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We live extremely stressful lives and with constantly increasing problems connected to everything from money to the price of gas, to our jobs and relationships, romantic or otherwise, it's no wonder most of us worry. A lot. In one of the few stress-free moments you do have, while taking a bath or lounging in bed... |
16 June 2008
10:33 GMT |
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For those of us who still doubted it, scientific research brings further proof of the fact that fruit really are the quintessential fountain of life, a never-ending source of potent beneficial substances that can help fight off Alzheimer's and prolong our lives, as well as improve the functioning of our higher r... |
9 June 2008
04:53 GMT |
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We know that eating one's poop is very unhealthy. What we do not know instead is whether cheetahs are aware of this, but they can die if they take up this "practice", as signaled by a new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In fact, they catch a disease similar to the mad c... |
14 May 2008
02:31 GMT |
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We could say that Viagra is on the way to save lives. And it's not about sexual life; Viagra (sildenafil) could prolong the lives of people suffering from muscular dystrophy, as pointed out by a new research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Just as it works against impote... |
13 May 2008
14:51 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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It is a vivid controversy: to eat or not to eat eggs. While a recent research has showed that consuming eggs reduces the risk of breast cancer in women by 24%, thanks to choline, a new one published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reveals that middle-aged men who eat seven or more eggs hurry up to their... |
12 April 2008
04:30 GMT |
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We often see this in the movies (or not only), but science proves it to be real. The commemoration of the death of a beloved person can kill you suddenly, especially if you are a man. Sudden death, in most cases triggered by arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat), can happen unexpectedly and often in less than one hour fol... |
31 March 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Women experience lack of sexual satisfaction for various reasons: sex placed at the very bottom of their priorities list; lack of emotional implication; complexes about how they look; timidity or some drugs and antidepressants. But do not add the cardiovascular disease to this list, as signaled by a new study publish... |
29 March 2008
04:59 GMT |
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Total abstinence does not seem to be the way to a long life. A new research published in the "American Journal of Medicine" shows that indeed drinkers prolong their lives and chase away the danger of heart disease. Those who began drinking in middle age were 38% less likely to undergo a heart attack or other severe ... |
27 March 2008
15:56 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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Now, we have found the secret of the strong health of the Tibetan and Himalayan populations. It is in that woolly beast called yak. More precisely in its cheese. Cheese lovers have got a new target item, as a team of researchers from Nepal (a Himalayan state) and Canada has found that yak cheese has higher amounts of... |
18 March 2008
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The Aztec Empire was conquered by Spaniards at the beginning of the 16th century, but the Nahuatl tradition still speaks about the Aztec tradition of the 5 Suns. The current Sun was preceded by 4 Suns, each one meaning a distinct temporal cycle. Thus, we are now in the fifth cycle. The First Sun, named Four Jaguars, ... |
19 February 2008
09:07 GMT |
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Botox injections employ the most dangerous naturally occurring toxin: the Botulinum toxin. It is the trademark of Clostridium botulinum bacterium and less than 2 kg (5 pounds) would be enough to wipe out the whole human population (the botulinum toxin is 40 million times more powerful than cyanide). But in extremely ... |
12 February 2008
14:06 GMT |
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You may be an avid carnivorous, looking continuously for proteins, calcium and iron in the food, but here comes some bad news for you: people eating two or more servings of red meat daily are much more vulnerable to heart disease and diabetes. This is the result of a research published in the journal "Circulation," ... |
6 February 2008
05:46 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
02:59 GMT |
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It has been proved several times in the past that certain devices which emit electro-magnetic waves can and will interfere with pacemakers. The iPod was one of the presumed such devices, following a student's suggestion that the iPod's functions could interfere with heart regulators. Recently though, the Fo... |
4 February 2008
04:33 GMT |
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Why didn't I think of this? Ehrrr! The notebook's name is well engraved in my brain, I've watched Captain Planet - Helloo! Air, Earth, Wind, Water... Wait. They forgot Heart. Haa! I knew I still had something. So what if it's lame? They forgot to mention MacBook Heart, so now I'm using it!Fir... |
