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Pomegranate juice may help thwart the return of prostate cancer after surgery or radiation for the disease, says a new study. The trial was the first of its kind and was fairly small, so it's not the final word on the topic. Further studies should be done, say the researchers, who included Allan J. Pantuck, MD, assistant professor of urology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Their findings were presented in San Antonio at the American Urological Association's 2005 Annual Meeting. Prostate cancer is the No. 2 cause of cancer death among U.S. men. It's also men's most commonly diagnosed cancer after skin cancer, says the American Cancer Society (ACS). Prostate cancer is usually seen in older men. Study's Results The study included 48 men who had been treated for prostate cancer through surgery or radiation. The test the researchers used measures the amount of a protein produced by the prostate; in men that have had surgery or treatment for prostate cancer, it can be used to guide the success of treatment or progression of prostate cancer. At the study's start, the men's levels of protein-specific antigen (PSA) were between 0.2 and 5. The men also had Gleason scores of 7 or lower (lower Gleason scores indicate less dangerous tumors). PSA levels were checked every three months during the study. The men drank 8 ounces of pomegranate juice daily until their disease progressed. Drinking pomegranate juice significantly lengthened the amount of time it took for the men's average PSA levels to double (from 14 to 26 months, on average), says the study. No serious side effects were reported, the juice was well tolerated, and none of the men developed cancer that spread beyond the prostate during the study, write Pantuck and colleagues. Pomegranate's Key Chemicals Pomegranate juice contains antioxidant chemicals that may have cancer-preventing benefits, the study notes. In particular, polyphenolic flavonoids may be important in pomegranate juice, write Pantuck and colleagues. Those chemicals are also found in fruits, vegetables, tea, wine, and soybeans.
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Did you know that inflammation is the main cause of such physical maladies as heart disease, Alzheimer's, cancer, depression, and even aging? Did you also know that a possible cure for inflammation is consuming enough omega-3 fatty acids -- the kind found in Dr. Barry Sears' ultra-refined fish oil -- to conerat the ill effects of omega-6 fatty acids that are plentiful in the American diet?
These are facts that you might not hear from your personal physician or health care provider, yet the research strongly supports this conclusion.*
Pay differentials based on looks
Two university researchers say the penalty for plainness is 5% to 10% lower pay in all occupations, or slightly larger than the premium for good looks.
Daniel S. Hamermesh, an economist at the University of Texas, Austin, and Jeff Biddle, an economist at Michigan State University, held demographic and job types constant and concluded that looks are a key element in earning power.
"Better-looking people sort into occupations where beauty is likely to be more productive," the researchers conclude. "But the impact of individuals' looks on their earnings is mostly independent of occupation."
Rule of thumb for all of us who aren't fashion plates: Play to your strengths.
"I suggest that you rely on characteristics that make you productive," Hamermesh says from his office in Texas. "If you're smart, rely on brain power; if you're strong, rely on muscle; and if you're personable, rely on your personality."
The researchers controlled for variables such as experience and education. Surprisingly, looks are more important for men than women.
In the mid-1990s when the study was completed, the ugly penalty for men holding full-time jobs totaled about $2,600 in reduced pay per year, and the pretty-boy premium came to about $1,400. For women, the penalty for bad looks was $2,000, and the premium for good looks was $1,100 per year.
Unattractive women are less likely than their average or good-looking counterparts to hold jobs and are more likely to be married to men with what the researchers call "unexpectedly low human capital." That's a polite way of saying little talent, drive or prospect of success.
We like to think the meritocracy is immune to high cheekbones, button schnozzes and a good head of hair, but the researchers found that looks count even in law, a competitive, performance-based field.
In another research project, Hamermesh and Biddle reviewed the earning power of law students graduating from the same law school from 1971 to 1978 and 1981 to 1988. A panel of four people reviewed pictures of each law student, including one person younger than 35 and at least one older than 35 from each sex. The law students were ranked on a scale of one to five, with five as the best looks score. The four ratings were averaged to create a student's overall rank on the looker scale. There was no objective standard for determining good looks, but participants knew it when they saw it.
The researchers found that, five years after graduation, males who ranked one notch above average earned about 10% more than fellow students who ranked one notch below average. Fifteen years after graduation, the premium for good looks grew to 12%. The researchers say the pay differential held for lawyers working in both the private and public sectors.
In a another study, the researchers found that spending great gobs of money on makeup, haircuts and fancy duds does little to improve the perception of people with so-so looks and doesn't increase their earning power. Other researchers, using pictures of the same people as children and in middle age, found that people with a mug that could wreck a freight train in their youth didn't become better looking over the years.
