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How to Laugh Yourself Slim - 50 Tips
We all know that in order to lose weight we need to eat less and exercise more - but research suggests there are a few other tricks when it comes to shedding the pounds. From how acupuncture can help you lose an extra 10 lb in......
By tmhogirl (13 July 2010)
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Low carb diets like Atkins 'better for blood pressure'
A low-carbohydrate diet like Atkins is better at cutting blood pressure than weight-loss pills, say US doctors.
Twice as many people on the low-carb diet lowered their blood pressure compared to those taking the drug, orlistat.
The study, in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found the two approaches......
By tmhogirl (27 January 2010)
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Edible ivory
This is a hilarious story- German police are searching for a motorist who beat a 24-year-old woman selling white asparagus because he was upset about her asking price for the coveted springtime vegetable, police said Monday. The prices for white asparagus, sometimes called "edible ivory" in Germany,......
By serenebeauty (18 May 2009)
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Bizarre injuries
I was just surfing the net and this story had me thinking about health and safety. This is a new twist about egg on your face- uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/15052009/58/scottish-premier-league-injured-broadfoot-egg-face.html What is so wrong with cooking the old-fashioned way and waiting (doing other tasks)? I like to use my oven......
By serenebeauty (15 May 2009)
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Overweight- should I be paid to lose weight?
I was reading an article just a few moments ago, while on a break from work and the article was from the BMJ (some medical journal) debating whether overweight people should be paid to lose weight as an incentive. This would be on the same......
By serenebeauty (15 April 2009)
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Middle age key for exercising
Increasing activity levels in middle age can prolong life as much as giving up smoking, a study suggests.
Swedish researchers from Uppsala University monitored more than 2,200 men from the age of 50.
They found those who increased activity levels from 50 to 60 ended up living as......
By summer (06 March 2009)
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Three Reasons to Lose Weight Today
Excessive weights cause hazards to an individual's heart and circulatory system, the digestive system and the skeletal system. Three health hazards of being overweight include:
High blood pressure or hypertension: This can be caused by excessive weight and is a major risk factor for heart attacks......
By tmhogirl (09 January 2011)
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President Obama signs landmark US healthcare bill into law
US President Barack Obama has signed his landmark healthcare bill into law in a ceremony at the White House.
The new law will eventually extend health insurance cover to about 32 million Americans who currently do not have any.
Mr Obama said he was signing the bill for......
By summer (24 March 2010)
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Miracles do happen
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8035316.stm to see the photos and hear the voice This shows you how cruel people can be but more importantly it shows how God works- read on The recipient of the first US almost-total face transplant has appeared before the media for the first time. Connie Culp, a......
By serenebeauty (06 May 2009)
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Swine flu, bird flu, bovine flu, I'm all flued out
European leaders sought to downplay the threat of a major outbreak on the continent, saying they were well prepared -- but a top Russia expert warned that the risk of a global pandemic was "very high." "We have been prepared for this kind of scenario for......
By serenebeauty (28 April 2009)
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Health warning for women hairiness
Excessive hairiness in women is not just a cosmetic problem but is likely to be a sign of an underlying medical condition, say UK doctors in a report. Five to 15% of women have excess hair, and a hormone disorder is the most likely cause in......
By summer (17 April 2009)
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Girl born 22 years after father's sperm is frozen sperm
Story by Jacqui Goddard Times
A former leukaemia patient who had his sperm frozen as a teenager has fathered a baby after doctors successfully thawed his sample a record 22 years later.
Chris Biblis was 16 when doctors told him that he needed radiotherapy that would leave......
By summer (14 April 2009)
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