Detox diets are a waste of time and money
Scientists and doctors point out that most of the so-called detox diets that are appearing on the market are just a good way for a detox industry to make money with no benefits to the consumers. The only thing these detox diets can do to a user is help them feel less guilty about the holidays’...
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Pill linked to reduction in women's sexual desire
Besides suppressing ovulation, birth control pills have been found to reduce sexual desire in women. For a long time, scientists have been trying to find a link between mood swings and low libido with pill contraceptives and they have finally managed to do so. Many women who take birth control pills...
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Club 'horse' drug to be outlawed
It seems as if there has come to saturation with drugs among club goers, so they decided to switch to horse tranquilizers. It appears that an anesthetic used on both humans and animals is being more and more abused in recent years. It’ name is Ketamine aka K, Ket, Special K, Vitamin K, Vit K,...
Mark
Bacterial Infection Blamed in 2 Deaths
Health officials from Ventura County report and warn about a fast-acting bacterial infection similar to meningitis that had killed a baby and a teenager around Christmas time. Meningococcemia, a type of blood poisoning, is an infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitides that lives in...
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Protect your ears: limit iPod use
Only few earbuds users are aware of the possible hearing impairment from listening loud music for many hours. Bulky earmuff-type headphones appear to be safer but also less attractive and therefore less often used. The earbuds used by iPod listeners can boost the audio signal by as many as nine...
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Nicotine Vaccine to Help Smokers Quit
Smoking wipes 10 years off a person's life on an average but giving up at any age brings huge benefits. Quitting smoking was not easy but it might as well become so. Nabi Biopharmaceuticals has produced a nicotine vaccine called 'NicVax' to helps smokers quit the bad habit. The vaccine works by...
Cells do Grow in the Adult Brain
It has been thought that adult brain lacks the capacity to grow. However, new brain studies show quite the opposite. It was found recently that neurons tend to grow in the adult brain. Scientists have been already trying to induce growth in the neurons focusing on making the long axis of the...
A New Pill to eliminate menstruation
The new pill is called “Anya” and it should eliminate menstruation completely. It is to be taken 365 days a year without a break. Sound like an ordinary birth control pill, doesn’t it? The only difference with birth control pills is that you stop taking them for a week and then get your...
Mick
'True Sleep' for snoring reduction
People who snore will definitely praise “True sleep” as it will help them get rid of big masks or plaster strips from their faces. So will their partners, when the snoring becomes less severe. “True sleep” is a new device launched in Britain. It is designed to reduce snoring using small...
Mick
Children should eat well to do well in academics
A new study done at Cornell's Early Childhood Centre shows that students who eat well fed do better in academics then those who don’t. Food insecurity is a term that describes a situation in which a child does not have enough to eat due to poverty in the household. Children who come from...
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