Migraines That Erase Color

Chronic pain has its own devastating side effects, even in the absence of medication. Sufferers of migraine headaches sometimes report a phenomenon that amounts to color-blindness.

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Carrots Fight Cancer, Right? Wrong. Vitamin E--No Heart Help

Despite findings of more recent clinical studies, much of public & many health professionals continue to rely on earlier less rigorous studies to support beliefs that certain foods (or their component parts) promote health. E.g., "carrots are still taken to prevent cancer, despite clinical results suggesting they don't work."

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Do doctors rat out incompetent colleagues?

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital mailed a survey, and a $20 incentive check, to more than 3,000 doctors. About half answered — and some of the responses renew longstanding questions about the medical profession's ability to regulate itself.

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How to Make Exercise More Fun Than Sex

OK, maybe not the orgasm thing, but what if you could find a way to exercise that was so outrageous, so exhilarating, so much fun you couldn’t wait to do more of it every single day. What if it became such a treasured part of your life, you actually had to pull yourself away from it to make time for other pursuits?

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THE E.R. GIFT CARD... The perfect stocking stuffer

Missed Michael Moore's movie Sicko? This author had his own personal run-in with America's morbid health care system. And even though he's relatively healthy and relatively ensured, financial ruin could be just a car accident, cancer or staph infection away for any of us.

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Mothers Who Smoke Severely Damage Their Children's Health

If moms need more encouragement to quit, tow new studies detailing the negative impact on a smoker’s offspring may help. The first study suggested that women exposed to their parents’ cigarette smoke during childhood have a higher miscarriage risk, while the second showed how infant sleep patterns were disrupted after their mother's smoked.

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Gunman Randomly Shoots Innocent Shoppers In Omaha Mall

A sniper opened fire at a busy Omaha mall, killing at least eight people, wounding at least five others and then killing himself.

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Polls Are In: A Girl’s Favorite Sex Position Is…

Over 200 women have taken the “What’s Your Favorite Sexual Position” poll in the last couple of days, having the option to pick either A) Missionary/Man on top, B) Woman on top, C) Doggy Style or the ever-elusive D) Other. You wanna know what choice is ahead on the polls as of this posting?

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10 Ways to Wake Up And Start Living Your Life Consciously

"A life lived of choice is a life of conscious action. A life lived of chance is a life of unconscious creation."

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10 Simple Tricks To Turn Your Brain Into A Powerful Thinking Machine

Curiosity about the world around you, how it works and how you can understand it will keep your brain working fast and efficiently. Use the ideas below to help attain your quest for mental fitness.

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Picture: World’s Smallest Living Baby

With a survival chance of less than 1,000 to one, every day she has got through since then is a triumph. Six months later, Kimberly has finally been allowed to go home to her parents in Hanover.

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Of Mice And Men: New Male Contraceptives Successful In Rodents And Humans

Pills, sponges, IUDs, diaphragms -- women have many options for planning their fertility, none of them quite perfect. But what if men want to help out? They have only two options -- vasectomy, which is usually permanent, and condoms, which are crucial for dating but unpopular in long-term relationships.

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Bird flu virus mutating into human-unfriendly form

The H5N1 bird flu virus has mutated to infect people more easily, although it still has not transformed into a pandemic strain, researchers said on Thursday.

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Lady wins a $2 million lawsuit after a doctor left a sponge inside her

When a woman went into a Florida hospital to give birth to her child, she not only left with her baby, but also with a foot-long piece of gauze cloth inside her....

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Lady wins a $2 million lawsuit after a doctor left a sponge inside her

When a woman went into a Florida hospital to give birth to her child, she not only left with her baby, but also with a foot-long piece of gauze cloth inside her....

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Virtual Colonoscopies are on the Horizon

But what some people consider the most unpleasant part can't be avoided: drinking laxatives to purge the bowel so growths can be seen....

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Diggers! Easy Way to Help Out A Cause With Just 1 Click

The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their donation buttons daily. Once they reach a certain amount of clicks, they donate to various causes such as breast cancer, litteracy, child health, hunger, etc. Please help them out by clicking one or more of their donate buttons in the middle of the page :)

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Finally, it Seems Scientists Have Found the Appendix's Purpose

Some scientists think they have figured out the real job of the troublesome and seemingly useless appendix: It produces and protects good germs for your gut.

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82 women dead in first year of anti-abortion law in Nicaragua

For the Nicaraguan rich, a problematic pregnancy need not be a death sentence. You can fly to Miami or bribe a discreet private clinic in Managua. But in this wretchedly poor country most young women do not have money. Their choice is to go through with a pregnancy that may kill them, or attempt a DIY termination that may kill them.

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10 Highlights from the Aspen Health Forum

The Aspen Health Forum gathered an impressive group of around 250 to discuss the most pressing issues in Health and Medical Science on October 3-6th. It was the first conference, by the way, where I have heard a speaker say: "I resuscitated a woman yesterday". Check out the key highlights and trends, and participate in the dialogue.

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24 Warning Signs You Cannot Afford To Ignore

These common aches and ailments could very well be nothing. Or something far, far worse. Here are 24 warning signs that you need to take seriously, and what you should do if you experience them.

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Top 10 Strangest Diseases

Diseases that cause or limbs to become grossly large or lead us through an entire life cycle in just ten years may sound like fiction. However, over 100 million people suffer from these 10 strange diseases.

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Plastic linked to "reprodutive abnormalities & obesity."

"The Centers for Disease Control has found two compounds—phthalates, used in polyvinyl chloride (pvc) plastic, & bisphenol A, a building block of polycarbonate plastics—in the urine of a majority of Americans "

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Top 10 Ways to Sleep Smarter and Better

There are lots of ways out there to beat insomnia, increase the quality of your sleep, and master the power nap. Today we've got our top 10 favorite sleep techniques, tips and facts.

