March 31st, 2008
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Definition:
Personality disorders are defined by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) as “an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the culture of the individual who exhibits it”. These patterns, as noted, are inflexible and pervasive across many [...]
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March 31st, 2008
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As Japanese sushi conquers restaurants and homes around the world, industry experts are fighting the side-effects of the raw fish boom: fake sushi bars, over-confident amateurs, poisoned consumers.
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Once a rare and exotic treat, seaweed rolls and bites of raw tuna on vinegared [...]
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March 31st, 2008
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Is your wife or girlfriend taller than you? Forget shoe lifts. Instead you can try out a two-inch head implant. A cosmetic surgeon in Spain has developed a new way of adding up to two inches to a person’s height by [...]
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March 31st, 2008
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Botanical Name: Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae).
Family: Cabbage
Description:Broccoli is a member of the cabbage family, and is closely related to cauliflower. Its cultivation originated in Italy. Broccolo, its Italian name, means “cabbage sprout.” Because of its different components, broccoli provides a range of tastes and [...]
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March 30th, 2008
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Botanical Name: Grindelia camporum (GREENE), Grindelia cuneifolia, Grindelia squarrosa
Family: N.O. Compositae.
Genus: Grindelia Species: camporum Variety: Cultivar:
Common name: Giant Gum Plant.
Synonyms: Hardy Grindelia. Gum Plant. California Gum Plant. Scaly Grindelia. Rosin Weed. Grindelia robusta (Nutt.).
Parts Used: Dried leaves and flowering tops.
Habitat: The western [...]
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March 30th, 2008
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Definition :
Sleep disorders involve any difficulties related to sleeping, including difficulty falling or staying asleep, falling asleep at inappropriate times, excessive total sleep time, or abnormal behaviors associated with sleep.
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Sleep disorders are a group of conditions characterized by disturbance in the amount, quality, [...]
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March 30th, 2008
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The licorice-flavored herb anise contains high levels of health-boosting compounds called phenylpropanoids.
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A team of researchers isolated 22 compounds in anise essential oils, and found some phenylpropanoid compounds that were unique to anise, and four of the compounds had never before [...]
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March 30th, 2008
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Biologists have mapped how a deadly class of viruses including dengue, West Nile, yellow fever and encephalitis become infectious in a pair of studies published in the journal Science .
“This is possibly the most detailed understanding of how any virus matures,” said [...]
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March 29th, 2008
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Indian farmers do not follow guidelines while cultivating genetically modified crops, exposing them to the danger of pesticide resistance.
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Pesticides and resistance are like summer and winter, one following the other with inevitability. When genetic engineering was invented, it gave the farmer some [...]
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March 29th, 2008
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There is strong evidence that exposure to pesticides significantly increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease, experts believe.
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Parkinson’s can lead to difficulty in moving arms and legs
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It comes as another study, published in the BMC Neurology journal, has made the link to the [...]
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March 29th, 2008
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We experience taste when a substance contacts one of four taste receptor cells for sweet, salt, bitter, or sour. The receptor cells are located in taste buds spread over the surface of the tongue and throat. Three different nerves allow us to taste, therefore it [...]
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March 29th, 2008
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Botanical Name: Agopodium podagraria (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Umbelliferae
Synonyms: Jack-jump-about. Goatweed. Herb Gerard. Ashweed. Achweed. English Masterwort. Wild Masterwort. Pigweed. Eltroot. Ground Elder. Bishop’s Elder. Weyl Ash. White Ash. Bishopsweed. Bishopswort. Ground Ash.
Parts Used: Herb, root.
Habitat:Most of Europe(except spain) and northern Asia, to eastern Siberia [...]
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March 28th, 2008
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The types of bacteria in a baby’s gut may determine their risk of being overweight or obese later in life, according to Finnish researchers.
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After analyzing fecal samples from 49 infants, 25 of whom were overweight or obese by the age of 7, [...]
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March 28th, 2008
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A daily dose of cod liver oil can cut painkiller use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a study suggests.
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……………………….Cod liver oil can be taken in capsule or liquid form
Taking 10g of cod liver oil a day reduced the need for [...]
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March 28th, 2008
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Botanical Name: Chenopodium album (LINN.)
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Chenopodium
Synonyms: Frost Blite. Mutton Tops. Dirtweed. Lamb’s Quarters. Dirty Dick. Midden Myles. Pigweed (Canada). Baconweed. Fat Hen.. The standard English name is Fat-hen; other names include white goosefoot, lamb’s quarters, pigweed or dungweed, [...]
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March 28th, 2008
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Definition:Smell Disorder is the inability to perceive odors. It may be temporary, caused by a head cold or swelling or blockage of the nasal passages. It can be permanent when any part of the olfactory region is damaged by factors such as brain injury, [...]
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March 27th, 2008
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Two new studies have confirmed that green tea extract can increase fat oxidation and improve insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance, even in healthy young adults.
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In the first study, 12 healthy men performed a 30-minute cycling exercise before and after taking green tea [...]
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March 27th, 2008
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Botanical Name: Chenopodium Bonus Henricus
Family: N.O. Chenopodiaceae
Synonyms: English Mercury. Mercury Goosefoot.Poor-man’s asparagus,Lincolnshire Spinach, Allgood. Tola Bona. Smearwort. Fat Hen.
(German) Fette Henne.
Part Used: Herb.
Part of plant consumed: Leaves and young stems.
Habitat: Good King Henry grows abundantly in waste places near [...]
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March 27th, 2008
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Hematuria is the presence of red blood cells (RBCs) in the urine. In microscopic hematuria, the urine appears normal to the naked eye, but examination with a microscope shows a high number of RBCs. Gross hematuria can be seen with the naked [...]
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March 27th, 2008
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A combination of nature and nurture leads to post-traumatic stress disorder, say scientists.
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Both genetic and environmental factors affect people’s risk of developing post-traumatic stress, says new research that illustrates how nature and nurture combine to shape health and behaviour.
A particular genetic variant [...]
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