Chemicals in New Orleans bigger concern than cholera
Five people, who survived hurricane Katrina that hit the region of New Orleans, died from a bacteria-caused illness. However, public health officials are more concerned about toxic chemicals in the water covering New Orleans than they are about a cholera outbreak. It’s been more than a week since...
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Drug breakthrough in blood pressure
It looks as if a new drug was found for treating high blood pressure that seems to be more effective than the drugs being used at this moment. High blood pressure is very important to be treated as it leads to heart attacks. A trial that lasted 5 years was conducted in Sahlgrenska University...
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Anorexia patients still restrict food after therapy
Even though anorexic women show substantial weight gain and major reductions in psychological symptoms after three months of hospitalization, they continue to eat much smaller meals than women who have never had the disease. Even though treatments in the hospitals are often successful, 30 percent to...
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Top-quality olive oil 'like painkilling drug'
A new reason for buying the best olive oil is that newly pressed extra-virgin olive oil contains a compound that mimics the pain-relieving activity of ibuprofen, a member of the class of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The scientists have discovered olive oil contains the compound...
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New - unsettling - theory on BSE origins
The first case of BSE was identified in 1986 in Britain. The first human case of vCJD was also diagnosed in Britain in 1995. It had always been thought that the brain-wasting mad cow disease passed to cattle through remains of sheep infected with scrapie, the sheep equivalent of BSE, that were...
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Brain Regions Blamed for Bad Investment Ideas
A new researched showed that two parts of brain are in control of making safe and risky investment decisions. In a group of adult volunteers who were asked to make investment decisions between two stocks and a bond by pressing a button researcher scanned the participants' brains and learned the...
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Gene map shows what makes us different from chimps
A range of researches was done in order to compare human and chimps’ genes and the results gave proof that evolution was real and that indeed works through natural selection. When the genes were compared, it turned out that humans and chimps were 96 percent genetically identical. DNA of a...
Plastic Surgery Not Just for Wealthy Anymore
A poll conducted over the internet included 644 people who were considering a plastic surgery within the next two years. The poll showed that plastic surgeries were no longer just a wealthy privilege and that patients undergoing surgeries come from all income levels. It seems as if people are...
World's oldest person dies at 115
A report from Amsterdam has arrived that the world’s oldest person had died at the age of 115. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper was born on June 29, 1890, and she weighted only 3 pounds when she was born. Who would have thought that such a small person will live up to the age of 115? Hennie was a...
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Can Home Remedy For Stomachache Work?
New researches showed that more and more people are coming back to natural remedies in order to improve their health. It was found that certain herbs and dietary supplements can actually relieve the children from nausea, constipation and some other gastrointestinal problems. Chamomile is one of the...
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