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Alcoholism Cured with Epilepsy Drugs!

A drug used to treat seizures and migraines may help alcoholics quit the bottle, according to a study in the US. And unlike other medications for alcohol addiction, sufferers can get help without having to completely dry out first.

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A Beautiful Mind : Examing Schizophrenia's Effect on Creativity

Stuart Baker-Brown, 43, a photographer and writer based in Dorset, was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1996. On World Mental Health Day, he delivers a unique personal insight into how his condition has nurtured his artistic expression.

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March 30, 1842: It's Lights Out, Thanks to Ether

1842: James Venable has a tumor surgically removed from his neck by Dr. Crawford Long. This otherwise routine surgery is significant because it is the first documented use of ether as an anesthetic.

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Burger King Shifts Policy on Animals

Animal welfare advocates called the chain’s shift to more humane egg and meat production a “historic advance.”

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March 30, 1842: It's Lights Out, Thanks to Ether

1842: James Venable has a tumor surgically removed from his neck by Dr. Crawford Long. This otherwise routine surgery is significant because it is the first documented use of ether as an anesthetic.

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The Best Exercise You're Not Doing

"One simple (and grueling) movement will revolutionize your leg workout."

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The Computer Nerd's Guide to Getting in Shape: 13 Surefire Tips

So you spend all day confined in a dungeon in front of a couple glowing computer screens, coding C++ and eating McDonald’s for lunch? You definitely need to lose a few pounds and put on some muscle, but don’t know where to start? This geared-to-geeks guide will give you some practical tips on how to get into physical shape.

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Russian dude grows penis on arm!!

Only in soviet russia..

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A Nostalgic Look at 11 Discontinued Sodas

Everyone remembers Surge and Coke II, but what about Orbitz, the soft drink with lots of tiny gelatin orbs floating inside of it? Of course you remember. You drank one in 8th grade, then had an alien baby burst from your stomach three days later. Still no? Then read X-Entertainment's piece on 11 sodas the world just wasn't ready to accept.

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Cure for Diabetes?

Diabetes breakthrough!Toronto scientists cure disease in mice.

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20 Things You Didn't Know About... Death

#13 During a railway expansion in Egypt in the 19th century, construction companies unearthed so many mummies that they used them as fuel for locomotives.

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20 Things You Didn't Know About... Obesity

Money for getting squashed in your airplane seat, our country's fattest state, the "Monster Thickburger", and more.

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Saying Yes to Mess

A movement is afoot to embrace disorder as the detritus of a creative mind. But the effort is a little disorganized.

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Get Smashed and Drop Your Blood Pressure by Twenty Points in One Sitting

In the name of research, I consumed a bottle of Pinot Noir and lowered my blood pressure by nearly twenty points. It was only temporary, true ... but I'll bet you another bottle that it's repeatable. I've never been a wine drinker, but I'm willing to make an exception for science.

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Man inexplicably growing younger

A 68-year-old man, Zhu Guorong, has surprised his family members, neighbours and friends by gaining new youth. Senior doctors and medical experts in Haikou of Hainan Province are stumped as well.

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Drugs and Toxicity: "The least toxic drug known to humans is now illegal."

The least toxic drug known to humans is now illegal. The most toxic is available at Safeway. None of this makes any sense at all. And yet we continue to imprison people for ingesting substances far less harmful than others freely available. One has to wonder what the prohibitionists are smoking. Maybe nutmeg.

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8 diseases that give you superhuman powers

Diseases that give you: Photographic memory, a connection to God, New senses, Unlimited Euphoria, Immunity to Pain...

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What does 200 Calories Look Like?

some geek took a bunch of pictures of 200 calories of all kinds of different foods... its pretty surprising to see that a small spoonful of peanut butter has the same number of calories as an entire plate of broccoli.

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The Complete Ownage of a Woman

I'll try to sum up a funny story that happened a few years ago: I got a vasectomy.  I met a girl soon afterwards. She was nice and attractive but with a selfish streak that raised a big red flag. She was 32 at the time and I could practically HEAR her biological clock ticking. Regardless, she was a good lay, easy on the eyes, and reasonably g...

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The Complete Ownage of a Woman

I'll try to sum up a funny story that happened a few years ago: I got a vasectomy.  I met a girl soon afterwards. She was nice and attractive but with a selfish streak that raised a big red flag. She was 32 at the time and I could practically HEAR her biological clock ticking. Regardless, she was a good lay, easy on the eyes, and reasonably g...

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How to Wipe Your Buttox

My mother never knelt in front of me on the toilet and coached me on my form, and I should hope that your parents showed similar restraint. In theory, this is something that we learn through trial and error — even if we don’t remember it — and it is very likely that every person has developed his or her own masterful technique.

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Cheap, Safe Drug Kills Most Cancers

Not coming to a pharmaceutical company near you soon...

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How to cure a sore throat almost instantly

An almost sure-fire way to get over a sore throat. Seems to actually work and lots of people have great things to say about it. This site is just one recent example and includes a recipe, but the site it links to has many more positive reviews.

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Digg this and help this man get treatment for advanced lung cancer

Weeks after learning he had advanced lung cancer, he won the lottery. The payout is $34,000 for 20 years but his doctors say that he only has 12-16 months left to live. He needs care from a specialized cancer hospital but needs a lump sum payment. Please bring attention to this story and give your digg. His only hope is a petition in Albany.

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Why Intelligent People Tend To Be Unhappy

The rates of suicide, imprisonment and emotional dysfunction among highly intelligent people are much higher than for the average. Many are socially and emotionally underdeveloped or maldeveloped. Read on to learn why.http://billallin.com

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Very Cool - 40 Ink Blot Test Wallpapers (black & white and color)

"The Ink-blot Test, also known as The Rorschach Test was originally invented by Hermann Rorschach. (1884-1922) as a psychology/personality test used by psychiatrists on their patients. A patient will look into a series of 10 inkblots (Some in color and some in black and white) and say what they see.

