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A Device that Can Make You Cough
"Patients who overdose on drugs or alcohol can easily drown on their own vomit because they are too intoxicated to cough. Doctors must dread the thought of giving mouth-to-mouth to such a patient in an emergency", writes Barry Fox from New Scientist.Fortunately, an inventor from Queensland,... Read More
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Negative Body Image Related to Depression, Anxiety and Suicidality
Adolescents with negative body image concerns are more likely to be depressed, anxious, and suicidal than those without intense dissatisfaction over their appearance, even when compared to adolescents with other psychiatric illnesses. Moreover, in addition to higher levels of depression, anxiety and... Read More
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Harvard Greenlights Human Cloning
After more than two years of intensive ethical and scientific review, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at Harvard and Children's Hospital Boston are to begin the first effort in the United States to use human embryonic stem cells in a series of experiments whose principle has... Read More
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Protein to Trace&Cure Insulin Resistance
An article recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine asserts that there has been found a cure for those suffering from diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases, human beings that manifest insulin resistance in short. This cure refers to the retinol-binding... Read More
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Apricots - A Sweet Source of Complete Health
Besides their great sweet taste and flavor, apricots are healthy and full of vitamins, helping our body to keep in shape and energized all through the year. One of the most natural concentrated sources of vitamin A, C, B complex, potassium and with a high level of beta carotene, apricots will be the... Read More
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New Nasal Bird Flu Vaccine Under Trial
Reuters announced that Biotech company MedImmune Inc., a firm focused on the areas of cancer, infectious and inflammatory diseases, and the U.S. National Institute of Health started testing yesterday a new nasal vaccine against avian influenza. This type of vaccine has already proved to be safe and... Read More
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Coffee - A Handy Natural Remedy
Even if nowadays researchers strive to prove that drinking coffee has negative effects on our health by causing a long list of diseases, among which heart conditions, birth problems, pancreatic cancer, we should not leave behind the health benefits we get from it.It has been scientifically... Read More
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Cancer Faker Gets Two Years in Jail
Heather Faria, aged 27, of Dighton, Bristol County, was sentenced on Thursday to two years in prison and eight years of probation because she has faked cancer for almost 3 years. The former teacher was in 2003 under the suspicion that she is ill with stomach cancer and went to see a doctor, but,... Read More
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Junk Food Ads to Be Banned Before 9 P.M.
The Food Standards Agency, UK, claimed that junk food advertisements on TV should be banned before 9 pm in order to prevent the fast growing rate of obesity among children. Taking into account the fact that 14% of the English children are obese and that 80% of the ads on TV are for junk food, the... Read More
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Become Anxiety-free!
Anxiety is one of the main disorders of the century because the nowadays world is a fast-paced road towards violence, debt and declining moral values. We become more and more workaholic, we sleep late, wake up early, work long over hours, not take enough rest and leisure time and eat junk food when... Read More
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First Full Face Transplant to Be Approved in UK
The revolutionary procedure of full face transplant will be discussed and is set to be approved in UK this week, on Wednesday. The ethics experts of the Royal Free Hospital in North London are expected to give the go-ahead for the ultimate step in surgery. Mr. Peter Butler, top surgeon at Royal Free... Read More
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Black People Hear Better than Other Races
Specialists in acoustics of the Federal National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health have recently completed the most largest national study on hearing ability in US. The outcome was: black people hear better than white, Hispanic or Asian races. The experiment consisted in testing hearing... Read More
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Sugar - Delicious Food for Thought
Nowadays sugar is considered to be one of the cruelest enemies of our body, interfering especially with our continual ambition to lose weight. But scientific studies state that we should not become to act defensively to it by showing that sugar is the most 'trustworthy friend' of our brain... Read More
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Male Babies to Increase Risk of Miscarriages
Whether you want to have a girl or a boy as your first born, it is safer to carry a female fetus, rather than a male one. At least this is what the medical team of a Copenhagen fertility clinic stated yesterday, at the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in... Read More
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Brief Intervention Reduces Symptoms of Depression
Researchers from the University of Washington have successfully tested a brief, low-cost intervention to deal with depression. Brief interventions have been utilized effectively in alcohol treatment for a number of years, and the concept was now transferred to depression, said Irene Markman Geisner,... Read More
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Trick or Treat? Family Gives Stomachs for Escaping Cancer
Eleven members of the Bradfield family from California have had their stomachs removed in order to prevent cancer. They suffered from a rare form of hereditary cancer that previously killed several other of their relatives. Genetic tests showed that Mike Slaubugh and 10 of his cousins inherited a... Read More
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Fluoride - Friend or Foe?
