New Chair Invented To Relieve Backache
Australian therapist Mary Gale invented so called 'Bambach Saddle Seat' that helps in relieving backache. It was found, after the testing, that the chair kept the spine in its natural 'S' shape and positioned the pelvis correctly. While most chairs made the pelvis, which supports the upper body,...
Cancers use bone marrow cells to spread tumors
A new study on cancers reveals an answer to longstanding question about how tumors invade new tissues. Scientists did a lot of research in an effort to understand how pieces of a tumor can break off, travel through the bloodstream, and grow elsewhere. It appears that cancers use cells in bone marrow...
Europe's Health Woes May Worsen with Global Warming
While scientists used to think that effects of climate change on health wouldn’t be evident much longer. WHO reports that some effects are already visible now. Rising rates of deadly heat strokes, salmonella infection and hay fever across Europe are all associated with global warming. Extreme...
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Ads Blamed for U.S. Children's Poor Diet
About 16 % of people 6 to 19 years old are overweight in U.S. Health experts blame advertising agencies for contributing to poor eating habits and the growing obesity problem among children. Marketing plays a big role today on forming people’s minds and making decisions. Companies spend about...
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Chinese manufacturers jailed over deadly formula
China has been suffering from rampant counterfeiting of food and medicines in the last couple of years. Twelve children died from drinking fake formulas from different manufacturers. The factory in Shandong's Weihai city was producing the shoddy Lezichun-branded milk powder between 2002 and 2004,...
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Drink till you drop dead in English Pubs
After they have been permitted to order drinks all night long, The English won’t be going crazy, partying all night long on holidays only but on the streets of England as well. For the first time in 90 years the timings for the last drinks order has been lifted from the traditional 11PM to round...
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Wound Healing Slower In Couples Who Fight Often
A new study was conducted among 42 healthy married couples to explore the effects of marital stress on health. More specifically, the study was focused on assessing the production of proinflammatory proteins and their role in wound healing. Marriages that are stressful and where spouses argue often...
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Ovarian transposition helps cancer patient deliver baby
A woman who suffered a relapse of Hodgkin’s lymphoma stage III had to undergo radiotherapy treatment, which gave her slim chances of becoming pregnant, as radiotherapy has been documented to result in birth defects. The cancer reoccurrence manifested in her pelvic area and there was a chance that...
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Squinting At Computer Linked To Dry Eye Risk
Squinting is an involuntary action that improves eyesight by focusing sharply on objects and reduces the bright glare. A new research shows that if you spend a lot of time reading at your work or do a lot of visually intense work, you may be at risk of developing eye strain or dry eye....
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Why dieters fail in keeping the desired weight
There are few persons on the planet who haven’t tried to lose weight at one point of their lives. Those who have managed to lose hardly ever manage to keep it that way and usually pile them all back later on. A new study reveals why this is the case. It is in our hormones. A hormone called...
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