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A recent study related to hypertension indicates that a possible cure may be obtained from honeybee venom. Hypertension is among the most frequently-encountered diseases worldwide.Based on the estimations made by The American Heart Association, genetic inheritance, as well as high-fat and salt-saturated diets cause 7... |
20 September 2008
06:23 GMT |
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I'm going to make this easy and simply say that a breathalyzer is a drunk driver's worst nightmare. You might have seen one on television, used on a person or even on you, but how does it work? A breathalyzer is a simple device used by law enforcements to determine whether or not a person driving a certain ... |
9 July 2008
07:36 GMT |
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Luminol is mostly known to us as a chemiluminescent compound used by law enforcements in crime scene investigations to detect traces of blood, even after the crime scene has been thoroughly cleaned in order to conceal the violent events that took place in a particular location. What is not usually told in various sho... |
7 July 2008
08:48 GMT |
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Aside from being very unreliable when it comes to retaining an electric charge for long periods of time, typical batteries sometimes also have problems with excessive heating that can make them either explode and start fires, or leak toxic fluids when left unused for long periods of time. Additionally, most of the ti... |
5 June 2008
10:11 GMT |
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A new study investigating the relation between lead exposure during childhood and later antisocial behavior showed that lead contamination can be used to predict whether or not an individual will get in trouble with the law during adulthood. The investigation was led by Kim Dietrich from the University of Cincinnati ... |
28 May 2008
06:24 GMT |
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Blood supply (or lack thereof) is a real medical issue today, as there are never enough donors. A new research carried out at by a team led by Joseph DeSimone, a chemical engineer the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, could partially solve the problem, as NewScientist notes. Red blood cells transport oxyge... |
8 May 2008
14:06 GMT |
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A breakthrough in testing for HIV has been achieved: no more blood analysis is required, since a new saliva-based test comes with results in just 20 minutes, as described in the PLoS Medicine journal. The new technique uses the oral mucosal transudate (OMT), a liquid released at the base of the gums that later turns ... |
7 May 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Before World War II, researchers were puzzled by the eritroblastosis fetalis, a severe disease that affected newborn children and manifested through the decomposition of red blood cells. However, the disease affected certain families and only the first child (but not always) was born healthy. Researches found that th... |
5 May 2008
10:19 GMT |
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Every woman has her own biological clock, that tic-tac that signals to her that time has come for her to become a mom. That's because sooner or later - and this means from her 30s to her 60 - she will enter menopause, turning sterile. The age at which menopause will set in can be forecast realistically now, as r... |
30 April 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Scientists are looking for stem cell sources in hybrid cow-human embryos or bones, skin and fat tissue, and the solution could be simpler that ever thought. Menstrual blood could be an unlimited, noncontroversial, easily collectable, and inexpensive source of stem cells, as pointed out by a new research published in ... |
24 April 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Since childhood, you've been hearing that chocolate destroys your teeth and makes you fat, but now, a now a series of researches have been made to show the beneficial health effects of chocolate. There is only one condition though: it must have as much cocoa as possible, even up to 60-75%. Thus, we're talki... |
22 April 2008
02:37 GMT |
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We rather associate alligators and crocodiles with death, but these creatures could one day save your life, as a research team signaled at the 235th national meeting of the American Chemical Society. Blood proteins of the alligators could deliver new powerful antibiotics against infections accompanying diabetic ulcer... |
8 April 2008
02:47 GMT |
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This is really remarkable: a woman had all her abdominal organs removed, for the extirpation of a tumor. Brooke Zepp, 63, from South Florida, was found, in May 2007, to have leiomyosarcoma, a rare cancer type, located deep inside her abdomen. The tumor had wrapped itself around woman's aorta and other arteries d... |
27 March 2008
14:21 GMT |
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With the announcement of Last Flight, we now have the bloodiest Wii game in sight - a title that is being developed for Nintendo's WiiWare that will be launched in Japan during the day. It remains to see how the Wii community is going to react to such a gory game, but one thing is certain: variety is always welc... |
25 March 2008
20:06 GMT |
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It is well known that being lonely pays more for your health than living in an unhappy marriage. For example, for your blood pressure, as shown by a preliminary study published on-line in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine."That second finding is a surprise because prior studies have shown that married people tend to ... |
24 March 2008
15:36 GMT |
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The umbilical cord can make more than the belly button: it regenerates your brain. Human umbilical cord blood cells (UCBC) injected into old lab rats caused an improvement in the microenvironment of the hippocampus nucleus of the brain, accompanied by a rejuvenation of neural stem cells. The study carried out at the ... |
17 March 2008
05:14 GMT |
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Many men cannot maintain an erection even for a few seconds. Others cannot get rid of it. Priapism is prolonged penile erection in the absence of sexual arousal; the penis does not return to its flaccid state, even if there is no excitation, within about four hours. Even kings have been affected by this, like Carol I... |
