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Unhappy Childhood Leads To Premature Death

dasha — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:21:34 +0000

Having a stressful childhood can shorten an individual’s life by decades, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They found the link between stressful experiences in childhood with diseases related to heart, lungs, liver and other medical conditions.

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Danger of Secret Abortions – 70,000 Dead Mothers a Year

dasha — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:05:31 +0000

70,000 dead mothers all over the world is the price the world pays when women resort to clandestine and unsafe abortions. Thus, despite an overall improvement due to the use of contraceptives and a decreasing number of abortions, unsafe abortions remain a deadly enemy of the mankind.(...)
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Is Salt Really Harmful?

dasha — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:00:42 +0000

Scientists from the University of California claim we don’t have to control our salt consumption. They say our body regulates sodium intake naturally so there is no need to restrict the consumption.(...)
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Obesity Leads to Asthma

dasha — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:16:39 +0000

Women who suffer from excess weight or obesity are more likely to develop asthma. Moreover, having a normal weight but a large waist greatly increases the risk for developing asthma.

Northern California Cancer Center study found that bigger women were much more likely to suffer from asthma(...)
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Bacteria Enriched Yoghurts Provide No Health Benefits

dasha — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:29:24 +0000

The health benefits of bacteria enriched yogurts are actually a fake, according to European Food Safety Authority (ESFA). 2006 large-scale study showed that out of 180 supposedly healthy ingredients, 10 are not beneficial at all while the health benefits of the rest 170 have not been confirmed.

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Blue Color Can Protect from UV Light

dasha — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:40:53 +0000

Scientists from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia discovered what color protects from UV light best.

In the experiment they first analyzed protection properties of three major colors (red, blue and yellow)(...)
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Stress Is Healthy?

dasha — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:20:11 +0000

Chronic, raging stress may harm the immune system, increasing your chance of developing various diseases. Occasional stress, however, can boost anti-tumor activity, according to the authors of study published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.

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Anti-ageing Cure Found in Sperm

dasha — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:20:29 +0000

It’s in our nature that we don’t want to get old. So it comes as no surprise that over the history scientists has been endeavored to find sources of prolonged youth or reaching immortality. Austrian scientist extracted yet another elixir of youth from human sperm.(...)
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Fully Functional Heart Muscle Engineered

dasha — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:01:50 +0000

According to BBC, Harvard scientists have succeeded in engineering a fully functional cardiac muscle. During the experiment, they identified which heart stem cells produce muscle cells, fat tissue cells and the cells of cardiac conduction system.

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Convertible Driving May Result in Hearing Loss

dasha — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:36:11 +0000

If you drive a convertible at speeds of 50-70 mph (80-120 km/h), you should know that you are exposing yourself to the noise levels nearing those made by pneumatic drill. Long and repeated expose to noises of engine, street traffic and wind can cause irrevocable hearing loss, experts warn.

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Americans Unaware That Exercising Is Good for Health

dasha — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:42:49 +0000

Majority of Americans are unaware of the Department of Health national exercise recommendations. Despite 14 years of educational campaigns, only one-third of Americans know about recommendations for a minimum of 30 minutes of physical activity a day, while fewer than half follow the guideline.(...)
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Recession – A Good Time to Stay Healthy

dasha — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:43:56 +0000

Financial slump brings in its wake many a health hazard, true, still there are ways in which it can be very much beneficial for health. A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences lists a number of factors whereby the periods of economic recession making away with excessive strain and worry help maintain health.

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Slim in Midlife – Healthy When Old

dasha — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:50:34 +0000

According to a study published in British Medical Journal, women who had normal weigh between 18 and 50 years old and were not obese at 50 are more likely to maintain their health by the time they reach 70.(...)
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Thin Thighs May Lead to Heart Disease

dasha — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:10:52 +0000

People whose thighs are less than 60 cm (23 inches) in diameter are at risk of premature death and heart disease. But bigger thighs have no protective effect on health, according to Danish scientists.(...)
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Vitamin D Helps Cancer Patients Survive

dasha — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:38:36 +0000

Cancer sufferers receive considerable alleviation from vitamin D, the Sun vitamin, as recent research showed. Such is the conclusion reached in two studies published in the British Journal of Cancer and the Journal of Clinical Oncology. They are the result of a joint research conducted by specialists from Leeds University in conjunction with the US National Institutes of Health.

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Divorce Makes It Harder to Fight Cancer

dasha — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:02:50 +0000

According to a recent study, stress associated with divorce has a negative effect on cancer patients, as family breakdown leads to weaker immune system and thus makes it harder for the patients to fight cancer.

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Green Tea May Be Bad for Your Bones

dasha — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:16:09 +0000

A number of studies showed that green tea extract has positive effect on the cardiovascular system in adults and prevents fatty deposits from building up in the liver. However, some scientists recently discovered that green tea weakens bones.

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Risks and Threats of Vaccination against Cervical Cancer

dasha — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:17:13 +0000

A tragic death of British schoolgirl Natalie Morton was the first lethal accident connected to a vaccine against cervical cancer called Cervarix. Doctors say that the cause of death was the girl’s “individual reaction” to the shot.(...)
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New Diabetes Medication Found Effective against Breast Cancer

dasha — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:51:22 +0000

A recent study in Cancer Research reports that a new medication made up of a well-known diabetes cure Metformin and an anti-cancer agent may become the best cancer inhibitor so far.

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Traffic Noise Can Push Blood Pressure up

dasha — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:50:32 +0000

A recent study in the September issue of the Environmental Health journal links living near noisy roads with high blood pressure. The research into the issue was conducted by Lund University Hospital in Sweden whose specialists concluded that the noise coming from busy streets leads to more intense stress(...)
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