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IE and Starlight Children’s Foundation Deliver Gifts to Kids in Need

Internet Explorer has had a great year in 2011, Microsoft says. To celebrate this, the company has decided to bring joy in the hearts of children this holiday season, and has partnered with Starlight Children’s Foundation. There are many children who cannot enjoy the holiday season the same way that most of ...

22 December 2011
15:21 GMT

Mysterious Illness Kills 46 Seals and Puzzles Biologists

Representatives from Alaska's Department of Wildlife Management announced that a mysterious disease is causing the death of dozens of seals. They first detected the peculiar illness in early July, when they noticed that seal population was affected by a phenomenon which they still are unable to explain. Des...

14 October 2011
08:40 GMT

Working During Short-Term Illness Is Detrimental to Health

According to an editorial piece published in the latest issue of the esteemed British Medical Journal (BMJ), working during so-called short-term illnesses can have severe, long-term health effects. Recently, managers began having the habit of asking their employees to be present at the work while they are sick, provi...

14 June 2011
07:51 GMT

White Hair, a Problem of the Past

The British Journal of Dermatology has recently revealed the results of new studies on the methods to be used to restore color to white hair. It has already been scientifically proven that our hair and our skin are colored by a pigment called melanin. These new researches, taking place at the University of Manchester...

3 December 2008
03:32 GMT

Does Khat Drug Use Induce Madness?

Khat use is older than coffee. This plant has been employed as a stimulant for centuries in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen). Its fresh leaves and tops are chewed or, less frequently, dried and consumed as tea, to achieve a state of euphoria and stimulation, the way coca leaves are used in South A...

6 June 2007
03:59 GMT

In 2006, 147 Japanese Died of Overwork

Japanese people are famous for their long office hours and this marks their physical and mental health, and this comes with a heavy toll, as each year registers a new record of people dying from overwork. "Some 355 workers fell severely ill or died from overwork in the year to March, the highest figure on record and ...

17 May 2007
09:37 GMT


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