14 March 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Brash Entertainment, a publisher specialized in publishing movie-related games, has said that Zombie, the studio behind recruitment tool and free shooter America's Army, will be the developer of an upcoming game built around the Saw movies. The series currently features 4 movies. Saw is based around the idea of... |
25 February 2008
02:33 GMT |
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A snoring partner means more than a bad night sleep. A new research published in the European Heart Journal shows that it can increase your blood pressure, no matter if you are awake or asleep. Hypertension is a risk factor for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and dementia. In fact snoring can reach 90 decibels,... |
15 February 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Every race has a different gene pool impacting the vulnerability or resistance to various diseases. A new research published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine shows that blacks are twice more likely to die of severe sepsis (a general blood infection connected to acute organ dysfunction... |
5 February 2008
07:03 GMT |
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Crocodiles do deserve they reputation: they hunt and eat everything, from fish and other small preys to buffalo and cattle; even lions were drawn and eaten by crocodiles. All this without mentioning the threat they pose to people. And a large meal can be enough for them for one year: crocodiles can ingest up to 23% o... |
5 February 2008
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You have heard about blood groups. And you've been told about blood incompatibility: put A, B or AB blood type into an O type receiver, and you will kill him/her. But this new case published in The New England Journal of Medicine has amazed the scientific world and it is an absolute first.A 15 years old Australi... |
25 January 2008
02:39 GMT |
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The cancer or heart attack may not convince men to quit smoking, but this one hurts: a recent research published in the 'Tobacco Control' journal reveals that men smoking one pack a day are 39 % more vulnerable to impotence than non-smokers. "Smoking delivers nicotine and other vasoconstrictors that close d... |
23 January 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Hypertension, high cholesterol, diet, lack of exercising and smoking are factors favoring heart disease. 1. The coronary disease is the most common heart disease. It is caused by the obstruction of the coronary arteries carrying oxygenated blood to the heart's muscle. It can be caused by fat (especially choleste... |
18 January 2008
17:31 GMT |
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1. Blood has the role of transporting food and oxygen to the cells, and to remove toxic wastes, including carbon dioxide. An average human adult has 5 liters of blood which comprises about one liter of oxygen, a quantity which, in resting conditions, would be enough for 4 minutes (in case of intense effort, just 1 mi... |
18 January 2008
17:21 GMT |
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It may not be the choice food when going to a date (and not only), but beyond the scent, garlic is a panacea. It is rich in manganese, phosphorous, selenium, calcium, potassium, iron and copper, and also in vitamins B1, B6 and C. Garlic contains sugar, and this is more evident in cooked garlic. Garlic has heart prote... |
16 January 2008
04:55 GMT |
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If some people immortalize their own semen in their paintings, others go deeper into the morbid side. Artist Robert Sherer, from Georgia, makes his painting using HIV positive and negative blood, to trigger a warning signal on the HIV epidemic. Last week, Sherer opened an exhibition featuring his masterworks made of... |
15 January 2008
14:06 GMT |
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In a few years, it wiped out a quarter of Europe's population. It looked like the end of the world. The Black Death or Plague caused tremendous headaches, great fever, sweating and shivering. But unlike in other cases of fever, the victims had swellings filled with pus on the axillary areas, neck or even inguin... |
4 January 2008
10:26 GMT |
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This is unique in the world of medicine: a facial tumor of 12 lb (5.4 kg) in weight and 15 cm (6 in) in diameter. Its victim is the Portuguese Jose Mestre, 51, the man that really lacks a face. "Children see me and start crying. They probably think I'm an animal," Mestre told The Sun. But the huge flesh piece is... |
3 January 2008
14:06 GMT |
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1.All the blood vessels of the human body have a total length of 100,000 km (62,000 mi): they could encompass the Earth by 2.5 times. 2.The blood forms 8% of your body mass. For a man of 70kg (155 pounds), this means about 5.6 litters of blood. 3.The heart has the size of a fist and pumps daily about 9,500 litters of... |
10 December 2007
14:06 GMT |
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Many ancient African or American rites involved blood sacrifices. But finding proofs of this in the ancient artifacts is not that easy. And what about a paint based on blood? Now, a new technology allowed a French team to show the existence of blood from ritual animal sacrifice in the paint of ancient sculptures comi... |
30 November 2007
04:18 GMT |
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About 3 % of the people will faint after donating blood for analysis or eye inspection. In case you suffer from this, you could try to do something to prevent it, but it is all in vain. You could try going to toilet in order to avoid being seen by anyone, but you could faint on the way and get hurt. The cause of fain... |
27 November 2007
18:49 GMT |
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The lymphatic massage is a delicate, light form favoring the lymph flow. It is based on light, rhythmic and constant movements, only touching the skin, with an almost non-perceptible pressure. Being so fine, the patient may perceive it as useless, but after two-three sessions, its benefits can be seen. A lymph massag... |
23 November 2007
14:06 GMT |