Fluoride is a natural mineral found in many foods and water. Our mouth and teeth seem to shelter a recurrent flow of minerals daily, mostly like the tide of seas and oceans. Every day, minerals are added to and lost from a tooth's enamel layer in two processes, demineralization and... Read More
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High Rates of Mental Disorders in Children
Mental illnesses in children have doubled in the last 30 years. A report published yesterday by the British Medical Association's board of science informs that measures should be taken against the increasing level of mental conditions in children. The study estimated that more than 1 million... Read More
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Low Stress Helps Getting Pregnant
Leading a stressful life associated with poor nutrition and over-exercising decreases a woman's chances to get pregnant. American scientists claimed yesterday at the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Prague that rising levels of stress have side... Read More
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Basics of Feng Shui (I)
Translated literally as "wind and water", Feng Shui represents the Chinese art of positioning objects in buildings and other places based on the belief in positive and negative effects of the patterns of yin and yang and the flow of chi, the vital force or energy inherent in all things. The goal of... Read More
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Schedule Your Food
Generally, we all know what we should eat and what we should avoid eating in order to keep ourselves healthy and in shape. But most of us don't really know how important is to know what to eat at each meal. By consuming the appropriate food at the right time we give our body the amount of... Read More
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Water Myth - How Much Is Too Much?
Water is the main chemical compound of our body, as it represents approx. 60% of our weight. It is as important for our metabolic system as blood is, for example, because water flushes toxins out of our vital organs, carries nutrients to the cells, maintains body temperature, lubricates the joints,... Read More
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Fish Blood Protein for Low Fat Ice-Cream
Unilever, a big company that produces ice-cream has applied to the Food Standards Agency for permission to use the protein extracted from the blood of a North Atlantic fish for low-fat ice-cream. The protein was obtained through a genetically modified process from the blood of a North Atlantic fish... Read More
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Bird Flu to Mutate among Indonesian Family
The officials of World Health Organization (WHO) inform that the spreading of H5N1 avian flu virus among people has been confirmed. The seven members of an Indonesian family died of bird flu in May, after a woman contracted the virus from poultry and then infected the rest of her relatives that... Read More
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Have a Beautiful Complexion-Use Natural Masks for Your Skin
There are natural remedies for every type of skin everywhere around us - all we have to do is become aware of their curing powers ... Read More
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Basics of Feng Shui (II)
The Chi/Qi flux of vital energy needs to be continuously stimulated through the positioning of objects in your house and other buildings. Also, the negative energy must be removed from the living space. The negative energy appears when the basic principles of interior design and common sense rules... Read More
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Biology to Influence Homosexuality
According to a recent Canadian study led by researcher Anthony Bogaert , homosexuality is not related to the social or rearing factors, but to prenatal mechanisms. The research came to the conclusion that chances of being gay are influenced by the number of older biological brothers a man has. These... Read More
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Mobile Phone Excites Brain Cells
A study led by Italian researcher Dr. Paolo Rossini of Fatebenefratelli hospital in Milan and published yesterday in the Annals of Neurology shows that electromagnetic fields emitted by cell and wireless phones excite the area of an user's brain cortex that is near the phone.The research study... Read More
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Treat Your Acne with Home Made Remedies
Most of us have acne problems caused by the over secretion of sebum. The sebaceous glands exist in humans throughout the skin except in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. They produce sebum in order to prevent the skin from dryness.But when the sebum is in excess, it causes an oily thin... Read More
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Feng Shui Your Bedroom
The bedroom is the room of your house where you calm down, relax and sleep after a hard working day, a refuge from the outside turbulent world. This is the place where you recharge with the vital energy Chi.The most important is to keep your bedroom clear of clutter and tidy, because this reduces... Read More
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