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Oxycyte: Better Than Blood?

A man-made, pure-white compound called Oxycyte carries oxygen 50 times as effectively as our own blood. Researchers are betting that it’s the best way to treat America’s leading cause of accidental death: traumatic brain injury.

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15 Foods You Shouldn’t Live Without

Ever wondered how to stay healthy? Here are 15 foods that you should be eating on a regular basis.

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Rehydrate your RNA needs it

Water, that molecule-of-all-trades, is famous for its roles in shaping the Earth, sustaining living creatures and serving as a universal solvent. Now, researchers at the University of Michigan and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic have uncovered two previously unknown roles for water in RNA enzymes, molecules which themselves play criti

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Cancer cured! yet no one paid attention...

Amazing what we don't here about because a huge pharmaceutical name isn't on it.

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The Little Multi-Billion Dollar Lie About Your Pet's Food

It's the biggest little billion dollar secret in our world of pets - because if anybody did tell you the truth about what is going into your beloved dog or cat's stomach when you pour stuff out of those bags.

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LSD Drawings

These 9 drawings were done by an artist under the influence of LSD -- part of a test conducted by the US government during it's alliance with psychotomimetic drugs in the late 1950's. The artist was given a dose of LSD 25 and free access to an activity box full of crayons and pencils, watch what happens.

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It Takes Two Parents To Raise a Successful, Functioning Child

In this day and age, men have absolutely zero reproductive rights. If a woman wants a child, she’s going to have a child even if it means poking a hole in a condom. When it comes time to plan a family, a man is not allowed to say “enough is enough” or “we can’t afford it” or “I’m not sure I can be as good a Father if I spread myself too thin”...

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Diabetes 1 AND 2 cured OVERNIGHT in mice!

If you know what Diabetes can do to your life, you know that this is huge.

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How you could look in the next 4 years if you start body building now

Month-by-month photos.

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Young Adult Cancer Conference in Boston

The Wellness Community of Boston presents the Fourth Annual “I'm Too Young For This” Symposium. A free full day conference addressing the concerns ofyoung adults whose lives have been affected by cancer. Saturday, March 31st, 2007 at the Massachusetts College of Art.

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50 Things She Wishes You Knew

Universal truths that all men should--but don't--understand

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Why Your Free Time is Boring (and how to change that)

Is it really possible to get more out of your time off? Not just making this time more productive, but actually making it more enjoyable. Here's how to fill your spare time with 'active leisure'.

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Lost touch with reality? Now you can blame "the pot"

Yet another government funded study. Does it hold any water? The purple elephant tells me yes.

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STUDY: Two popular Diabetes drugs may double the risk of heart failure

Two popular drugs used to treat late-onset diabetes may double the risk of heart failure, according to a new study. Researchers who analysed data on 78,000 patients who took Avandia or Actos to treat type II diabetes found that it increased the risk of heart failure by up to 100 percent, said the study released on Thursday.

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Heart disease tied to mental decline

People who take steps to maintain the health of their heart and blood vessels may be protecting their brains too, a new study from UK researchers suggests.

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Fewest U.S. Smokers Since 1944

A Gallup poll shows that 21% of U.S. adults currently smoke; that smoking statistic has never been lower since the annual poll began in 1944.

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WTF! -- Japanese Rubber Gadget Teaches You How to Smile [PICTURE]

The Beauty Smile Trainer is basically a mouthpiece, but it's designed specifically to make your smile wider and more amicable than the one you already have. Weird, just weird..

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Map: Countries with Universal Healthcare

Not only is healthcare a basic human need but it is also a human right and the health of the citizenz leads to great benefits for any nation's economy. The map shows all the countries with some degree of healthcare and looks at countries that provide universal healthcare.

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Hotels told to provide condoms

China has ordered all hotels, holiday resorts and public showers to provide condoms, part of nationwide efforts to fight the spread of AIDS.

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The Top 10 Worst Hereditary Conditions

10. Baldness: Although baldness is common in men, scientists don't understand much about why so little is going on up there. Genes do play a role, but your mom is not the only one at fault.

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The Top 10 Worst Hereditary Conditions

10. Baldness: Although baldness is common in men, scientists don't understand much about why so little is going on up there. Genes do play a role, but your mom is not the only one at fault.

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Prostitutes thought to be Immune to HIV are now infected

A group of prostitutes thought to be immune to HIV have now become infected, causing dismay to scientists hoping to develop an Aids vaccine. It was thought that exposure to HIV on a regular basis created immunity, but six Kenyan women previously thought to be resistant are now HIV-positive.

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Why Slim People Dislike The Over Weight

From the taunting of the chubby child in the playground to cruel jibes at fat people in work and social settings, few could doubt there is widespread prejudice against the overweight. However, according to research reported in Evolution and Human Behavior some people suffer abuse because being too fat is mistaken by the brain for a sign of disease.

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Masturbation Will Lead to Hell? The Effects of Religion

This is a classic example of religion screwing with the mind of a child. This kid posted a question on "Yahoo Answers" asking if it was okay to masturbate. He was scared to death that he might go to hell or not be able to lead a normal life. This can't be right.

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Color Guide to Staying Healthy and Eating Right

According to nutritionists, naturally color-vibrant foods serve an important role in keeping you healthy and even reducing cancer risks. Antioxidants, phytochemicals, Beta carotine and lycopene... All the science talk can be intimidating… so we’ve created a visual guide to show you which fruits and vegetables are part of a colorful, healthy diet.

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Longevity Pill Tested in Humans

What if I told you there was a pill that slows aging and allows you to live a healthy life to age 100? Such a pill may exist right now.

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Breakthrough in MS 'biggest for decades'

Short circuits' occur in the body's messaging system, because nerve signals get slowed or blocked.

