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Camel's milk is the closest milk to human mother's milk. Our bodies not only tolorate it well, our bodies thrive on it.
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Camel's milk has triple the amount of vitamin C found in cows milk.
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Camel's milk has TEN TIMES the amount of antibacterial and antiviral properties found in cow's milk.
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Camel's milk contains an insulin like protein that survives the digestive tract and may benefit people with certain forms of diabetes.

A man with "locked-in syndrome" has begun legal action, asking the director of public prosecutions to clarify the law on so-called mercy killing.

Tony Nicklinson, 56, wants his wife to be allowed to help him die without the risk of being prosecuted for murder.

Mr Nicklinson, of Melksham, Wiltshire, communicates by blinking or nodding his head at letters on a board.

His lawyers say he is "fed up with life" and does not wish to spend the next 20 years in this condition.
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According to his legal team, his only lawful means of ending his life is by starvation - refusing food and liquids. His wife Jane says she is prepared to inject him with a lethal dose of drugs, but this would leave her liable to be charged with murder.

Gel That Regenerates Tooth Tissue Could Replace Fillings
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After testing their idea on cell cultures and laboratory mice, scientists in France suggest that a new biomaterial shown to regenerate bone could be used as a gel inserted in tooth cavities to encourage tooth regeneration, thus avoiding the need to drill and fill the teeth.

Medical Breakthroughs: Diabetes

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- What do Thomas Edison, Elvis Presley and Jackie Gleason all have in common? The same thing they have in common with 23.5 million Americans today… diabetes. Now, a new drug, an old drug, and some bugs are helping to ease the suffering.

By studying bugs, entomologist Bruce Hammock, Ph.D., from the University of California, Davis, created a first-of-its kind diabetic drug.

“We were asking how caterpillars turned into butterflies,” Hammock told Ivanhoe. “We found this enzyme in insects that control metamorphosis.”

The enzyme is also found in humans and controls lipids. Taken like aspirin, it can remove the joint

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