industry, saying that sweet beverages are responsible for an upsurge of obesity across the United States.



Med-Marijuana
Links

Info Source for Full-THC Cannabis
www.medicalmarihuana.ca/

Institute of Medicine Report- Marijuana
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/marimed/

Health Canada Medical Marijuana Program
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/marihuana/index_e.html

Pitt U. Alternative Medicine
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/syst.html   

Cannabis Facts
http://www.druglibrary.org/

GLA Info
http://www.healthandage.com/html/res/com/ConsSupplements/GammaLinolenicAcidGLAcs.html

Yale U. Health Info
http://yalenewhavenhealth.org/s_frontpage/index.html

FDA recommends Omega's for Heart Health
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/NEW01115.html

Omega Health
http://www.wholehealthmd.com/refshelf/substances_view/0,1525,992,00.html 

Mayo Clinic Health Info
http://www.mayoclinic.com/

Omega's for Health
http://www.health-heart.org/    

All of us here on the farm are proud of of what we produce on the land. Everything that goes into our Med Marijuana™ packages was made right here- by us.

We aren't some big corporation buyin' ingredients wherever we can get a deal on 'em and stickin' it all together in a fancy bottle and pushin' it with slick ads. We're just simple country people who do what we do well- the way our folks taught us and the way their folks taught them.

We've been farmin' this little piece of paradise for four generations now and we understand this land. We know how to get the goodness out of it and into our produce, which ultimately ends up on your kitchen counter. We know our products work for you and that you like 'em- you tell us every single day of life.

We follow strict organic practices here on the farm- always have, always will. We just never used to call it "organic", though. Back in Grandads' day we just called it farmin' . These days though, in order to help explain that we small dirt farmers aren't a part of the big factory farm gang- who are usin' every toxic and carcenogenic chemical known to man in their fields in the name of efficiency and profit- we say that we are old time natural by callin' it organic these days.

Everything you get inside a Med Marijuana™ package came from right here. It's full of the natural goodness of the Canadian land and it's good for you! You got my word on that...

We like to explain bout our products a bit to any newcomers comin' here to the farm. Just choose one of the product pictures under here, and you'll get the whole story on it.

 
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