Before you rush to the drugstore to buy an over-the-counter sleep medication, try one of the following natural sleep remedies. They are safer and have fewer side effects. Many of these can not only help you fall asleep and stay asleep, but they can also promote muscle relaxation.

Magnesium and calcium

Extensive research within the last decade has revealed that most
chronic illnesses such as cancer, cardiovascular and pulmonary
diseases, neurological diseases, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases
exhibit dysregulation of multiple cell signaling pathways that have
been linked to inflammation. Thus mono-targeted therapies developed
for the last two decades for these diseases have proven to be
unsafe, ineffective and expensive. Although fruits and vegetables
are regarded to have therapeutic potential against chronic illnesses,

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In lab experiments, scientists found that the extract stimulated leukaemia cells to commit suicide.

Within 24 hours, 76% of leukaemia cells exposed to the extract were killed off, while healthy cells were unharmed, Clinical Cancer Research reports.

The study raises the possibility of new cancer treatments, but scientists said it was too early to recommend that people eat grapes to ward off cancer.

WASHINGTON -- While it has been known for some time that eating cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, can help prevent breast cancer, the mechanism by which the active substances in these vegetables inhibit cell proliferation was unknown -- until now.

Scientists in University of California, Santa Barbara, reported on Tuesday that their new research has shown how the healing power of these vegetables works at the cellular level.

The study results was published in this month's journal Carcinogenesis.

Nearly 40 percent of adults and 12 percent of children in the United States use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), according to an annual, nationwide government survey published Wednesday.

The 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for the first time included children aged 17 and under who used non-conventional medical treatment including herbal supplements, meditation, chiropractic and acupuncture.

The survey questioned more than 23,000 adults and 9,400 parents on behalf a child about their health and the therapeutic treatment they were receiving.

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Although turmeric (Curcuma longa; an Indian spice) has been described in Ayurveda, as a
treatment for inflammatory diseases and is referred by different names in different cultures,
the active principle called curcumin or diferuloylmethane, a yellow pigment present in
turmeric (curry powder) has been shown to exhibit numerous activities. Extensive research
over the last half century has revealed several important functions of curcumin. It binds to a

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We all know that exercise is good for us, but why, exactly? What does exercise really do for us, for our bodies, for our minds, for our social lives? Physicians at The Methodist Hospital in Houston propose their Top 10 list of reasons to exercise this holiday season.

1. Exercise helps keep your arteries flexible and malleable, which prevents heart disease and heart attacks.

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that a new combination of medications designed to maximize immune functions improved or stabilized multiple myeloma for 76 percent of patients who had relapsed after previous treatment.