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Science
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Choose Blue Or Red Depending On What You Are Doing
A new study presented yesterday on the journal Science’s Web...
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Too Little Sleep May Triple The Risk Of Catching A Cold
Getting more sleep is always good for our health. Whether it prevents heart disease and...
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Obese Women at High Risk of Ovarian Cancer, Study Says
It is a known fact that obesity has something to do cancer. New research appearing in the journal...
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Sutdy Finds Snorers Burn More Calories
A new U.S. study found that people with the worst sleep
apnoea symptoms burned 373 more calories...
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Heart Disease Rates Are On Decline
Deaths caused by heart attacks and strokes have declined by about 30 percent since 1999 most...
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Study Says Immune System Works Stronger At Night
Medical research is an on-going process, whether the aim is to find cures for cancer and AIDS or a...
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Study Says Zoo Life Is Killing Elephants
Seeing elephants at the zoo might be an incredible
experience for many, but knowing that their...
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Elephants Die Younger In Zoos Than In The Wild
A recent study reported that African and Asian elephants living in zoos have a far shorter life...
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Zoo Elephants Have A Shorter Life Period
A recent study has just showed that living in a zoo
drastically shortens the lives of Asian and...
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Study: Zoo Conditions Halve Life Spans Of Captive Elephants
Seeing elephants at the zoo might be an incredible
experience for many, but knowing that their...
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Study Says Happiness Is Contagious
A study
published Friday in the British journal BMJ, authored by Dr. Nicholas A.
Christakis, a...
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Study Shows Parents Must Control Kids' Media Use
A recent study says that the TV, the Internet and other types of media really harm children....
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Obese Older Women Have An Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer
A series of studies have shown that being obese or even
overweight may boost a person’s risk of...
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Research: Exercise May Diminish Cancer Risk
Regular exercise can help sufferers in the fight against cancer, according to new research....
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Study: Obese People Experience Less Pleasure From Eating
When you see a person weighing more than usual, the first
thought that crosses your mind is that...
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Kids Head To Inactivity By Age 15, New Study Shows
As kids grow from pre-pubescence into teens, their rate of
physical activity starts declining...
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Write Down Everything You Eat, A Method To Lose More Weight
People writing down what they eat every day lose on average
twice as much weight as those who...
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Tart Cherries Are Good for the Heart…and Diabetes
Who would ever believe that such small cookies like tart
cherries could do so much for your...
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Study Says Virtual Reality Will Replace The Outdoor Activities
A new study concluded that outdoor activities are being
replaced by the virtual reality. According...
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Researchers Claim They Found The “Skinny” Gene
The researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have
found a new cause for obesity. According...
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By 2015, 75% of Americans Could Be Fat
A new study from John Hopkins University reveals that if Americans continue with their bad habits...
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Diabetes Drugs from the Past Work in the Present Too
Researchers at John Hopkins University have found out that old medicines used to treat type 2...
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Specials
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Brown Fat Makes You Slimmer
A study in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that adults still have a type of fat that...
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Restless Legs Syndrome Associated with Obesity
Having too much belly fat appears to be an increasing risk even for developing restless legs...
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FDA Expands List of Risky Weight-Loss Products
Millions of people confront themselves with the No. 1 threat to their health, namely obesity....
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Get Rid of Extra Pounds! They Shorten Your Life!
British researchers at the University of Oxford, through a new study, have warned once again...
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Unhappy Marriages May Hurt Women’s Heart, Literally
Marital stress raises health risks for women, but nor for men, according to a new study presented...
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Too Many Fast-Food Restaurants Lead to an Increased Number of Strokes
Researchers present at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference...
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New Gout Drug Uloric Gets FDA Clearance
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. won US approval to sell the first new treatment option for chronic...
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Migraines May Now Have An Explanation: Too Much Belly Fat?
Excess fat around the waistline has long been blamed for increasing the risk of heart disease,...
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Your Waist May Offer a Picture of Your Migraine Risk
A new study shows that overweight people are more likely to have migraines than those who are...
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Aspirin Found to Reduce Colon Cancer Risk
Long-term use of aspirin or other similar nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may reduce the risk...
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Ringling Bros. To Respond In Court To Elephants Mistreatment Charges
Animal welfare organizations have called Ringling Brothers to court over allegations of...
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Kids Who Need Vitamins Less Likely To Get Them
A study appearing in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine reveals that children and...
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Genes Play a Major Role in Social Behavior
A team of researchers of the University of California, San Diego, the same team who analyzed the...
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Men – More Capable Than Women To Refrain From Food Temptations
Men are more capable than women to refrain from their desire to have more of their favorite...
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Sleeping 7 Hours Or More Protects You From Common Cold
A new study suggests the connection between lack of sleep and common cold is stronger than...
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New Obesity Treatment Discovered
One of the most widespread conditions in the United States is obesity. Except for being a...
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Gyms Have Special Offers for the New Year! Find a Fitness Club that Fits You
The first week of January is always the busiest time of the year for health clubs. According to...
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Vivus’ Qnexa Proves Efficient in Obesity Trial
As more and more people fight obesity, drug makers are trying to find solutions to help them. This...
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Zoo Elephants Suffer From Mental and Physical Ailments, Study Finds
Elephants in protected populations live twice as much as
those in zoos, a recent study on European...
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Zoo Conditions Not So Great For Elephants
Seeing elephants at the zoo might be an incredible
experience for many, but knowing that their...
