The American Institute of Cancer Research is urging everyone to rethink the pastime of barbecuing meat.
After analyzing the results of 7,000 studies, the Institute concluded that grilling any meat — whether red, white or fish — produces potent carcinogens.
The high heat of grilling reacts with proteins in red meat, poultry and fish, creating heterocyclic amines, [...]
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Last week, three prominent neurosurgeons told CNN interviewer Larry King that they did not hold cell phones next to their ears. Dr. Keith Black, Dr. Vini Khurana, and CNN’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta all maintained that the practice could be unsafe.
Along with Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s recent diagnosis of a glioma, [...]
Fact: Every hour of every day, 330 Americans turn 60.
Fact: By 2030, one in five Americans will be older than 65.
Fact: The number of people over 100 doubles every decade.
Fact: As they age, people lose muscle mass and strength, flexibility and bone.
Fact: The resulting frailty leads to a loss of mobility and independence.
The last two [...]
In Praise Of Fun
Often when we talk about fun, or doing things just for fun, we talk about it in a dismissive way as if fun isn’t important. We tend to value hard work and seriousness, and we forget to pay our respects to the equally important, light side of silliness and laughter. This is [...]
A Mediterranean-style diet rich in vegetables is already known to protect against heart disease. Now, researchers have found that it also appears to help ward off diabetes.
Food in the Mediterranean diet: The main factor in the appeal of the Mediterranian diet is the full flavored and rich food. Hydrogenated oils and margarine are considered to [...]
Botanical Name: Scopola carniolica (JACQ.)
Family: N.O. Solanaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Genus: Scopolia
Synonyms: Scopolia atropoides. Scopola. Belladonna Scopola. Japanese Belladonna.
ther Common Names: From various places around the Web, may not be correct. See below.
Other Common Names: European Scopolia [P], Glockenbilsenkraut [E], Japanese Belladonna [E], Klokbilzenkruid [E], Russian Belladonna [E], Scopalia [E], Scopolia [H], [...]
Found in milk and yogurt, vaccenic acid — a naturally occurring trans fat — lowered cholesterol in rats, a Canadian study finds.
Trans fats: We’ve been told that they’re worse for our hearts than saturated animal fats. Now, as consumers increasingly turn to food that’s trans-fat-free and manufacturers pull them from more and more processed foods, [...]
Sleepwalking or somnambulism runs in families, indicating a genetic component. Studies show that it is also associated with sleep deprivation, fever, stress and intake of drugs, especially sedatives, hypnotics, antipsychotics, stimulants and antihistamines. Somnambulism occurs because normal physiological systems are active even at inappropriate times. Why the brain issues commands to the muscles during certain [...]
Definition:
Hypothermia is a condition in which an organism’s temperature drops below that required for normal metabolism and bodily functions. In warm-blooded animals, core body temperature is maintained near a constant level through biologic homeostasis. But when the body is exposed to cold its internal mechanisms may be unable to replenish the heat that is being [...]
Breakfast really could be the most important meal of the day when it comes to losing weight, claims a researcher.
Over several months, obese women who ate half their daily calories first thing fared better than those eating a much smaller amount.
US researcher Dr Daniela Jakubowicz told a San Francisco conference having a small breakfast could [...]
A face full of needles may not be your idea of spa heaven. Yet as more and more of us seek natural alternatives to lasers and Botox, cosmetic acupuncture could well become the new “facelift” of choice.
They are tiny needles, and Most people really don’t feel them go in at all.
The treatment begins with [...]
Botanical Name: Sarenoa serrulata (HOOK, F.)
Family: N.O. Palmaceae
Synonyms: Sabal. Sabal serrulata, Serenoa repens
Part Used: Partially-dried ripe fruit.
Habitat:It is found on sites ranging from seaside sand dunes and dry scrub to pinelands, hammocks, moist forests, and wetlands. Basically a native of North America, saw palmetto grows well on sand dunes. The plant exists [...]
How Hypnotherapy compares with other treatments for bedwetting and one boy’s story
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Illustration showing spending difference between men and women during possible recession:-
Andrew Tan, 9, arrived at most early childhood milestones at a young age, and with ease. He walked at 9 months old. He was stringing sentences together and was potty trained when he was [...]
Scientists claim they have cured advanced skin cancer for the first time using the patient’s own cells cloned outside the body.
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Melanoma can be fatal
The 52-year-old man involved was free of melanoma two years after treatment.
US researchers, reports the New England Journal of Medicine, took cancer-fighting immune cells, made five billion copies, then put them all [...]
Scientists have found a way to give old, tired muscles a new lease of life.
Stem cells play a key role in repairing muscle
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They tweaked biochemical signals in mice to boost the ability of the animal’s stem cells to repair damaged tissue, restoring its youthful vigour.
The breakthrough raises hopes of new treatments for age-related degenerative diseases [...]
The crook of your elbow is a special ecosystem that provides a bountiful home to six tribes of bacteria. Even after you wash, there are still 1 million bacteria living on every square centimeter.
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These bacteria are what biologists call commensals, helpful rather than harmful organisms. They moisturize your skin by processing the raw fats that [...]
Botanical Name: Sabina cacumina
Family: N.O. Coniferae
Synonyms: Savine Tops.Savin. Sabinae Cacumina. Summitates (Herba) Sabinaee. Sabine, Fr. Cod. Sevenbaum. Sadebaumspitzen. Sevenkraut, G. Sabina, It., Sp.—”The tops of Juniperus Sabina Linné (Fam. Coniferae).”
Part Used: Fresh dried tops of Juniperas Sabina collected in spring from plants grown in Britain.
Habitat: Dry stony places in mountains, usually on [...]
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Definition:
Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes. It is an acute illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache, fever, exhaustion, severe joint and muscle pain, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy), and rash. The presence (the “dengue triad”) of fever, rash, and [...]
Botanical Name : Sassafras officinale (LEES and EBERM.)
Family: N.O. Lauraceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Laurales
Genus: Sassafras
Synonyms: Sassafras varifolium. Laurus Sassafras. Sassafrax. Sassafras radix.
Parts Used: Bark-root and the root, pith.
Habitat: Eastern United States, from Canada to Florida, and Mexico, native to eastern North America and eastern Asia
Description: The [...]
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Definition:
Hepatitis B is the most common serious liver infection in the world. It is thought to be the leading cause of liver cancer.The World Health Organization estimates that hepatitis B infections lead to more than one million deaths every year.
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Virus classification:-
Group: Group VII (dsDNA-RT)
Family: Hepadnaviridae
Genus: Orthohepadnavirus
Species: Hepatitis B virus
Hepatitis B [...]
