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Why it's brain food Studies on rodents and people suggest that a diet rich in DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil, helps delay or prevent Alzheimer's disease. Now UCLA researchers have come up with a possible explanation.
Health Source: LA Times
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Sunday, Dec 30, 2007, 2:03pm Rating: | Views: 1132 | Comments: 0
You're not sorry? That's OK Scientists and faith-based counselors debate whether people should forgive the unforgivable -- for the sake of their health.
Health Source: LA Times
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Sunday, Dec 30, 2007, 2:03pm Rating: | Views: 1175 | Comments: 0
Health Source: Science Daily
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Sunday, Dec 30, 2007, 2:02pm Rating: | Views: 1431 | Comments: 0
Beijing’s Olympic Quest: Turn Smoggy Sky Blue For the world’s Olympians, Beijing’s air is a performance issue. For the city’s estimated 12 million residents, pollution is an inescapable health and quality-of-life issue.
Environment Source: NYT
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Sunday, Dec 30, 2007, 2:02pm Rating: | Views: 1115 | Comments: 0
Health Source: LA Times
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Friday, Dec 28, 2007, 1:33pm Rating: | Views: 1174 | Comments: 0
Cosmetic surgery deals criticised Cosmetic surgery clinics are rushing people into major procedures by offering limited time money-off deals, according to consumer magazine
Health Source: BBC News
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Friday, Dec 28, 2007, 1:33pm Rating: | Views: 1238 | Comments: 0
Health Source: US News
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Thursday, Dec 27, 2007, 2:41pm Rating: | Views: 1115 | Comments: 0
Clue to migraine headache cause Scientists may be a step closer to uncovering the cause of certain types of migraine headaches.
Health Source: BBC News
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Thursday, Dec 27, 2007, 2:41pm Rating: | Views: 1355 | Comments: 0
Drug reactions 'kill thousands' Almost 3,000 people have died in the past three years after suffering serious side-effects or allergies to their medicines, say official figures.
Health Source: BBC News
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Thursday, Dec 27, 2007, 2:41pm Rating: | Views: 1380 | Comments: 0
Autistic Kids: The Sibling Problem Brothers and sisters of autistic kids are in need of attention too. Here's how a mother copes -- and what experts say
Health Source: Time Magazine
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Thursday, Dec 27, 2007, 2:41pm Rating: | Views: 1125 | Comments: 0
Health Source: EurekAlert
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Thursday, Dec 27, 2007, 2:41pm Rating: | Views: 1191 | Comments: 0
Health Officials Still Wary of Flu Pandemic Ten years after a bird flu virus first jumped directly from chickens to humans, killing six people in Hong Kong, a feared pandemic has yet to materialize.
Epidemiology Source: NPR
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Thursday, Dec 27, 2007, 2:40pm Rating: | Views: 1293 | Comments: 0
Health Source: NYT
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Thursday, Dec 27, 2007, 2:40pm Rating: | Views: 1388 | Comments: 0
Two Egyptians test positive for bird flu Two Egyptians have tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, a day after an Egyptian woman died of the disease, Egypt's health ministry said on Thursday.
Epidemiology Source: Reuters
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Thursday, Dec 27, 2007, 2:40pm Rating: | Views: 1271 | Comments: 0
Why Exertion Leads To Exhaustion Scientists have found an explanation for runners who struggle to increase their pace, cyclists who can't pedal any faster and swimmers who can't speed up their strokes. Researchers from the University of Exeter and Kansas State University have discovered the dramatic changes that occur in our muscles when we push ourselves during exercise.
Health Source: Science Daily
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Thursday, Dec 27, 2007, 2:40pm Rating: | Views: 1521 | Comments: 0
When the Senses Become Confused After a stroke, the brain tries to reorganize itself. However, sometimes this process goes awry, leaving one woman to feel sounds on her skin.
Health Source: NYT
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Thursday, Dec 27, 2007, 2:40pm Rating: | Views: 1198 | Comments: 0
Japan Addresses Tainted Blood Victims Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Sunday his ruling bloc will submit legislation providing aid to about 1,000 people exposed to hepatitis C through defective blood-clotting products sold by pharmaceutical companies.
Health Source: US News
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Monday, Dec 24, 2007, 9:59am Rating: | Views: 1120 | Comments: 0
Dark chocolate 'not so healthy' For those of you tucking into dark chocolate this Christmas using the excuse it is good for you, think again.
Health Source: BBC News
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Monday, Dec 24, 2007, 9:59am Rating: | Views: 1492 | Comments: 0
Sickened, and Fighting Another Cold War They were some of the Cold War’s first warriors. Now they say they are among its last casualties, coping with cancers that may be linked to their work in Buffalo-area factories that made components for nuclear weapons half a century ago.
Health Source: NYT
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Sunday, Dec 23, 2007, 4:37pm Rating: | Views: 1283 | Comments: 0
Health Source: Science Daily
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Sunday, Dec 23, 2007, 4:37pm Rating: | Views: 1650 | Comments: 0
Holiday plant has had a bad rap The poinsettia is among the top plant exposures people report to poison control centers, even though scientists keep proving them safe.
Health Source: LA Times
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Saturday, Dec 22, 2007, 4:35pm Rating: | Views: 1232 | Comments: 0
For some, fluoridated water still hard to swallow A chemist called it "criminally intolerant chemical warfare to enslave the American people." A self-described inventor and "secret investigator" said the government was trying to "kill you slowly." Another man put it bluntly: "Communism is one of the factors behind it."
Health Source: LA Times
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Saturday, Dec 22, 2007, 4:34pm Rating: | Views: 1151 | Comments: 0
Everyday Items, Complex Chemistry Holiday shoppers may worry about whether the toys they buy contain lead, but some scientists are urging consumers to focus on the thousands of chemicals in everyday household items.
Health Source: NYT
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Saturday, Dec 22, 2007, 4:34pm Rating: | Views: 1310 | Comments: 0
Health Source: BBC News
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Friday, Dec 21, 2007, 12:48pm Rating: | Views: 1333 | Comments: 0
No Matter the Approach, Sex Ed Works Teenagers who receive any kind of sex education -- whether it's comprehensive or abstinence-only -- are more likely to delay sexual intercourse until after they turn 15, according to a new report.
Health Source: ABC News
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Friday, Dec 21, 2007, 11:37am Rating: | Views: 1419 | Comments: 0
Health Source: ABC News
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Friday, Dec 21, 2007, 11:37am Rating: | Views: 1246 | Comments: 0
WHO says only limited human H5N1 spread in Pakistan The World Health Organization (WHO) suspects there has been only limited human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus in Pakistan, but international test results are pending
Epidemiology Source: Reuters
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Friday, Dec 21, 2007, 11:37am Rating: | Views: 1167 | Comments: 0
Insured Cancer Patients Do Better Uninsured cancer patients are nearly twice as likely to die within five years as those with private coverage, according to the first national study of its kind and one that sheds light on troubling health care obstacles.
Cancer Source: US News
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Thursday, Dec 20, 2007, 11:35am Rating: | Views: 1114 | Comments: 0
Nerve system link to PMS misery Women with severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS) may have a permanently depressed nervous system, research suggests.
Health Source: BBC News
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Thursday, Dec 20, 2007, 11:35am Rating: | Views: 1470 | Comments: 0