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Now we know how the Aztecs had such vigorous hearts to be pulled out from the chests of the unfortunate victims as an offering to the gods. Their cardiac secret was salba or chia, a grain related to mint. A new Canadian research suggests that people with type 2 diabetes could decrease their cardiovascular risk by con... |
23 November 2007
05:49 GMT |
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AIDS sounds familiar to you, while Lyme may not, but after AIDS, it is the disease with the most rapid development, spreading rapidly in US, Asia, Europe and South America. A new research published online this week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows that mice may not be the main source of Lyme disease in... |
23 November 2007
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1.The blood of all humans and animals is salty. Why? Because all animals started to evolve in the ocean, at least 3.8 billion years ago, under the form of unicelular creatures. Thus, the enzymatic systems sustaining life evolved during millions of years in watery conditions of high salt amounts. The content of the so... |
19 November 2007
14:11 GMT |
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Cloning poses a huge ethic debate. That's why scientists have been focusing on various sources for getting stem cells, necessary for technologies of organ replacing. We have witnessed tests made on stem cells coming from skin, fatty tissue, bones, testicles, and now, from an unsuspected source: menstrual blood!T... |
19 November 2007
04:43 GMT |
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For some of us a dog is more important than a human. It is easier to interact with a dog. The animal cannot criticize or underappreciate you. But the more frequent tendency to own a pet has revealed that British vets signal there is an increasing need for a national blood bank for dogs.What's working for humans ... |
15 November 2007
06:45 GMT |
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Yes, well, I was actually wondering what was going on with Lindsay Lohan these days. And the answer is, she's still reformed (or doing a very good job acting as if she were...reformed, that is), still apparently boring and still trying to act out that principle according to which every day is a blessing. The pro... |
14 November 2007
04:20 GMT |
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500 million people in the tropics are infected by malaria, a disease caused by a protozoa spread by the female of the Anopheles mosquito. The parasite triggers fever, shivering, articulation pains, severe headache and vomit. Each year, 1.5 million people die of malaria, a child every 30 seconds. It is endemic in 101 ... |
9 November 2007
03:25 GMT |
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There are women who do not even know what an orgasm feels like. Others must exhaust a man, squeezing it like a lemon to achieve one. And here is the British Sarah Carmen, 24, which can have up to 200 daily without even having sex. That's because she slightest vibrations are enough for her, even the rumble of the... |
6 November 2007
14:06 GMT |
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We know that hemoglobin, the iron-rich pigment of the blood's red cells is the carrier of the oxygen from lungs to tissues and carbon dioxide from tissues to lungs. Now, a team from Wake Forest University, the National Institute of Health and other institutions has found, in a research published online on Nov. 4... |
6 November 2007
04:11 GMT |
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You may have been thrilled by the spectacular fights with laser weapons in the "Stars War". But our worst enemies cannot be cut with a laser sword…heck, we can't even see them! Bacteria and viruses have killed more humans than any other factor did along history. And if a cure against HIV and other plagues of the... |
2 November 2007
06:59 GMT |
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Oh, come on…you know it's all about love in the case of Hugh Hefner and his herd of sexy blond bimbos. That's for sure, as an American research has showed that impotence drugs like Viagra act in more ways than producing an erection: they also boost the levels of the "love hormone". The team at the Universi... |
1 November 2007
10:10 GMT |
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The sickle cell anemia is one of the worst hereditary conditions connected to the African race. The mutant gene that causes it is delivered by both parents. In Nigeria, out of a population of 120 million, 1 million people suffer of the sickle cell anemia and 60,000 die annually of it. Haematids or blood's red ce... |
1 November 2007
03:26 GMT |
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You would get sick and disabled in the low oxygen conditions that are to be found at a hight of 14,763 feet (4,500 meters), which is the average altitude of the Tibetan Plateau. Yet, the Tibetans ruled empires from the 'roof' of the world.Such heights have defeated many mountain climbers, as the shortage of... |
30 October 2007
03:52 GMT |
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Have you ever wondered what a dying person feels? It sounds morbid, but science and accounts from lucky survivors have helped us make an idea about it. Still, only the dead know exactly how it feels and the sensations you experience at that moment. A report released by New Scientist earlier this month answered to so... |
22 October 2007
14:06 GMT |
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1. The oldest known camel is Protylopus, appeared 40-50 million years ago (Eocene) in North America. It had the size of a rabbit and lived in forests. Later, camels spread to the savanna and increased their size. In Oligocene, 35 million years ago, Poebrotherium had the size of a roe deer, but already resembled a cam... |
19 October 2007
15:56 GMT |
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'Thinking with the heart' and 'hot blooded' can get a new real meaning now. Besides, ancient Greeks, like Aristotle, were convinced that the circulatory system dictates thoughts and emotions. The new Hemo-Neural Hypothesis, brought forth by a team led by Christopher Moore, a principle investigator... |
18 October 2007
06:10 GMT |
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It may not be recommended to eat garlic before going on a date, but a new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has found it to be one of the best methods to decrease high blood pressure and defend yourself against cardiovascular disease. This protective effect could be due to the interaction be... |
17 October 2007
05:55 GMT |
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