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Health News Posted on November 21, 2009
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Heaving Braking may Damage Lung Cells

Heavy braking of the car, as in an emergency stop, causes cell damage in the lungs, researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Particle and Fibre Toxicology found. However normal breaking and even close proximity to a ...  Read more

Swine Flu Toll Climbs by Around 500: WHO

Around 6,750 people have died from the swine flu pandemic, World Health Organisation data showed Friday, about 500 more than a week ago. ...  Read more

Smokers More at Risk of Seizures: Study

People who smoke are more likely to have seizures than those who don't, says a new study by Boston-based researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. ...  Read more

New Homes Built For Low-income Earners By Jimmy Carter Project

It is a small step for affordable housing for the poor, still something to be cherished. The Habitat for Humanity volunteers have dedicated 166 homes in Thailand, Vietnam, China, Laos and Cambodia. ...  Read more

Canadian Farmers Look East

With the US still struggling to get out of the recession, Canadian farmers have begun to look east.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz led a mission to Japan to create new export opportunities by meeting with newly elected officials and ...  Read more

Legitimizing Assisted Suicide Not Acceptable – Catholic Bishops

The Roman Catholic bishops of the UK have come down strongly on a move to legalize assisted suicide in certain cases.

Relatives who assist suicide can escape prosecution under certain conditions, the UK government has can escape prosecution, ...  Read more

6-Year Old Chinese Boy Devises 'Medicine' to Avoid Parents' Beating!

In a bid to avoid getting bashed up by his parents, a 6-year-old boy in Shanghai has come up with a formula that could harm his parents.

The youngster was said to have...  Read more

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Drug News
Promising Pharmaceutical Agents Emerge as Sports Doping Products

Non-steroidal and tissue-selective anabolic agents such as Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMs) are being sold on the black market for their performance enhancing qualities, researchers from the German Sport University Cologne in Germany ...  Read more

No Acceleration in Drug Approvals Despite ICT

A statistical analysis of approval intervals from 1997 to 2006, published in the International Journal of Electronic Healthcare says that drug approvals are taking just as long as they ever did despite increased expenditure on new information ...  Read more

Swiss Extends Access to Swine Flu Vaccine Pandemrix

Switzerland lifted on Thursday some of the restrictions imposed earlier on the use of swine flu vaccine Pandemrix, allowing it now to be used also by people over the age of 60. ...  Read more

Drug News Archive
Research News
Monetary Gain and High-risk Tactics Trigger Brain Activity

Japanese researchers have said that monetary gain and high-risk plans stimulate activity in the brain.

Dr. Tadashi Ino and colleagues, from the Department of Neurology at the Rakuwakai-Otowa Hospital and the Research Center for Nano Medic...  Read more

New Piece of BSE Puzzle Deciphered

Scientists at the University of Leeds have brought a new treatment route for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its human form Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) a step closer to reality.

The team has found that a protein called ...  Read more

Extreme Bone Infection May Call For Last-Resort Lower-Body Amputation

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found a landmark, 25-year review of cases in which surgeons had to remove the lower portion of the body from the waist down for...  Read more

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Lifestyle News
Men Get Happiness Worth 18k Pounds After Marriage

An economist has calculated that tying the knot makes men feel happy to the worth of 18,000 pounds while women experience the joy worth only half the amount.

Paul Frijters, Queensland University of Technology, estimated the value in cash...  Read more

Scientists Find Reflux Esophagitis Caused Due to Immune Reaction

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found in an animal study that a condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) might not develop as a direct result of acidic digestive juices burning the esophagus.

Rather, ...  Read more

Brigitte Bardot Urges End to Animal Sacrifice in Nepal

The legendary French movie star turned animal rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot has written to Nepal's president urging him to stop a mass animal sacrifice from going ahead next week. ...  Read more

The Flavour Of Life: Meet the Man Who Tastes Words!

What's in a name? 'A lot of flavour' may just be the answer you could get from a man who can taste anything from coconuts to crisps upon hearing names of people....  Read more

Beware Lonely Hearts Ad: It Might Be a Gold-Digger

In what could possible be a case study in avoiding lonely hearts ads, here's the story of a blonde gold-digger who has been sent behind bars for 12 months after conning men out of cash. ...  Read more

Don't Buy into The Size Zero Fashion: Cindy Crawford Advises

Cindy Crawford, who once ruled fashion pages, is appalled by the onslaught of ’skinny models’ that today’s women have to face. She has advised female consumers to stop buying...  Read more

Optimum Skin Flash For Women When Clubbing - 40pct!

Experts believe that women should wear clothes that bare 40 per cent of their bodies in a bid to allure men.

Keeping the right balance between revealing too much and...  Read more

Climate Change Bad News For Winemakers

With the Copenhagen climate change summit looming, the world of wine convened on Spain's Rioja region for a conference in which global warming emerged as the industry's top concern. ...  Read more

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Sexual Health News
British Poll Reveals Widespread Misconceptions About Sex

More than one in 10 British people don't realise that a woman can still get pregnant if she has sex standing up, according to a poll Friday. ...  Read more

Sexual Health News Archive
Women Health News
Women Slap 515 Chemicals on Face to Look Beautiful

A new study says that beauty products such as lipstick, lotion, foundation, mascara add up to 515 chemicals on a woman's face every day.

Charlotte Smith of deodorant firm...  Read more

Age Changes Structure of Women's Saliva Proteins

Protein content of women's saliva changes with advancing age, a new study has revealed.

According to study's researchers, the discovery could lead to a simple, non-invasive test for better diagnosing and treating certain age-related ...  Read more

Pregnant Women With Multiple Sclerosis Less Likely to Suffer Complications

A new study has revealed that pregnant women with multiple sclerosis are at a modest risk of suffering complications or having caesarean deliveries. ...  Read more

Women Health News Archive
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