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108 Year Old Woman Put on 18 Month Waiting List for Hearing Aid

"I could be dead by then," she said yesterday. You think?

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Study: Couple’s Who Don’t Have Sex End Up Hating Each Other

Feeling stressed? Taking on lots of new commitments? If you answered yes to those two questions, you may need to take a close look at your love life, according to a team of German researchers.

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Who's Minding the Mind?

The subconscious brain is more active, independent and purposeful than once thought. Sometimes it takes charge.

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100 Tips to Improve your Life

A group of high profile 'personal productivity' bloggers collected a list of the 100 best “tips to improve your life.” Leo Babauta, author of Zen Habits compiled the list. While not specific to creative professionals, the list includes tips that are likely to boost overall effectiveness and the impact we are able to make with our ideas.

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Graph: The Smarter You Are, The Less Sex You Get

In fact, a more detailed study from 2000 is devoted strictly to this topic, and finds the same thing: Smart Teens Don't Have Sex (or Kiss Much Either).

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Don't Dare Sleep with your WingWoman

The night Leo climbed on top of me and pleaded, "Come on, baby, please," I didn't know whether to be amused or offended. Granted, we'd been drinking. And I was in his bed, wearing a T-shirt and teeny panties. But we'd been friends for a decade. I was in town to catch up, not hook up. "Get off me, you idiot," I demanded.

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Your favorite 'wacky tobacky' joint hits your lungs like 5 cigarettes

"Doctors recruited 339 volunteers who were divided into four categories: those who smoked only cannabis, those who smoked only tobacco, those who smoked both, and those who smoked neither." The finding s are pretty amazing.

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8 Ways Soda Fizzles Your Health

Not your typical causes diabetes, makes you fat stuff. Very interesting long term effects soda can have on your body. I am drinking water from now on.

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Study: Religious doctors no more likely to treat poor

What they found was physicians who were deemed more religious as reflected by intrinsic religiosity or frequency of attendance of religious services were not more likely to report caring for underserved patient populations — those that tended to be poor, uninsured or on Medicaid, the federal program for the poor.

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New Pill Eliminates Period Now Available!

Call it a curse, a friend, even Aunt Flo -- but don't call it obligatory. As the new birth control pill that eliminates women's periods hits pharmacies this week, some will say goodbye to menstruation. More though, it seems, are wary of eliminating the monthly bleeding that's symbolic of womanhood.

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★ The Most Dangerous Drugs [bar graph] ★

You might be surprised to know that alcohol is far more dangerous than both Big Puff and Puff the Magic Dragon. Check out this graphic guide to the most dangerous substances humanity ingests (and imbibes, snorts, shoots and sniffs).

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It's Official: Lust Trumps Love

After exhaustively compiling a list of the 237 reasons why people have sex, researchers found that young men and women get intimate for mostly the same motivations. It's more about lust in the body than a love connection in the heart.

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Brain-Injured Man Speaks After 6 Years

(AP) -- A brain-damaged man who could communicate only with slight eye or thumb movements for six years can speak again, after stimulating electrodes were placed in his brain, researchers report.

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Doctor Accused of Killing Patient to Harvest his Organs

Prosecutors say Dr. Hootan Roozrokh, 33, of San Francisco, gave a harmful drug and prescribed excessive doses of morphine and a sedative to 25-year-old Ruben Navarro, who died in 2006. The prosecutor's office said in a statement that the drugs were prescribed "to accelerate Mr. Navarro's death in order to recover his organs."

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Deep-brain electrical stimulation brings man out of vegetative state

A 38-year-old man who had been in a near-coma for six years was recently awakened via the use of a pacemaker and two electrodes which were implanted deeply in his brain.

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5 Summer Sex Positions That Could Get You Hospitalized. Or Arrested.

"Some of these would challenge the acrobats of Cirque Du Soleil, let alone a 30-something couch jockey with a bum knee."

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Marijuana Does Not Cause Psychosis, Lung Damage, or Skin Cancer

Reading coverage of marijuana research in the mainstream press increases the risk of becoming misinformed by 50-300%.An analysis of the various scare stories on marijuana appearing in major papers lately. When facts are left out, others exaggerated to the point of sensationalism, truth and reality lose, and how many people are hurt in the process

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6 Superfoods That Prevent Disease

Simplify your life-and boost your health-with these basic foods that really work You can nibble on goji berries, whip up noni juice smoothies and stock your shelves with antioxidants.

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No-sex programmes 'not working'

Sex abstinence programmes do not stop risky sexual behaviour or help prevent unwanted pregnancy, a research team has concluded. The Oxford University team reviewed 13 US trials involving over 15,000 people aged 10 to 21.

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Coffee May Curb Liver Cancer

People who drank a lot of coffee were 55 percent less likely to have been diagnosed with liver cancer than those who didn't drink any coffee.

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The Perfect Road Trip Water Bottle - A 67 Year Old Design.

It's not sexy, or pretty, in any way. But it works perfectly still, and is likely to remain functional for a century. There's no reason that more attractive versions, in a variety of shapes, can't be made. Stainless steel would be fine for the bottle as long as the top is equally rugged.

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9 Reasons why An Apple a Day Really Keeps the Doctor away

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away”…but why?

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Why Toddlers' Vocabulary Grows Quickly

Children's vocabulary often booms in the second year of life, and new research may show how that happens.

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Complete Apollo photo archive now available after 40 years

For nearly 40 years, the complete photographic record from the Apollo moon project sat in a freezer at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, almost untouched, until now. A new digital archive – created through a collaboration between ASU and NASA – is making available on the Internet high-resolution scans of original Apollo flight films.

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Black holes portals to other universes?

The objects scientists think are black holes could instead be wormholes leading to other universes, a new study says.