31 January 2008
08:26 GMT |
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Big bellies (no matter if because of the beer or the junk food) represent a high risk of heart attacks and strokes. This was found by many researches, but no study could explain why the visceral fat boosts these health problems. This appears to be explained by a new research published in the journal "Circulation" and... |
23 January 2008
06:23 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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Fish oil is the childhood nightmare for many of our grandparents. And while fish oil supplements could be recommended for some cardiac patients, others could experience negative effects, as found by a meta analysis carried out at St. Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto and published in the Canadian Medi... |
15 January 2008
04:32 GMT |
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Broken feelings may not be repaired through engineering, but broken hearts can be. In fact, heart attack kills annually 50,000 people, only in US, and it is experienced by 550,000. A new research published in "Nature Medicine" and carried on at the University of Minnesota is the first ever to have built a beating hea... |
14 January 2008
02:50 GMT |
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Being a saint won't help you much. A little alcohol added to an active lifestyle may prolong your life. A new Danish research published in the "European Heart Journal" points that a little alcohol can lower your risk of heart disease. The study enrolled about 12,000 men and women, who have been followed up for a... |
9 January 2008
05:07 GMT |
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In past times, infections were the main cause of human death. Now, in the western world, the cardiovascular disease is the leader, bypassing cancer. But while you may be aware that healthy food, exercising and quitting smoking maintain a healthy heart, you should also know that the health of your teeth also impact th... |
9 January 2008
04:39 GMT |
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Bobby McFerrin is right. Manage your anger. Otherwise, you are very likely to die of heart attack. This is known. But it seems that nervous, worrying people are stalked by this as well. A new study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), reveals that longstanding anxiety boosts the lik... |
8 January 2008
06:03 GMT |
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Lazy bone or hyperactive? If you do not sleep on average 7-8 hours per night, in the end both less or more than this could cut short your life, as found by a new research carried on at the University College London Medical School, in London, U.K., and published in the journal "SLEEP", revealing for the first time th... |
17 December 2007
05:05 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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Listen, guys, now we know why Pamela Anderson made her transplants: to make us healthier. "Angels of mercy" like Jordan just prolong our life and Hugh Hefner knows it. A German research published in New England Journal of Medicine and Weekly World News said that men staring at women's breasts in fact prolong the... |
30 November 2007
14:06 GMT |
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Marvin Gaye knew very well what was singing with his "Sexual healing". Sex seems to be more than a hormonal discharge and some short moments of pure pleasure. Scientists show that sex is extremely beneficial for our health, while the lack of an active sex life might have negative effects. And masturbation is not a so... |
24 November 2007
06:11 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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Some are trying hard to show the beneficial effects that coffee has on our health, others see it as the devil's beverage. Others say it's rather a bogus. Read on and decide for yourself who's right!1. Some say that the energy boosting effect of the morning coffee is only in your mind and you should sle... |
10 November 2007
07:09 GMT |
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You may be fasting for religious, philosophical, or health reasons or just because you're bored, but this can indeed prolong life by protecting the heart. A new research found that the Mormons (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), who fast one day every month, display lower rates of heart... |
7 November 2007
04:27 GMT |
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Perhaps western people die for a fistful of onions only in spaghetti, while in fact onion could prolong your life. A new research made at the British Institute of Food Research points to the fact that a diet rich in the chemicals called flavonoids decreases early signs of heart disease. This new research focused on t... |
6 November 2007
04:47 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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After smart fabrics, now we have smart sunglasses. These devices can display an athlete's performance and heart rate data in their peripheral vision and are a German-British product. The sunglasses, called "Informance", also visualize a stopwatch and heart rate at one edge. The components required to accomplish ... |
19 October 2007