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Mediterranean Diet Enriched with Nuts Cuts Heart Risk
According to a Spanish study, Mediterranean
diet enriched with daily servings of mixed nuts may...
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Cancer – A Leader by 2010
The World Health Organization, in a report released this week, warned that new cancer cases and...
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Cancer To Become World’s Number One Killer By 2010
Cancer will become world’s number one killer by 2010, as the number of people in poorer countries...
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Study: Happiness Is Contagious
A study
published Friday in the British journal BMJ, authored by Dr. Nicholas A.
Christakis, a...
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Vermont Ranked Healthiest State, Louisiana Least Healthy
Health continues to be an important issue for the United States,
as recent studies have shown that...
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Report Correlates Heavy Media Use to Serious Health Problems in Kids
Television, music, movies and other media appear to significantly
increase obesity rates, tobacco...
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Chemical In Our Stomach Might Help Us Fight Obesity
As more and more people suffer from obesity and,
consequently, obesity-related diseases,...
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Regular Exercise And Sleep Hours Found To Halve Women’s Cancer Risk
Lack of sleep is something common nowadays. Whether it’s
just a movie on our laptop or...
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Researchers Link TV Ads With Childhood Obesity
A new study found a connection between fast-food television advertisements and childhood...
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Couch Potatoes Have Now Something to Fear: Ban on Fast Food Adverts
A new study demonstrates that banning fast
food advertisements from children’s television programs...
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Health
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Fructose-Sweetened Drinks Tied to Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes
Many studies have shown that sugared beverages are not healthy, but we’re still consuming...
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NY Health Commissioner Calls for Tax on Sugared Drinks
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that imposing a tax on sodas and sports...
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Brown Fat May Help People Fight Obesity
How many times have you heard your friends complaining of being fat? Or how many times you wished...
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Reduce Liquid Calories to Lose Weight, Study Suggests
What is the first thought on your mind when you decide to start a diet? I am sure you think about...
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Lack of Self-Control May Predispose Kids to Weight Gain
A study released in the April issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association’s...
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Belly Fat Tied to Increased Risk for Restless Legs Syndrome
Excess fat around the waistline has long been blamed for increasing the risk of heart disease,...
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Nicotine Replacement Therapy Might Help Smokers Quit After All
People who are not ready to quit smoking right now, but they want to reduce their smoking are twice...
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Arena Weight Loss Drug Disappoints in Trial
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. saw its shares falling over 20 percent Monday following the...
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Rapid Weight Gain in Early Infancy Predisposes to Childhood Obesity
I am sure every mommy is happy to see her baby has a good appetite. Even more, they don’t...
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Diabetics at a higher risk of kidney and nerve damage
Hamburg (dpa) - Diabetics are not only at higher risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke, they...
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Viral infections carry lingering heart risks
Exercise usually helps strengthen the heart but after a bout of flu or another viral...
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Study Blames 10 Genes for Sudden Cardiac Death
Scientists at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine together with an...
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FDA Includes More Weight-Loss Products on Its Risk List
The Food and Drug Administration expanded its list of tainted weight loss products that consumers...
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Three out of Four Emergency Response Recruits Is either Overweight or Obese
A study by researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Harvard...
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Lose Weight! Live Longer!
We know for a fact that obese people have a high risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and...
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House, Senate Ban BPA Use in Food, Drink Containers
House and Senate lawmakers passed a bill yesterday to introduce a federal ban on bisphenol A (BPA)...
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A Happy Marriage Keeps The Doctor Away
Scientists found that being in a strained relationship not only affected the mental health of women...
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Obesity Raises Risk of Joint Replacement in People with Osteoarthritis
We know for a fact that obese people have a high risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and...
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Too Much TV May Double Risk of Asthma in Kids
Watching television for more than two hours a day is not healthy for the kids…this is...
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Survey: Financial Worries Leave Many Americans Sleepless
A poll for the National Sleep Foundation suggests that the US economy and other personal...
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Former Mayor Marion Barry OK after Kidney Transplant Surgery
Washington Mayor Marion Barry is in good condition after undergoing kidney transplant surgery on...
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Risks for Strokes Caused by Fast Food Joints
A new study found that the people who live in neighborhoods that are packed with fast-food...
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Risk of Stroke Linked to the Number of Fast Food Joints in Your Area
Having more fast food restaurant in your neighborhood increases your chances of having a stroke,...
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Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry to Undergo Kidney Transplant
Washington Mayor Marion Barry was admitted to Howard University Hospital Thursday to prepare for...
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Regular Physical Activity, a Balanced Diet Help Diabetes Patients Keep the Disease under Control
A balanced diet, with plenty of fruits and vegetables, regular and sustained exercise can slow...
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The Number of Kids in Need of Statins Lower than Expected
Fewer than 1 percent of American kids need cholesterol-lowering drugs, according to a new study...
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Physical Activity May Cut Colon Cancer Risk
Many studies have shown that physical activity helps the body get rid of extra pounds, thus...
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Multnomah County Chain Restaurants Required to List Calories on Their Menus
Multnomah County (Oregon) commissioners have approved a new set of rules that will require chain...
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Migraines Could Be Linked To Belly Fat
According to a recent research, belly fat might could be linked to more than just heart diseases...
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Your Waist May Offer A Picture Of Your Migraine Risk
A new study shows that overweight people are more likely to have migraines than those who are...
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