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Levitation breakthrough proposed

A way of making levitation possible using a mysterious force of nature has been proposed by two British physicists. Their ideas are now being looked at seriously by a leading American scientist who may put them into practice. The theory will not enable people to fly like Peter Pan but could revolutionise nanotechnology and the design of micro-mac

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Top Ten Weird and Bizarre Japanese Soft Drinks

Japan has a drinking problem... but if you've got a thirst for adventure, it's where you want to be.

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Soldiers Revisit Iraq in Virtual Reality

In an air-conditioned lab at Emory University, Aaron Beach is enrolled in a 5-year study designed to help Iraq vets find a new, better way to reduce or eliminate symptoms of PTSD by zipping them back to the battlefield through a high-tech, video-game-like module in which they see, smell, feel and hear what happened when them when they was there.

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Genes In Human Inner Ear Cells Restored

Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have discovered a way to transfer genes, which they hope will restore hearing, into diseased tissue of the human inner ear. This important step brings scientists closer to curing genetic or acquired hearing loss.

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Slobs Rejoice! The 5-Second Rule Actually 30-Second Rule

In the interest of culinary science, student researchers at Connecticut College conducted exacting experiments in the dining hall and the snack bar to see how long it takes for food dropped on the floor to attract rogue bacteria.

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Babies Get More Than Secondhand Smoke

The chemical traces of cigarette smoke may show up in babies of parents who smoke, according to a new study.

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Why Michael Moore's SiCKO is a health care documentary every American must

America's disastrous health care system is heaving the country head-first into near-certain economic collapse. Just about everybody's either financially strained or going broke due to spiraling health care costs: the people, the employers, state governments and even the federal government. Multinational corporations are fleeing the United States du

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Coffee 'could prevent eye tremor'

Drinking coffee protects against an eyelid spasm that can lead to blindness, a study suggests. Can I get my morning latte put onto my medical bill?

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10 Reasons To Drink More Water

I bet you don't know how important is water for your health, figure and well-being. But drinking water is not just a trend, it's essential! Everything your body does it does better with a healthy supply of water, every system in your body depends on water. So here are 10 reasons why drinking water is good for you.

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Miracle diet pill with teeny-tiny side effect

A new diet pill available over the counter in the US promises "safe, effective weight loss". It also promises horrible incontinence. Seriously. Right there on the drug company website. They promise that you'll crap your pants uncontrollably. And they're still selling millions of these pills to eager customers.

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Boss Donates Kidney to Save Office Assistant

When doctors told Lisa White she needed a kidney transplant to stay alive, she never expected her boss to sign up as a donor.

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The Weird Things People Eat Around the World

"Half the fun of traveling is getting out and enjoying all sorts of foods you're not used to eating. A simple trip to the corner market or grocery store in a foreign land can keep you amused for hours."

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Americans making progress managing diabetes: study

Americans appear to be doing a better job of managing diabetes, with more than half of diabetics reaching recommended targets for controlling blood sugar last year, according to a survey published on Saturday.

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16 Tips to Triple Your Workout Effectiveness

You don’t want to spend long hours at the gym, but you want to get stronger, fitter, leaner, and just plain look good. It’s possible that you’re not getting the most out of your workout time. It’s possible to get a super-effective workout in 30 minutes, and only do a few workouts a week, if you maximize your workouts.

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Big Pharma and Health Insurance Companies Go After Michael Moore-Video

And it’s not limited to Michael Moore either. The 9/11 first responders that Moore took to Cuba in a pivotal scene in the movie are worried that they’ll be persecuted as well.

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If your clueless like me about spices, this guide is for you.

Spices are the basis for flavoring your barbecue. They are many and are everywhere in the world. In days of old they were a sign of wealth. They were traded, and the quest for them has spawned new nations and caused wars. Once you learn how to work with spices, you can make your own spice mixtures, to season your barbecue, and even more...

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American medical system is the leading cause of death in the US

Take two of these and die in the morning.

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HIV infection theory challenged

A longstanding theory of how HIV slowly depletes the body's capacity to fight infection is wrong, scientists say.

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Egypt mufti says female circumcision forbidden

Egypt's state-appointed Grand Mufti said on Sunday that female genital cutting was forbidden by Islam after an 11-year-old girl died while undergoing the procedure at a private medical clinic in southern Egypt. A 2005 UNICEF report on the practice showed that 97 percent of Egyptian women between ages 15 and 49 have already been circumcised.

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Internet Chefs - An expose thats been a long time coming

Despite all the reality cooking shows, TV's not where the innovative cooking action is at. The real stuff is going down on the net. Because while Rachel Ray's pocketbook (and jowls) get bigger by the second, the unknown, unsung heroes, those Internet Chefs, are creating outlandish meals with no fame or fortune in sight--just for the love.

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DARPA's Better Bionic Arm: Our Most Limb-Like Prosthetic

It's an ambitious deadline: By 2009, DARPA hopes to have a mechanical arm whose functionality is on par with a flesh-and-blood limb. A new arm developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is just as ambitious, allowing its user to actually feel an object in his grasp.

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Would You Believe That Some Women Can See More Colors Than Most of Us?

The normal human retina's color receptors are tuned to green, blue, and red. Working together, the three give us our colorful view of the world. When one or more of those color receptors is missing the result is color-blindness. While most of us have color vision based on three channels; a tetrachromat has four.

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Beautiful Paradox: The cleanest and purest prostitute in the world

Agnes Munyiva; she could be the key to AIDS cure

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Too hot? 7 heat survival tips from the animal world

Learn from the nature how to handle the heat wave more efficiently

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New Cancer Worries For Diet Soda Drinkers

A new study on the effects of low daily doses of the artificial sweetener aspartame shows a statistically significant increase in leukemia, lymphoma and breast cancer in rats. Consumer advocates are calling for the FDA to take another look at the safety of aspartame in light of the study, but the FDA seems uninterested.

