A person’s risk of suffering a heart attack increases by approximately 21 times in the first 24 hours after losing a loved one, according to a study lead by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The study published January 9 online in the journal Circulation found the risk of heart attack remained eight times above normal […]
In the spirit of the New Year, we gathered the best advice for the best skin for 2012. Moisturize After Showering We all know a warm shower strips skin of oils. One easy fix: Keep body lotion right in the shower, seeing it will remind you to apply it when your skin is damp, within ten […]
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit at the University of Leicester have shown one way in which poor nutrition in the womb can put a person at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes and other age-related diseases in later life. Professor Anne Willis of the MRC […]
If you overeat and under-exercise you will gain weight. However, growing evidence suggests that other factors also contribute to excess fats. David Allison at the University of Alabama at Birmingham discovered that humans are not alone in piling on the pounds. He looked at wild animals and lab animals and concludes that whatever factors are […]
From the 19th century people have hypothesized that the quintessence of human individuality is stored in the connections between our neurons. With the advent of technology, we now can find the true nature of our identity. Up till now, our knowledge has been founded on observations of brain activity when different lobes are damaged or […]
A 39-year-old bus driver living in Shenzhen in the southern China’s Guangdong province died of bird flu Saturday a week after being admitted to hospital with a fever. He developed symptoms on December 21 and was admitted to a hospital on December 25 because of severe pneumonia. Although he had no direct contact with poultry in the […]
Smoking can be acquainted to cancer, heart disease and other major health problems. Women who smoke during pregnancy put themselves and their unborn babies at risk for numerous health problems. The jeopardy of smoking or even second-hand smoking during the duration of pregnancy includes premature birth, birth defects and infant death and pregnancy complications for […]
Los Angeles city voters will be voting in a presidential primary election on June for the initiative of requiring Los Angeles adult movie actors to wear condoms. Being home to the multibillion dollar U.S. porn industry, health advocates are concerned of the sexually transmitted diseases circulating the industry. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation said the city […]
A SWEET tooth doesn’t just add pounds to your belly, it also causes your skin to age prematurely, and making you look older than you really are. Diana van Heemst at Leiden University in the Netherlands, who led a research team, divided 569 healthy volunteers into three groups according to whether they had low, medium […]
In northern Uganda, large areas are experiencing an outbreak of nodding syndrome, a mysterious disease that causes young children and adolescents to nod violently when they eat food. The syndrome may be an unusual form of epilepsy that might be linked to the parasitic worm responsible for river blindness. The recent outbreaks affected the districts […]
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