Another Coffee Perk: Antioxidants
More than half of Americans drink coffee every day, making it the most popular beverage in the country. For a very long time, it was thought that the coffee was bad news because of its links with cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure. A new study shows differently. It shows that coffee...
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Warning Labels on Fries
It may happen that potato chips and french fries will soon come with a warning label. A lawsuit was filed against nine fast food chains and snack-food makers. The main request is made for McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Frito Lay and other companies to warn consumers that their fries and chips...
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Medical Management Now Available For Miscarriage
Miscarriage occurs in at least 10 percent of pregnancies, often between seven and 12 weeks of gestation. After each miscarriage a surgery was needed in order to remove the remaining of the fetal tissue. Now, women have an opportunity to choose between a surgery and a new medication called...
Homeopathy 'nothing more than a placebo'
Even though millions people are turning to homeopathical remedies in treating their problems and illnesses, some researchers report that homeopathy is nothing more than a placebo effect. The research covered a range of illnesses and treatments from respiratory infections to surgery and...
If You Think You'll Feel Better, You Will
For the study, a medical team induced pain by injecting concentrated salt water solution into the jaws of 14 healthy young men who agreed to the experiment. The injections were given while the men underwent positron emission tomography (PET) scans. The men were told they would receive pain medicine....
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General Anesthesia For Heroin Detoxification Is No Good
Research studies were trying to determine whether use of general anesthesia for heroin detoxification is better then other methods of detoxification. It turned out it wasn’t better but only more expensive and could, however, lead to adverse life threatening events. Anesthesia-assisted opioid...
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Potential Brain Cancer Treatment Found
Researchers from ST. Louis University did an animal study on fighting the cancer and managed to develop a company, named JV-1-36, that can penetrate the blood brain barrier, and reach cancer cells that way. There have been many drugs found that can kill the cancer but none of them could have sneaked...
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Babies recognize unfamiliar musical rhythms far more readily
It seems that babies have better ability to pick up languages, distinguish faces from foreign cultures and recognize unfamiliar musical rhythms far more readily than adults can. The researchers were monitoring how long the babies stared at a cartoon; they paired the same cartoon with two different...
Mom and Dad's disapproval a greater deterrent than the law
Latest survey shows that parental influence on their children should not be underrated. According to the same survey, a number of drugs that are used, kept or sold has risen 41 % for high school students and 47% for middle school students, since 2002. Teen perceptions of immorality, parental...
Weight Linked to Breast Cancer in Women With Gene Mutation
In a new research made by an international team of scientists discovered that women who carry a breast cancer gene can reduce their risk of developing cancer by attaining a healthy bodyweight. Now, the findings don’t provide guidance for those who don’t have genetic mutations and don’t...
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