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Man With Headache Finds Bullet In Head

A woman was arrested Tuesday after her husband woke up in the middle of the night with a terrible headache and later learned he had a bullet lodged in his head.

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A Unique Look at What the World Eats

This is a fascinatingforay into what's on people's dinner tables across the globe, and is a telling visual of why the health of the Western world is in rapid decline from all our prepackaged, chemically processed and sugar-laden goods, and how much we're actually paying for the privilege.

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Pfizer Under Fire After Drug Trial

Nigerian lawyers maintain that Smai’la, 17, was among 200 children used as guinea-pigs by Pfizer during one of the worst meningitis epidemics to hit the country, in 1996. By the time that it had run its course, more than 10,000 people, many of them children, had died.

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The Downside of Getting High on Cough Syrup

A recent article in the Journal of Emergency Medicine tells the story of a 20-year-old kid from Portland, Oregon that extracted the active ingredient, dextromethorphan, from some cough syrup and tried to get high with it. Thanks to the doctors that treated him, their patient did not earn a Darwin Award.

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BREAKING: Double-blind Study Proves Cannabis Has "Clear Medical Benefits"

Smoking Marijuana, significantly increases daily food intake and body weight in HIV-positive patients, is well tolerated with no discomfort, and does not impair subjects’ cognitive performance. The study compared Marinol to smoked/inhaled Cannabis, in a double-blind placebo-controlled trial, and found clearly more benefits when inhaled.

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Potential cure for HIV discovered

In a breakthrough that could potentially lead to a cure for HIV infection, scientists have discovered a way to remove the virus from infected cells, a study released Thursday said. The scientists engineered an enzyme which attacks the DNA of the HIV virus and cuts it out of the infected cell, according to the study published in Scien

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PICTURE: How the prohibition of Marijuana started.

Hrmmm, we were brainwashed? Not in America, no way.

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Marijuana will be legal in New Mexico starting Sunday

Starting Sunday medical marijuana will be legal in New Mexico. But now the Department of Health has dropped a bombshell: It will allow people who qualify for medicinal pot to grow it in their own homes.

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Study Finds 5 Types Of Alcoholics

New alcoholism research identifies five types of alcoholics and shows that young adults account for more than half of U.S. alcoholics.

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Vaccines cause autism? It's a myth. Get over it.

It is difficult to challenge a mother's knowledge of her own child. And also to fight off the staying power of the vaccines-cause-autism theory and other such notions that verge on the irrational.

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22 Ways to Stop Feeling Tired

Every day, 2.2 million Americans complain of being tired. We all think it's because we just didn't get enough sleep. But it's our everyday habits that do us in: what we eat, how we sleep, and how we cope emotionally. Read on for some simple, recharging changes that can help you tackle all of the energy stealers in your life.

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Moms' Second Hand Smoke Exposure Linked to Psych Problems in Kids

Researchers have linked nicotine exposure from second hand smoke to serious psychological problems in children.

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15 Ways to Keep Your Brain in Shape

It’s simple. Your brain is at the center of everything you do. It’s both the supercomputer that runs your complex life and the tender organ that houses your soul. By engaging in the right activities, you can increase your memory, improve your problem-solving skills, and boost your creativity.

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Hospital, doctor visits up 20 percent in 5 years

WASHINGTON - Hospital and doctor visits in the United States have surged by 20 percent in the past five years, and the most commonly prescribed medications are antidepressants, according to statistics published on Friday.

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LAST PUBLIC PUFF : England Smoking Ban Takes Effect

Smokers across England have sparked up at work and in the pub for the last time as the ban on smoking in enclosed public places begins.

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Massachusetts Begins Universal Health Care

There is a lot of talk about overhauling health care in the United States, but Massachusetts is actually trying to do it -- again.

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Survey: Women Twice as Likely to Commit Domestic Violence

Our culture seems to be encouraging aggressive behavior in girls and women, who tend to display aggression in interpersonal relationships. It is no wonder that many young women feel that it is acceptable to kick, bite or punch a partner.

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Shoes - How they ruined your feet

"Our walk is devastating, not natural. Our feet are ruined from the first step we take in shoes."

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Your Guide to Never Feeling Tired Again

A good guide to help you get a better night sleep. There are many expected items, but a few surprising ones too.

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[pic] What does this sign mean?! Korean unisex toilet?

What on earth could this sign mean?!

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[pic] What does this sign mean?! Korean unisex toilet?

What on earth could this sign mean?!

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Success recipes most people know, but too few follow

just no comments ...

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Blood Machine Invented Converts all Blood to Type O

A new machine that makes any blood type universal could lessen the risk of fatal transfusion mix-ups.

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The Dark Side of Soy: Is America's favorite health food making us sick?

"As I studied more, I kept running across risks associated with eating soy. Endocrine disruption? Check. Digestive problems? Check. I researched soy's deleterious effects on thyroid, fertility, hormones, sex drive, digestion, and even its potential to contribute to certain cancers."

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9 Great Reasons to Drink Water, and How to Form the Water Habit

We all know that water is good for us, but often the reasons are a little fuzzy. And even if we know why we should drink water, it's not a habit that many people form. So here are 9 powerful reasons to drink water with tips on how to form the water habit.

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Mind Control by Parasites - could they really alter human behavior?

Half of the world's human population is infected with Toxoplasma, parasites in the body-and the brain. Remember that. Toxoplasma gondii is a common parasite found in the guts of cats; it sheds eggs that are picked up by rats and other animals that are eaten by cats. Toxoplasma forms cysts in the bodies of the intermediate rat hosts.

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Would you like a side of tuberculosis with that chicken?

Health officials tested 286 employees at a poultry-processing plant for TB and nearly half had a positive skin test. erry said investigators were not surprised by the number of positive skin tests because so many of the employees are foreign-born. People born in other countries are nearly nine times more likely to have TB than those born in the US.



