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- :: 10 Health Benefits of Cinnamon
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Studies have shown that just 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon per day can lower LDL cholesterol. Several studies suggest that cinnamon may have a regulatory effect on blood sugar, making it especially beneficial for people with Type 2 diabetes. In some...
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- :: Cancer is DEAD: Cancer cured from A to Z
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Out of all of my media projects, I've never been more infuriated than by this research thrust. You'd be hard-pressed to find someone that wouldn't agree that the medical establishment isn't really trying to cure cancer, and they're all correct...
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- :: Higher selenium levels associated with reduced bladder cancer risk
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In a meta-analysis reported in the September, 2010 issue ofCancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Center and the U.S. National Cancer Institute conclude that the mineral selenium may have...
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- :: Why Medication Can Be Dangerous to Your Health
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Did you know that the majority of FDA approved drugs have serious potential side effects that were not detected before marketing approval? (1) That about three quarters of a million people a year are rushed to emergency rooms in the U.S. because of...
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- :: How macho men have a heavenly scent all of their own
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It is often said that horses sweat, men perspire and women glow. But real men have a smell all of their own. Macho men have a different type of body odour to others, research has found. It is thought the phenomenon helps women sniff out alpha males...
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- :: Artificial corneas restore sight for the first time
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Artificial corneas grown in the laboratory have been transplanted into patient's eyes for the first time in an operation that offers hope to millions of partially sighted people. Scientists hope the breakthrough will also slash the cornea transplant...
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- :: A Protein Killer Could Treat All Cancers, and Possibly All Illnesses
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Choking a Tumor MRI scans show that blood flow [red] decreases in liver tumors after ALN-VSP therapy, which stops cancer cells from making proteins that form blood vessels. Courtesy ALNYLAM. Since last April, 19 cancer patients whose liver...
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- :: Quasar Clusters
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Twenty-one quasars with similar redshifts cluster in a three-degree diameter area of the sky. The quasar density is nearly six times the density of the nearby areas. At their Hubble distance, which assumes that their distance is proportional to...
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- :: Rich exoplanet system discovered
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Astronomers have discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets that orbit a star called HD 10180, which is much like our own Sun. The Star is 127 light years away, in the southern constellation of Hydrus. The researchers used the...
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- :: Yoga Shows Potential to Ward Off Certain Diseases
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Practicing yoga may do more than calm the mind - it may help protect against certain diseases, a new study suggests. In the study, women who had practiced yoga regularly for at least two years were found to have lower levels of inflammation in their...
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- :: No More Gym? Don't Worry, Your Muscles Remember
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Strength training not only builds muscle, it also generates new muscle nuclei. According to a new study, these nuclei stick around even when muscle mass goes away. You know that friend who used to be a jock and now seems kind of lazy - but...
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- :: 'Master' gene guides growth of brain and nervous system
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Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that a single gene guides the development of all cells in the human brain and central nervous system, a discovery that sheds light on what distinguishes our brains from those of...
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- :: Light moves fruit fly cells
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Researchers have engineered light-activated proteins to allow them to manipulate cell movement in fruit flies. Researchers have engineered light-activated proteins that can manipulate cell movement in fruit flies. The technique could someday be used...
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- :: Tacit knowledge: you don't know how much you know
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These abilities demonstrate what's known as "tacit knowledge" - something as big and taken for granted as "air", "thought", or "language". Take away tacit knowledge and the human world disappears. Without it, what we think of as knowledge, the "stuff"...
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- :: Meditation 'reduces the emotional impact of pain making it easier to bear'
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People who meditate regularly find it easier to cope with pain because their brains anticipate it less, a study has found. The findings could help develop new treatments from those who suffer
from conditions that cause chronic pain. Scientists from...
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- :: Doctors to be able to 'print' new organs for transplant patients
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Doctors might one day be able to 'print' living body parts they need for surgery, including blood vessels and entire organs. The astonishing technique is known as bio-printing and it could make the transplant list a thing of the past. Currently...
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- :: Ten dental X-rays 'raise cancer risk'
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Dental X-rays given to millions of Britons every year may dramatically increase the risk of thyroid cancer, scientists warned last night. Researchers found that patients who had been X-rayed by their dentist at least ten times were more likely to...
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- :: Low-lying Pacific islands 'growing not sinking'
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A new geological study has shown that many low-lying Pacific islands are growing, not sinking. The islands of Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Federated States of Micronesia are among those which have grown, because of coral debris and sediment. The study...
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- :: 'People become immune to coffee boost', experts believe
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Using coffee for a pick-me-up may be pointless if you drink it all the time, researchers believe. Experts say they have discovered that people who drink a lot of caffeine develop a tolerance to its stimulatory effects. While caffeine can give people...
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- :: Volunteers begin Mars500 isolation
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Six would-be cosmonauts have entered a sealed facility where they will spend 18 months with no windows and only e-mail contact with the outside world. The men are taking part in the Mars500 project, which aims to simulate a mission to Mars. They...
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