However, it may be that customers prefer to work with people who are easy on the eyes. If higher earning power comes from customer taste--not employer discrimination--that would appear to undercut the premise of much employment discrimination law.
Other researchers found that young obese women earn 17% less than women within the recommended Body Mass Index range. But women who gained a significant amount of weight during the 1981 to 1988 study period earned only slightly less than women within the average weight range.
Some research has found that there's a premium for height, and that taller men generally earn higher pay than their average or short counterparts, including men in top management positions such as that of chief executive officer.
But even if you look like a toad, the key to your low pay and diminished prospects could be that you act like a toad.
In a research paper for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, researchers Kristie M. Engermann and Michael T. Owyang said, "Certain characteristics, such as appearance, might affect productivity in ways that are not as easily measured (or as obvious) as are other characteristics, like education or experience. Appearance, for example, can affect confidence and communication, thereby influencing productivity."
Height and weight might also influence productivity through health or self-esteem. Some researchers have theorized that height may increase the participation of high school students in social activities, giving them the opportunity to develop the interpersonal skills that boost productivity in the workplace. If so, it's not hard to see why such people are prized--and rewarded--by a range of companies such as General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people ), Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people ) or Wells Fargo (nyse: WFC - news - people ).
Still, pay differentials could be the result of raw discrimination. Maybe employers and co-workers simply don't like being around fat, ugly people. But if fat, ugly people develop a bad attitude over time, discrimination apparently based on looks may not tell the full story.
So, remember your grandmother's wisdom: Beauty is only skin deep, but true ugliness cuts right to the bone.
Translation: A good attitude and hard work can do a lot to overcome that rutabaga nose, but nasty people are just foul.
Samantha
Product Review: Pomega5 Lotion
100% Natural Hand and Body Lotion
By Aktiv8 F8
Beauty products are one of those "must-try" items that always seem to reach my attention when in a grocery store, especially the health foods store. Beauty products are very difficult to purchase though since new studies are coming out each day stating that studies show that an ingredient is no longer good for the body. For this reason, I tend to stick to the natural ingredients that contain no parabens when I purchase hand creams. Pomega5: Oil For Life is one of those beauty products that has natural powers and will change the way you view creams today.
Pomega5 is constructed from pomegranates that have throughout history been a symbol for health, fertility and eternal life since it contains. Now, this does not mean that I believe this lotion will make anyone fertile or life beyond his/her years however it does make for a healthy glow and soft feeling on the skin. Pomegranates contain special antioxidants that actually have been known to help treat diabetes, hypertension gastric inflammation, as well as external skin diseases in Persia throughout history. In addition, it is a good source for healthy skin since it contains natural phytoestrogens.
Pomegranates support and maintain:
*Skin Health and Appearance
*Breast, Uterine and Prostate Health
*Management of Menopausal Symptoms and Related Conditions
*Weight Management and Metabolic Health
*Blood Circulation and Balance of pH Levels
Pomega5 Offers:
*No Parabens
*Only those plant ingredients known for their restoring and nourishing properties
*Skin calming benefits
*Anti-aging benefits
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So, when I saw this new healing cream in the health foods store, I was really excited. I had first heard about it from this years' Sundance Film Festival, since it was a celebrity free gift. At Sundance Film Festival, Pomega5 gave away a red silk hat box full of Healing Cream, Cleansing Bar and Pure Organic Pomegranate Seed Oil and other Pomega5 internal supplements. Usually I do not purchase anything that has been given away to celebrities, well just for being celebrities, but this product I really thought was a good natural purchase.
I took off the clear cap and pressed the top down to have a creamy sensation pump out. It really did have a wonderful scent and was only enriched with the very creamy feeling. Maybe it was just because I was thinking about it being made only from natural products but I felt like it was light on the skin and felt natural. It was almost like smoothing water over my skin, it was just not heavy at all. After the first usage I could tell that my $68.00 purchase was well worth the money. My skin was as soft as a "baby's bottom" as some people like to put it. In addition, after a few days of using the product my skin felt clean, light and has a special glow unlike after other creams.
Pomega5 is from extra-virgin cold-pressed pomegranate seed oil that is exclusively grown organically in the Mediterranean. So, if you are able to purchase a cream that will last a long time, I suggest this premiere cream that can be used all over the body. Yes, it does cost a little more than people are used to paying however a little goes a long way and the results are amazing!
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