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Summer is the Season for Heart Health

Just in time for the solstice. The heart/mind/ body connection all tied into fire energy of summer. Your summer wellness plan should focus on the heart, manifestation, growth, and maturation. Summer diet, exercise, and lifestyle, recommendations. Heart intelligence and natural knowing.



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Retired general: US troops should suck it up, embrace 'brutality of combat'

When shown statistics from a new report indicating mental health problems among 30% of soldiers who were in combat 56 hours a week, McCaffrey shot back, "Oh, come on now" and invoked the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. "It's a tough life," he insisted. "If you can't embrace the brutality of combat, you shouldn't be in the infantry."



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A Health Gut: The Basis of Wellness - Dog Health Issues

A pet health article describing how good levels of beneficial bacteria in the gut is the basis for disease prevention, and for helping to prevent bloat and torsion and systemic yeast infections in your dog.



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Study finds staggering cost of treating diabetics

By Bill Berkrot NEW YORK (Reuters) - One out of every eight U.S. federal health care dollars is spent treating people with diabetes, a study found, and advocates are calling for the creation of a government post to oversee coordination of spending...



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AVIAN INFLUENZA - OIE Animal Health Situation Updates, AIV

OIE, Weekly Animal Health Situation Update, Avian influenza epizootics: South Korea (final report), Ghana, Thailand, United Kingdom (LPAI A/H7N2 and HPAI A/H5N1) follow-up reports.



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Stop Human Breeding for Human's Sake - Digg this you stupid **** Heads

Phasing out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed will allow Earth's biosphere to return to good health. Crowded conditions and resource shortages will improve as we become less dense. SO ***** READ THIS STORY BFORE YOU DECIDE IF OR NOT TO DIGG..



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Secret Campaign of President Bush's Administration To Deny Global Warming

More documentation of the systematic effort of Bush White House pursue short-sighted political goals at the expense of our planet's health.



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9/11 Responders on Gov Failure to Address Environmental, Health Impact

Two 9/11 responders talks about the government's neglect of the 1000s of volunteers at Ground Zero. Trained emergency medical technician Regina Cervantes is featured in SiCKO and traveled to Cuba for medical treatment. John Feal is president of the FealGood Foundation that assists 9/11 responders who have been denied government benefits.



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Google: Is There a Doctor in The Family?

For technophile physicians, Dr. Roni Zeiger has one of the greatest jobs in the world, working for Google on health care related technology. Dr. Zeiger shares his thoughts on medical search engines and how Google is working on helping keep patients empowered and informed.



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MIchael Moore Backs Out of Health Care Debate With Tom DeLay?

Turns out Michael Moore isn't as willing to debate conservatives as he wants the public to think. The plus-sized publicity hound is booked on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos for this Sunday and upon booking him as a guest, they all agreed to have a conservative on with him to make it a debate on health care policy. I was asked to go on..



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NY Plastic Surgeon Faces Sex, Drug Probe

The New York state health commissioner has used his emergency powers to immediately suspend the license of an Upper East Side plastic surgeon accused of medical misconduct, incompetence and “moral unfitness.” Dr. Brad Justin Jacobs, 45, who works out of an office on 55 E. 86th St. in New York City, is charged with 19 incidents of medical. . .



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Defense Secretary Gates Vows to Fix Mental Health System for Soldiers

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates vowed today to improve mental health care for service members, focusing the Pentagon's attention on a system described as deficient in dealing with such issues as psychological trauma and severe brain injuries resulting from the war in Iraq.



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NHS:Clinical Governance

Prompted by outrageous incidents like the Bristol incident and in a bid to improve its quality of care and accessibility to all patients the National Health Service (NHS) issued its White Paper of 1997 with an agenda, “A First Class Service”, set to connect clinical judgement of individual practicing clinicians with clear agreed national standards



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Fat fish put obesity on the hook

Everyone knows that eating lean fish helps slim waistlines, but researchers from the Center for the Study of Weight Regulation and Associated Disorders at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR, have found a new way fish can help eliminate obesity. In a study to be published in the July 2007 print issue of The FASEB Journal, researche



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Post-Katrina New Orleans death rate shoots up

Death rates in New Orleans rose nearly 50 percent as the city began its recovery from Hurricane Katrina, in part because of storm-related damage to its public health facilities, researchers said on Thursday.



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Bladder Infection Diagnosis

If you are experiencing symptoms of a bladder infection or urinary tract infection, call your health care provider as soon as possible.



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Michael Moore supports Conyers/Kucinich health care plan HR 676 ((VIDEO!))

"Thank you Dennis Kucinich for running for President," says award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore as he endorsed the Conyers/Kucinich universal health insurance bill (HR 676) currently being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives.



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Kidney Infection Diagnosis

Contact your health care provider if you have symptoms of a kidney infection or if you've already been diagnosed with a kidney infection and new symptoms develop, such as decreased urine output, persistent high fever, or severe back pain.



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Kidney Infection Treatment

After tests confirm the presence of bacteria, your health care provider will prescribe an antibiotic treatment option and dosage depending on your health condition and amount of bacteria found in the test.



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Sinus Infection Diagnosis

If you are experiencing symptoms of a sinus infection, call your health care provider as soon as possible, especially if you experience the following: * Symptoms lasting longer than 10 - 14 days or a cold that gets worse after 7 days. * Severe headache, unrelieved by over-the-counter pain medicine. * Fever



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Staph Infection Diagnosis

Monitor minor skin problems such as pimples, insect bites, cuts and scrapes, especially in children. Contact your health care provider if symptoms of staph infection are present or if a previously treated staph infection seems to get worse rather than heal. Staph infection can range from minor to life-threatening, so it's important to be diagnosed



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Ear Infection Exams & Tests

Your health care provider may diagnose an ear infection by examining the ears and using an instrument called an otoscope, looking for a red, painful outer ear, redness or swelling of the eardrum, fluid, or perforation in the eardrum.



