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Hulk Hogan is finally touring Australia for the first time, in what is a joyous event both for his fans and for the wrestler himself, as he made it a point of saying in recent interviews. However, during a press conference the other day, things were far from joyous, as Hulk and ring rival Ric Flair got into a very vi... |
19 November 2009
10:56 GMT |
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A team of German scientists has recently announced the development of a new, blood-analysis instrument, which is able to detect pathogens without the use of markers. The technology is very compact, and can be used in hospital settings, as well as in mobile transfusion units and blood-donation clinics. Results from th... |
1 October 2009
06:43 GMT |
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According to a new report by experts from the Connecticut Children's Medical Center, in Hartford, Connecticut, severe-trauma patients who receive blood transfusions containing red blood cells older than one month have a twice as large chance of dying than similar patients who receive fresh blood. In keeping cons... |
22 September 2009
17:01 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study, it appears that traveling more than doubles the risk of passengers developing blood clots, on account of the inactivity in their limbs. The legs are the worst affected, especially in the case of long flights, where people stay crammed in their seats for ten to 12 hours, or even mo... |
8 July 2009
03:37 GMT |
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Researchers are currently trying to determine if it's feasible and possible to produce synthetic blood from embryonic stem cells. While stem cell research is heavily criticized by some and strongly supported by others, doctors say that obtaining such blood is absolutely necessary, given the fact that less and le... |
23 March 2009
11:03 GMT |
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This may not be the first time such a piece of news reaches us, but it is the first time it can be regarded as more than wishful thinking. Creating such a blood analyzing cell phone seems to be possible in the very near future since scientists at UCLA have already come up with the necessary solution.The development o... |
22 December 2008
07:11 GMT |
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There is a tendency to reject vampirism by associating it to fictional movies and books, even though vampiric habits are part of everyday life. Take, for example, the case of the Christian religion, where the practice of communion translates into receiving the blood and flesh of Christ. Or, think of blood brothers, w... |
3 November 2008
05:12 GMT |
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Entomologists have recently discovered a variety of bloodsucking moths in Siberia, strikingly similar to the common species that feeds on fruits. The only thing that differentiates this moth species from the regular Calyptra thalictri one is a hardly noticeable variation in the wing patterns. And, of course, the fact... |
29 October 2008
05:49 GMT |
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New medical statistics show that the number of infections post-transfusion patients develop after receiving new blood is constantly rising, directly proportional to the "age" of the blood. Packets containing blood that was more than 30 days old were associated with significantly increased risks of developing complica... |
28 October 2008
12:03 GMT |
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An Apple Discussions user has revealed that Apple's new MacBook Pros are prone to injuring whoever might be using them. In an attempt to read the on-screen information from a closer distance, this particular user lifted the base of the Pro towards his face when, all of the sudden, the heavy display fell on his n... |
28 October 2008
02:25 GMT |
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Andres, the older son of a Spanish family, has a rare hereditary disease called Beta Thalassaemia, which prevents his body from producing the required amount of red cells that carry oxygen. His little brother, who was born only three days ago, has been genetically adapted in order to provide him a cure.The family tha... |
15 October 2008
07:33 GMT |
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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
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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
02:59 GMT |
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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
05:05 GMT |
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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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