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[ 19 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 55 views ]

Drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of heart disease in men by more than a third, a major study suggests.

The Spanish research involving more than 15,500 men and 26,000 women found large quantities of alcohol could be even more beneficial for men.

Female drinkers did not benefit t... read more

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[ 18 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 56 views ]

Children’s toys carrying the Barbie and Disney logos have turned up with high levels of lead, according to a California-based advocacy group.

The Center for Environmental Health tested about 250 children’s products bought at major retailers and found lead levels exceeded federal l... read more

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[ 16 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 47 views ]

Scientists have spotted a link among people who live to age 100: high levels of telomerase, an enzyme that protects DNA and could possibly be simulated in life-lengthening drugs.

The enzyme repairs telomeres, end sections of DNA that have been likened to plastic tips that prevent shoelaces fr... read more

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[ 16 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 51 views ]

Even babies can’t meet the media-industrial complex’s exacting standards: Baby photos are airbrushed before making their way to magazines, to tweak skin tone, swap eye color, and airbrush fat lines and creases.

While many are riled, to some, this is not news: “You kind of kn... read more

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[ 15 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 51 views ]

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH is banking on sex really being all in women’s heads.

The German drugmaker is putting the finishing touches on a pill designed to reawaken desire by blunting female inhibitions. Unlike Viagra, which targets the mechanics of sex by boosting blood flow to the penis, t... read more

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[ 12 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 50 views ]

Australian scientists are about to launch tests of a new medical technique that they expect will help cancer victims regrow their own breasts and will eventually replace reconstructive surgery.

The technique, which involves implanting a device to help fat tissue grow, worked well on pigs and ... read more

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[ 10 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 52 views ]

British scientists begin a new study on Tuesday to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial science might be.

Though experts have been swapping human and animal DNA for years — like replacing animal genes with human gene... read more

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[ 10 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 85 views ]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and the basketball great said his prognosis is encouraging.

The NBA’s all-time leading scorer was diagnosed last December with chronic myeloid leukemia, he told The Associated Press on Monday.

The 62-year-old Abdul... read more

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[ 4 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 73 views ]

Health officials in Iowa have diagnosed the nation’s first cat with swine flu.

The 13-year-old indoor cat apparently caught the H1N1 virus from a member of its household of the human variety. Such human-to-feline transmissions have occurred with other strains of flu, so it’s not a... read more

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[ 4 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 199 views ]

An 11-year old Bulgarian girl gave birth to a baby girl after going into labor on her wedding day.

Kordeza Zhelyazkova became pregnant two weeks before her 11th birthday and was set to marry boyfriend Jeliazko Dimitrov, 19, when she went into labor during her three-day wedding last month.

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