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Eye Infection Exams & Tests

Your health care provider may diagnose an eye infection by examining your eyes and taking a swab sample of the eye secretions. The sample of the conjunctiva will then be sent to a laboratory for analysis to determine which form of infection you have and how best to treat it.



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Ask Digg:"How come the Republicans hate universal health care? ...

And why haven't they brought religion into this battle yet?" I don't normally post to a blog, and I don't normally submit stories to anywhere but I have a question that just needed to get asked.



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Badminton as a Weight Loss Method

Scientists established that badminton is one of the most effective weight loss and health improvement methods. It was calculated, that the player covers more than six kilometers in a single match. Badminton is also the world’s fastest racket sport: the speed of the rally during a professional game reaches 0,7 hits per second. Badminton is included



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Movie Review – SICKO

"Sicko" is a persuasive piece of "informational entertainment," (perhaps "documentary" no longer covers what Moore is trying to accomplish here), picking up a rock and throwing at the fanged, mile-high, tentacled beast called privatized health care. It's a spectacular look at America and the corruption that rots our very core, swallowing the intere



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Hepatitis c Exams & Tests

To diagnose hepatitis C infection, your health care provider may prescribe a blood test. If the test results indicate that you do have hepatitis C, there are further tests that may need to be conducted to determine the best course of treatment for you based on your hepatitis C genotype.



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Hepatitis c Follow Up

To help keep you healthy longer and protect others from getting hepatitis C infection, your health care provider may recommend certain lifestyle changes.



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Sinus Infection Follow Up

Sinus infections are usually curable with self-care measures and medical treatment. If these measures are not working, or if you are having recurrent attacks, your health care provider may consider further testing or refer you to an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist to be checked for underlying causes such as nasal polyps or other problems.



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Yeast Infection Exams & Tests

To diagnose yeast infection, your health care provider may review your history of vaginal infections as well as conduct a pelvic examination to look for inflammation of the skin of the vaginal area and on the cervix, and may look for dry, white plaques on the vaginal wall.



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Yeast Infection Follow Up

Yeast infections typically disappear with adequate self-care measures and medical treatment. If symptoms are unresponsive to these measures, your health care provider may want to examine you again to make sure you don t have a chronic or secondary infection.



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Toxic fumes impairing our ability to fly, say pilots - health - 19 June 200

Toxic fumes on planes are poisoning pilots and rendering them unable to fly safely, say pilots, who are campaigning for "aerotoxic syndrome" to be recognised as a disease.



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The best colon cleanser for your colon cleanse on Squidoo

great information on colon cleanse and health.



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Food is Medicine. Why are You then asked to check Your Diet before Eating?

Describes the health benefits of food with the prevention measures they provide for different diseases



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An Uncaffeinated Lifestyle

There is a mild debate about the health detriments to caffeine use, but there is no denying its place (through coffee) in North American culture. For some, caffeine is much of a lifestyle choice, a point of self-determination, as it is a pick-me-up.



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Socialized Medicine is Sicko

I'm an independent filmmaker with no ties to the health insurance or healthcare industry -- only a personal concern about American liberty and medical freedom. I've made a number of short films about health care policy -- specifically for the in



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Michael Moore Goes Sicko on Health Care Reform

The director of health and welfare studies at the Cato Institute beats Michael (Fatso) Moore like he owes him money!



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Clever Clothes made of "Intelligent Textiles" to Monitor Your Health

European scientists are developing clothing which they say will be able to monitor your health. The aim is to use the clothes to check on groups such as recovering hospital patients, people with chronic illnesses and injured athletes.



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In climate change debate, all eyes turn to California

In California, environmentalism has never been a dirty word. California has set the agenda for clean air, clean water and other health standards that later become the norm in middle America.



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How You May Be Harming Your Dog's Health

Outlines how many of the things good pet owners do for their pets may be harmful to their health. Includes information on vaccinations, food and medications.



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The greatest vitamin in the world

The Greatest Vitamin in the World was designed to nutritionally support your entire body! We use only the highest grade Whole Food Vitamins, Chelated Minerals, Probiotics, and Vegetable Enzymes, all in one amazing vitamin! Your health is worth everything. Start treating it right, and give your body the nutrients needed to support optimal health.



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Agent Orange deemed 'safe' for use in Canada

The latest report on the use of Agent Orange and other herbicides at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick says there is almost no risk to human health from the contentious spray programs.



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Impeachment: Partisan Politics or a Defense Against Tyranny?

We cannot restore our nation to health by simply electing a new leader. Elections will not repudiate the illegality of the Bush administration or restore our Constitution.



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World News-World Infomation

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Important Vitamin and Nutrition Facts

Yes your body must have vitamins in order to maintain your health! Look how our food is processed today which depletes nutrients and minerals. Vitamins are not replacements for eating healthy they are supplements to give you what your food or intake is lacking. Do you want to look young and keep your body in optimum health, then add vitamins!



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Centrist Dem Reaction To 'Sicko' Movie: Appease The Corporations

Moore's "Sicko" is scaring the health insurance companies. So the Washington consultants/appeasers are at it again.



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Masturbation may lower the risk of prostate cancer!

Dr. Andrew Weil discusses the subject of masturbation and the potential health benefits to masturbation. The article has some interesting statistics in it.



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Top Ten Ways for Women to Live a Healthier and Happier Life Right Now!

Looking for some simple and unique ways to increase your health and happiness right now? Try adding a few of these ingredients....



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How Your Asthma Can Help You Heal

As medical science delves deeper into the connection between mind and body, intriguing research is uncovering the connection between asthma and your emotional health. Which asthma-associated mindset are you?



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