14:06 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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You eat the same food, do the same exercises and almost the same things and yet… something is different. Are extra pounds the reason why the metabolism slows down? No, it's the stress. The main negative effects of the stress are caused by the cortisol, secreted during tension moments. In the wild, we had to prep... |
11 October 2007
03:10 GMT |
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Indeed, the wrong partner may 'send you earlier into the tomb': relationships characterized by conflict and continuous arguments boost your risk of developing some heart disease. "An extensive body of research shows that social relations are associated with better health and reduced risks of cardiovascular ... |
10 October 2007
06:40 GMT |
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Sex seems to be more than a hormonal discharge and some short moments of pure pleasure. Scientists show that sex is extremely beneficial for our health, while the lack of an active sex life might have negative effects. But too much sex, can also be harmful: more than thrice a week it can weaken the immune system, mak... |
4 October 2007
15:16 GMT |
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You may induce a heart attack on those around you by displaying blackened and fouling teeth, but because of them you could also have a heart attack. A medical team in Marseille has discovered that those with the worst blockages in their arteries also displayed the most severe gum disease. Gum disease was known as an ... |
11 September 2007
05:26 GMT |
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This is just what we needed: now they even have a scientific excuse for destroying our brains. Little by little. Women not trying to express verbally during marital discussions seem to present a four times higher risk of dying, because this can make them more vulnerable to depression and irritable bowel syndrome, as ... |
30 August 2007
13:51 GMT |
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Can you think of some lyrics that are more common than "Don't break my heart" or "Unbreak my heart"? Still, a new research at the Northwestern University reveals that lovers, even when deeply in love, recover much better, almost immediately, following a breakup than they could have thought, experiencing much les... |
22 August 2007
13:36 GMT |
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Death comes a little bit differently if you're a man or a woman. Besides hormonal and anatomical causes, it's the careless behavior of men what makes them live 7 years less than women. In the West, 70 % of men aged 30-50 are overweight and 40 % are too stressed. Race also counts: in the US, Blacks are more ... |
17 August 2007
15:26 GMT |
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The name 'sildenafil citrate' probably doesn't say much to anybody, but its commercial name, Viagra, sounds like the most famous anti-impotence drug for men. But Viagra is also sold as a drug against pulmonary hypertension. Besides Viagra, there are also other two more recent ED (erectile dysfunction) ... |
27 July 2007
14:16 GMT |
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Voodoo stories are just stories; Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is just for entertainment; but this is a real case. You could imagine the shock lived by the relatives of an 87-year-old man from Chiayi County, Taiwan, when "the deceased" woke up at his own funeral.The Taiwanese's relatives and friends were in ... |
5 July 2007
07:13 GMT |
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People are always searching for the supreme truth. But are the polygraphs a reliable tool in detecting lies?It seems that those who know how to lie have little to fear, as they can control their emotions. Instead, the victims could be the truthful people. Polygraphs were not developed as lie detectors; they just trac... |
24 May 2007
07:41 GMT |
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After 35 years, you practice sports mainly to maintain your health and good shape. Why? For the following reasons:1. Impotence. Frequent physical exercising helps prevent sexual dysfunction as it favors the blood flow. Especially after a certain age.2. Cholesterol. Moving is the only drug that rises the "good" choles... |
21 May 2007
17:06 GMT |
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Looking at a nice girl/boy or running for a few miles, and your heart goes wild. But how does the heart recover its normal pace?Scientists have discovered how we "put the brakes" on a racing heartbeat. A team at the University of Illinois at Chicago has discovered how an enzyme acts on the heart's pacemaker to s... |
14 May 2007
07:04 GMT |
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Dying of a broken heart is more common than you could think. In fact, heart attack is the main health problem in people over 65, affecting just in US about 5 million persons and 1 in 5 Americans dies of heart attack. The problem comes from the fact that heart cannot regenerate after birth: its cells lose reproductive... |
11 May 2007
03:31 GMT |
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Phil Collins was very wrong saying "Two hearts beating just like one". We do not know how many die annually from a broken heart but at least 600,000 do it because of heart disease. But there are significant sex differences in adult humans regarding the heart's anatomy and functions. Similar differences have als... |
30 April 2007
03:12 GMT |
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