May 31st, 2007
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AHMEDABAD: Gone are the days when girls swooned over that Clint Eastwood look — a half-burnt cigarette casually dangling from the lips. GenNext girls have virtually given the thumbs down to smokers. And men too are giving up the habit for [...]
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May 31st, 2007
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Identify the Uncontrollable:
All you have to do these days is turn on CNN to realize how out of control the world is.
First there are the big things — war, terrorism, famine, political gridlock. But then there are the smaller things [...]
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May 31st, 2007
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Psidium
Common Names: Guava, guyava, kuawa.
Related species: Brazilian guava, Guisaro (Psidium guinense Sw.), Cattley Guava, Strawberry Guava (P. cattleianum Sabine), Costa Rican Guava (P. friedrichsthalianum Ndz.), Para Guava (P. acutangulum DC.), Rumberry, Guavaberry (Myrciaria floribunda Berg.).
Origin: The place of origin of the [...]
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May 31st, 2007
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The link between lack of sleep and obesity could be a protein called Nocturnin, reports Roger Highfield.
Poor sleep at 30 months predicts obesity at the age of seven
Scientists have found a new clue to explain the link between lack of sleep and obesity.
Over [...]
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May 30th, 2007
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The Weeds
Simply expressed, a weed is any plant that grows where it isn’t wanted. Weeds are defined by their tendency to flourish at the expense of a gardener’s overall vision, and we tend to battle their presence in our yards. It [...]
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May 30th, 2007
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Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Citrullus
Species: C. lanatus
Binomial name : Citrullus lanatus
Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus, Family Cucurbitaceae) is both a fruit and a vegetable[1] and plant of a vine-like (climber and trailer) herb originally from southern Africa and one of the most common type of melon. This flowering plant [...]
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May 30th, 2007
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No one likes to broadcast intimate embarrassing details about their life. They may talk about their tonsillectomies, appendectomies, typhoid or fractures but is anyone willing to discuss pelvic infections and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)? Getting the “clapâ€, herpes or HIV infection is considered disgraceful and [...]
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May 30th, 2007
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WASHINGTON: Overweight and obese people get less out of resistance training than leaner people do, researchers said on Friday in a study that suggests the overweight may have to try harder to get results.
But it does not mean they should [...]
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May 29th, 2007
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NEUSS: Frequent incorrect use of a mouse when working on the computer can lead to a condition known as Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), otherwise known as mouse arm, warn experts.
“Tingling, numbness, and weakness in the lower arm and hands are the [...]
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May 29th, 2007
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Moles are spots on the skin. Nearly everyone has 10 to 50 moles on their body. Actually, you are born with moles that are flesh colored. Through time moles enlarge and darken making them more noticeable. Moles are often referred to as beauty marks and at [...]
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May 29th, 2007
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The monthly menstrual cycle for many women can be a painful experience which
ranges in intensity from mild discomfort at best, to a state of complete
incapacitation for up to fifteen days of the cycle. Too many women suffer this
common but debilitating condition unnecessarily.
Dysmenorrhea (painful [...]
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May 29th, 2007
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WASHINGTON: At four months, babies may be too young to speak or crawl, but they can certainly tell when a speaker has switched to a different language – with only visual cues.
Researcher Whitney Weikum from the University of British Columbia found that [...]
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May 28th, 2007
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WASHINGTON: A new study has found that smokers who have a say in how they quit are more likely to try kicking the habit, and are more successful.
The study, which is based on psychologists Edward Deci and Richard Ryan’s theory of human motivation, [...]
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May 28th, 2007
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Who would think that one nerve could cause such severe pain? Pressure on the sciatic nerve can force even the most hardy person to seek treatment . Sciatica. Just pronouncing it can be painful (sigh-AT-ik-ah).
Sciatica gets its name from the longest and largest nerve in the [...]
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May 28th, 2007
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Ananas comosus
Bromeliaceae
Common Names: Pineapple, Ananas, Nanas, Pina.
Related Species: Pina de Playon (Ananas bracteatus).
Distant affinity: Pingwing (Aechmea magdalenae), Pinguin (Bromelia pinguin), Pinuela (Karatas plumier).
The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant and fruit (multiple), probably native to Brazil or Paraguay. It is a tall (1–1.5 m) herbaceous [...]
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May 28th, 2007
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KnowHow team explains: This is a myth. The blood alcohol level depends solely on the amount of alcohol one has consumed.
Different concentrations of alcohol are absorbed into our system at different rates which can lead to confusion, as can [...]
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May 27th, 2007
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Pronounced as: Men-ore-AH-gee-ah
Definition:Menorrhagia refers to excessive bleeding during menstruation and is experienced by many women at some point in their lives. Bleeding may be very heavy during a normal length period or in the form of prolonged bleeding every cycle. What is “normal†[...]
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May 27th, 2007
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The Good In All
Sometimes we find it difficult to see the good in people, places, or situations that aren’t to our liking. We focus on the things we don’t like in our lives as a way of fueling our efforts to create change. There [...]
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May 27th, 2007
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Latin name: Avena sativa
Other names: Groats, Oatmeal
A now obsolete Middle English name for the plant was haver (still used in most other Germanic languages), surviving in the name of the livestock feeding bag haversack. In contrast with the names of the other grains, “oat” is [...]
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May 27th, 2007
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NEW YORK: Eating too much salt is known to cause high blood pressure, heart attacks and stroke. Now US researchers say it can also give you an ulcer.
Presenting the results of their study at the American Society for Microbiology conference, researchers [...]
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